Certifications and Accomplishments

My formal training consists of several degrees, programs, and workshops that confirm my professional capacity to do the work I choose for myself. These waypoints on my personal journey of learning constitutes the evidence-based, peer-reviewed skeleton of my facilitative philosophy. ​

My informal training consists of the myriad hats I have collected over the years. At various points in my life, I have been a son, brother, friend, student, pianist, class clown, private tutor, cashier, graveyard-shift stocker, Applied Behaviour Analysis Behavioural Interventionist, childcare worker, financial consultant, crisis line volunteer, martial arts practitioner, teacher, therapist, confidante, ally, and witness. ​

The stories I have collected along my travels inform and catalyze the work I do.

Waypoints [so far]

First professional website

2021

Serving school-aged learners and beyond (5+)
Focuses: holistic education, fluidity and mastery, metacognition, executive functioning, individualized/collaborative learning, living/thriving with exceptionalities, resilience and perseverance, identity and self-expression, advocacy and equity

Masters of Education in Special Education

2021 – Vancouver Island University

CGPA – 4.33
Thesis – “Reframing “Belonging” and “Inclusion”: a Journey of Personal Reconciliation Through the Process of Currere​”

First classroom position serving Indigenous learners

2019-Present – Delta School District (SD37)

High School (Gr. 8 – 12)
Focuses: holistic education, fluidity and mastery, executive functioning, individualized/collaborative learning, living/thriving with exceptionalities, resilience and perseverance, identity and self-expression, integrated Indigenous Education, advocacy and equity

First classroom position serving students with exceptionalities

2018 – Delta School District (SD37)

Intermediate (Gr. 4-7)
Focuses: holistic education, mood disorders, learning disabilities, resilience and perseverance,  executive functioning, integrated Indigenous Education, identity and self-expression

First position serving students with exceptionalities (public)

2017 -Delta School District (SD37)

District-wide specialist (Gr. 1-12)
Focuses: mood disorders, learning disabilities, delinquency, advocacy and equity

First classroom position

2015 – Gold Trail School District (SD74)

Grade 6/7 @ Lytton Elementary School
Focuses: general education, integrated Indigenous Education

Bachelor of Education

2015 – University of British Columbia

Elementary program:
Social-Emotional Learning cohort

First position serving students with exceptionalities

2013 – Private Contracting

Behavioural Interventionist (ABA) serving youth living with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Bachelor of Arts

2009 – Simon Fraser University

Major:  Psychology

First position facilitating learning (private)

2005 – Private Contracting

Math and English (K – 12)
All Core Academics (K – 12) since 2008
Focuses: developing competence and fluency, metacognition, executive functioning, personalized facilitation