DIRECTOR OF INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP

Dénhtʼā? (How are you?), I am a Kaska and Tahltan First Nation citizen of the Liard First Nation. I grew up in Alberta but had the opportunity to reconnect with my family in the north as a young adult. I moved to Whitehorse to attend the Yukon Native Teachers Education Program (YNTEP) to start my teaching career. I was blessed to meet my husband in Whitehorse and have four daughters who have been my support in my life journey. I continued my career, teaching in Old Crow and Whitehorse before my husband's career took us to live in the Northwest Territories, Northern Alberta and then central Alberta. I am very excited to be back home in the Yukon to work alongside the staff and educators of the First Nation School Board.

In my 21 years of teaching, I have embraced a wide range of experience in education from teaching a variety of grade levels, being a division learning coach for literacy and numeracy, being a Lead Teacher for the First Nations, Métis and Inuit Support Team at a division level, a vice-principal and principal. I have my masters in Educational Leadership which has extended my learning and understanding of education but is also a commitment to the ongoing work of implementing the Truth and Reconciliation Calls to Action in education.

I am honored to be part of the First Nation School Board as the Director of Instructional Leadership. The opportunity to embrace all Learners and reconciliation is truly a gift.