{"id":695,"date":"2021-04-23T12:41:35","date_gmt":"2021-04-23T19:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/?page_id=695"},"modified":"2026-08-10T14:12:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T21:12:35","slug":"meet-our-staff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/meet-our-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Our Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-e6o0g-a5ca7a5f11efe923ada6e93ef157425c\">\n.flex_column.av-e6o0g-a5ca7a5f11efe923ada6e93ef157425c{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-e6o0g-a5ca7a5f11efe923ada6e93ef157425c av_one_full  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_half  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-kuecmzsx-9466b4f23b9adabb922725b7230c7cae '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2>Meet Our Staff<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-knup4nlk-099f87f67b6dea49b9bc369cbef579b2\">\n.avia-image-container.av-knup4nlk-099f87f67b6dea49b9bc369cbef579b2 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-knup4nlk-099f87f67b6dea49b9bc369cbef579b2 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-knup4nlk-099f87f67b6dea49b9bc369cbef579b2 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-5223 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-5223 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2024\/09\/InEd-Pic-1030x524.jpg\" alt='' title='InEd Pic'  height=\"524\" width=\"1030\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2024\/09\/InEd-Pic-1030x524.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2024\/09\/InEd-Pic-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2024\/09\/InEd-Pic-768x390.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2024\/09\/InEd-Pic-1536x781.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2024\/09\/InEd-Pic-2048x1041.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2024\/09\/InEd-Pic-1500x762.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2024\/09\/InEd-Pic-705x358.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-kqimfc6a-aab34ad8e6ba9cec40d0dca375448cd5 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h4><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>INDIGENOUS EDUCATION INCLUDES:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Indigenous Support Workers (ISWs)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Based on the Indigenous Education Enhancement Agreement, our ISWs provide direct support to all self-identified Indigenous Students K-12.\u00a0 Their main role is to make connections with students and to provide the following:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>To foster every Indigenous student\u2019s sense of belonging, cultural identity and self-esteem.<\/li>\n<li>To foster the academic success of all Indigenous students through personalized learning.<\/li>\n<li>To foster the awareness and understanding of First Nations, Metis, and Inuit history, traditions and culture for all students.<\/li>\n<li>To foster Indigenous students\u2019 skills, qualities and confidence in leadership.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Indigenous Education Curriculum Support Teachers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The district curriculum support teachers provide direct support to teachers with the First Peoples Principle of Learning in classrooms. They work closely with school district staff to weave indigenous ways of knowing and being throughout all levels of the curriculum.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Indigenous Engagement and Knowledge Specialist<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Facilitates meaningful lessons and discussions on land based learning to support the understanding and knowledge for students, staff, and school communities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Indigenous Cultural and Community Coordinator<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Provides support to the Indigenous Education team and community by acting as a liaison with various organizations and community groups.\u00a0 Supports the following programs; Elders in Residence, Cultural Presenters, Warriors, and Therapeutic Riding.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Indigenous Education District Office<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Oversees and supports the Indigenous Education team to ensure that all Indigenous students, if desired have access to support and service.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-8js00-f82ca23d441b413b8cd1a9760be1a983\">\n.flex_column.av-8js00-f82ca23d441b413b8cd1a9760be1a983{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-8js00-f82ca23d441b413b8cd1a9760be1a983 av_one_half  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_two_fifth  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  column-top-margin'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-knup5vxb-c61e3292d2bbb2318e24ac2669d637ac '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2>Meet Our Indigenous Education Staff<\/h2>\n<h3><em><strong>Indigenous Support Workers<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<p>Airport Elementary\u00a0<em> Meet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/meet-our-staff\/meet-jeannie-mcdonald\/\">Jeannie McDonald<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Arden Elementary\u00a0 <em>Meet<a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/meet-our-staff\/meet-sandi-phye\/\"> Sandi Phye<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Aspen Elementary\u00a0 <em>Meet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/meet-our-staff\/meet-sadie-timothy-mcgee\/\">Sadie Timothy-McGee<\/a> and\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/meet-our-staff\/meet-ann-billie\/\">Ann Billie<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Brooklyn Elementary\u00a0<em> Meet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/meet-our-staff\/meet-rachelle-johns\/\">Rachelle Johns<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Courtenay Elementary <em>Meet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/meet-our-staff\/meet-holly-douglas\/\">Holly Douglas<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Cumberland Community School <em>Meet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/meet-our-staff\/meet-grace-johnson-2\/\">Grace Johnson<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/meet-our-staff\/meet-corrina-mahoney\/\">Corrina Mahoney<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Denman Island School\u00a0 <strong><em>Current Vacancy<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ecole Puntledge Park <em>Meet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/meet-our-staff\/meet-shawna-eggleston\/\">Shawna Eggleston<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/meet-our-staff\/meet-jamie-boxall\/\">Jamie Boxall<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Ecole Robb Road <em>Meet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/meet-our-staff\/meet-pauline-mitchell\/\">Pauline Mitchell<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>George P. Vanier Secondary <em>Meet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/meet-our-staff\/meet-troy-donovan\/\">Troy Donovan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/meet-our-staff\/meet-jacqueline-morgan\/\">Jacqueline Morgan, <\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/meet-our-staff\/meet-jasmine-wallace\/\">Jasmine Wallace<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/meet-our-staff\/meet-chelsea-pasanen\/\">Chelsea Pasanen<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Glacier View Secondary Meet <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/meet-our-staff\/meet-kath-larson\/\">Kath Larson<\/a><\/em> and <strong><em>Current