Biographies of Norway Team 2016
Kerry Rose
Kerry is a former high school science teacher with 30 years of classroom experience in Alberta. She was also recently the
International Baccalaureate Diploma Coordinator at Salisbury High
School in Sherwood Park Alberta. She is now a program manager at
CMASTE (Center for Mathematics, Science and Technology
Education) at the University of Alberta. Here she helps to organize, promote and implement projects locally nationally and internationally.
She is also a principal instructor for Science Majors and Minors in their Introductory Professional Term in the Department of Secondary Education at the University of Alberta, where she helps Science Education students gain the pedagogical skills needed in classrooms in Alberta and beyond.
Kerry is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Secondary Education at the University of
Alberta, where she is completing her research this spring and summer. Her dissertation topic:
“Does Self-Directed Professional Development Increase Teacher Agency and Engagement” has reaffirmed her belief that teachers are ready, willing and able to pursue professional development that fits and enhances their professional practice.
Aleya McKellar
Aleya McKellar is presently a Nexus Science and Math teacher in Calgary, Alberta. Nexus programs provide academic courses, and individual, community and family wrap-around support services for high school students with severe behavioral, emotional and/or social needs and are at risk of dropping out (or who have dropped out) of school and are in need of a Special Education setting. The
Nexus program is at Discovering Choices High School, which facilitates students taking Alberta
Distance Learning high school courses. Last year, Aleya taught Chemistry, Biology, and Marine
Biology and on Class Afloat, a boarding school that provides experiential learning while students go to school on a tall ship that sails around the world. Aleya has also taught junior high science in the U.K, and developed curriculum and taught Geology at Mini-University summer camps recently for the University of Calgary. She is uses problem solving to tailor her teaching to different student learning styles in a variety of environments. This will be Aleya's second year at
Energy Camp and she is very excited to return and continue sharing her enthusiasm for hand's on learning with Norwegian students.

Garrick Burron
Garrick Burron is presently a high school science teacher and grade
11 coordinator at Kitaskinaw School on the Enoch Cree Nation, just west of Edmonton, Alberta. Here he works with aboriginal youth and has designed a Science School Wide Scaffolding Project to coordinate scientific resource purchasing and teaching pedagogy between the elementary, junior high and high school grades.
Garrick has presented papers on using social networking tools in elementary science classrooms, and using citizen science projects to teach about interactions in ecosystems. He has received numerous grants and awards for his research endeavors which are aligned with science education pedagogy, specifically how teachers find, develop, and implement scientific and pedagogical resources with an emphasis on digital resources discovery and management. This research area has allowed him to become a science resource expert that can shift lessons on the fly using resources discovered through this research.
Kristian Basaraba
Kristian Basaraba is presently a high school science teacher and Science Department Coordinator at Salisbury High school east of Edmonton, Alberta. He has a Master’s of Science in
Science Education from Montana State University and has taught all levels of high school science, including International
Baccalaureate and non-academic courses: Biology, Chemistry,
Physics and General Science. He works frequently with
Alberta Education to create, blueprint and establish standards for the Grade 12 Alberta Diploma Exams in Physics. He has recently been nominated for/won several awards, including the CAP Award for Excellence in Teaching High School Physics, the
ATA Outstanding Science Teacher Award, and the Association of Professional Engineers,
Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta: Who Makes School Cool? Teacher Award. Kristian is a veteran of the Alberta Science Olympics where this past year his team won the gold medal.

Tracey Stock
Tracey has experience as a junior and senior high school science teacher and has taught in both rural and urban settings. During her graduate studies at the University of Alberta, she explored, discussed, evaluated and applied elements of curriculum design, and pedagogies to science education. Writing and teaching a locally developed course,
Mythbusting Science, gave her the opportunity to see first-hand how students experience learning through innovative teaching approaches.
In her role as a curriculum consultant for Elk Island Public Schools, she worked directly with teachers to develop and implement a variety of innovative 21 st century teaching strategies in science. She provided support and professional learning on a wide range of topics including laboratory work, case studies, hands on investigations, teaching the nature of science and employing games to develop and re-enforce scientific concepts.
Currently, she is a curriculum manager at Alberta Education, where she works with all subject area teams, including the Science team, to support an emphasis on competencies in current programs and in the development of future programs of study.
Adam Holloway
Adam has experience as a junior and senior high school science teacher both in Canada and the U.K. He is presently a high school
Physics teacher at Ross Shepard High School in Edmonton, Alberta.
He holds a Master’s Degree in Human Physiology and taught as a lecturer at both Chichester University (UK) and NAIT (Northern
Alberta Institute of Technology – Alberta). He has recently developed a Lego Robotics Club at his high school, and presented PD sessions to teachers on Student-Initiated Lab Design and High
Powered Water Rockets.
Adam has also played professional rugby New Zealand and has coached rugby and badminton in
Canada at the high school level.

Kris Reid
Kris Reid has been involved in mathematics and science education since
1998. He has worked as a mathematics teacher, district curriculum consultant, provincial resource and curriculum manager, as well as the
Team Leader for Mathematics for the province of Alberta. Kris has had the opportunity to work closely with teachers across the province, as well as Ministers of Education, media organizations and professional development organizations to further the goals of math education. He has presented to local, provincial, national and international audiences around curriculum and pedagogical approaches to mathematics education, from Kindergarten to Grade 12. As a mathematics teacher, Kris' focus was to instill a passion for mathematics in his students, and to explore with them the inherent truth and beauty of the discipline. He holds Bachelor’s Degrees in both Chemistry and Education, and has graduated from the Senior & Executive Managers'
Development Program through the University of Alberta.
Kris currently serves as a high school administrator for Elk Island Public Schools, and his current interests include travel, running, and having fun with his two school-aged children.