Field Experience Coordinator, BEd
School of Education
Mission campus, D241c
email DeirdreI was born and raised in Ireland and upon completion of high school, took my degree at Trinity College in Dublin. After subsequently moving to Canada, I enrolled in the PDP program at Simon Fraser University and became a teacher. This was a career choice I never regretted! My career as a teacher was extremely varied. I taught physical education, and then moved on to classroom teaching and was fortunate enough to experience teaching grade four, five, six, seven and eight. I became fascinated by the role that technology can play in education and pursued a masters degree in Education Technology at UBC. For the 6 last years of my career I was a technology helping teacher for the Abbotsford School District.
Since joining the UFV Teacher Education Department, and prior to my current role as joint program coordinator, I have been a faculty mentor and taught the courses on technology in education.
I love hiking and the outdoors and consider myself very fortunate to be able to give back to a profession I have been so passionate about.
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