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EDUCATION:

1965 Teaching Certificate. English, History, Education. C.F. Mott College of Education: University of Liverpool.

1974 B.Ed. University of British Columbia.

1978 M.A. Educational Psychology, University of British Columbia.

1982 Ed.D. Educational Psychology (Human Learning, Development andInstruction), University of British Columbia.

1978 M.A. Thesis An Investigation of the Effect of Operational Level and Locus of Causal Context on the Recall of Main Ideas.

1982 Ed.D. Thesis Individual Differences in Time Needed to Learn: Teacher Coping Strategies.

AWARDS:

1978-81 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada - Doctoral Fellowship.

1983-84 Outstanding Teaching Award - Faculty of Education, Lakehead University, Presented June 14th, 1984.

August 1989 to1995 Director, Special Programs, Department of Education, Yukon:

Position Summary: Reported to the Assistant Deputy Minister, Public Schools. Directed a unit of 12 professionals and 2 support staff in the assessment, initiation, development, implementation, and evaluation of programs and services that supported students with special needs.

1982-84 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario.

1984-89 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Manitoba,Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Position summary: Taught courses in Special Education, Educational Psychology, Evaluation and Measurement, and Research Methodology to undergraduate and graduate students. Directed research theses and supervised practica in Special Education.

iii) Public School Systems:

1975-77 School District #24 Kamloops, BC: Clinical Class for Emotionally Disturbed/Learning Disabled Children.

1974-75 School District #24 Kamloops, BC: Learning Assistance Teacher. K- Gr. 7.

1971-73 Northwest Territories, Frobisher Bay: Kindergarten and Grade 1.

1971 School District #52 Prince Rupert, BC: Learning Assistance Teacher. K- Gr. 7.

1970 School District #52 Prince Rupert, BC: Grades 5 and 6 (open area).

1967-69 School District #30 South Caribou, BC: Grades 3, 4, and 5.

1965-67 Lancashire Education Committee (G.B.): 7-9 year old children.

Position Summary: Taught regular classes and special classes for students with exceptional needs, Kindergarten to Grade 7.

1989-90 Development of Part 3, Division 2 (Special Education) of Education Act

1989-92 Developed Guidelines to support Part 3, Division 2 of Education Act

1989-1994 Coordinated administration of School Achievement Indicators Project (S.A.I.P) in Yukon schools

1989-95 Prepared Job Descriptions, Statements of Qualification, Interview Protocols and conducted evaluations for professional staff (Psychologists, Speech and Language Pathologists, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists)

1989-95 Developed and implemented Transition and Case Coordination Procedures between the Child Development Centre and the Yukon School System

1989-92 Developed Referral, Identification and Tracking Procedures for Students with Exceptionalities in the Yukon

1989-95 Set up computerized database of exceptional students in the Yukon

1990-93 Conducted Needs Assessment and developed Action Plan to provide services to Intellectually Able students

1990-91 Conducted Needs Assessment of services for exceptional students at F.H. Collins High School in Whitehorse

1990 -95 Designed and developed the Interdisciplinary Training Program for Paraprofessionals (a 1 year program to train people to work with children, adolescents and adults with disabilities)

1992-93 Developed and piloted protocol for the Evaluation of Educational Assistants (paraprofessionals working with exceptional students in Yukon schools)

1992-94 Developed a Resource Allocation Model for the assignment of LearningAssistance and Special Education Teachers to schools

1992-95 Developed and implemented a Resource Allocation Model for the assignment of Educational Assistants to schools

1992 Prepared Report and Action Plan on FAS/FAE for Government of Yukon

1993 Designed an Information Kit and Trainer of Trainers Model for dissemination of information on FAS/FAE

1993 Developed, in conjunction with the Department of Health and SocialServices, a Crisis Response Protocol to enable the Government to provide acoordinated response to psychosocial trauma (e.g. suicide, murder) in rural communities

1992-95 Designed and implemented Guidelines and Procedures for the development of Territorial Resource Programs (for most severely impaired students)

1992-95 Developed, in conjunction with the Department of Health and Social Services, an Integrated Program and Case Management System for the most seriously behaviourally disordered students

