Evidence of practice

Projects that show
how I think in practice.

Together, these projects show how I move from a real educational need to research, planning, resource design, reflection, and a more informed next decision.

A designed resource-book page outlining mixed-age reading centres

Case Study 01 · 2023–2024

Designing a Literacy-Rich After-School Program

Working in a new school-age care program meant creating enough structure to support learners from Kindergarten to Grade 7 while staying responsive to the children who actually arrived each day.

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Redacted examiner administration page featuring booklet, pencil, and timing reminder icons

Case Study 02 · Spring 2024

Building a Reliable Assessment Workflow

A practical examiner pack reduced avoidable cognitive load during KTEA-3 administration practice, leaving more room for accurate observation and attention to the learner.

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Title slide for the early literacy and science of reading family workshop

Case Study 03 · Spring 2024

Making Early Literacy Research Accessible to Families

Families are essential partners in literacy development, but professional language can create distance instead of confidence. This project translates reading research into clear explanations and practical ways families can support learning at home.

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Colourful title slide for Music on Our Minds: How Music Can Enhance Additional Language Instruction

Case Study 04 · 2024

Music on Our Minds: Language Learning Through Music

Working in a French Immersion after-school program prompted a question at the intersection of two symbol systems: how might rhythm, pitch, melody, and song support phonological awareness, pronunciation, fluency, memory, and cultural understanding in an additional language?

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Colourful title slide for The Art of Masking presentation

Case Study 05 · December 2023

Making Neurodivergent Masking Visible

Neurodivergent students may appear to be coping while expending significant effort to hide distress, suppress self-regulating behaviours, or meet social expectations. When that effort remains invisible, educators can miss both the student’s needs and the cost of apparent success.

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Cover of the Computer Assisted Learning Tutor Quickstart Guide

Case Study 06 · 2023–2024

Designing an Adaptable CALT Quickstart Guide

Casual and on-call Computer Assisted Learning Tutors step into a role that combines student support, attendance, registration, learning platforms, record-keeping, classroom routines, and coordination with teachers across multiple school sites. The information already existed across NLPS, Island ConnectEd, and CUPE materials; the design challenge was to make it easier to enter, navigate, maintain, and expand.

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Title slide for Left on Read, a collegial conversation about knowledge mobilization

Case Study 07 · August 2023

Designing Professional Learning That Gets Implemented

Professional learning can be thoughtful, relevant, and well received—and still fail to change practice. This collegial-conversation project asked what helps new knowledge capture teachers’ interest, respond to their actual needs, and move from a presentation into sustained classroom implementation.

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