Vacancy<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Highland Secondary <em>Meet Stuart Lyon, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/meet-our-staff\/meet-sally-sheehan\/\">Sally Sheehan<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Hornby Island School <em><strong>Current Vacancy<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Huband Park Elementary Meet <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/meet-our-staff\/meet-megan-samis\/\">Megan Samis<\/a><\/em> and <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/meet-our-staff\/meet-debbie-allen\/\">Debbie Allen<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Lake Trail Middle School <em>Meet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/meet-our-staff\/meet-paul-arthur\/\">Paul Arthur <\/a><\/em><em>and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/meet-our-staff\/meet-kristy-bell\/\">Kristy Bell<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Mark R. Isfeld Secondary <em>Meet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/meet-our-staff\/meet-lena-murdock\/\">Lena<\/a><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/meet-our-staff\/meet-lena-murdock\/\"> Murdock<\/a> <em>and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/meet-our-staff\/meet-tyler-lowe\/\">Tyler Lowe<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Miracle Beach Elementary <em>Meet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/meet-our-staff\/meet-erin-kotyk\/\">Erin Kotyk<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Nala&#8217;atsi School Meet <em>Brennan Stothers<\/em><\/p>\n<p>NIDES Navigate Meet <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/meet-our-staff\/meet-megan-samis\/\">Megan Samis<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Queneesh Elementary Meet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/meet-our-staff\/meet-sadie-timothy-mcgee\/\"><em>Sadie Timothy-McGee<\/em><\/a> and <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/meet-our-staff\/meet-jaymie-newton\/\">Jaymie Newton\u00a0<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Royston Elementary <em>Meet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/meet-our-staff\/meet-twyla-macdonald\/\">Twyla MacDonald<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Valley View Elementary <em>Meet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/meet-our-staff\/meet-colleen-furlotte\/\">Colleen Furlotte<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h3><em><strong>Indigenous Support Worker Mentor<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<p>Meet <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/meet-our-staff\/meet-cheryl-graham\/\">Cheryl Graham<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h3><em><strong>Indigenous Education District Curric<a class=\"avia-modal-save button button-primary button-large\" href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=695&amp;action=edit#save\">Save<\/a>ulum Support Teachers<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<p><em>Meet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/meet-our-staff\/meet-lynn-swift\/\">Lynn Swift<\/a> (elementary K &#8211; 12)<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><em>K&#8217;\u00f3moks First Nation Student Success Teacher<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>Meet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/meet-our-staff\/meet-natasha-rainkie\/\"><em>Natasha Rainkie<\/em><\/a> (K-12)<\/p>\n<h3><strong><em>Indigenous Engagement and Knowledge Specialist<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>Meet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/meet-our-staff\/meet-jessie-everson-2\/\">Jessie Everson<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h3><em><strong>Indigenous Cultural and Community Coordinator<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<p><em>Meet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/meet-our-staff\/meet-gwen-monnet\/\">Gwen Monnet<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h3><em>Indigenous Early Literacy Teacher\u00a0<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>Meet<\/p>\n<h3><em>Indigenous Student Success Teacher<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>Meet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/meet-our-staff\/meet-kaya-leslie\/\"><em>Kaya Leslie<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><em><strong>Distance Learning Support\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<p>Administrative Assistant <em>&#8211;\u00a0<\/em>Meet\u00a0 <em>Samantha Dehr<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Indigenous Support Teacher &#8211; Meet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/meet-our-staff\/meet-sandra-rutherford\/\"><em>Sandra Rutherford<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Indigenous Support Worker <em>&#8211; <\/em>Meet <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/meet-our-staff\/meet-mel-norris\/\">Mel Norris<\/a><\/em><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Indigenous Support Worker &#8211; Meet <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/meet-our-staff\/meet-alana-alix\/\">Alana Alix<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h3><strong><em>Indigenous Education Office<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Senior Administrative Assistant<em> &#8211; Meet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/meet-our-staff\/meet-tabitha-dehr\/\">Tabitha Dehr<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>District Principal of Indigenous Education &#8211;<em> Meet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/meet-our-staff\/meet-lelaina-jules\/\">Lelaina Jules<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>District Vice-Principal of Indigenous Education &#8211; Meet<a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/meet-our-staff\/meet-jeannine-lindsay\/\"><em> Jeannine Lindsay<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Manager of Indigenous Education &#8211; Meet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/meet-our-staff\/meet-chettie-taylor\/\"><em>Chettie Taylor<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-r2av-985cc8f34aec4f6195dc26d39f4624b6\">\n.flex_column.av-r2av-985cc8f34aec4f6195dc26d39f4624b6{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-r2av-985cc8f34aec4f6195dc26d39f4624b6 av_two_fifth  avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_one_half  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  column-top-margin'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-aexg7-e2c2edbf38aa900a5f44c9ed0dec741c '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h3>EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If you, or someone you know are interested in working with Indigenous Education, please send us an email or call today for more details: indigenous.education@sd71.bc.ca \/ 250 331-4040<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">To view current openings, visit:\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.makeafuture.ca\/regions-districts\/bc-public-school-districts\/vancouver-island-sunshine-coast\/comox-valley\/\">\/\/www.makeafuture.ca\/regions-districts\/bc-public-school-districts\/vancouver-island-sunshine-coast\/comox-valley\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-695","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-25 04:04:15","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"post_tag","extraData":{}},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=695"}],"version-history":[{"count":170,"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/695\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6084,"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/695\/revisions\/6084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}