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Elke Pritchard

Success Centre Coordinator - Trades Okanagan College Kelowna, BC, Canada

Professional

Experience, expertise, and connection goals

About me / professional summary

• Current Trades Success Centre Coordinator at Okanagan College - Kelowna • Demonstrated experience in teaching/assisting/testing students in vocational programs. • Proven experience in online instruction – Moodle &Zoom, • 25+ years of experience as a post-secondary instructor. • Proven project management skills from inception to completion. • 3+ years of experience as a college Student Services Coordinator. • Ability to interact effectively with both internal and external contacts within a post-secondary environment. • Highly experienced in curriculum design – developed and implemented program materials for college courses.

Industry: Education
Professional experience: 21-25 Years
Specialization / expertise: Area of deep expertise: supporting students that have non-verbal learning disabilities such as ADHD, ASD, Dyslexia, dysgraphia, Dyscalculia etc.
Skills: • Created the Trades Success Centre as a pilot program and now have complete range of resources and instruction for all Trades programs in all levels – from Foundation through all years of Apprenticeship training; • Created a basic level math textbook for Trades students with supplemental learning problem sets; • Assessed and advised vulnerable students in a variety of post-secondary settings and created individualized learning plans based on needs; • Planned and implemented ongoing professional development, training and consultative services to teachers and other professionals by using participatory, case-based and experiential learning; • Provided learning strategist assistance to a special-needs Ph.D. candidate (on-going); Trades Specific Studies (various mathematical competencies as well as concepts of simple physics) • Carpentry – concrete work, excavations, stairs, roofing, various geometry and trigonometry; • Plumbing – hydraulics, buoyancy, gas laws, heat transfers and loads, simple fluid dynamics; • Electrical – trigonometry, vector/phasor algebra, Ohms law, series/parallel/combination circuits, capacitance, impedance and power triangle calculations; • RV/Automotive – electrical calculations, hydraulics, geometry, billing (costs and wages); • Sheet Metal/Welding – linear, surface and cubic measures, special formula problems such as allowances and stretch-out’s; • Trades Entrance Exam tutoring (fractions, decimals, proportions, percentage, elementary algebra, geometry, trigonometry, simple logic); • Culinary – Pastry Arts & Professional Cook (Foundational through to Red Seal assistance) Interpersonal and Communication • Facilitated study skills and test-taking skills presentations in in-class workshops; • Tutored undergraduate students in academic writing and English; • Worked hand in hand with Accessibility Services to ensure the highest level of achievement for students with (dis)abilities by implementing accommodations such as increased exam time, distraction reduced test environments, scribing and alternative verbal testing, etc; • Liaised successfully and productively with students, instructors, and the Trades administrative team; Administration • Fulfilled tasks as acting Director at a for-profit private career college for 12 months; • Administered specialized testing and assessment programs and evaluated outcomes; • Invigilated exams for students with disabilities; • Prepared e-learning teaching materials and exams;
I am looking to connect with…: Looking to connect with individuals who are in my field (post-secondary education) or connected -> certainly can be anywhere in the world...I am very interested in gaining more knowledge.
I am interested in: Consulting Work · Job Offers · Networking

Education & honors

Academic background and recognition

Undergraduate school

University of British Columbia

History

Minor: English & Anthropology 1993

Graduate school

University of British Columbia - Okanagan

Master of Education

2015

Alumni organization member: Yes

Personal

The person behind the professional profile

Gender: Female
City: Kelowna
State / province: BC
Country: Canada
Hobbies / sports: I sing in a local community choir and take private singing lessons as well.
Family: I have 3 young adult children,all of whom are on the autism spectrum; however, each is successful in pursuing their own path.

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