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Melanie McBride has taught at both secondary and post secondary levels.  While obtaining her teaching degree at OISE/UT, Melanie focused on at-risk and urban education with an emphasis on inquiry-based critical pedagogy. Throughout her teaching work, Melanie has empowered student success  through "real world" relevance and industry-relevant skills and customized curriculum that reflects her students lived experiences, identities and individual learning needs. INSTRUCTIONAL BACKGROUND POST SECONDARY Centennial College, Centre for Creative Communications Book and Magazine Publishing

• Online Magazines [2008 & 2009]

New Media Program

• Interactive New Media communications [2005]
• Interactive New Media communications [2007]

Journalism Program

• Online Observer [2005]
• Online Reporting [2007]

INTERMEDIATE / SECONDARY Toronto District School Board (TDSB) Secondary Teacher: Burhamthorpe Collegiate Institute, EdVance Program [2009 - 2010]:

• ASM Media Arts (grades 10 and 11)
• Applied Design (grades 10 and 11)

Occasional Teacher (TDSB) Occasional teacher for various learning communities within the TDSB [2010]:

• Academic Programs
• Alternative Schools
• At-Risk / Adult Education

Teacher candidate training and school visits. EDUCATION & TRAINING Qualified secondary teaching subject areas: English, Politics/Civics

• B.Ed - Bachelor of Education, Intermediate/Senior, University of Toronto, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE)
• BA. Hons. English (Specialist), University of Toronto
• Philosophy of Education Statement - available by request
• See my writings on education here