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EDUCATI ON
University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta
Bachelor of Education Graduated June 2014
Major: English Language Arts
Minor: Biological Sciences

Jasper Place High School Edmonton, Alberta
High School Diploma Graduated June 2009

LEADERSHI P EXPERI ENCE
Rocky Mountain Hoops Basketball Camp Edmonton, Jasper, & Canmore, Alberta
Camp Coordinator & Coach May 2011-present

Rocky Mountain Hoops is a prestigious basketball camp currently in its 20
th
year. This camp
brings athletes ages 8-18 from all over Alberta to train intensively for a week alongside talented
coaches with collegiate & professional basketball experience. My role at RMH is to organize
each days schedule, including a tournament that runs in the evenings throughout the week, to
manage campers both during registration and during their stay, to act as a liaison between
campers, their parents, and the camp owners and to assist in most of the training sessions where
coaches need support. In this position I must lead not only the campers, but other coaches as I
structure where each and every person is at all times throughout the operation of camp. I am in
charge of leading coaches and ensuring assignments were outlined each day and ready for
delivery to all athletes.

Young Life Canada Edmonton, Alberta
Volunteer Leader June 2012 present

Young Life Canada is a Christian organization for junior and senior high students who form
relationships with the volunteer leaders. We work directly alongside parents and schools:
tutoring, teaching, visiting, coaching, etc. In addition we hold weekly meetings, both in the
smaller and larger group settings. Throughout the year we also take kids to camps where there
are many opportunities to continue to further their development. Through Young Life I have
formed and developed friendships with over a dozen high school girls and have been a part of
their lives as theyve grown over the past three years. This has allowed me to learn to connect
with teens on a personal level, while still being a mentor and guide for them. While at camp I am
their main supervisor and leader, as I help to guide them through daily activities such as games,
zip lining, water sports etc. I also lead nightly discussions with the girls as a group about the day
and things they have heard/learned, and have a one on one talk with each girl at least once during
camp to see where they are at with their family, friends, faith and life in general. During the year
I lead the girls to participate in our bi weekly events where they are singing songs, watching and
participating in skits and listening attentively to a leader as they speak.
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Delux Burger Bar Edmonton, Alberta
Server, Manager September 2013-present

Delux Burger Bar is a restaurant which belongs to the Century Hospitality Group, a local
expanding company. I started at Delux (West Edmonton Mall) in September 2013 as a server,
despite having almost no previous experience in the restaurant industry. Within a year of my first
serving job I had moved up to management and that is a testament to my capacity for leadership.
My current position means that I am to train new staff, monitor current staffs successes and
struggles and to assist with scheduling. This job has allowed me to challenge myself to motivate
and manage staff who are my age, or sometimes even older, and also my friends. It has taught
me to achieve professional and personal relationships at the same time. I have learned to manage
a number of different peoples personalities, needs, and wants while also doing my own job and
ensuring my customers are happy.

TEACHI NG EXPERI ENCE
Edmonton Public School Board Edmonton, Alberta
Spruce Avenue Junior High February 2014 April 2014

Spruce Avenue is an inner city junior high school. The school has a variety of different
programs, including segregated BLA, ELL, and Literacy/Opportunity. As well, there is a high
population of FNMI students and a strong FNMI support system. Spruce Avenue is a small
school with 13 accredited teaching staff; everyone is supportive and encourages collaboration.
Despite being very inner city, the environment in the school with students and parents is
extremely friendly and familial. While at Spruce Avenue during my advanced field experience, I
taught regular Grade 7, 8, and 9 Language Arts classes with 27, 28, and 37 students respectively.
As well, I taught a regular Science 7 class with 24 students. During this time I was responsible
for all teaching responsibilities including lesson and unit planning, generating assignments and
assessments, as well as monitoring classroom and extracurricular behavior.


