GARY PIETERS M.Ed., B.Ed., B.A.

P.O. Box 953, Station F
Toronto ON M4Y2N9
Canada
E-Mail: gapieters@gmail.com
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BIO

PROFILE

• A results oriented professional with leadership experience in school administration, organizational capacity building, and community organizing
• Proficient knowledge of Windows NT/95/98/00/XP/VISTA, email, Internet, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe Photoshop, Access, and database applications including Trillium, SIS, EIS, SAP and other computer software applications
• Experience and training in equity, diversity, inclusion, cultural proficiency and anti-oppression models
• Administrative and managerial experience as a board member in various sectors with demonstrated ability to work effectively with private, public and non-profit boards of directors, staff and community members

LEADERSHIP QUALITIES

• Administrative, multitasking, project management, and electronic record keeping skills
• Excellent organizational, goal setting and time management skills
• Administrative and managerial experience as a board member in various sectors with demonstrated ability to work effectively with private, public and non-profit boards of directors, staff and community members
• Leadership development, teambuilding, hiring, scheduling and supervision
• Strong interpersonal, analytical, problem-solving, and presentation skills
• Foster ongoing partnership and communication between schools and administrators, non-profit and business leaders to support and improve the capacity of young people to reach higher levels of achievement and career readiness
• Extensive knowledge of all diversities, social geography, and educational issues
• Ability to make decisions on a timely basis
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills
• Strong interest and commitment to public education, social policy, and service to the community
• Ability to lead, to take direction, and to listen to various perspectives

EMPLOYMENT

• 2005-present [ongoing] - Vice-Principal, Elementary, Toronto District School Board
• 1999-2004 - Teacher, Toronto District School Board
• 1996-1999 – Teacher, Palmdale School District
• 1995 – Supervisor, HRDC, Canada Employment Centre for Students
• 1989-1994 - Support Services, Eaton's Canada
• 1987-1991 - Sales Associate, Southland Canada Inc

BOARD AND COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS

• 2009-present - Member-at-Large, Condo Owners Association -Trinity/Spadina (COA-TS)
• 2009-Present - Committee Member, Safe School Student Transfer Committee, TDSB
• 2008-present - Board Member, Sojourn House Board of Directors
• 2006-present - Member-at-Large, Urban Alliance on Race Relations Board of Directors
• 2006-2008 – Board Member, San Romanoway Revitalization Association Board of Directors
• 2006-2008 - Co-Chair, The Committee to Commemorate and Memorialize the Abolition of the Transatlantic Slave Trades [CMAST]
• 2007 - Committee Member, Royal Ontario Museum Visitor Experience Committee
• 2006-2007 – Board Member, Toronto Star Community Editorial Board
• 2005-2007 - Committee Member, Principal's Technology Advisory Commitee, TDSB
• 2005 – Committee Member, Toronto Community Housing Corporation Advisory Committee on Children and Youth Services
• 2000-2004 - Committee Member, Elementary Teachers of Toronto Equity and Human Rights Committee
• 1996-present - Website Compiler, Ontario Network for Human Rights
• 1993-1996 - Committee Member, Literacy Committee, The Learning Partnership

OTHER COMMUNITY EXPERIENCE

• 2008 - Volunteer, Canadian Olympic Committee – Outfitting Unit, Beijing, China
• 2006 - Volunteer, AIDS 2006 - XVI International AIDS Conference, Toronto
• 2005 - Volunteer, Canadian Race Relations Foundation [CRRF] Award of Excellence Symposium, Toronto

AWARDS AND HONOURS

• Featured in OISE/UT Inspiring Alumni Series on Past Graduates
• Featured in the 2006 and 2002 Editions of Who's Who in Black Canada: A Directory of Black Success and Black Excellence in Canada
• Certificate of Recognition, York University Faculty of Education, 2002 - Significant professional contribution as a host teacher to teacher-candidates
• Panelist, Iced in Black Film Festival, University of Waterloo, 2002 Discussant on Film 'Speak it to the Heart of Black Nova Scotia'
• Website of the Month, Operation Dialogue, 2001 for creating and maintaining Canadian Black Heritage in the Third Millennium - a website pertaining to Canadians of African descent, equity initiatives and inclusive education
• Certificate of Merit, Victoria College, U of T, 1995 - Literacy Tutor and Mentor at Lawrence Heights Middle School [1994-1995]
• Literacy Volunteer Award, Frontier College, 1994

REFERENCES

• Available upon request

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