1993-94 Needs Assessment of the School Counseling Program

1994 Review of Alternate Education Program, Whitehorse, Yukon.

1994 Needs Assessment of Whitehorse Junior High Schools

1994 Developed a model for the Assessment of Student Achievement in Yukon

1989-1994 Member, National Technical Committee and Report Development Committee, for the development of the School Achievement Indicators Project (S.A.I.P)

1991-92 Chair, Interdepartmental committee on FAS/FAE for Yukon Government

1991-92 Member, Intergovernmental Committee, Yukon Mental Health Strategy

1991-92 Member, Deputy Ministers’ Committee on Social Policy

1992-95 Member, Interdepartmental Committee on Family Violence

1992-93 Member, Department of Education Committee on Violence in Schools

1992-93 Member, Interdepartmental committee (Education, Health and Social Services, and Justice) to develop Protocol on Information Sharing/Confidentiality

1993-94 Co-Chair, Integrated Case Planning committee (with the Department of Health and Social Services)

1993-94 Member, Intergovernmental Steering Committee, Brighter Futures (Community Action Plan for Children)

1994 Member,Steering Committee for an Operational Review of the Child Development Centre in Whitehorse

January 1991 Introduction to Special Education. Presentation to Education Appeal Tribunal, Whitehorse, Yukon.

February 1991 The Concept of Integration. Presentation to the School Based Team, Porter Creek Junior High School, Whitehorse, Yukon.

April 1991 FAS/FAE Research Report, Presentation to Cabinet:, Government of Yukon, Whitehorse, Yukon

May 1991 Transition to Kindergarten. Presentation to parents of children in the Child Development Centre, Whitehorse, Yukon.

October 1991 Philosophy and Model of Special Education in the Yukon. Presentation to the Healing Conference, Whitehorse, Yukon.

December 1991 Introduction to Special Education. Presentation to the Teacher Education Program, Yukon College, Whitehorse, Yukon.

February 1992 Pre-referral Intervention System. Presentation to Association of Yukon Administrators, Whitehorse, Yukon.

February 1992 Development of Services for Socially/emotionally Maladjusted Students. Presentation to Association of Yukon Administrators, Whitehorse, Yukon.

May 1992 Special Education Services in the Yukon - Part 1. Presentation to the Advisory Council on Indian Child Welfare, Whitehorse, Yukon.

May 1992 Transition to Kindergarten. Presentation to parents of children in the Child Development Centre, Whitehorse, Yukon.

September 1992 Psychoeducational Assessment. Presentation to Judges, Yukon Territorial Court, Whitehorse, Yukon.

May 1993 Special Education Services in the Yukon - Part 2. Presentation to the Advisory Council on Indian Child Welfare, Whitehorse, Yukon.

November 1993 Special Education in the Yukon. Presentation to the Hon. Piers McDonald, 1993 Minister of Education, Whitehorse, Yukon

April 1993 Mainstreaming. Presentation to Public Schools Branch: Yukon Education, Whitehorse, Yukon.

April 1993 Wilderness Camps. Presentation to the Advisory Council on Indian Child Welfare, Whitehorse, Yukon.

April 1993 Mainstreaming. Presentation to the Special Education Sub-Association of the Yukon Teachers’ Association, Whitehorse, Yukon.

May 1993 Transition to Kindergarten. Presentation to parents of children in the Child Development Centre, Whitehorse, Yukon.

September 1993 Special Education in the Yukon. Presentation to the Hon. Doug Phillips, Minister of Education, Whitehorse, Yukon

October 1993 Protocol on Information Sharing/Confidentiality. Presentation to the Advisory Council on Indian Child Welfare, Whitehorse, Yukon.

October 1993 Introduction to Special Programs. Presentation to the First Nations, Education Committee, Whitehorse, Yukon.

June 1993 CTBS: Love it or Leave it (monitoring student performance through standardized testing). Presentation to senior management group: Public Schools Branch, Whitehorse, Yukon.

