Joanne Jenkins

Real generosity toward the future

lies in giving all to the present.

— Albert Camus

Family Life:

great family! Darwin works at Vancouver Island Tech Park and is a Journeyman Carpenter,

My Children: Meredith and Nathalie are identical twins who go to Stellys, Luke is at Bayside. All three are in the French Immersion program in Saanich SD63. We’re also lucky to have my mom who lives with us in our Brentwood Bay home with our dogs, Heidi, Tiegan and our cat, Kaysie.

Professional Life:

1983-200926 total years of service in public education

♦21 years as a teacher and department head leader

♦ 4 years as a Vice Principal with an administrator contract

♦ 1 year with the Ministry of Education (seconded VP admin)

1.K-12 Teaching experience and levels

•20 years of secondary experience as a teacher

•Grades 8-12

•French Immersion, Core French, Spanish and ESL

•Taught in 3 countries: Canada, United States and France

•Experience includes: serving in schools with a variety of socio-economic environments, a single-track French Immersion school, a large school with an emphasis on technology, an IB school

•3 additional years of experience teaching computer technology as part of my VP assignment, grades 1-7

2.Administrative experience

•Currently, Vice Principal of an elementary school in SD63 Saanich, BC

•3 years Vernon, BC, Vice Principal of single-track immersion school

•3 years in United States, while also teaching, performed key administrative duties as department head in a school of over 3000 students such as: scheduling, budget, hiring, supervision of instruction, preparation of school/department goals and their implementation, programming pro-d, mediating conflict between teachers and students or parents, implemented growth plans for teachers, school management team member