NICOLE HAGLEY

Experienced Department Head with strong guidance and whole-school knowledge and background. Promote growth and team performance with skilled leadership of day-to-day operations and special projects. Forward-thinking and highly responsive to data-supported trends affecting department and school environment. Effective leader that sparks curiosity, champions values and creates a safe, anti-racist and anti-oppressive, equitable and inclusive learning environments for all. Drives positive change for learners, educators and stakeholders. Establishes trust, develop positive relationships and empower others to achieve personal success and improve well-being.

• Master of International Education, School Leadership
• Ontario Principals Council, Principal's Qualification Program (PQP), Part 1
• Ontario Principals Council, Principal's Qualification Program (PQP), Part 2
• Specialist: Special Education, True
• Specialist: Chemistry, True
• Specialist: Guidance and Career Education, True
• Junior Division, True
• EGALE Training (2S&LGBTQ+ Inclusion): Building Inclusive Schools & Learning Environments, Part 1
• EGALE Training (2S&LGBTQ+ Inclusion): Building Inclusive Schools & Learning Environments, Part 2
• EGALE Training (2S&LGBTQ+ Inclusion): Leader Summit, True
• Indigenous Canada: Histories and perspectives of Indigenous peoples living in Canada, True
• Mental Health & Well-Being: ASIST Trained, Self-Harm, True
• HDSB & VitalSmarts: Crucial Conversations Trained, True
• EQAO Math Marker: Grade 9 Math, True
• HDSB Board of Trustees Award: Inspire Award
• HDSB SEAC Certificate of Appreciation: Outstanding Support of Special Education Students
• MM Robinson High School: ABCD Award for Outstanding Support of Students and Staff
• Queen's University, Faculty of Education Certificate of Appreciation: Outstanding Contribution

• Cognitive Resources;
• Social Resources;
• Psychological Resources;
• Setting Direction; highly organized to ensure efficient and optimal allocation of tasks to meet deadlines with optimal results,gap analysis, quality assurance, curriculum development, supportive onboarding with new members
• Building Relationships and Developing People; Establish authentic positive working relationships with diverse teams of stakeholders, establish trust, empower staff, create engagement to learn and grow together as a team
• Developing the Organization; of Diverse Teams, integrating ARAO and EDI best practices, notice and interrupt and intentionally address any conflicts, and working with team members to resolve and move forward stronger
• Improving Instructional Program Through hundreds of different opportunities, I have created and delivered various innovative ideas and Programs that ultimately build staff’s Professional Development; through sharing best practices and pedagogy, I coach and mentor to build capacity of learners, and actively seek community partnerships to grow program and partnerships.
• Securing Accountability; prioritizing needs and manage budget

• HDSB and ThinkKidsTrainer, Collaborative Problem Solving System Trainer
• HDSB and IIRP Trainer, Restorative Practices System Trainer
• Ontario-Wide Presenter, OCTE (New Program Implementation:ReEngagement), OSCA (Program Development: GOAL, Invisible Disabilities)
• System Leader Conference Presenter, Administrator Conferences, Safe & Inclusive Schools Conference, Queen's CTE Instructor Conference
• Queen's University, CTE Faculty, AQ Course Writer and Developer, Lead Science Teacher
• TVO/ILC, Lead writer and content developer for Ask A Teacher, Brain Bank resources and website, Lead Mentor

• Department Head, Guidance, Coop, ESL & Pathways, M.M. Robinson HS, Burlington, ON, 2018-Present, Routinely counted on to be the TIC (Teacher In Charge), when all Admin were out of the building, Supported our ESL community by creating evening events and inclusive spaces for learners to meet throughout the day, Created and led the Positive Space Project Team to increase sense of belonging and inclusivity, while addressing inequities of racialized learners in our integrated school community, Led numerous committees to support student and staff needs, such as; CCPI and Anti-Black Racism, pathways options, community connections, mental health & well-being supports, equity and inclusion, Staff Learning
• Department Head, Guidance, Student Success, Business & Coop, M.M. Robinson HS, Burlington, ON, 2014-2018, Implemented innovative digital tools to meet needs of learners, reducing impact and interruptions to instructional time, Identified gaps in Business Dept and empowered teachers to integrate the strategies and new learning to best support student success in every pathway, Co-developed and led professional development at staff meetings, PD days, Lunch and Learns to address data informed urgent learning needs of school community
• Site Lead Teacher & Department Head, Guidance, Student Success, Math & Science, GAHS, ON, 2010-2012, Created and implemented role of Student Success Lead to provide continuity, shared practices and tangible expectations, Created collaborative, multi-purpose spaces for students & staff, based on evidence collected from Staff & Student Voice Data

