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Courses taught

2004 to Present

Instructor, University of British Columbia (UBC).

• LLED 320 - Curriculum and Instruction in Language and Literacy Education: Elementary and Middle Years
• LLED 433 - Drama-in-Education: Kindergarten and Primary Grades
• LLED 434 - Drama in education: Middle and High School
• LLED 441 - Introduction to Teaching Children’s Literature

Teaching-Related Employment

2003-present

Graduate Research Assistant, UBC/Family Services of Greater Vancouver, under the supervision of Dr. Theresa Rogers:

• Working with street entrenched and homeless youth
• Youth CLAIM project
• Collecting and analyzing data about literacy, multimedia, and multi-modal meaning-making

Graduate Research Assistant, UBC/Vancouver School Board, under the supervision of Dr. Theresa Rogers:

• Co-writing reading comprehension tests for the IRIS
• Testing students’ reading comprehension (grades 3-8)
• Collecting and analyzing data

2003-present

Writer and performer for Tickle Trunk Players, Vancouver Theatre and Education Troupe

2002-present: Graduate Research Assistant

UBC/Newton Learning Centre (Surrey, BC)
under the supervision of Dr. Theresa Rogers, Associate Professor (Faculty of Education)

• collecting and analyzing data
• organizing an end of the year student gallery to demonstrate how literacy and media intersect
• tutoring reluctant and at-risk teens in the areas of literacy, creative writing, drama, visual art and filmmaking

2002-present: Graduate Research Assistant

UBC/Strathcona Public School (Vancouver, BC)
under the supervision of Dr. Shelley Hymel, Professor (Faculty of Education)

• teaching both academic and social skills to children with special needs
• assisting students as they are re-integrated into regular education classrooms