Lucas King

649 East 5th Street, North Vancouver, BC 604-619-5389 lking@sd44.ca Summary of Qualifications
Received a Masters of Education in Special Education Successfully piloted North Vancouvers Choices program Trained and experienced in positive behaviour support strategies Trained and experienced in functional behaviour assessment Experienced working with and designating students with special education designations (categories R and H) Experience writing, revising, and case managing IEPs and behaviour support plans Experience coordinating and collaborating with district staff, administration, general educators, support staff, community partners, families, and at-risk students September, 2011 - May, 2014 September, 2006 August, 2007

Education

Masters of Education in Special Education University of British Columbia , Vancouver, British Columbia Bachelor of Education (Concentration: Social Studies) University of British Columbia , Vancouver, British Columbia Bachelor of Arts in International Relations University of British Columbia , Vancouver, British Columbia

September, 2000 May, 2005 September, 2007 - Present

Professional Experience

Teacher (North Vancouver School District)

Sutherland Secondary School (September, 2011 - present) Choices Program Teacher

Successfully piloted a school based intervention program to support students with social, emotional, and/or behavioural barriers that expanded to a district wide program that has since been implemented in all 6 of North Vancouvers mainstream high schools Provided district wide support to staff implementing Choices intervention programs Collaborated with teachers, support staff, families, community support agencies, and students to create individualized and comprehensive behaviour support plans Collaborated with general education teachers to provide individualized learning programs with flexible methods of formative and summative assessment Gave numerous presentations on initiatives that support at-risk youth to the local PAC, school community members, and school staff. Sessions included a presentation to all staff in the Sutherland family of schools on a Curriculum Implementation Day Secured grant funding and planed multiday hiking/camping trips for at-risk youth

Keith Lynn Alternate Secondary School (February, 2008 June 2011) Teacher
Designed and taught differentiated unit/lesson plans for Social Studies 8-10, Science 8-10, Health and Career Education 8-9, and Planning 10 Organized and supervised field trips and multiday camping trips for at-risk youth to locations such as Tofino and 100 Mile House

Teacher on Call (September, 2007- February, 2008)

Responded to ever changing classroom dynamics and student needs

Presentations

Fostering a Sense of Belonging in At-Risk Youth. District wide Choices meeting, Sutherland Secondary School (October, 2014) Choices: Supporting Students With Social/Emotional/Behavioural Barriers to Their Learning Social responsibility community forum, Windsor Secondary Presented in collaboration with Maureen Stanger and Caren Hall (April, 2013) Exploring Frameworks of Belonging in the Sutherland Family of Schools. Family of Schools Curriculum Implementation Day, Sutherland Secondary Presented in collaboration with Dr. Vince White and Arlene Martin (January, 2013) Sutherlands Choices Program. Parent Advisory Council Meeting, Sutherland Secondary (November, 2011) Sutherland Choices: Year Two Professional Development Day, Sutherland Secondary (September, 2012) Choices Program Overview Professional Development Day, Sutherland Secondary (November , 2011)

Awards

Marilyn Hunnings Memorial Scholarship in Education (2007) Awarded for noteworthy achievement during the UBC Bachelor of Education Program Camino Seguro, Antigua, Guatemala Volunteer Teacher (November 2005) Lead activities and tutored abused/impoverished children between the ages of 5 and 9 years old in a boarding school environment. Casa De La Amistad, Cochabamba, Bolivia Volunteer Teacher (March 2006) Lead activities and taught children between the ages of 3 and 16 years old who were living inside Bolivian prisons.

Volunteer Experience

Additional Training/ Conferences

British Columbia Alternate Education Conference (February, 2012 - 2014) Essential Wilderness First Aid (July, 2013) Self-Regulation Workshop by Stuart G. Shanker (January, 2013) Nonviolent Crisis Intervention Training (February, 2012) Functional Behaviour Assessment Training (2007 and 2011)

References available upon request