Roberta Heembrock

 Curriculum Vitae

Email: contact@booksbybert.com

Summary of Qualifications

Experienced teacher and emerging writer with strong leadership, highly effective communication, and excellent interpersonal and organizational skills.  Have extensive knowledge and success in the following areas:

• Writer of both fiction and non-fiction 
• Elementary teacher specialist and generalist in rural and urban settings and cooperating teacher at the college and university levels
• Curriculum writer and presenter for conferences and workshops at the school, board, and provincial levels
• Supervisor and coordinator of extra curricular activities
• Coordinator and member of school committees, and provincial organizations

Dedicated, diligent, creative and cooperative

Selective Achievements

• Received a publication contract with Rowman and Littlefield Publishing Company and have a rough draft children’s story written
• Written curriculum for the Calgary Board of Education and The Calgary Action Group for the Disabled. Alberta Learning seconded me to help write and field test the problem-solving component of the Teacher's Resource Manual for the Mathematics Program of Studies. I served as the education specialist with the Calgary Action Group for the Disabled.  I assisted in the writing of a provincial curriculum for independent living for the disabled
• Written and presented at conferences and workshops for teachers.  I have presented at the school, board and provincial/state levels.  My work has mainly focused on mathematics, drama, social studies and assessment 
• Associate Editor for the International Shotokan Karate Federation of Alberta's provincial newsletter, Focus
• Extensive and varied teaching experiences as both a specialist and a generalist in rural and urban settings.  I have worked as an itinerant, resource, and special education teacher.  I have taught educable mentally handicapped, trainable mentally handicapped learning disabled, gifted and the physically challenged. As a generalist, I have taught grades 3, 4, 5 and 6

• Supervisor/coordinator of extra-curricular activities:  Intramurals, PEER support, computer club, science fair, outdoor education, student leadership, Explores Youth Group, Edmonton Provincial Conference
• Coordinator/member of school committees: Christmas Concert, physical education, art, drama, mathematics, sports day, professional development,  Diversity Action Group,  Technology and Learning – Research and Development, Professional Reading Group, Portfolio Study group
• Member of the Publicity Committee and presenter at the MCATA’93 mini-conference, and member of the organizing Committee Special Education A.T.A. Conference ’88
• Cooperating Teacher for the Faculty of Education, University of Calgary; Mount Royal College, Rehabilitation Faculty; Big Country Consortium, Early Childhood Faculty

Professional Experience:

2008 - Present Rowman and Littlefield Publishing Ltd, book contract
2008 – Present Alex Ferguson Elementary School, Year 5/6 Generalist
2004 - Present Chinook College Instructor/ Tutor/ Substitute Teacher
1999 - 2004 Retired Teacher/Stay at home mom/ Book Writing (fiction and non-fiction)
1996 - 1999 Altadore Elementary, Calgary, Classroom Teacher, Year 3 Generalist
1990 - 1996 Annie Foote Elementary, Calgary, Classroom teacher, Year 3, 4 and 5 Generalist
1985 - 1990 Dr. Gordon Townsend School, Calgary, Special Education teacher, Learning Disabled and Physically Challenged
1982 - 1985 Starland School Division, Drumheller, Itinerant/Resource Special Education Teacher, EMH, TMH, LD and Gifted

Education:

1988 - Graduate Courses: Curriculum; University of Calgary
1981 - Bachelor of Education, Special Education; Acadia University
1980 - Bachelor of Arts, Sociology; Acadia University

Memberships and Affiliations:

• Member of the Writers Guild of Alberta
• Member of the Alberta Teachers' Association
• Member of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
• Member of the National Association for the Education of Young Children
• Member of the Rug Hooking Guild of Nova Scotia and Alberta, the International Karate Association, the Japan Karate Association and the Royal Western Nova Scotia Yacht Club 

Professional and Personal Interests:

Writing, childhood disease and illness research, student learning, curriculum, reading, hiking, biking, running, karate, quilting, rug hooking

 Published Books:

January 2008  - Book contract with Rowman and Littlefield; Why Kids Can’t Spell: A Practical Guide to the Missing Componant in LanguageProficiency
1997 - Assisted with the writing of the problem solving component of the Canadian Western Protocol for Mathematics
1985 - Assisted in the writing of a provincial curriculum for independent living for the disabled with the Calgary Action Group for the Disabled.