EDFX 490: Global Citizenship Field Experience Accra and Apemanim Village, Ghana
Faculty of Education, University of Alberta May 2014-June 2014

During a summer field experience through the Faculty of Education, I was able to go on a four
week trip to Accra, Ghana. I spent 3 weeks living in Accra and teaching in different schools in
their capital city. I also spent a week living in a small Ashanti Village, Apemanim, teaching at
their local school. I taught grades 1-8 while there, based off their local curriculum and teaching
strategies.


Evergreen Catholic Separate Regional Division Spruce Grove, Alberta
St. Thomas Aquinas Middle School November 2013- December 2013

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St. Thomas Aquinas is a grade 5 to 8 middle school in a Catholic school division. During my
introductory field experience I taught three grade 8 Language Arts classes, and assisted in one
grade 7 and one grade 8 Science class. During this time I was solely responsible for teaching the
grade 8 Language Arts classes including lesson and unit planning, creating assignments and
assessment as well as monitoring classroom and extracurricular behaviour.

OTHER WORK EXPERI ENCE
Rocky Mountain Hoops Basketball Camp Edmonton, Jasper, & Canmore, Alberta
Camp Coordinator & Coach May 2011-present

Rocky Mountain Hoops is a prestigious basketball camp currently in its 20
th
year. This camp
brings athletes ages 8-18 from all over Alberta to train intensively for a week alongside talented
coaches with collegiate & professional basketball experience. Besides the roles I have already
mentioned, I also do a lot of behind the scenes organization and planning both before, during and
after camp. This includes managing payments, organizing registration and rooming assignments,
obtaining permission forms and payment for a field trip of white water rafting, and continually
interacting with parents and guardians who have any questions or concerns.

Delux Burger Bar Edmonton, Alberta
Server, Manager September 2013-present

Delux Burger Bar is a restaurant which belongs to the Century Hospitality Group, a local
expanding company. I started at Delux (West Edmonton Mall) in September 2013 as a server,
despite having almost no previous experience in the restaurant industry. In January 2014 I played
a critical role in the opening of our new location in Magrath and worked closely with our
corporate chef and majority owner. In July 2014 I was promoted to a management position and I
am still in that role. Within a year of my first serving job I had moved up to management and
that is a testament to my work ethic, commitment to growth and improvement, and capacity for
leadership. Dealing with customer complaints has also taught me to face a certain style of
confrontation in a professional manner, knowing when to bend to please my guests and when to
stand my ground in defense of my restaurant, employer, and staff.


Edmonton Energy Professional Basketball Team Edmonton, Alberta
Executive Assistant to the General Manager March 2011-July 2013

The Edmonton Energy was a professional basketball team in the International Basketball
League. I worked with the Energy during their final two seasons. In my first year with the team I
was the Marketing Coordinator where I was in charge of all of the public relations and media
correspondence of the team. I booked and organized public appearances at a variety of schools
and communities, created press releases, posters, game day programs, and other media. I was in
charge of monitoring game day operations and entertainment, merchandise sales, contests, and
the players both on and off the court. When I was promoted to Executive Assistant at the end of
the season, I maintained these duties as well as many others. I was now planning and organizing
tryouts, updating social media, booking staff for game day and other administrative tasks.
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The Insurance Doctor Edmonton, Alberta
Customer Service Representative May 2008-present

I have been working summers at this insurance brokerage since I was in grade 11. Started as a
receptionist, then moved on to data entry clerk and in 2010 I obtained my level 1 broker license.
This summer I will continue to work at the office part time, mainly focusing on data entry and
receptionist responsibilities. This job has given me day to day experience with a professional
office job, interaction with a variety of customers and other professionals and experience
learning how to operate a number of different computer programs.

