PD, Writing, & Reading

As a lifelong learner, I have endeavored to find relevant, diverse professional development opportunities throughout my career. I have been fortunate in that professional growth is invited and encouraged by my employers, my association, and the Society. Earning a Master of Education in Educational Administration and Leadership, and certificates in School Leadership; Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; Psychologically Safe Leadership; Giwiidabindimin; and Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution have added “tools to my toolbelt” that I’m continually grateful for.

Attending PD has led to more opportunities for leadership and growth (attending an Orff workshop as a student teacher eventually led to becoming president of Carl Orff Canada – Saskatchewan Chapter!). I’m a big fan of professional development that leads to changes in practice and that challenges my current ways of knowing. Below is a list of some of the growth opportunities I’ve attended over the years. While attendance at PD or reading a book does not make one suitable for leadership, I hope I’ve been a good steward of the knowledge that has been imparted to me in these many opportunities, and that I am able to honour–and bring honour to–the many teachers who have taken the time to share their wisdom, knowledge, and experiences with me through the ways in which I approach the work.

Professional Development – MTS

After attending Professional Development as a member of Provincial Executive, it is typical to write a report to the PX. This serves two purposes: 1) accountability to the Provincial Executive who approve the PD and to members whose dues pay for the costs to attend, and 2) the opportunity to share learnings with the Provincial Executive, Senior Leadership, and Presidents. These reports are always available to presidents through the MyProfile portal.

  • Boardroom Bias & Culture Certificate (Governance Solutions; registered: April 24-May 29)
  • Canadian Association of Principals (CAP) Conference 2025: Meet in the Middle: Developing Centered Leadership (COSL/MTS)
  • Giwiidabindimin Certificate – Responding to Trauma and Grief with Decolonized Practices (CTRI; 2025) Mar 2025 PX Report
  • Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution Certificate (Kompass; 2024); Oct & Dec 2024 PX Report
  • Psychologically Safe Leadership Certificate (UNB; 2024); Sept 2024 PX Report
    • Psychologically Safe Workplaces
    • Becoming a Psychologically Safe Leader
    • Promoting a Psychologically Safe Workplace
  • Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Certificate (Cornell University; 2023); May & June 2024 PX Report
  • Advanced Trust Management Standards (IFEBP; 2023)
  • CTF/FCE Collective Bargaining Conference (2023); Sept 2023 PX Report
  • Canadian Association for the Practical Study of Law in Education Conference (CAPSLE)
  • Foundations of Trust Management Standards (IFEBP; 2021); May 2021 PX Report
  • Costing Out a Contract (Industrial Labor & Relations School, Cornell University; 2021); Oct 2021 PX Report
  • Preparation for Collective Bargaining (Industrial Labor & Relations School, Cornell University; 2021); Dec 2021 PX Report
  • Shareholders Association for Research and Education (SHARE, 2021)
  • Canadian Investment Institute Virtual Conference (2020); Jan 2021 PX Report

Professional Development – GVTA, selected

  • Divisional GVSD PD: Dr. Shelley Moore (2024)
  • School Leadership in a Manitoba Context (GVSD; 2023)
  • Mental Health Awareness Training for Administrators (CMHA/Care for All in Education; 2023)
  • Creating Safer Spaces (MTS; 2023)
  • GVTA Equity & Social Justice Book Club Collaborative Learning Group (2019-present)
  • GVSD Treaty Education (2023)
    • Treaty Making from an Elder’s Perspective
    • Understanding the Historical and Contemporary Treaty Relationship
    • Treaty Education for All
    • Localizing Treaty Education
    • Curricular Connection
    • Treaty Education In-School Support Team and Classroom Learning Activities
  • MTS Employee Benefits Seminar (Winter 2023; Fall 2024)
    • Regional Meeting (Spring 2024, Spring 2025)
  • MTS Workplace Safety & Health Seminar (Winter 2023; Fall 2023; Winter 2024; Fall 2024)
  • MTS Education Finance Seminar (Winter 2023; Winter 2024; Fall 2024; Winter 2025)
  • MTS Equity & Social Justice Seminar (Winter 2024)
  • MTS PD Seminar (Winter 2023; Winter 2025)
  • MTS Indigenous Education Series (2022-2024)
    • Leading Our Schools: What Principals and Vice-Principals Need to Know
    • Teachers Talking to Teachers: What to Do or Not to Do for Truth and Reconciliation Week
    • Teachers Talking to Teachers: Getting Over Fear: Non-Indigenous Educators and Indigenous Education
  • MTS Local Leadership Learning Series (2022-2023)
  • MTS Summer Seminars (2014-2024)
  • MSBA / MTS Workplace Safety & Health Training for School Representatives (2023, 2024)
  • MTS Maternity & Parental Leave Seminar (2023, 2024)
  • Leading Through Crisis: A Virtual Leadership Summit (2020)
  • Canadian Association for the Practical Study of Law in Education Conference (CAPSLE; 2017)

Selected Presentations & Writings from the GVTA Newsletter, The Apple Core

Professional Reading (2023-present)

  • Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi (2014) We Should All Be Feminists
  • Allan, Billie & Hackett, V.C. Rhonda (eds.) (2022). Decolonizing Equity
  • Campbell, Andrew B. & Swartz, Larry (2023) Stop the Hate for Goodness Sake: How can classroom teachers disrupt discrimination and promote hope, foster healing, and inspire joyful learning?
  • Carrington, Jody (2023) Feeling Seen: Reconnecting in a Disconnected World
  • Chafe, J. W. (1969) Chalk, Sweat, and Cheers: A History of the Manitoba Teachers’ Society Commemorating its Fiftieth Anniversary 1919-1969
  • Grande, Reyna & Guiñansaca, Sonia (eds.) (2022) Somewhere We Are Human: Authentic Voices on Migration, Survival, and New Beginnings
  • Heumann, Judith. (2021) Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist
  • Hong, Cathy Park (2021) Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
  • Jewell, Tiffany (2020) This Book is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do the Work
  • Lencioni, Patrick (2016) The Ideal Team Player: How to Recognize and Cultivate the Three Essential Virtues
  • Mackenzie, Gordon (1998) Orbiting the Giant Hairball: A Corporate Fool’s Guide to Surviving with Grace
  • Manitoba Indigenous Cultural Education Centre (ed.) (2021) Wahbung: Our Tomorrows – 50th Anniversary Edition
  • Ross, Dax-Devlon (2021) Letters to My White Male Friends
  • Sinclair, Murray (2024) Who We Are: Four Questions For a Life and a Nation
  • Sinclair, Niigaan (2024) Wînipêk: Visions of Canada from an Indigenous Centre
  • Stanford, Geoffrey (1995) Bourinot’s Rules of Order: A Manual on the Practices and Usages of the House of Commons of Canada and on the Procedure at Public Assemblies, Including Meetings of Shareholders (4th Edition)
  • Trower, Cathy A. (2013) The Practitioner’s Guide to Governance as Leadership: Building High-Performing Nonprofit Boards

Listening with Purpose, Dedicated to Progress

Back to Campaign Page