January 1994 Special Education in the Yukon - Part 1. Presentation to the Education Review Committee, Whitehorse, Yukon

January 1994 Issues in Special Education. Presentation to Health and Social Services Council, Whitehorse, Yukon

May 1994 Special Education in the Yukon. Presentation to Members of the Legislative Assembly, Whitehorse, Yukon

August 1994 Territorial Resource Programs. Presentation to Program Implementation Teachers (Special Educators), Whitehorse, Yukon.

October 1994 Special Education in the Yukon -Part 2. Presentation to the Education Review Committee, Whitehorse, Yukon

UNIVERSITY TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

1980

Introduction to Educational Psychology Education 301 University of British Columbia

1982

Education Evaluation and Measurement Education 302 University of British Columbia

1982-83

Special Education, Part I. Lakehead University Introduction to Exceptional Students: Assessment of Special Students

Special Education, Part II. Lakehead University: Learning Disabled/Behaviourally Disordered

1983-84

Special Education, Part I (as above)

Special Education, Part II (as above)

Methods of Research in Education

1984-85

Psychology of Exceptional Students (43.518 University of Manitoba)

Organizing & Managing Resource Teacher Programs (43.539 U. of M.)

Introduction to Behaviour Disorders ( 43.528 U. of M.)

Seminar in Special Education (43.705 U. of M.)

Introduction to Mental Retardation (43.304 U. of M.)

Psychology of Learning & Instruction (43.202 U. of M.)

1985-86

Psychology of Exceptional Children (43.518 U. of M.)

Introduction to Behavior Disorders (43.528 U. of M.)

Children With Learning & Behavior Problems (43.305 U. of M.)

Seminar in Education of Behavior Disordered (43.707 U. of M.)

1986-89

Various courses from those listed above

1992

Sessional lecturer, University of Regina: Yukon Native Teacher Education Program, Educational Psychology

1978-79 Universal Teaching Evaluation Committee Representative - Education Graduate Student AssociationUniversity of British Columbia

1979-80 Standing Committee on the Evaluation of Teaching Representative - Education Graduate Student AssociationUniversity of British Columbia

1982-83 Lakehead University representative - Advisory Committee for the Learning Centre, Confederation College, Thunder Bay.

Lakehead University representative - Regional Special Education Council, Northwestern Ontario

1983-84 Continued as Lakehead University representative on 1982-83 committees

Member - Executive Committee, Faculty of Education, Lakehead U

Member - Research Committee, Faculty of Education, Lakehead U

Member - Senate Committee on Organization, Lakehead University

1984-85 Member - Library & Support Service Committee, Faculty of Education, University of Manitoba

Member - Faculty Council of Graduate Studies, University of Manitoba

Member - Admissions Committee, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Manitoba

Chair - Special Education Area Committee, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Manitoba

1985-86 Member - Library & Support Service Committee, Faculty of Education, University of Manitoba

Member - Faculty Council of Graduate Studies, University of Manitoba

Member - Admissions Committee, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Manitoba

Chair - Special Education Area Committee, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Manitoba

1986-88 Member - Undergraduate Program Review & Development Committee, Faculty of Education, University of Manitoba

1986-89 Member - Undergraduate Admissions Committee, Faculty of Education, University of Manitoba

1986-87 Member, Admissions Committee - Department of Educational Psychology, University of Manitoba

1986- Student Advisor, Council for Exceptional Children, University of Manitoba

1988-89 Ethics Review Committee - School of Nursing, University of Manitoba

1984-85

Member - Middle Years Program Review Committee, Manitoba Education

Member - Program Committee - Canadian Education Research

Association (Canadian Society for Study of Education)

Co-Chair - Program Planning - Westcast Conference - Western Association of Student Teaching

1985-86

Member - Middle Years Program Review Committee, Manitoba Education

Chair - Program Committee - Canadian Education Research Association (Canadian Society for Study of Education)

Co-Chair - Program Planning - Westcast Conference - Western Association of Student Teaching

1988

Member - Ministerial Advisory Committee for Special Education - Manitoba Education

1983-84

Member of Thesis Committee - Liz Jobbet - Faculty of Education Lakehead University (responsibilities continued during 1st term at University of Manitoba)

