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Roderick (Rory) Brown

Vancouver ,BC

Summary

I am seeking an opportunity to continue my passion for human resource management and excellence by working in a senior management position in the British Columbia public school system. I am currently in my twenty-fourth year as an educator in British Columbia and have spent the last five years as a Faculty Instructor at BCIT. Previous to that, I worked for many years in the Teachers’ Union, both in volunteer and fully released positions. I was an executive member with the British Columbia Teachers’ Federation and President of the Vancouver Secondary Teachers’ Association. I am skilled at facilitating positive and productive interactions between workers, leaders and union representatives. I have a proven and successful background reaching consensus and smoothing relations to maximize success of negotiations. I am an articulate and decisive professional with a respectful and resourceful approach.

Overview

26
26
years of professional experience

Work History

Chair — External Review Team

Technology Education Program, British Columbia Institute of Technology
01.2017

BCTF Bargaining Conference

01.2016

Technical Studies Teacher - Jewelry, Metalwork, Woodwork

Kitsilano Secondary, Vancouver
01.1999

Faculty Instructor

British Columbia Institute Of Technology
09.2018 - Current

Member-at-Large

Executive Committee, British Columbia Teachers’ Federation
01.2017 - 01.2018

Vice President

Vancouver Secondary Teachers’ Association
01.2013 - 01.2018

President

Vancouver Secondary Teachers’ Association
01.2015 - 01.2017

Working and Learning / Bargaining Ctte. Chair

01.2015 - 01.2017

Local Bargaining Co-Chair

01.2015 - 01.2016

Timetable Ctte. Chair

01.2008 - 01.2015

Technical Studies Teacher - Applied Skills, Woodwork

Vancouver Technical Secondary
01.2001 - 01.2015

Department Head - Technical Studies Department

Vancouver Technical Secondary School
01.2008 - 01.2013

Staff Representative

Vancouver Technical Secondary
01.2004 - 01.2013

Staff Committee Chair

01.2008 - 01.2010

Faculty Advisor - Technology Teacher Education

University of British Columbia
01.2006 - 01.2007

Sessional Instructor, Summer Term - B.Ed. program

University of British Columbia
01.2006 - 01.2007

Night-school Instructor - Woodwork Basic, Joinery Advanced

Vancouver School Board, Continuing Education
01.2002 - 01.2004

Technical Studies Teacher - Engineering, Metalwork

Sir Winston Churchill Secondary, Vancouver
01.1998 - 01.2001

Education

Employment Law Fundamentals

British Columbia Institute of Technology
Burnaby, BC
09.2020

Numerous short courses and workshops on employment and labour law topics -

British Columbia Teachers’ Federation
2016

M.A. in Curriculum Studies -

University of British Columbia
01.2004

B.Ed. in Technology Education -

University of British Columbia
07.1998

Technology Teacher Education -

British Columbia Institute of Technology
01.1997

Award for Excellence in Mechanical Engineering -

British Columbia Institute of Technology
01.1996

Skills

    Having spent fourteen years as a Technology Education Teacher, six years of which as Technology Education Department Head, five years working for the local and provincial Teachers’ Union and five years as Faculty at BCIT, I have found success in many roles and responsibilities

  • Taught five years as Faculty in the Mechanical Engineering Department - Technology Teacher Education
  • Coordinated Work Experience program, Vancouver Technical Secondary
  • Developed and coordinated yearly gallery of student work: Art in Craft
  • Sponsored eleven student teachers through the UBC short and long practica
  • School and Educational Governance

  • Co-Chaired Local Bargaining Ctte through two rounds of bargaining with VSB
  • Organized and delivered School Union Rep Training workshops
  • Acted as BCTF Executive Liaison for Local union offices in BCTF Kootenay Zone
  • Served as Disability and Return-to-Work officer for local union
  • Served as Grievance officer for local union
  • Administered cases for WorkSafe claims and processes for both local and Federation
  • Served as media and political officer for Local Union
  • Sat on Executive of BCTF, providing strategic advice to President and Vice Presidents, collectively setting direction for the Federation
  • Chaired weekly and monthly meetings of school union team representatives
  • Coordinated multiple conferences for teachers in Vancouver district on contractual issues and Collective Agreement knowledge and understanding
  • Presented to audiences of up to seven hundred teacher delegates at conferences
  • Represented teachers in discipline hearings, grievances and arbitrations
  • Provided advice to teachers on post and fill, medical accommodation and related labour law issues
  • Chaired Timetable Committee, Staff Committee and Rooming Committee at Vancouver Technical Secondary
  • Attended numerous Labour Law inservice sessions as ongoing Professional Development while in local office
  • Negotiated numerous without prejudice agreements with VSB
  • Led numerous arbitrations with support from BCTF Legal dept
  • Chaired bargaining committee (Employer side) for negotiations with Teachers' Federation Employees' Union local
  • Served as teachers' union Vice President during two provincial strikes
  • Co-chaired local union Salary Indemnity Fund and coordinated wind-up of Fund

