HEATHER E. FANSHER
202-3615 Ranchview Dr. NW, Calgary, AB, T3G 1B5 | H: (587) 350-7077 | C: (403) 815-5504 |
hfansher@rockyview.ab.ca
Follow me on Twitter @hfansher or LinkedIn
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Highlights
- Extensive teaching and administrative experience at the junior high, high school, college, and
university levels.
- Communication skills as leader, teacher, mentor, author, speaker.
- Building relationships with students, parents, faculty, and administration.
- Strong technology skills.
- Lifelong learner and forever curious.
- Professional Learning Portfolio: http://www.fansherportfolio.com
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Core Qualifications
Student-Centred
Instructional Leadership
Critical thinker, Problem Solver
Creative, Innovative, Flexible
Collaborative
Researcher, Writer
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Education
Doctor of Philosophy: Education Contexts
2009
University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
Master of Education: Education: Leadership and Curriculum
2003
University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB, Canada
Bachelor of Education: Education
University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB, Canada
1991
Bachelor of Physical Education: Physical Education: Special Education
1986
University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
Alberta Professional Teaching Certificate #179561K
Professional Experience
Assistant Principal, Rocky View Schools Online High School/Community Learning Centres
September 2014 to present , Rocky View Schools
School based administrator duties include: Mission, Universal Learning Environments, Oversee School
Communication, Supervise and evaluate teachers; Partnering in the development of the School Annual
Results Report (SARR) and School Education Plan (SEP); Professional Learning for staff, Timetable
and Staffing; Budget; creation of RVSOL Course Catalogue; supervision of and the development of both
blended and online courses in Moodle; also all of the requirements as outlined in the Alberta Principal
Quality Standard.
Sessional Instructor, University of Lethbridge
April 2015 to June 2015
Facilitated EDUC 5300 OL The Foundations of Modern Educational Theory and Practice. Engaged with
the students in discourse surrounding Organizational Theory of Educational Leadership and
Management and how this manifests itself in real life practice in schools. I am looking forward to
teaching this class again in April to June of 2016.
Assistant Principal, Springbank Community High School
Rocky View Schools (Acting Principal: March 2014 – June 2014)
2012 to June 2014
School based administrative duties include: Mission/Learning Principles, 21st C Learning
Environments, Learning Walks, Supervise and evaluate teachers; RVS Instructional Leadership
Academy, Partnering in the development of School Annual Results Report (SARR); Partnering in the
development and implementation of School Education Plan (SEP); School Budget; Student Discipline;
Coordination of the development of the school timetable; Advanced Placement coordinator; Help staff,
parents, and students with PowerSchool; University Liaison; Facilitator of Rocky View Schools
Beginning Teachers Community of Practice (included in RVS Three Year Plan); Administration
representative for Advisory/ePortfolios; Humanities Academic Co-Leader; also all of the requirements as
outlined in the Alberta Principal Quality Standard.
High School Teacher (Social Studies, English, PE, Social Sciences)
Rocky View Schools
1998 to Current
From the Alberta Teaching Quality Standard, I have achieved the following consistently throughout my
career: application of pedagogical knowledge, skills and attributes; using specific pedagogical skills and
abilities to apply in order that students can achieve optimum learning; understand the legislated, moral
and ethical frameworks; understand the subject discipline; know there are many approaches to teaching
and learning; engage in a range of planning activities; create and maintain environments that are
conducive to student learning; translate curriculum content and objectives into meaningful learning
activities; apply a variety of technologies; meet students' learning needs; gather and use information
about students' learning needs and progress; establish and maintain partnerships among school, home
and community, and within their own schools; is a career-long learners. I was also a University Liaison
for the University of Calgary as a teacher as well, along with providing support to student teachers as a
partner teacher. I have spent much of my professional life, supporting new and beginning teachers.
Case Curriculum Instructor/Field Seminar Instructor
University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta
2004 to 2007
As I was working on my PhD, I taught at the University of Calgary in the Division of Teacher Prep, using
my skills as a teacher to facilitate learning to pre-service teachers. I taught classes in Social Studies
curriculum as well as evaluated and supervised pre-service teachers in their field experiences,
helping them make sense of the lived experience of the classroom.
Master of Education Cohort Instructor
University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB
2004 to 2006
Also during my PhD, I taught for the University of Lethbridge in their Master of Education program. The
courses I taught were Introduction to Academic Writing, and My Word, both courses supported learners
in developing academic writing skills.
Jr. High/High School Teacher
Chinook's Edge Regional School Division, Cremona, AB
1996 to 1998
Cremona School is a small K-12 school where I taught a variety of levels of students and subjects. We
had the ability to do many cross-graded and cross-curricular activities with the elementary students.
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Publications
- Rocky View Schools Research Conference, presenter, Beginning Teachers Initiative – August 2014
- Beginning Teachers' Initiative: Rocky View Schools, paper published and presented at the Hawaii
International Conference on Education - January 2014
- 21c Teaching and Learning, website used as staff mission, vision and professional development 20122013, http://www.21cteachingandlearning.net (This is still being used by the Springbank high school)
- Beginning Teachers: The Art and Science of Teaching, website used in conjunction with the Beginning
Teachers Community of Practice, http://www.beginningteachers.net
- - 21st Century Schools: Building a Better School, Research Project Springbank Community High
School, April 2011
- Voices from the Dust: Women's Experience of Community and Its Dissolution during Alberta's Dryland
Disaster,1908 to 1936, PhD Dissertation, April 2009
- Kids as Commodities: Globalization and Canadian Schools, Masters Project, University of Lethbridge,
October 2003
- The Implications of Globalization on Public Education, Conference Proceedings: Changing the
Climate Conference 2003 http://www.usask.ca/education/climate
- The Devaluing of Public Education in Alberta: Fact or Fiction, One World, Social Studies Journal 39(1)
2002
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Additional Information
- Stephen Covey's Seven Habits Workshop – 2012
- Fierce Conversations Workshop – 2012
- Instructional Coaching Seminar – 2011
- Teacher of the Year nominee, University of Lethbridge - 2007
- Teaching Excellence Award nominee, University of Calgary – 2006