COMMI TTEES AND VOLUNTEER ACTI VI TI ES
Young Life Canada Edmonton, Alberta
Volunteer Leader June 2012 present

Young Life Canada is a Christian organization for junior high and senior students who form
relationships with the volunteer leaders. We work directly alongside parents and schools:
tutoring, teaching, visiting, coaching, etc. In addition we hold weekly meetings, both in the
smaller and larger group settings. Throughout the year we also take kids to camps where there
are many opportunities to continue to further their development. Through Young Life I have
formed and developed friendships with over a dozen high school girls and have been a part of
their lives as theyve grown over the past three years. This has allowed me to learn to connect
with teens on a personal level, while still being a mentor and guide for them.

University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta
Golden Bears Basketball Team Manager September 2009-April 2010

Upon entering my first year of university I began working with the University of Alberta Golden
Bears basketball team as their team manager. This meant that I attended regular practices, all
games, and even travelled to Montana with the team in December for a tournament. My roles
included helping with stats, ordering team gear, assisting in practice and overall team/player
morale.








Jasper Place High School Edmonton, Alberta
Grad Council October 2009June 2009

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In my last year at Jasper Place I was elected by my peers to become one of ten members of our
student-run Grad Council. Alongside the rest of the group and our supporting teacher, I
organized all aspects of our graduation for over 600 students. This included events and
fundraisers leading up to grad, graduation photos, cap and gown rentals, commencement and
banquet tickets, clothing sales, banquet decorations, and most importantly I was the MC for our
banquet and spoke in front of over 2000 attendees.

Jasper Place High School Edmonton, Alberta
Rebels Senior Mens Basketball Team Manager September 2005-June 2009

Throughout my entire high school career I worked as the team manager for the senior mens
basketball team. I took on many roles in this position, everything from ordering team gear, taking
stats, organizing travel plans and accommodations for away tournaments, attending and assisting
at all practices and games, to taking photos and updating the bulletin board at school. I also
played a critical role for two years organizing the REB basketball tournament, the biggest of its
kind in western Canada. This meant I was creating and mailing invitation packages to teams,
confirming their attendance and travel plans/accommodations, assisting in obtaining sponsorship
deals, creating and editing the tournament draws, assisting in signage, programs and multimedia
releases and general day-to-day organization.

AWARDS/ RECOGNI TI ONS/ PROFESSI ONAL
DEVELOPMENT CERTI FI CATES
University of Alberta
The George Lingle Global Citizenship in Ghana Travel Award 2012-2013
Jason Lang Scholarship 2011-2012

Jasper Place High School
Alexander Rutherford Scholarship 2006-2008

OTHER
Study abroad Winter 2012 in Cortona, Italy
Proficient in American Sign Language (ASL)
Over 10 years of dance training with teaching experience at the junior level: jazz, hip
hop, ballet, musical theatre, lyrical, modern, pointe.
Experience in a variety of musical instruments and vocal training





REFERENCES
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Annie Foster
University Facilitator, AFX
University of Alberta, Faculty of Education
347 Education South, 11210 - 87 Ave,
Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2G5
780-633-2266

Nigel Ranger
Mentor Teacher, AFX
Spruce Avenue Junior High
11424 - 102 Street
Edmonton, Alberta, T5G 2E7
780-479-0155

Joanne Harle
Principal, AFX
Spruce Avenue Junior High
11424 - 102 Street
Edmonton, Alberta, T5G 2E7
780-479-0155

Lucy De Fabrizio
APO/Coordinator, International Office
Faculty of Education, University of Alberta
4-107 Education Centre North,
Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2G5
780-492-3178

Lorraine Parry
Administrative Assistant,
International Office, Faculty of Education,
University of Alberta,
4-107 Education Centre North,
Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2G5
780.492.0940









Tim Young
University Facilitator, IFX
University of Alberta, Faculty of Education
347 Education South, 11210 - 87 Ave,
Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2G5
780-267-1377

Moira St. Amand
Mentor Teacher, IFX
St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic School
381 Grove Drive
Spruce Grove, Alberta, T7X 2Y9
780-962-1585

James Fraser
Principal, IFX
St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic School
381 Grove Drive
Spruce Grove, Alberta, T7X 2Y9
780-962-1585