Mark McWhinnie

ABOUT ME

Mark has a background in education, leadership and technology.  Over 20 years, he has served as a teacher, school technology coach, assistant principal, principal, division coordinator, senior director and currently through the past nine years as an Assistant Superintendent. Leading a team of professional staff Mark has a broad experience of leading and working with various portfolio areas such as:
  • Early Learning Programs (Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten)
  • Dual Credit High School Programs with Post-Secondary Partners
  • French Immersion and ESL Program Supports
  • Curriculum Development and Delivery and Assessment Practices
  • Literacy and Numeracy Focused Initiatives
  • Career Programs and Awareness for Secondary Students
  • International Programs with students from all over the world
  • Virtual Learning and Online Programs to support at-home learners
  • Professional Development in Learning and Technology Focus Areas
  • School Superintendent Liaison structures providing coaching assistance to school administrators

Mark has been involved in numerous training and deployments of educational technologies with educational professionals with an instructional and technology focus in learning. Through this work he has directly supported teachers working together to provide powerful learning environment infused with digital tools to create successful learning opportunities for students. His capacity building work involves assisting and collaborating with principals, teachers and educational assistants to purposefully design learning environments using high yield strategies and tools that support instruction and enhance learning in powerful ways. This work encourages 21st century classroom learning opportunities to enable success for all learners. Throughout his career, Mark has presented to educators in several locations within North America around purposeful applications of pedagogy, instruction and technology.

Presentation Locations include:
Alberta Technology Leaders in Education Conference
Emerge - Banff  
Interop - Las Vegas 
ITSC Conference - Portland 
Destination Innovation - Banff
Florida Educational Technology Conference (FETC) - Orlando
IntegratED SF - San Francisco 
College of Alberta School Superintendents (CASS) Fall Conferences 
Alberta CARC PD Events 
Alberta Provincial CASS Events
Alberta Provincial JTC Events
Alberta BlendEd Conference
Collaborative Response Model Conference 

MY RESUME & PORTFOLIO INFORMATION

 Further information about my background, employment history, references and examples of leadership with critical elements of evidence are located in my online portfolio at the resume link above.  Examples of projects and initiatives that I have led and collaborated on are also listed in the Leadership & Learning link above.

TWITTER CONTACT

@mcwhinnie