• Co-lead for school-wide anti-black racism work, where we have developed an inquiry question - working with Dr. Nicole West-Burns - to disrupt anti-black racism in our school, so we can intentionally increase the sense of safety and well-being. Using Black student voices as a guide, we will collect the data to see how the intentional changes directly affect the school climate for Black, Indigenous and all racialized students within our School community.
• Initiated, coordinated and co-created the Traumatic Brain Injury and Invisible Disabilities Awareness & Supports Working Group. To raise awareness and share effective, evidence-based ways to support students, families, and school staff in all aspects of the student's healing and learning journey
• Aligned operational tasks, school processes, and related documents to capture the integration process for the merging of two High Schools, together with their diverse teams and structures, resulting in a detailed roadmap for future integrations
• Developed a Mental Health & Wellbeing Program, to support learners transitioning back to day school by using a range of high-impact instructional and assessment practices and goal setting programming, to meet the needs of diverse learners
• Coordinated over 50 community agencies, trades, unions, apprentices, career agencies, colleges and universities to dismantle bias and support post secondary pathways and career planning for an annual Pathways Fair. From this Fair layout and model, the HDSB has scaled the model up to a Board-Wide Pathways Fair.
• Created the GOAL Program, together with developing the GOAL leadership team and curriculum, which has re-engaged hundreds of learners to date by building an accountable, anti-racist and anti-oppressive culture that fostered culturally relevant and responsive curriculum and learning environments to meet the diverse needs of each learner
• Facilitated and integrated Collaborative Problem Solving (CPS) practices into the daily routine of educators and staff at Oakwood PS and Schools across HDSB, to dismantle practices and attitudes that marginalized certain learners, while increasing the sense of belonging and well-being aligning with School's SIPSA goals
• Mentored and Lead hundreds educators throughout Ontario, across Canada and Internationally, on evidence-based strategies aimed at improving instructional practices and learner achievement, as Curriculum/Course Developer, Lead Instructor and Science Instructor at Queen's University (Please note: due to Proprietary Reasons, I cannot share the work)

• PLEC (Prior Learning Equivalency Credits), 2023-2024
• Regional Guidance Steering Committee, 2014-2020
• Integrated Models System Training (RP, CPS, DA, DEI), 2012-2020
• Creating Pathways To Success Teacher Hub, 2014
• 34 Credits, Trillium Demit and Transfer Codes, HDSB Guide to Secondary Schools, 2011-2014
• HDSB Welcome Centre, Bullying Prevention & Intervention Policy (BPIP), Applied Learning, HDSB Credit Recovery Teacher Guide, HDSB GPP3OO Course (Curriculum Writing Chair)

• Workshop Presenter, Ontario School Counsellors Association, ON, 2018, 2020, 2024, Prepared workshops for Guidance and School Counsellors throughout Ontario to share initiatives such as GOAL, TBI & ID Awareness and supports for academic excellence and the social-emotional well-being of every student in our schools
• Science Curriculum Writer & Course Developer, Queen's University, ON, 2004-2020, Liaised with Ministry of Education (MOE) and OCT to rewrite digital Additional Qualification Courses: Honours Specialist Chemistry, Intermediate Science, and Senior Chemistry
• Lead Instructor, Science, CTE Faculty, Queen's University, ON, 2004-2020, Mentored, led and assisted Science Instructors teaching AQ Science courses across the Province
• Grade 9 and 10 Applied and Academic Science Textbooks (Writer), Nelson Publishing, Toronto, ON, 2009-2010, Wrote and co-developed textbook content, curriculum-linked resources and digital resources
• Prior eLearning Curriculum Development, Implementation, and Leadership, TVO, ILC, FitSpirit, Toronto, ON, 2003-2010, Liaised with MOE to create digital resource materials for secondary students and staff in Math, Science, Physical Education