Resume of Deborah Gillespie

Provide
independent consultation with various schools or organizations on
incorporating Montessori philosophy into their curriculum and the
preparation of their staff to meet their goals.

Skills:

• Able to
  manage multiple responsibilities with successful completion of
  organizational goals.
  

  
  

• Effective
  management skills to bring together a number of divergent
  professionals to form a strong cohesive team.

  
  

• Confident
  public speaker with international experience.

  
  

Accomplishments:

• Intimately
  involved in the successful training of Montessori Teachers for
  schools in the Victoria/Vancouver area
  

  
  

• Instrumental
  in developing an integrated Montessori/Early Childhood program that
  met government curriculum guidelines receiving approval from the
  licensing body for Early Childhood Educators in British Columbia.
  

  
  

• Successful
  completion of the accreditation process that lead to the awarding of
  accreditation status to the training centre from the Private Career
  Training Institutions Agency (PCTIA). This status allowed students
  to access government funds for the completion of the training.

  
  

Education

Certificate
in Adult and Continuing Education,
University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia –completion
date December 2012

Masters
of Education, College of Notre
Dame, Belmont, California

Montessori
Pre-primary Diploma, (AMS) College
of Notre Dame, Belmont, California

Bachelor
of Applied Science, Major –
Child Studies, Minor – Exceptional Children, University of
Guelph, Guelph, Ontario Completed a four year honours degree

Early
Childhood Education Diploma, Sheridan
College, Oakville, Ontario Completed a two year diploma program

Certificates

Independent
Schools Teaching Certificate, Province
of British Columbia, Victoria, British Columbia

Early
Childhood Educator ‘License to Practice’,
Province of British Columbia, Victoria, British Columbia

Employment

Self-Employed,
Montessori Advantage, Victoria,
B.C.

Consultation
with schools for the purpose of planning, and the implementation of
professional development for staff. Training of Montessori educators
in both Canada and China.

Head
Teacher, Maria Montessori
Academy, Victoria, B.C.

Responsible
for the set up and operation of a new classroom offering a half day
program for 2 ½ – 6 year olds including ordering equipment;
developing materials and developing curriculum to the meet the BC
Ministry of Education curriculum guidelines. The position involved
regular interaction and communication with the administration,
parents and specialists working with individual children.

Institute
Director, Angela Martin
Montessori Training Centre, Victoria, B.C.

The position
involved the administration of both an early childhood and an
elementary Montessori training program including: student intake;
records management; course development and review; faculty
development; promotion of the training centre and its programs.

While
Institute Director I was actively involved in the Montessori/Early
childhood program as an instructor.

Professional
Memberships and Activities

• Commissioner
  on the Montessori Accreditation Council Teacher Education(MACTE)
  Commission

  
  

• Chair:
  Bylaws, Policy and Standards and International Committees of MACTE,
  

  
  

• Conference
  Chair for VIMA Conference 2002, 2005, 2013