MJDevine

Greetings! What a amazing opportunity to join the Saskatchewan/Alberta Team as part of the Canadian PLP cohort with my colleagues from[| Saskatoon Public Schools]. We are thrilled to be able to connect with other educators who are also passionate about engaging students and teachers in 21st century learning! My name is Mary Jo Devine and I have been a Middle Years classroom teacher for 20 years. This year I am working as a Literacy Teacher to support our Division's Strategic Initiative //Literacy for Life.// I am thrilled about this new role, as I continue to have a foot in the classroom in addition to providing professional development for teachers around literacy. I am also supporting some of our elementary school's with their Collaborative Inquiry Teams, a Division initiative for teams of teachers to learn together to support student needs.

Our family consists of two daughters in university, a son in high school and an Airedale Terrier. I am working on my Masters of Education at the U of S and am inspired by the many life long learners around me.

I look forward to improving my technological skills through this PLP journey, and hopefully be able to encourage other teachers in using many of the engaging [| tools of technology] to support classroom curriculum outcomes.

Looking forward to connecting with you this year,

//Mary Jo Devine// Saskatoon Public Schools 310 - 21st Street East Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7K 1M7

email: devinem@spsd.sk.ca Twitter: mjmdevine