CURRICULUM VITAE March 2010
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CURRICULUM VITAE March 2010 NAME: Linda Cameron TENURED: Yes RANK: Associate Professor PROBATIONARY: FULL-TIME: SHORT-TERM CONTRACT: PART-TIME(%): DEGREE UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT YEAR Degrees: Doctor of Education - University of Toronto 1989 Ontario Institute for Studies in Education Curriculum: Early Childhood Thesis: "The Influence of Literature on the Writing of Children in the Primary Grades" Master of Education - University of Toronto 1977 Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. Curriculum Bachelor of Arts - University of Guelph 1970 Psychology Professional Certificates: Ministry of Education Special Education, Part 1 1982 Primary Methods, Part 2 1981 Ontario Teacher's Certificate 1981 Reading Part I 1981 Primary Methods, Part 1 1967 Elementary School Teacher's Certificate 1967 Centennial College Early Childhood Education Certificate 1977 ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS INCLUDING ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATION (e.g., Departmental Chairships, Deanships) BEGINNING WITH PRESENT POSITION Date Rank and Position Department Institution 1997- present Associate Professor, CTL -- OISE/UT University of Toronto 2008 – 2009 Coordinator OISE/UT Flex-time Doctoral Program 2006-2008 Coordinator Curriculum Studies and Teacher Development 2001-02 Interim Coordinator Curriculum Studies in CTL Department 1991-2003 Faculty of Education (OISE/UT) University of Toronto 1998-2003 Adjunct Professor Divinity School McMaster University 1997- Appointed to full SGS status University of Toronto 1 1993-95 Canadian Institute for Reading Recovery Faculty of Education U. T. 1989-91 York University Continuing Education 1972-90 Scarborough Board of Education 1985-90 Language Arts Consultant, Program Department, Scarborough 1984-85 Intermediate Specific Learning Disabilities/ Adjustment Classroom Teacher 1981-83 In-school Special Education Resource Teacher 1975-76 Family Grouped Kindergarten teacher (J.K-S.K) 1974-75 Centrally Assigned Special Ed. Teacher C.S. Lougheed Assessment Centre 1972-74 Junior - Senior Kindergarten teacher (implementation of junior kindergarten) 1967-70 Toronto Board of Education 1969-70 Primary teacher Earlscourt Public School 1967-68 Primary family group in an inner-city, multi-cultural school 1968 Intermediate English teacher in a sec. school vocational program, Brockton HONORS: ACADEMIC, SCHOLARLY AND PROFESSIONAL (e.g. F.R.S., F.R.S.C., Governor General's Award, Honorary Degrees) 2008 U.S. Recording Arts and Science Platinum Album Award for Sing-Along Favorites (1 million albums in US) 2007 Canadian Recording Industry Association –Platinum Album Award for Songs and Games for the Road 2007 Canadian Recording Industry Association –Platinum Album Award for Dance Baby Dance 2007 U.S. Recording Arts and Science Gold Album Award for ABC Sing-Along 2007 U.S. Recording Arts and Science Gold Album Award for Dance Baby Dance 2007 U.S. Recording Arts and Science Gold Album Award for Songs and Games for the Road 2007 Nominated for the David Hunt graduate teaching award 2006 U.S. Recording Arts and Science Gold Album Award for “Sing-Along Favorites” 2006 Canadian Recording Industry Assoc. –Platinum Album Award for ““Sing-Along Favorites” 2006 Canadian Recording Industry Assoc. –Gold Album Award for “ABC Sing-Along” 2006 Canadian Recording Industry Assoc. –Gold Album Award for “Tender Lullabies” 2006 Canadian Recording Industry Assoc. –Gold Album Award for “Favorite Animal Songs” 2005 US Recording Arts and Science, Latin Gold award for: “Cantemos en espanol!” 2004 Canadian Recording Industry Assoc. –Gold Album Award for “Dance Baby Dance” 2004 Canadian Recording Industry Assoc. –Gold Album Award for “Songs & Games for the Road” 2004 Canadian Recording Industry Assoc. Gold Album Award for “Sing-Along Favorites” 2006 Nominated for the David Hunt graduate teaching award 2005 Nominated for the David Hunt graduate teaching award and a university wide award 2004 OISE Excellence in Teaching Award 2000 Peel Board of Education: Partnership Award 1999 Nominated for the Teacher of the Year Award at OISE/UT 1992 Nominated for the Teacher of the Year Award at FEUT 1990 Ontario Educational Research Council, RWIB. Jackson Award of Merit for Classroom Research 1987 Federation of Women Teachers of Ontario Ruby Kincead Fellowship for doctoral study ($5000) 1987 Council for Exceptional Children C.E.C. Award for study benefiting children with special needs ($5000) 1987 Ontario Educational Research Council Award for Educational Research ($2000.) 1987 Scarborough Board of Education, One Year Paid Sabbatical Leave 2 SCHOLARLY AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES: editorial positions on scholarly journals, invited speaker, consulting, grant committees, etc. - executive and editorial positions but not membership of. Executive Positions: Advisory Board, Ministry of Education GAINS project 2008-09 All Together Now Entertainment Inc.