Overview
Work History
Education
Certification
Related Professional Development
Memberships
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Michelle MacKinnon

Glace Bay

Overview

22
22
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Deputy Superintendent

Holy Spirit School Division
10.2020 - 03.2024
  • Responsible for teacher growth, supervision and evaluation through coaching.
  • Managed employee and labor relations issues professionally, resolving conflicts efficiently while maintaining confidentiality at all times.
  • Conducted thorough internal investigations, addressing employee concerns with fairness and transparency.
  • Maintained accurate HR records in compliance with applicable laws, ensuring efficient data retrieval when required.
  • Served as labor negotiator with three labor unions in addition to negotiating contracts for out of scope employees.

Director of Support Services

Holy Spirit School Division
08.2015 - 10.2020
  • Worked collaboratively with school based multi-disciplinary teams to promote instructional practice that supports the learning needs of all learners.
  • Worked with school administrators to understand the unique local needs to ensure an equitable disbursement of division resources.
  • Facilitated professional learning and capacity building opportunities for administrators, teachers and support staff that focused on research based practice that promotes students centered learning for all.
  • Developed a behavior support program that is based on a coaching model that worked directly in classrooms with teachers.
  • Supported school administrators to develop remediation plans for Educational Assistants who are struggling. Provided continuing support through the process of coaching, remediation and if necessary termination ensuring the process is compassionate, fairs and maintains dignity for all.

Supervisor of Early Learning

Holy Spirit School Division
08.2007 - 07.2015
  • Collaborated with a multi-disciplinary team to develop school based early intervention and pre-school programs across the school division.
  • Developed program curriculum focused on play based early language and literacy development.
  • Coordinated and facilitated professional learning opportunities for Early Childhood Educators, teachers and administrators focused on early brain development.
  • Worked closely with community partners such as the University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge College and child services.

Kindergarten Teacher

Holy Spirit School Division
08.2002 - 07.2007

Education

Master of Education in Administration

Gonzaga University
Spokane, Washington
04.2013

Bachelor of Education

St. Francis Xavier University
Antigonish, NS
04.2002

Bachelor of Arts Community Studies

Cape Breton University
Sydney, NS
04.1985

Certification

  • Superintendent Professional Certificate
  • Leadership Professional Certificate

Related Professional Development

  • Executive Coaching
  • Workplace Investigation Fundamentals (Rubin Thomlinson) This training explores the process of investigation from receipt of the complaint, interviewing of relevant participants through to writing a final report.
  • Cognitive Coaching Seminar (Thinking Collaborative) This program supports teacher efficacy in a process during which teachers explore the invisible thinking behind their practice. It supports metacognition, builds on existing strengths and allows teachers to explore and deepen their capabilities.
  • Adaptive Schools Seminar (Thinking Collaborative) THis training explores the "how" of professional learning communities: how to behave in groups, how to lead them and how to facilitate them for improved leading, teaching and learning.
  • Accelerating Innovation Symposiums - Telling the Brain Story to Inspire Action (Alberta Family Wellness Initiative) Collaborated with world renowned representatives from sectors such as neuroscience, pediatrics, post secondary, justice and social services to explore dissemination of the science of early brain development to the general public.

Memberships

  • Ready, Set Go Back to School Fair (Founding Member) This event was a collaboration of school divisions and community partners to provide students experiencing poverty with the supplies necessary to go back to school. This event was unique in that it not only provided school supplies but also included hair cuts, new shoes, professional family photo as well as opportunity for dental checks and immunizations.
  • Building Brains and Futures (Harvard's Frontiers of Innovation) This collaboration between school divisions and the University of Lethbridge's Canadian Center for Behavioral Neuroscience focused on implementation of parent cafes in conjunction with school early learning centers. Through this initiative a curriculum was developed with games to improve executive function in children.
  • Collaborative Support Services Education, health and child and family services collaborated to pool resources to improve access to specialized services such as occupational therapy and speech language therapy.
  • College of Alberta School Superintendents This group represents system leaders in Alberta. Primary mandate is professional development.

Timeline

Deputy Superintendent

Holy Spirit School Division
10.2020 - 03.2024

Director of Support Services

Holy Spirit School Division
08.2015 - 10.2020

Supervisor of Early Learning

Holy Spirit School Division
08.2007 - 07.2015

Kindergarten Teacher

Holy Spirit School Division
08.2002 - 07.2007

Master of Education in Administration

Gonzaga University

Bachelor of Education

St. Francis Xavier University

Bachelor of Arts Community Studies

Cape Breton University

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