Resume

=//Roy Norris: Resume in Brief//=

Research Area: Teachers and Futures. I am researching how teachers think about the times to come, and how that impacts their teaching. University of Calgary, Calgary AB. 2017
 * Doctor of Education in Curriculum and Learning**

University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB. 2010
 * Master of Education specializing in Educational Leadership**

Brandon University, Brandon, MB. 1994
 * Bachelor of Education**

Canadian Bible College, Regina SK. 1989
 * Bachelor of Biblical Studies**

Manitoba Permanent Teaching Certificate, 1994 Manitoba School Administrator's Certificate, 2010

//__**Educational Leadership Experience**__**:**//

Develop relevant, context-embeded Professional Development opportunities for a professional staff of over 80 teachers to discover methods and reasons for leveraging technology to enhance student learning in a 1 to 1 High school environment.
 * Department Head of Literacy with Information and Communication Technology**
 * Dakota Collegiate, Sept. 2013-June 2014**

Assisting the Principal with student discipline issues, coordinating with outside agencies, assisting with school planning, exam scheduling, convocation planning, and interviewing teachers and EAs for employment.
 * Vice-Principal, Dakota Collegiate Institute, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Spring of 2009, 2011 & 2017. (3 times)**

Paid position to serve as Principal when the entire Administrative team is away.
 * Teacher-Designate, Dakota Collegiate, 2008-2010.**

Attend to the group of nine English teachers on staff, buy resources based on the instructional budget, and aid in the coordination of the English department with the other departments in the school.
 * Department Head of English, Dakota Collegiate, 2006-2008.**

//**__Teaching Experience__:**// I have taught the following courses at Dakota: English: 9, 10, 11 Literature, 11 Comprehensive, 12 Transactional, 12 Comprehensive. Drama: 9-12, all four courses. Musical Theatre: 9-12, all four courses. Visual Art: 9
 * Dakota Collegiate Institute, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 2004 – present.**

21st Century Learning and 1 to 1 Pilot co-leader at the school level (2010-11) Cooperating Teacher with U of M and U of W Faculty of Education Programs. WebCT/Blackboard Teacher registered with MECY. Staff Trainer for Students Achieve software. LRSD Grade 12 Provincial Standards Exam Marker. Provincial Sample and Pilot Standards Exam marker for MECY. Musical Theatre Director/Producer for production of Thoroughly Modern Millie, Annie, That 70’s Review, and Seussical.
 * PD and other relevant experiences while at Dakota:**

Teaching 9 English, 9, 10 & 12 Visual Arts and 10 Geography. Staff liaison for Gr. 9 transitioning from Grade 8.
 * Windsor Park Collegiate, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 2003-04.**

From 1995 to 1997 I taught mostly grade 7 to 9 classes. From 1998 to 2003 I taught mostly grade 10, 11 & 12 English, Art and Drama classes.
 * Linden Christian School, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1995-2003.**

In my first year teaching I taught six sections of Grade 10 English and tutored students for the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS). Right now I am interested in promoting 21st Century learning at Dakota. I co-chaired the steering committee that planned the implementation of the board-approved 1 to 1 pilot project at Dakota. From 2008-2010 I was involved in attendance policy/procedure renewal. In my role I have presented to the staff regarding the changes that are underway at Dakota I have been an active committee member of a variety of staff committees at Dakota over the past six years, involved in policy renewal, school planning, and professional development.
 * Donna High School, Donna, Texas, 1994-95.**
 * Committee Involvement at Dakota Collegiate, 2004 – present.**

I am the 2010-11 contact person for the 21st Century Learning in Highschools PLN of the Louis Riel School Division. This small PLN is a start-up that began in early 2011. I was also an active member of the High School English PLN from 2008-2010. I advocate for improving common understandings of literacy and language learning for students within LRSD high schools. PLN involvement also helps to develop greater distributed leadership within LRSD high schools in each curricular area.
 * LRSD Professional Learning Network Member, 2008 - present.**

I have supervised and assisted on educational trips to Alberta, to Europe, and to Japan. Careful planning, communicating with a team, and dealing with unexpected circumstances are important leadership aspects that come to the fore on such trips.
 * National and International field trip chaperone, 2006-2011.**

and my philosophy of educational leadership (20 MB download).
 * Here is a slide show** I made in March 2011 about my philosophy of Education