( Educational Children's Media) 2003-08 Music Roots Inc. Trillium funded project 2003-08 Early Years Implementation: Augmentation and Communication ( Trillium) 2002-06 Executive Board: Ten Thousand Villages ( Mennonite Central Committee) 1999-06 Canadian Board Psychiatric Research Foundation 2000 Committee for the CIBC Miracle Award for Psychiatric Research 2000 Executive Board: Whole Language Umbrella: National Council of Teachers of English 1999-02 Board: Chair of Education: St Pauls Anglican Church Bloor St. 1999-01 Associate of the Canadian Music Education Research Centre 1996-04 University of Toronto Faculty Association: OISE/UT representative, Status of Women Committee, Appointments Committee 1997-00 Canadian Association for Curriculum Studies: doctoral dissertation award committee 1997-00 Board of Directors, Christian Children's' Fund 1993-98 Program Committee, Christian Children's' Fund 1993-98 Consulting: 2009 GAINS project: Ministry of Education Literacy Advisory Board 2009 Angela Elster Early Childhood Education and the Arts Conservatory of Music and Learning Through the Arts 2009 CSAL (Canadian Symposium on Arts and Learning) conference planning 2009 Learning Partnership: early years/kindergarten consultation 2009 Ministry ARTS review (summer 2009) 2009 Consultation with OECTA regarding Collaborative Learning Communities project. 2008 - 2009 Consultation with Simcoe Board of Education November 2009 – 2010 – Homework Policy Implementation November 2008– April 2009– Homework policy review 2008 Consultation with Toronto District School Board – Homework Policy Review 2007 – 2008 - initial meeting and report: April 16, 2007 – Meeting with TDSB Trustees and parents - Participation in 5 Consultation meetings for parents, teachers, principals, and superintendents, Feb 5, 7, 11, 13, 26, 2008 o discussion with participants - questionnaire design & analysis for TDSB - review of written policy drafts by TDSB Result was a new homework policy that passed TDSB Board approval in April 2008. 2007,08 Consultation with OECTA regarding Kindergarten Issues/Full Day Kindergarten Position Paper 2007 Consultation with the Toronto District School Board on Homework policy (including research) 2006-07 Consultation with the Ministry of Culture and the Royal Conservatory of Music regarding the value of arts in early childhood education: a review of academic, government, and professional literature and discussion of its implications for ECE training and programming. 3 2005-07 Consultation ongoing with Iran Early Childhood Education in Tehran. Workshop to be done in May 2007. Planning, writing, teacher development, leadership training and resource development. Desk consulting. 2007 Consultation with CBC on the development of a new early childhood children‟s series featuring Richard Scarry‟s characters…being developed by Cookie Jar Entertainment (14 shows) 2002-04 CARK Global Education Project with focus in ECCD and Primary Grades, Capacity Building July 7–10, 2002 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan July 11–14, 2002 Tashkent, Uzbekistan December 7–9, 2002Almaty, Kazkhstan December 9–11, 2002 Dushanbe, Tajikistan December 11–13, 2002 Almaty, Kazkhstan December 14–18, 2002 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan February 17 – 22, 2003 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan - worked with 5 representatives from each of the five countries of CARK July 10-11, 2003 Uzbekistan National Core Team Workshop July 12-13, 2003 Uzbekistan Principal's and admin Workshop, Tashkent July 14–18, 2003 Uzbekistan Teacher‟s from Pilot Schools Workshop July 5-6, 2003 Kyrgyzstan National Core Team Workshop July 7-8, 2003 Kyrgyzstan Principal's and administrator's Workshop July 9-13, 2003 Kyrgyzstan Teacher‟s from Pilot Schools Workshop July 21-24, 2003 Turkmenistan National Core Team Workshop 2002-05 UNICEF: Capacity Building: Heading: Global Education/ECCD Five Persian Gulf Area Countries 2001 CIDA/World Bank: Prefeasibility Study of a $530 million project for Disadvantaged Children in Vietnam 2001 UNICEF: Capacity Building Project: Heading Early Childhood Education: Iran 2000 Royal Conservatory/Learning Through the Arts: Strategic Planning Group for Early Childhood 2000 Ontario Ministry of Education: wrote the Distance Education program for Grade 2 2000 Ontario Ministry of Education: consulted regarding Distance Education for Elementary SIGNIFICANT UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES Project leader of Flex-time Programs 2008 - 2009 Coordinator of Curriculum Studies and Teacher Development: 2006-08 Interim Coordinator of Curriculum Studies: 2001-2003 DURING CAREER, HAS BEEN PRINCIPAL SUPERVISOR OF THE FOLLOWING NUMBER OF: MRP Completed: supervised 75 MRP In Process: 1 MT Completed: 2 In Process: QRP Completed: supervised 18 QRP , 9 QRP second