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CURRENT PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT

Coordinator:
Youth Mentorship Program in the Arts (2007 – present)

ACI (Arts and Cultural Industries Association of Manitoba)

Recruit and manage a long-term program matching Winnipeg artistic professionals with youth

Instructor and Educator (1999 – present)

University of Winnipeg; Department of Education

Instructor:

  • Drama, Musical Theatre – Curriculum and Instruction

Designed and teach new courses in:

  • Creative Drama – Elementary years, Middle years
  • Theatre and Drama Instruction – Senior years
  • Musical Theatre Direction and Production – Senior years

Workshop clinician (1999 – present)

Present workshops for SAG and various divisional in-services

Adjudicator (1987 – present)

Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals, Inc.

  • Adjudicate Drama, Speech Arts and Dance Festivals throughout Manitoba
  • Plan and facilitate seminars for new adjudicators
  • Conduct workshops for teachers and students

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY pre 2008

Ad Sales Coordinator (1 year)

Manitoba Writers’ Guild quarterly – WordWrap

National Academic Advisor/Manitoba Coordinator
(12 years)

Nacel Canada

NACEL is an international student exchange organization at the Secondary School level. My responsibilities included:

  • Represent Nacel Canada at international conferences and meetings
  • Negotiate contracts and program availability with foreign agencies
  • Supervise coordinators across Canada, hiring and training as required
  • Manage budget and payroll for reps and families
  • Organize and facilitate orientation sessions for new students each year
  • Set policies and mediate issues between Nacel Canada and foreign agencies
  • Develop ESL curriculum for foreign student summer tutorial
  • Negotiate placement of international students with Manitoba School Boards
  • Act as liaison between students, schools and volunteer host families
  • Produce written reports on our students and analysis of our programs
  • Responsible for promotion and presentations on the programs

Supervisor of Student Teachers (3 years)

University of Winnipeg

  • Observe and evaluate student teachers
  • Act as liaison between cooperating and student teachers and the university

Teacher (8 years)

River East School Division

  • River East Collegiate: Drama, English. (4 years)
  • Kildonan East Collegiate: Drama, English, Theatre and Dance. (4 years)

Designed and implemented new Theatre department, including setting up new theatre space and obtaining Department of Education approval for new courses in Dance, Theatre Design, Theatre Production, Theatre Lighting

Teacher, Term Positions (3 years)

St. Vital School Division, Fort Gary School Division

  • Glenlawn Collegiate: Drama, English. (1 year)
  • Dakota Collegiate: Drama. (1 year)
  • Fort Richmond Collegiate: Drama, Geography, Special Ed. (1 year)

Coordinator (7 years)

Interact Dramatic Inc.

Professional development organization for actors

  • Responsible for grant applications, bookkeeping, maintaining membership lists and promotion.
  • Organization of workshops with local and well-known North American theatre professionals.

Choreographer (2 years)

National Women’s Gymnastics Team, Puerto Rico

  • Organized team competitions and travel
  • Judged international gymnastics competitions
  • Wrote articles for international gymnastics magazine
  • Developed training programs for team
  • Choreographed floor and beam routines for individual team members
  • Taught groups dance classes

Instructor (1 semester)

Universidad del Sagrado Corozón

Designed and taught a drama course for a summer language program