Roles

  • Faculty, 2018-08-16, present. Mechanical Engineering Dept. Technology Teacher Education
  • Member-at-Large, 2017-01-01, 2018-12-31, Executive Committee, British Columbia Teachers’ Federation
  • President, 2015-01-01, 2017-12-31, Vancouver Secondary Teachers’ Association
  • Vice President, 2013-01-01, 2018-12-31, Vancouver Secondary Teachers’ Association
  • Department Head - Technical Studies Department, 2008-01-01, 2013-12-31, Vancouver Technical Secondary School
  • Chair — External Review Team, 2017-01-01, 2017-12-31, Technology Education Program, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  • Working and Learning / Bargaining Ctte. Chair, 2015-01-01, 2017-12-31
  • Local Bargaining Co-Chair, 2015-01-01, 2016-12-31
  • BCTF Bargaining Conference, 2016-01-01, 2016-12-31
  • Staff Representative, 2004-01-01, 2013-12-31, Vancouver Technical Secondary
  • Staff Committee Chair, 2008-01-01, 2010-12-31
  • School Union Rep. Training, 2008-01-01, 2015-12-31
  • Timetable Ctte. Chair, 2008-01-01, 2015-12-31
  • Technical Studies Teacher - Applied Skills, Woodwork, 2001-01-01, 2015-12-31, Vancouver Technical Secondary
  • Faculty Advisor - Technology Teacher Education, 2006-01-01, 2007-12-31, University of British Columbia
  • Sessional Instructor, Summer Term - B.Ed. program, 2006-01-01, 2007-12-31, University of British Columbia
  • Technical Studies Teacher - Engineering, Metalwork, 1998-01-01, 2001-12-31, Sir Winston Churchill Secondary, Vancouver
  • Technical Studies Teacher - Jewelry, Metalwork, Woodwork, 1999-01-01, 1999-12-31, Kitsilano Secondary, Vancouver
  • Night-school Instructor - Woodwork Basic, Joinery Advanced, 2002-01-01, 2004-12-31, Vancouver School Board, Continuing Education

Timeline

Faculty Instructor

British Columbia Institute Of Technology
09.2018 - Current

Chair — External Review Team

Technology Education Program, British Columbia Institute of Technology
01.2017

Member-at-Large

Executive Committee, British Columbia Teachers’ Federation
01.2017 - 01.2018

BCTF Bargaining Conference

01.2016

President

Vancouver Secondary Teachers’ Association
01.2015 - 01.2017

Working and Learning / Bargaining Ctte. Chair

01.2015 - 01.2017

Local Bargaining Co-Chair

01.2015 - 01.2016

Vice President

Vancouver Secondary Teachers’ Association
01.2013 - 01.2018

Timetable Ctte. Chair

01.2008 - 01.2015

Department Head - Technical Studies Department

Vancouver Technical Secondary School
01.2008 - 01.2013

Staff Committee Chair

01.2008 - 01.2010

Faculty Advisor - Technology Teacher Education

University of British Columbia
01.2006 - 01.2007

Sessional Instructor, Summer Term - B.Ed. program

University of British Columbia
01.2006 - 01.2007

Staff Representative

Vancouver Technical Secondary
01.2004 - 01.2013

Night-school Instructor - Woodwork Basic, Joinery Advanced

Vancouver School Board, Continuing Education
01.2002 - 01.2004

Technical Studies Teacher - Applied Skills, Woodwork

Vancouver Technical Secondary
01.2001 - 01.2015

Technical Studies Teacher - Jewelry, Metalwork, Woodwork

Kitsilano Secondary, Vancouver
01.1999

Technical Studies Teacher - Engineering, Metalwork

Sir Winston Churchill Secondary, Vancouver
01.1998 - 01.2001

Employment Law Fundamentals

British Columbia Institute of Technology

Numerous short courses and workshops on employment and labour law topics -

British Columbia Teachers’ Federation

M.A. in Curriculum Studies -

University of British Columbia

B.Ed. in Technology Education -

University of British Columbia

Technology Teacher Education -

British Columbia Institute of Technology

Award for Excellence in Mechanical Engineering -

British Columbia Institute of Technology
Roderick (Rory) Brown