April 2023- present Knowledgehook Ambassador
September 2022- present The Mentoree Community Outreach Coordinator
2022 Canadian Children's Book Centre Ontario Regional Book Week Coordinator- I assisted the matching of authors with school/libraries during the national #BookWeek event in May.
2021- Barrie Film Festival Board member- advocate for film opportunities for educators, students and community members including the initiation of a new regional Youth Film Festival event.
I developed teaching resources and connected with nominated authors of the Red Maple Award letter of appreciation
I created agenda and advocacy opportunities to support school libraries and led a team of council members from across the province.
I was part of a team of SCDSB colleagues that investigated ways to improve student feedback
As co-lead of this Ministry funded writing project we hired five teacher-librarians from across Ontario to create an interactive inquiry resource for teaching inquiry skills. We guided the work and ensured all deliverables were met. We meet regularly with the Education Officer and liaison with writers, graphic designer and OLA employees to ensure completion.
I ran an online asynchronous book club for TVO on TeachOntario from Jan 9-March 31, 2016 for educators. We used the book "Creating Thinking Classrooms" as our professional text.
I served on the Ontario Library Board and the OLA Advocacy Committee to represent provincial school libraries.
As an executive member of the voluntary subject association association for school libraries we support school libraries by creating resources and created advocacy opportunities. I co-create agendas for the regular meetings and I was actively involved with the actions taken. Being an executive of this council also meant attending regular Ontario Library Board meetings.
In this role I represented the SCDSB Teacher-Librarians at provincial meetings to support school library initiatives and advocacy goals.
I was an instructor for a GSuite for Beginners workshop. I introduced teachers from a variety of school districts sites.google.com/site/jensenetfog4b/
I was selected and participated in a two day ETFO workshop to improve my presentation and facilitation skills. I learned many ways to engage and connect to adult learners that I am using in my daily practice. I also connected to other teacher leaders in other school districts while participating in this professional learning opportunity.