Education and All That

Teaching Experience:

1979-1981, 1985-2009: Taught at 10 different schools:

• rural

• inner city

• traditional

• open concept

• portable

• dual track (English and French Immersion)

In a variety of positions:

• SK to Grade 6 classroom teacher

• Teacher-librarian - grades JK to 8

• Resource - grades JK to 6

• English to French Immersion - grades 2 to 4

• Home Instruction for students unable to attend school – severe injury, school phobia, violent behavior

Volunteered for:

• school leadership

• school improvement

• young authors

• environmental kids club

• drama club

• chess club

• computer club

• keyboarding club

• play days

• overnight field trips

• literacy days

• charity fundraisers such as Jump Rope for Heart and M.S. Readathon

• various school fundraisers

• playground committee

• school beautification

• curriculum development

• computer workshops for teachers

• guiding student teachers

• mentoring beginning teachers

And in the community:

• writing workshops for high school, college, and university students

• reading to the elderly

• Community Playschool Leader

• La Leché League librarian

• mentor for single teen mother

• fundraising for diving club, Tai Kwon Do club, Sunday School, etc.

• Girl Guide Leader

• Lay Leader for Jodo Shinshu Buddhist Fellowship of Thunder Bay

• Thunder Bay Literacy Group

Educational Background:

Bachelor of Arts, Lakehead University, Ontario (English)

Bachelor of Education, Lakehead University, Ontario

Several extra university courses in English, History, and Anthropology

Basic Qualifications – Primary, Junior and Intermediate Divisions

Librarianship, Part 1, Part 2

Primary Education, Part 1

Computers in the Classroom, Part 1

Numerous workshops on computers, math, classroom management (such as co-operative learning), physical education and daily physical activity, health, teaching strategies, brain development (such as Eight Intelligences, Brain Gym), science, drama, music, social studies, assessment, evaluation, testing, and all aspects of literacy (such as First Steps and Six Plus One Traits of Writing).

Attended several university, college, and community workshops, courses, on-line courses, and retreats in writing

Trained as a lay-leader for Jodo Shinshu Buddhist Temples of Canada by Socho (Bishop) Orai Fujikawa

Completed four term Jodo Shinshu Correspondence Course, Jodo Shinshu Centre, Berkeley California

Contact me at b.ferrante at tbaytel dot net