1984-86

Chair - Comprehensive Exam Committee - Betty Anderson, M.Ed. ‘85

Chair - Comprehensive Exam Committee - Freda Psooy, M.Ed. ‘85

Member - Comprehensive Exam Committee - Lesley Moyes, M.Ed. ‘85

Member - Comprehensive Exam Committee - Susan Dunn (Educational Foundations)

Member - Doctoral Committee - Phyllis Moore (Educational Administration)

Member - Comprehensive Exam Committee - Jim Haywood (Educational Psychology)

1987-88

Chair - Comprehensive Exam Committee -Cheryl Chaban, M.Ed. ‘87

Chair - Thesis Committee - Eve Harras, M.Ed. ‘88

1988-89

Chair - Comprehensive Exam Committee, Claire Darvill, M.Ed. ‘89

1989-90

Chair - Thesis Committee - Jane MacKenzie, M.Ed. ‘90. Interactive Inquiry: Resource Teacher Planning and Instructional Decision Making for a Child's Reading Assessment.

Chair - Thesis Committee - Irene Sarsfield, M.Ed.

April 1980 Member of an evaluation team Evaluation of a Mastery Learning Program in Hamilton Junior High School,North Vancouver School District, British Columbia

1980 Contributor to International Reading Association bibliography on Comparative Reading

April 1981 Chairperson American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Los Angeles

February1985 Interview with Craig MacInnis (Winnipeg Free Press reporter) concerning education of gifted students. Article in Free Press. The best and the brightest, February 4th, 1985

September1985 Formed a student chapter of the Canadian Council for Exceptional Children

1985-86 Preparation of course proposal - Education of Behaviorally DisorderedStudents

July 1987 Course on Evaluation of Students - Phase 3 Organization for Cooperation in Overseas Development - St. Lucia, West Indies

1987-88 Preparation of proposal for Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Education (Learners with Special Educational Needs)

July 1988 Chair, Plenary Session 'Critical issues in teacher education' 1st Asia-Pacific Conference on Teacher Education, Bangkok, Thailand

1989 Course on Student Assessment - Phase 2 Organization for Cooperation in Overseas Development - Grenada, West Indies

January1983 Association of Children with Learning Disabilities (Thunder Bay Chapter). Invited talk. The Questionable Utility of the Learning Disabled Label.

September1985 Presentation on Special Education Qualification to students at the University of Winnipeg

September 1986 Presentation on Special Education Qualification to students at the University of Winnipeg

1984-85 Member - Canadian Association for Community Living - Education Committee

1985-86

Member - Canadian Association for Community Living - Education Committee

Chair - Policy Sub-Committee of Canadian Association for CommunityLiving - Education Committee

Chair - Teacher Training Sub-Committee of Canadian Association forCommunity Living - Education Committee

1986- Manitoba Council for Exceptional Children - Executive Member

1986-87 Manitoba Learning Centre, Member of the Board

1987-88 Public Policy Chairperson, Manitoba Council for Exceptional Children

October 1979 Theoretical basis of Mastery Learning and Practical Application in a School Setting. Nelson School District, British Columbia 1 day Workshop to High School staff.

March 1980 Classroom Management. Fernie School District, British Columbia. 1 day Workshop to Elementary School staff.

October 1980 Current Research on Classrooms. B.C. Directors of Instruction. 2 day Conference.

February 1981 Classroom Management. Kamloops School District, British Columbia. 1 day Workshop to Elementary School staff.

Sept.-Dec. 1983 Behavior Management Training Program for Special Education Personnel. Lakehead Board of Education, Thunder Bay, Ontario.

January 1984 Assessment of Exceptional Students. Lake Superior Board of Education. 1 day Workshop.

October 1986 Address on Mainstreaming for St. James-Assiniboia School Division, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

October 1986 Managing the behaviourally disordered in the regular classroom. Special Area Interest Groups, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

November 1986 Cognitive style and learning strategies. Presented to Nurse Educators at Misericordia Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

November 1986 Student assessment and effective schools: Some things for principals to consider. Presentation to River East Principals and Vice-Principals'Conference, Hecla Island, Manitoba.

December 1986 Presentation on standardized testing to students at the Winnipeg Education Centre.

