Our Team

Angela retired in June 2021 from the Grande Prairie Public School Division after 32 years of dedicated service as a classroom teacher, academic support teacher, teacher librarian, administrator, AISI coordinator, and Director of Teaching and Learning for the last 10 years. She holds a Bachelor of Education from the University of Alberta and a Master of Science in Education with a specialization in Elementary Literacy and Reading from Walden University.

Currently, Angela teaches in the Teacher Education North program (University of Alberta) at Northwestern Polytechnic in Grande Prairie, where she inspires third- and fourth-year pre-service teachers to be lifelong learners and to strive toward becoming expert teachers. She also works part time as a Designer of Professional Learning with The Consortium, supporting the Northwest office.

Angela is passionate about supporting teachers in curriculum, planning, and assessment. She believes effective teaching begins with knowing your students, having a deep knowledge of the curriculum, and drawing on a toolbox of proven, research-based strategies.

Areas Of Expertise

Curriculum

• Concept based learning and teaching
• Lesson planning
• Assessment
• Research based best practices in implementing curriculum outcomes

Elementary Literacy

• Early literacy
• Literacy Intervention
• Literacy across the curriculum
• Reciprocal teaching and literature circles

Leadership

• Optimum Learning through a focus on LQS #6
• Administrator professional growth
• Next steps with student data
• Collaborative Learning Culture

"If you give a person a fish, you feed him/her for the day. If you teach him/her to fish, you feed him/her for a lifetime.'

"If we can support our teachers with the tools and best practices to teach any child, we are not only building teacher efficacy, we are also contributing to the success of all our students."