My Priorities

Champion support for educators and public education
Advocate for additional resources to support diverse learning needs of students
Build strategic partnerships to acquire stable ongoing funding that addresses student growth, classroom complexity, an overcrowding in district schools
Engage with staff, families, educational/community partners to identify strengths and emergent needs

Career Highlights

Independent Educational Consultant

Outcome examples:

Author: Your Keys to Success: Administrator’s Guide to Raising Alberta’s High School Completion Rate (2009)
Primary Author: Wrapping Supports and Services Around Students: Research Summary (2011)
Author: Leveraging Collaboration: Building Strategic Coalitions between Boards (2011)

Assistant Deputy Minister Child and Family Services:

Key responsibilities:

Provide strategic advice to Minister and Deputy Minister related to priorities, policy direction and programming
Deliver a comprehensive childcare system including funding, accreditation, legislation, and inclusive programming
Ensure effective governance of regional authorities

Executive Director Alberta Education

Key responsibilities

Work collaboratively with superintendents, school board trustees, key stakeholders, parent, and advocacy groups to support effective implementation of government priorities and identify and resolve strategic and sensitive issues
Work collaboratively with school jurisdictions to ensure compliance with government policy, legislation direction
Ensure the Alberta Initiative for School Improvement improves school jurisdiction ability to improve student learning results through action research projects

St. Albert School Districts