At the start of my PSIII internship, I completed a Fundamentals of Coaching training course to aid in my coaching of the Senior Boys Volleyball team throughout the semester. The course was roughly 6 hours long and covered the basics of coaching: ex. how to plan an effective practice, types of players, solving team conflicts, regulations of Alberta high school sports, etc. |
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This certificate recognizes my completion of a sexual assault resistance course course I took during my first undergraduate degree. This certificate reflects my strong value of sexual safety and security among all people. I have strived to develop a level of strength and understanding in this area so that I can be of help to others. This certificate is important to me as a teacher, because I believe this course will help me understand how to pay attention to students' health and recognize the warning signs of sexual assault and/or abuse so that I may be of assistance to students and staff members should they need it.
The mission of the Challenger Little League is to provide physically and developmentally challenged children, teens and young adults in Calgary and the surrounding area the opportunity to experience the fun of playing baseball. I spent a summer as a volunteer coach for two teams in this league. I coached teens and young adults with physical and developmental challenges the game of baseball and worked to make sure the every player had an opportunity to succeed and have fun. This is a picture of my two teams as well as the hat that I wore with pride when I was their coach. This photo demonstrates my passion for baseball and my belief that everyone can succeed and all children deserve equal opportunities regardless of their mental or physical ability.
As a trombonist, I received the incredible opportunity to perform with the University of Calgary Wind Ensemble directed by Gareth Jones. This ensemble has earned the reputation as the finest University group of its kind in Canada and one of the principal international leaders in the field. Along with performing with the Wind Ensemble, I spend many hours in the studio recording music with them. Other ensembles I had the pleasure to be a part of throughout my undergraduate degree were the U of C Symphonic Band as well as the Brass Choir. Playing trombone allows me to express my love of music as a beautiful art form.
This is a thank-you card I received from Trout Unlimited Canada in 2013 because of my engagement in the annual fish rescue. In the fall, irrigation channels are drained and the countless fish that entered these channels in the summer lose their water, and inevitably their lives if nothing is done to save them. As the president of the University of Calgary Biology Student’s Association, I organised student volunteers to help Trout Unlimited capture and rescue these fish to be released in nearby bodies of water. Besides rescuing thousands of fish, valuable data is collected regarding the species, size composition, and abundance of entrained fish. The Fish Rescue is also an excellent educational opportunity for the many volunteers and participants.
The Collaborating for Learning Conference in 2013 was the 1st annual University of Calgary conference on post-secondary teaching and learning presented by the teaching and learning centre. I presented in this conference as a peer mentor giving quantitative evidence of increased student engagement due to the peer mentoring program as well as my experience as a peer mentor and how mentoring enriched my undergraduate experience. The write-up in the second image gives a more thorough explanation of the peer mentoring program and our conference presentation.
I received a second place award among all University of Calgary independent study Ecology students for my honours thesis presentation titled “Math and Biology: Promoting Quantitative Skills in Undergraduate Biology Students”. My presentation was based on the research I conducted throughout the year on students’ quantitative skills and how they can relate those skills to biological concepts. For my research, I used triangulation of data from statistical pre-instruction/post-instruction testing, students’ self-assessed non-cognitive traits, and a focus group which I conducted, to reach a conclusion about the pedagogy of incorporating mathematics in biology. This award shows my understanding of pedagogical research, statistical analysis, and my presentation skills. In the summer after the first year of my first undergraduate degree, I got the opportunity to work in a lab for an ecology professor, Dr. Jeremy Fox. I spent the summer perfecting my skills with a microscope while I analysed the predator-prey cycles of protists (free-swimming single-celled organisms). After a summer of research, I helped co-author this paper, presented here, which was published in the peer-reviewed journal, PLoS ONE. This publication demonstrates my knowledge in the field of ecology as well as my technical lab skills. |
Beyond the ClassroomThe purpose of this page is to demonstrate my growth as a professional as well as to document my accomplishments in my personal endeavours that I believe enhance who I am and what I believe as a teacher. KSA connections
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