Sheila Cavanagh Email & Phone Number

Rural Bc

Rural Bc

Staff hiring, professional development, educational programming, budgeting, liaison with the Kitasoo First Nations Education Authority, community relations, school facilities management, technology network maintenance and upgrades, school website maintenance. Excursions out to traditional territory for students and staff.

Lutsel K'E, Nwt

Ten great years as Principal at Lutsel K'e Dene School. Implementation of the SSDEC's Leadership for Literacy Initiative that successfully raised reading levels of our students, and stimulated student engagement in learning, critical thinking and reflection. Our reading results rose each consecutive year due to increased literacy time during the school day, provision of top quality resources, the teach-model -practice approach to Professional Development, and a full time Literacy Coach supporting teachers in implementing research-based, best practice instructional strategies in the classroom. Using extensive data to inform our instruction meant teachers knew exactly where their students were and how to best support them. In addition, we worked with community and the Board to give students stimulating experiences in traditional language and culture on the land; sports activities and tournaments; traditional Dene games and Handgames; special inspirational visitors to the school like Author David Bouchard; Olympians Clara Hughes and Sharon Firth; long distance runner "Caribou Legs"; Rick Leaf and the Tribe of One; Byrn Richards, and local Elders to tell stories and teach skills like hide preparation, smoking meat and fish, traditional crafts, and learning the Chipewyan language and culture.

Lutsel K'E, Nwt

Principal, Lutsel K'e Dene School for 9 years. Manager, Curriculum Developer: Lutsel K'e Bush School, Francois Lake, NWT For one year experimental program. A Dene culture-based Educational on the land program designed to integrate literacy, numeracy skills, life skills and high school credits with a comprehensive on the land experience. Daily academic work was combined with hunting, trapping, and responsibilities for maintaining camp - cleaning, cutting firewood, cooking and traditional language and skills instruction by resident elders and counselor. During the Fall and Winter terms two groups of at-risk students, two elders and a counselor lived at the camp at Francois Lake and learned cooperative, respectful behaviour, how to travel safely on the land by boat and skidoo, how to hunt and clean animals, and trap and prepare fur for market.

Bsc., Ma, Bed., Masters Educational Technology, Educational/Instructional Technology

Masters of Educational Technology - evaluated and designed online educational modules, researched First Nations use of technology.

Bsc., Physical Sciences, Chemistry; M.A. Philosophy; Bed. Education;, Med: Masters In Educational Technology

Activities and Societies: BCTF, NWTTA, ASCD