{"id":13,"date":"2019-10-04T13:59:56","date_gmt":"2019-10-04T18:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.brandonu.ca\/skyharc\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2025-12-03T15:33:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T21:33:16","slug":"education","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/people.brandonu.ca\/jonesc\/education\/","title":{"rendered":"Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><u>Education\/Degrees<\/u><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Doctor of Philosophy<\/strong>, Faculty of Education, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB. (Oct. 16, 2018). Title of thesis: <em>Grassroots Professional Growth: Inquiring into the Effectiveness of a Locally Constructed Professional Development Model for Rural Teachers. <\/em>GPA: 4.31<\/li>\n<li><strong>Master of Education<\/strong>, Faculty Education (Department of Curriculum, Teaching, and Learning), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB (Feb. 3, 2010). Title of thesis: <em>Viewing Learning as Complex Participation in a Community of Practice Characterized by Mathematical Inquiry. <\/em>GPA: 4.33<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bachelor of Education<\/strong>, Faculty of Education, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB (May 31, 1995) Double major: Mathematics and English. GPA: 3.60 (Dean\u2019s Honour List)<\/li>\n<li><strong>High School Diploma<\/strong>, Warren Collegiate Institute, Warren MB. Academic average: 91% (Honour Roll)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><u>Certifications<\/u><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Pine Creek Leadership Development Cohort<\/strong> &#8211; certificate obtained Sept. 2012<\/li>\n<li><strong>Manitoba Teaching Certificate <\/strong>\u2013 TA-46194 issued Aug. 26, 1997 (previous certification obtained in 1995 under the name Candy L. Jones)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><u>Experience as a Professional Educator <\/u><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Numeracy Coach (0.25 FTE)<\/strong>, Pine Creek School Division, Gladstone, MB, Sept. 2013 \u2013 Jun. 2015<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Co-designed and implemented a professional learning model in the division<\/li>\n<li>Recruited teachers and facilitated more than a dozen face-to-face PD sessions over a two-year period<\/li>\n<li>Procured (including the writing of grant applications and reports) and administered a budget of over $10,000 annually<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Teacher<\/strong>, <em>MacGregor Collegiate<\/em>, Pine Creek School Division, Gladstone, MB, Aug. 2003 \u2013 Jun. 2015<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Taught a variety of mathematics and drafting courses as well as some biology, English, physical education, and computer\/technology courses<\/li>\n<li>Volunteered to plan in school and divisional PD opportunities for teachers<\/li>\n<li>Collaboratively re-designed the structure of high school math courses in the school<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Teacher<\/strong>, <em>Carberry Collegiate<\/em>, Beautiful Plains School Division, Neepawa, MB, Aug. 2000 \u2013 Jun. 2002<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Taught a variety of mathematics and computer\/technology courses<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Teacher<\/strong>, <em>J. H. Kerr School<\/em>, School District of Snow Lake, Snow Lake, MB, Aug. 1995 \u2013 Jun. 2000<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Taught senior high English\/language Arts (gr. 9-12), as well as some math and middle years mathematics and ELA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Education\/Degrees Doctor of Philosophy, Faculty of Education, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB. (Oct. 16, 2018). Title of thesis: Grassroots Professional Growth: Inquiring into the Effectiveness of a Locally Constructed Professional Development Model for Rural Teachers. GPA: 4.31 Master of Education, Faculty Education (Department of Curriculum, Teaching, and Learning), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB (Feb. 3, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.brandonu.ca\/jonesc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.brandonu.ca\/jonesc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.brandonu.ca\/jonesc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.brandonu.ca\/jonesc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/122"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.brandonu.ca\/jonesc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/people.brandonu.ca\/jonesc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68,"href":"https:\/\/people.brandonu.ca\/jonesc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions\/68"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.brandonu.ca\/jonesc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}