ABOUT ME

Jennifer A. Jilks 

B.A., B. Ed., M. Ed.                                 

Work Experience

Volunteer and Community Experiences

• Researcher, Speaker and Writer:
  
  
  • Research Paper Reviewer: Annual Hospice Palliative Care Ontario Conference 2017
  
  
  • Research Paper Reviewer: AACE SITE 2017
  • Volunteer: Canadian Task Force on Preventative Health Care
  • Hospice and Respite Volunteer Community Home Support Lanark County (2010 - present)
  • Newsletter Editor Community Home Support Lanark County 
  • Research paper reviewer: Program Committee 2016 | SITE2015 | SITE2005  
  • Research paper reviewer International Conference Canadian Journal of Action Research (2014-6)
  • Interview: TVOntario's 'Why Poverty' Series, (Nov. 28, 2012)
  • Speaker: Dying With Dignity PPT on Slideshare: Heart of Hastings Hospice AGM (Oct. 22, 2012)
  • Speaker: Caregiving - PEO Sisterhood, Aug. 15, 2012
  • Speaker: 'How to get published' - Perth Union Library, Jan. 24, 2012
  • Interview: White Coat Black Art: 'Unpaid Caregivers'
  • Speaker: Carleton Place Rotary Club - Dying With Dignity (Jan, 2013)
  • Speaker: Perth Kiwanis Club, March 10, 2011
  • Speaker: North Simcoe Muskoka Palliative Care Conference, “Stories in Palliative Care”. June 9th, 2010
  • Speaker: Gravenhurst Senior's Club, "What your family needs to know...", Feb. 12, 2010
  • The Friends, Workship: Caregiver& Support Groups: Heart Health, 2009
  • Author: Living and Dying with Dignity: A daughter's journey, Nov. 2008
  • Blogger: Cottage Country Reflections, Ontario Seniors
  • Consultant: Aging at Home Project LHIN 12  (Oct. 2007- March, 2008)
  • Research Paper Reviewer: Ed-Media Conference 2008, 2007, 2006 (www.aace.org)
  • Co-writer: CyberCops Internet Safety Project (OPHEA, Mar. 2005)
  • Project Leader for the Think Literacy Project sponsored by Council Ontario Director's of Education, representing ECOO.
  • Member of Writing Team: CBE Standards and Indicators Grades 7-9: Resource document. (October, 1996)
  
  
  Leadership
  
  • Vice President: Educational Computing Organization of Ontario: SIG-CIEL (2005/6)
  • Part-Time Instructor (Social Studies) at the University of Ottawa (Jan.- Mar. 2005)
  • Presentation on Special Education and Technology: ECOO (May 5, 2005)
  • Presentation on Internet Safety: (ECOO, May 6, 2005)
  • Presentation on Special Education and Technology: Council for Exceptional Children‚ 2004 Conference in Ottawa (Nov. 12. 2004)
  • Presentation to OASCD Fall Conference: Multimedia for Primary Teachers (Oct. 7, 2004)
  • Internet Safety presentation to Manordale School Council (Oct. 4, 2004)
  • Multimedia technology presentation to OCDSB Computer Contact Teachers (Ottawa, June 1/2004)
  • Multimedia Technology and Elementary Teachers presentation at ECOO, Conference in Toronto (May 5/2004)
  • Elementary Director Educational Computing Organization of Ontario (2004/5)
  • Integrating Brain Research and Technology Literacy presentation at The Brains in Action Conference (April 17/2004)
  • Parenting Your Young Gifted Child for Association for Bright Children (ABC) Meeting presentation.
  • AACE Conference presentation in Atlanta, GA (Mar. 5/2004)Web
  • Organizing Committee OASCD Regional Meeting: Teaching with the Brain in Mind, (Oct.2/ 2003)
  • Director: Ontario Association Supervision & Curriculum Development, (2003/4)
  • Organizing Committee: OASCD Conference Keeping the Heart and Soul in Education, (Oct. 15-17/2003)
  • Presenter: Web Page Design Workshop to Manordale Staff (May 6, 2002)
  • School Improvement Committee Meeting Planning Session (2002)
  • Ontario ASCD Conference Registrar: "Charting Pathways to Learning" (October 2/2001)
  • Workshop presentation: web page design for teachers and their students (March/2001)
  • Workshop presentation to staff: Ontario Curriculum Unit Planner (January/2001)
  • Ontario Public School Teachers' Federation Executive Executive Member at Large (2000-2001)
  • Ontario Public School Teachers' Federation Executive liaison to the OCDSB Special Education Advisory Committee (SEAC) (2000-2001)
  • Ontario Public School Teachers' Federation Executive liaison to Special Education Committee (2000-2001)
  • Ontario Public School Teachers' Federation Executive Newsletter Editor (2000-2001)
  • Seconded to EQAO to mark grade 6 provincial mathematics field tests, (November/1997)
  • Member Ontario Public School Teachers' Federation Executive: 1988-1998
  • Including: Vice-President, 1998, Treasurer, 1996/7, Secretary, 1994/5
  • Member of Teachers' Federation of Carleton Executive, 1990
  • Occasional Teacher Branch President (CEOTA), 1989/90
  • Co-authored CEOTA's first Constitution, 1989/90
  • OPSTF Negotiations Skills Training, Toronto (OPSTF, 1990)
  • Occasional Teacher Branch Executive Member (CEOTA), 1987-1990

