The Curriculum Vitae of
Shelley Deck; B.Ed., B.A. , M.Ed.

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“Shelley’s background in arts education makes her an ideal candidate...an accomplished educator in any setting...enthusiastic, responsible and very creative...her involvement in community arts organizations has been highly praised…openness and poise gain her instant respect from fellow teachers...technologically literate, highly adaptable and quick to learn new content...I hope my children can be so lucky to have an art teacher who possesses Shelley’s skill...she is driven by a well articulated vision of what art education can and should be...Shelley has my highest recommendation.”

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• Over seventeen years of progressive experience in Arts Education and CTS/PAA. Qualifications include a Bachelor of Visual Arts, a Bachelor of Education, Master's of Education, I.B. Art & Design certification and more!

• Maintains a “life-long learning” philosophy. Professional development spans from Victoria to Miami, New Mexico to Venezuela, Curacao to La Loche, Lethbridge to Medicine Hat/ Brooks/Calgary.  Shelley is currently pursuing Archery certification and co-coaching her school Badminton team.

• Unique educational experiences include teaching grades 7-12 in an ESL First Nations and Metis Community School in Northern Saskatchewan. International experiences include employment as an International Baccalaureate Art & Design Educator at the private International School of Curacao, in the Netherland Antilles, Caribbean. Alternative educational experience includes providing education and life skills programming to young offenders in an open custody residential environment. University teaching experience includes the duties of a Faculty Associate in the Faculty of Education at The University of Lethbridge, Alberta. Shelley has also worked as an art gallery educator.

• Provided cartoon illustration for the Dene-English children’s book The Toothless Beaver, which is now being used in both Flash animated and print format throughout Northern Saskatchewan schools. Actualized an extra-curricular Film and Video Club and received an Alberta Foundation For the Arts in Education Grant for Brooks Composite High School arts education programs in 2004-2006.  Successfully completed a $7000 stop motion animation project grant at Kelliher School via the ArtsSmarts (Saskatchewan Arts Board) in 2010.  Shelley's Kelliher School Fine Arts Club recently fundraised enough money to purchase the school's first pottery wheel.

• Shelley's www.shelleydeck.com website was launched in 2005 and is currently being used as a source of information by both students and collegues internationally. The site provides course outlines, project information, galleries of both student and teacher work, contact information for parents, Shelley's recent M.Ed work and more!

• Recent professional development includes WJ III (Woodcock Johnson) training, Project Criss, SWIS(School Wide Information System), WYNN (Wizard and Reader), and PBIS (Response To Intervention Positive Behavior Inforcement Strategies).    Shelley is also the Communications Volunteer with the Kelliher and District Emergency Measures Organization.

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