Work
2023-Current
Educational Developer, Centre for Teaching and Learning, MacEwan University
Selected Programs and Projects
- Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)
- Intercultural Competence
- Faculty wellness
- Faculty community
- Students as Partners
- Reading and writing pedagogies
- Dialogic pedagogies
- Also available for consultations on classroom observations, instructional strategies, student learning, teaching identities, philosophies, and values, SoTL, critical pedagogy, assessments, arts in the classroom, belonging and wellness in higher education, faculty professional development, and more.
- Available for research collaborations.
- Available for co-creation and design of academic symposia, conferences, and gatherings.
2021-2022
- Adjunct Instructor: Courses: Communication Studies, Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT)
2019-2021
- Teaching Assistant: Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary
- Course: Introduction to Educational Studies
2018-2019
- Teaching Assistant: Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary
- Writing Tutor: Student Success Centre, University of Calgary, Canada
2017-2019
- Copy/layout-editor: Emerging Perspectives
2015-2017
- Research Assistant, Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning, University of Calgary, Alberta
St. Lucia
2007-2015
- Lecturer – Communications Studies, English Literature, Sir Arthur Lewis Community College (SALCC), St. Lucia
Programs taught across SALCC include:
- Advanced Level Cambridge Advanced Level (CIE) – Literature
- Associate Degree – Communications Studies
- Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination, Caribbean Examinations Council, Communications Studies, and Literature
- Secondary Teaching Certificate – Literature
- First year Undergraduate, UWI – Literature
1993-2007
- English Language/Literature Teacher
- St. Mary’s College, St. Lucia 2004 – 2007
- George Charles Secondary School, St. Lucia 1997 – 2002
- Entrepot Secondary School, St. Lucia 1993 – 1994
Selected Professional Contributions
2021
- Conference Co-chair – Connecting Research to Practice Conference, Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary, February 1-14th 2021, Calgary, AB. https://sites.google.com/view/crp2021/home
- Reviewer for Journal of International Students; International Journal of Multidisciplinary Perspectives in Higher Education; Journal of Underrepresented & Minority Progress
2020
- Reviewer for Journal of International Students; Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Education
- Reviewer for Art/Research International: A Transdisciplinary Journal
- Reviewer for Imagining SoTL, proceedings of the 2019 Symposium for Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
2019
- Presentation: Workshop Fostering Transcultural Competencies Using Identity Texts, University of Calgary, (January and February 2019)
2018
- Curriculum Conversations presentation, November 19, 2018, Werklund School of Education
- Panelist for: Deepening the Dialogue Symposium, University of Calgary, February 16, 2018
2017 – 2019
- 2016 – 2017 Co-chair of the ISSoTL Special interest group: Students as Co-Inquirers
- Student presenters Coordinator, Committee member, ISSoTL 2017
- Reviewer for ISSoTL Conference Abstracts
- Reviewer for CSSE abstracts – Canadian Association for Teacher Education (CATE)
- Learning Spaces Committee, Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning
Selected Professional Development
2016
Co-chair of the ISSoTL Special Interest group:Students as Co-Inquirers
Committee ISSoTL 2017
Symposium on Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Banff, Alberta, Canada
Congress, University of Calgary
Exploring Creativity in Post-secondary Learning & Teaching, Conference, Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning
Comics and contemporary literacy conference, University of Calgary
GSA professional development workshops: Understanding Canadian Business Culture and Hiring Staff, Using Social Media to Gain Employment Opportunities, Information Interviewing: A Strategic Tool for Job Searching, and Negotiating Your Dream Job, University of Calgary
Leadership exchange conference, University of Calgary
Cast of ‘The Vagina Monologues’ University of Calgary, Canada
2015-2016
Varied research projects at the Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning, Canada
Mentee in the Werklund Mentorship Program, University of Calgary, Canada
2015
16th Annual SALISES Conference – The W. Arthur Lewis Centennial, St. Lucia
2011-2015
Collaborating with the staff of the Hunter J. Francois library (SALCC, St. Lucia) to host a poetry slam competition “Worrrd UP” during library week, held in the month of April.
2010 – 2015
Coordinator of the extra-curricular ‘Arts Club’ SALCC, St. Lucia
2009 – 2013
Head of the Humanities Department (Literatures in English, History, French, Spanish) SALCC, St. Lucia
2012 – 2013
Series of in-house workshops and course writing for the delivery of the CXC Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations programme, St. Lucia
2013
Judge for the poetry slam competition held in recognition of St. Lucia’s 34th year of independence, hosted by Headphunk, Castries St. Lucia
Blind peer reviewer for the magazine Caribbean Intransit
2012
Research Proposal for the Sir Arthur Lewis University College degree in the Humanities, SALCC, St. Lucia
Supervising staff for an SALCC student trip to Lycée Général et Technologique Montgérald, Martinique
Saint Lucia Country Conference ‘Information Sharing for sustainable Development,’ St. Lucia
2011
Consultant and course writer for the proposed Sir Arthur Lewis University College degree in the Humanities: SALCC, St. Lucia
SALCC visit with faculty of Université des Antilles et de la Guyane (UAG) to establish future collaborations, Martinique
2010
Conference: Interlocking Basins of a Globe Conference in honour of Derek Walcott, UWI, Trinidad
2009
HIV and AIDS Group Education Workshop, SALCC, St. Lucia
2009 – 2011
Series of in-house workshops and course writing for the proposed Sir Arthur Lewis University College degree in the Humanities: Capacity Building, Swot/Pest Analysis, Change Management, SALCC, St. Lucia
1994
Teacher Education Summer Workshop Programme:(Workshop for new teachers) Organization for Cooperation in Overseas Development in St. Lucia (OCOD)
Associations
Professional:
General member of the St. Lucia Teachers’ Union, 1994-2015
Academic:
Secretary St. Lucian Students Association in Trinidad and Tobago (LUSATT), 1995
Interim Executive member of the UWIAA St. Lucia Chapter, 2009-2010
Informal:
Member of the Derek Walcott discussion group, 2011-2012
Snippets of classroom activities
Prezis
A blog with collated online resources for students
It is a truth parochially acknowledged
With some original notes for students and work done by students.
A Facebook page which collated online resources for students:
Daring my students to think about Jane Austen’s writing with a contemporary cast.
National Service
2006 – Presiding Officer in the Castries North electoral district, the 2006 National Elections, St. Lucia
2001 – Poll Clerk in the Anse-La-Raye electoral district, the 2001 National Elections, St. Lucia
1998 – Examination marker for the Common Entrance Examination, St. Lucia
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