Employment History

May – December, 2008 and February – March, 2009

• Cardiovascular Health Awareness Program Coordinator & Peer Health Educator: The Friends

October, 2007 – February, 2008

• Consultant: NSM LHIN Task Force: Aging At Home Project:

September 2006: Humphrey School, NNDSB (retired December, 2006)

• Grade 8 homeroom class

April 3rd to June 2006: William Beatty School, NNDSB

• WhitePines: Section 20(Anger Management) intermediate class www.jilks.com/WhitePines

September 2005 to March 31st: Sir Winston P.S., OCDSB

• Grade 8 LA & Math, Grade 7 SELC, Web Page Manager

Part-Time Instructor: Faculty of Education, University of Ottawa

·       Personal & Social Studies: “PED 2145A & PED 2145B” (Jan. – Mar., 2005)

-September 1989 to 2005: OCDSB (formerly Carleton B. Ed)

• Grade 6, 4/5, 5 Homeroom teacher 
• Associate teacher & Computer Contact Teacher
• Junior SELC, Grade 7 Language Arts (2000/2001)
• Grade 7 & 8 Math, Art, Language Arts, History/Geography, Art, Drama & Dance, Computers (1999/2000)
• Grade 6 & Grade 8 teacher (1998/99). Grade 6 Designated Resource Unit (DRU) teacher. Grade 6 Team Leader (1995-1999)
• Taught grade 6 Homeroom & Designated Resource Unit teacher for the grade 6 student body (1994/95)
• Taught home room for grade 3 grade 4/5 , grade 2/3 and Junior Kindergarten
• Taught Junior Kindergarten  & English to grade 3 French immersion students

Publications 

Jilks, J.A. (2008). Living and Dying With Dignity: A daughter’s journey through long-term care. GSPH: Renfrew

Jilks-Racine, J. (2005). Literacy & Technology Infusion: Multimedia Projects for Teachers and Students. In           Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2005 (pp. 241-246). Norfolk, VA: AACE.

Jilks, J. (2004). Web Design In Elementary Schools. Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (1), 3394-3399. [Online]. Available: http://dl.aace.org/14929

Jilks-Racine, J . (2005) Internet Safety. Ontario  Principal's Council Register Spring, 2005, Vol. 7 (1).

 OPC  Register: Toronto.

Education & Professional, Personal Growth Experiences

• Dignity House Day Hospice (30 hours, Jan. 2011)
• Gentle Persuasive Approaches in Dementia Care (Nov. 12, 2010, Community Home Support, Lanark)
• Grief Support Training (Oct. – Nov. 2010, Hospice Muskoka)
• Palliative Care Conference (NSM LHIN, June 9, 2010)
• Palliative Care Conference (Huntsville, NSM LHIN, 2009)
• Victim Services Training (December, 2008)
• Foundations in Palliative Care Course (2008)
  ¶ M. Ed., (1999-2003) OISE/University of Toronto, (ETFO Scholarship, 2002)
  ¶ Bachelor of Education, University of Ottawa, (Primary/Junior) 1982
  ¶ Bachelor of Arts: in Early Childhood Education, Ryerson University, 1979
  ¶ Principal’s Qualification Course, Part I (2004), Part II, Feb. – May, 2006
  ¶ Intermediate ABQ: Lakehead University (2003)
  ¶ Special Education Specialist (L.D./Gifted), University of Ottawa, 1993

Previous Volunteer Work

January 2010 -  August 2010 Creative Writing Group- Beaver Creek Minimum Security Prison

March 2000 to August, 2010 – Hospice Muskoka Palliative Care Volunteer

2007 - 2010 Board of Directors: Family, Youth & Child Services (FYCSM)– Muskoka

Chair: Resource Committee

December 2008 – March 2009 – Victim Services Volunteer

2006 – 2008  Chair of the Family Council: Leisureworld Gravenhurst

2006-2007 Chair of the Board: The Cellar Singers www.thecellarsingers.com
1981 - 2004 Executive member: OPSTF, ETFO delegate, 

Hobbies

Vocal Music: formerly of The Cellar Singers &  The Ottawa Choral Society, gardener, aquascaper, photography, digital technology (still & video), web page design, poet, writer, blogger, researcher.