​​​​Kyle Robinson​

Education

Faculty Liaison, Poverty Challenge, Queen’s University; Kingston, ON

September 2014 – Present

• Work closely with staff at The Poverty Challenge to create and run an experiential poverty simulation for Bachelor of Education candidates at the Queen’s Faculty of Education

• Responsible for recruiting, training, and scheduling volunteer

• Responsible for communicating details of the event to 600+ B. Ed. Candidate

• Liaison between faculty, administration, and the Poverty Challenge organizing committee

 

Graduate Research Assistant Fellow, Queen’s University; Kingston, ON 

​2014 - present

 

• Under Professor Theodore Christou

• Researched historical aspects of Education, including the Humanists and Faculty Psychology in a Canadian context

• Marked a wide variety of assignment types, including lesson plans, "take action" projects, and unit plans from students taking online courses from foreign countries, such as Trinidad and Tobago

 

Web Assistant/Teacher’s Aide; Queen’s University Faculty of Education; Kingston, ON

​2013 - present

 

• Designed and edited the web page for FOUN 476 “Teaching Exceptional Students” on Desire 2 Learn web portal

• Taught classes on different exceptionalities, as well as tools and teaching strategies

• Led discussions on various case studies based on student’s experiences in Ontario schools

 

Team Leader, Keynote and Discussants Committee; Rosa Bruno-Jofré Symposium in Education, Queen’s University Faculty of Education, Kingston, ON

​September 2013 - present

 

• Managed a small team in the process of searching out an appropriate keynote speaker for an education conference

• Managed budgets to purchase an appropriate speaker’s gift

• Designed an appropriate, cost-effective gift for the Organizing Comittee - mugs

• Recruited and assigned upper-year PhD students and Queen’s faculty members to be discussant in round-table presentations of proposals, literature reviews and in-progress studies

 

Girl’s Flag Football Coach; Albert Campbell Collegiate Institute (TDSB); North York, ON

​September 2013 - April 2013

 

• Head Coach, ages 13 - 18

 

Football Coach; Kingston Vocational and Collegiate Institute (LDSB); Kingston, ON

​September 2009 - December 2013

 

• Offensive & Defensive Coach, ages 13 – 15

 

Sailing Head/Program Team Member; Camp Queen Elizabeth, YMCA; London, ON

​May 2008 - September 2008

 

• Responsible for the Sailing Program, supervising 5 sailing team staff members

• Developed various sailing programs suitable for campers ages 8-16

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Counselor; Camp Queen Elizabeth (CQE), YMCA; London, ON

​2010 - present

 

• Managed the care and safety (24/7 when scheduled) of up to ten resident campers aged 8-16 for one or two week periods

• Worked one-on-one with Special Needs children including those with Autism and Down’s Syndrome

• Developed age appropriate interpersonal skills, the ability to plan age-specific activities, time management and organizational skills, and patience for special needs campers

• Conducted staff evaluations on junior staff

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