January 1987 Presentation on school-based research. Phi Delta Kappan.

February 1987 Tasks, learning strategies, and student nurses. Presented to Nurse Educators at St. Boniface Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

October 1987 Precision teaching. Special Area Interest Groups, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

February 1988 Invited lecture, West London Institute of Education, London, G.B. (Post-Graduate Certificate of Education Program). The 3 R's of classroom management: Rules, routines and reinforcement.

February 1988 Invited lecture, West London Institute of Education, London, G.B. (Diploma in Special Education Program). Behavioral psychology applied to education.

October 1988 Student Assessment. Presentation to Seine River Principals' Conference, Hecla Island, Manitoba.

April 1989 Learning strategies. Presentation to staff of Acadia Junior High School, Fort Gary School Division, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

January 1991 Introduction to special education. Presentation to Education Appeal Tribunal, Whitehorse, Yukon.

February 1991 Paper, paper everywhere: How educational assistants can assist teachers with documenting student progress. Educational Assistant and Program Implementation Teacher Inservice, Whitehorse, Yukon.

March 1991 What do standardized tests really tell us. and What's so special about IEPs. Learning Assistance and Program Implementation Teacher Inservice, Whitehorse, Yukon.

May 1991 Standardized Testing. Learning Assistance and Program Implementation Teacher Inservice: Whitehorse, Yukon.

November 1991 Pre-referral screening. Techniques for analyzing behavior. Learning Assistance Teacher Inservice: Pre-Referral Intervention System, Whitehorse, Yukon.

June 1992 Socialization of Children: Impact on parental and school expectations. Presentation to staff of Whitehorse Elementary School, Whitehorse, Yukon.

November 1993 Issue surrounding violent/aggressive behaviors. Presentation to Yukon Teachers' Association Special Education Sub-Association, Whitehorse, Yukon.

January 1994 Developing defensible IEPs. Presentation to special education staff at Elijah Smith Elementary School: Yukon Education, Whitehorse, Yukon.

April 1994 Accountability and IEPs. Presentation to special programs consultants: Yukon Education, Whitehorse, Yukon.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:

April 1979 The Effect of Pictures on Rate of Learning Sight Words: A Critique of the Focal Attention Hypothesis. Webster, J. B. (with M. Arlin and M. Scott).Paper presented at American Education Research Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco.

September 1982 Accommodating the Slow Learner in the Classroom - The Unexceptional Child. Keynote speaker at Conference.Lakehead Roman Catholic Separate School Board, Thunder Bay, Ontario.

February 1983 Behavior Management for Teachers of Special Classes. Invited talk. Kenora Board of Education, Ontario.

May 1983 The Ecology of the Classroom: A Consideration in Curriculum Implementation. Paper presented at 25th Principals' Association Conference and 4th Curriculum Conference of Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario.

June 1984 Individual Differences in Time Needed to Learn: Teacher Coping Strategies. Paper presented to the Canadian Society for the Study of Education, Vancouver, B.C.

February 1985 Attributions of Student Teachers for Successful and Unsuccessful Lessons. Paper presented at Westcast 1985, Vancouver, B.C.

February 1986 Managing the Behaviorally Disordered Child in the Regular Classroom. Invited talk. Council for Exceptional Children, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

June 1986 Teacher Beliefs and Knowledge of Informal Assessment Procedures. Paper presented at Canadian Society for the Study of Education Conference, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

February 1989 Principals' ratings of importance of goals of teacher education and satisfaction with professional preparation. Paper presented at Westcast '89 in Calgary, Alberta.

April 1989 Evaluating the performance of gifted students. Paper presented at Conference on Gifted Education, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

1975 Summer Training Project: Native Indian Student Teachers.Kamloops, B.C. Local Initiative Project grant $25,000.00.

1984-85 Student teachers' schema for within lesson management procedures.Faculty of Education Research grant $1,915.00.

Developmental trends in teachers and Native Indians (with A. Garrod), Faculty of Education Research grant $2,530.00.

1985-86 Individual differences in time needed to learn: Teacher strategies with computer managed instruction, Faculty of Education Research grant $2,250.00.

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE: