Don Hinks
St. Albert
Summary
To obtain secondment position with Alberta Education. 24 years of professional history as Teacher/Vice-Principal/Principal. Employing keen expertise through administrative leadership roles. Enthusiastic about learning through Alberta Education’s Interchange opportunities.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
Work History
Principal
Sister Alphonse Academy
01.2022 - Current
- Outlined, implemented and maintained personnel-related policies and procedures
- Developed and managed budgets for academic and student affairs
- Visited classrooms to evaluate teacher instructional techniques as part of annual evaluation cycle
- Facilitated staff meetings to convey policy changes and hear employee input
- Instructed teachers on classroom management, behavior and instructional strategies
- Researched and wrote applications for educational grants
- Managed student health, counseling, and psychological services
- Managed school administration operations and organized teacher schedules, student registration processes and class orientation sessions
- Monitored and evaluated performance of school employees
- Resolved various situations to cultivate strong student and parent relationships
Principal
Morinville Community High School
01.2016 - 01.2022
- Outlined, implemented and maintained personnel-related policies and procedures
- Developed and managed budgets for academic and student affairs
- Visited classrooms to evaluate teacher instructional techniques as part of annual evaluation cycle
- Facilitated staff meetings to convey policy changes and hear employee input
- Instructed teachers on classroom management, behavior and instructional strategies
- Researched and wrote applications for educational grants
- Managed student health, counseling, and psychological services
- Managed school administration operations and organized teacher schedules, student registration processes and class orientation sessions
- Monitored and evaluated performance of school employees
- Resolved various situations to cultivate strong student and parent relationships
Principal
Eleanor Hall School
01.2008 - 01.2016
- Teacher evaluation/supervision
- Hiring of staff
- Budgeting
- Developing school education plan
- Listening to parents’ issues and concerns
- Communication with all stakeholders in education
- Divisional paperwork
- Classroom walk-thrus/Providing ongoing feedback to staff
- Sending staff to professional development opportunities
- School Council reporting
- Leading PLC’s
- Updating school policies and procedures
- Leading school assemblies
- Creating a collaborative atmosphere (staff leadership)
Principal
Red Earth Creek School
01.2005 - 01.2008
- Duties included balancing the school’s budget
- Developing and implementing Policies and Procedures
- Submitting all Division paperwork on time
- Presenting monthly Principal’s Reports to the Local School Board
- Teaching Physical Education classes
- Hiring staff
- Supervising and evaluating staff
- Implementing new Northland School Division directives
- Developing a student/parent handbook
- Overseeing teacher’s daily, long range and unit planning
- Handling parental issues and concerns
- Keeping the community informed as to what’s going on at the school through memos, school sign, local newspaper articles, etc
Teacher
Atikameg School
01.2001 - 01.2005
- Duties included teaching Language Arts, Legal Studies, Health, Physical Education, Social Studies, Math, Career Transitions, and Computer classes to students with varying abilities
- Running extracurricular activities such as basketball, volleyball, and badminton
- Attending workshops on how to better motivate students to read
- Attending conferences on personal professional development
- Improving teacher/staff/student relations by organizing activities that everyone could participate in; i.e
- Spirit Week
- Keeping in contact with parents through letters, phone calls, monthly progress reports, report cards, and parent-teacher interviews so parents could see the progress of their children
- Handling classroom disciplinary issues within my own classroom by holding students accountable for their actions
- Establishing classroom rules with students that everyone must adhere to along with consequences for inappropriate behavior
- Volunteering time to supervise tournaments/extra-curricular activities, school fundraising, as well as refereeing
- Responsible for the development and implementation of learning/motivation strategies within own classroom
Vice Principal
Atikameg School
01.2003 - 01.2004
- Monthly registers
- Transportation of students (bussing)
- Planning award ceremonies for student and staff recognition
- Northland/School paperwork
- Computer attendance
- Compiling and organizing Sr
- High marks for government purposes
- Home schooling students
- Weekly/monthly reports to the Principal and Education Advisory Committee
- Hiring of new staff for the school
- Setting up classrooms for upcoming school year
- Mentoring new staff
- Facilitating staff meetings
- Acting as Principal when the Principal was absent
- Ordering school supplies
- Organizing staff supervision schedule
- Organizing files
Education
Doctor of Education -
Western University
London, Ontario01.2024
Masters in Educational Leadership Studies - undefined
Memorial University of Newfoundland
St. John’s, NL01.2011
Education Degree - Dean’s List Student
Memorial University of Newfoundland
St. John’s, NL01.2001
English Degree - Minor in Religious Studies
Sir Wilfred Grenfell College
Corner Brook, NL01.2000
High School Diploma - undefined
Assumption Central High School
Stephenville Crossing, NL01.1995
Skills
- Relationship building and networking
- Goal planning
- Student achievement
- School culture
- Student performance data
- Codes of conduct
Masters Courses Completed
- Education 6440: Family School Relationships
- Education 6100: Research Design Methods
- Education 6204: Educational Admin. Theory and Practice
- Education 6205: Educational Policy, Theory and Practice
- Education 6466: Qualitative Research Methods
- Education 6465: School Violence
- Education 9000: Final Project (Thesis)
Doctor Of Education Courses Completed
- Contemporary Leadership Issues in Organizational Contexts
- Educational Leadership Approaches and Ethical Concerns
- OIP Seminar Part 1: Leading Ethical Change
- Policy Studies and Organizational Governance
- Researching for Leadership Improvement and Educational Reform
- Seminar Part 2: Planning & Development in K-12
- Theories of Leadership and Organizational Development
- Understanding Change Theories, Processes and Tools
- Dissertation in Practice: Final Project (Improving Educational Opportunities for Indigenous Students in Alberta)
Education Courses Completed
- Ed. 2222 Teaching English as a Second Language
- Ed. 3210 Introduction to Guidance/Counseling Services
- Ed. 4005 Effective Teaching
- Ed. 4142 Teaching English Language
- Ed. 4203 Teaching Religious Education in Secondary School
- Ed. 4260 The Nature of Adolescence
- Ed. 4361 Teaching in a Contemporary Classroom
- Ed. 4950 Evaluation/Assessment
- Ed. 4242 Identification/Remediation of Learning Difficulties
- Ed. 4354 Writing Across the Curriculum in a Secondary School
- Ed. 4381 Prospectives on Schooling: History/Philosophy of Education
- Ed. 4420 Legal and Moral Issues in Education
- Ed. 405X Internship/Practicum
Timeline
Principal
Sister Alphonse Academy
01.2022 - Current
Principal
Morinville Community High School
01.2016 - 01.2022
Principal
Eleanor Hall School
01.2008 - 01.2016
Principal
Red Earth Creek School
01.2005 - 01.2008
Vice Principal
Atikameg School
01.2003 - 01.2004
Teacher
Atikameg School
01.2001 - 01.2005
Masters in Educational Leadership Studies - undefined
Memorial University of Newfoundland
Education Degree - Dean’s List Student
Memorial University of Newfoundland
English Degree - Minor in Religious Studies
Sir Wilfred Grenfell College
High School Diploma - undefined
Assumption Central High School
Doctor of Education -
Western University
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