Dr. Christine Younghusband - Helping Tomorrow's Teachers Find Their Jam and Purpose (#12)

The Shaun Pepper Podcast

Dr. Christine Ho Younghusband (@Christine YH) is an assistant professor and the B.Ed. Coordinator at the University of Northern British Columbia.
She describes herself as a teacher, learner, and leader in BC education. She is passionate about finding ways to enhance the student learning experience. passion, she completed her doctorate in educational leadership at SFU in 2017, where she examined the professional learning experiences of non-mathematics subject specialist teachers. She was appointed as a lecturer at UNBC in 2018.
Highlights of her achievements in BC education can be found on her website and include co-moderating #bcedchat on Twitter, serving 2-terms as school trustee, teaching secondary math and science for 16-years in BC public schools, instructing as a sessional at SFU and St.Mark’s College, developing curriculum on the Math K-9 Team, facilitating workshops on BC’s New Curriculum, presenting at TEDxWestVancouverED, emceeing the National Trustees Gathering on Aboriginal Education, being published in EdCan Network Magazine, guest blogging for McGraw-HIll Education, speaking at the UBC Aboriginal Math K-12 Symposium, volunteering on the BC Association of Math Teachers Committee, and serving on the BC School Trustees Association Board of Directors.
In this episode we discuss:

• How to use values and purpose to have difficult conversations
• How UNBC is using ADST to design a better practicum experience.
• How to build support networks to prevent teacher burnout
• How other watching other people's jams fills her with joy
• and much much more.....

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