Meet your newly elected Council members.
Helen Fox (Supervisory
Officer), an educator for 35 years, is Superintendent of Education
in the York Region DSB. A former teacher, department head, principal
and vice-principal, she currently has responsibilities for secondary
schools and carries the safe and supportive schools portfolio. She
has a BA and BEd from the University of Toronto, an MEd from Brock
University and is trained in alternate dispute resolution and restorative
practice. Her College registration number is 127818.
Peter Joong (Faculty
of Education) received the Prime Minister's Award for Teaching Excellence
in 1998 and the Nipissing University Chancellor's Award for Excellence
in Research in 2005. Currently an assistant professor in the Faculty
of Education at Nipissing University, he taught math, science, computer
and co-operative education for 30 years. The author of numerous math
textbooks and teacher resource books, he has conducted workshops for
educators in Ontario, China, England, Jamaica, Jordan, Mongolia, Nepal
and UAE. Joong has a BSc from Loyola College, an MSc from McMaster
University and a DipEd from the University of the West Indies plus
an MEd and an EdD from the University of Toronto. His College registration
number is 217583.
Ruth Ann Penny (Private
School) is director of admissions at Branksome Hall in Toronto. Since
starting out as a kindergarten and French teacher in 1976, she has
taught all ages and grades in rural, suburban and urban settings, in
both co-educational and single-gender environments, in English and
in French and in both public and private schools. She has been a member
of the Ontario Teachers' Federation, a collective bargaining rep for
the Federation of Women Teachers' Associations of Ontario (FWTAO),
a professional development committee chair for FWTAO-Halton and a trainer
for the Ministry of Education. Penny has a BA from McMaster University,
a BEd from Laurentian University and an MA from the University of Toronto.
Her College registration number is 150717.
Henry Tyndorf (Principal/Vice-principal)
is a vice-principal with the Dufferin-Peel Catholic DSB. With an Honours
BSc in geological engineering he began his career as a prospector in
New Brunswick and Ontario. After earning an MBA he spent 15 years in
the personal computer industry. In 1992 he completed his BEd and began
teaching business and computer science, soon moving on to become a
department head of information services and finally taking his first
of two positions as a secondary school vice-principal. His degrees
are all from the University of Toronto. He has specialist qualifications
in business and religious education and has completed the Principal's
Qualification Program and the Supervisory Officer's Qualification Program.
His College registration number is 148791.