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Creative colleagues

Teachers have their own extracurricular activities. Here are some ­endeavours undertaken by your colleagues “out there.”

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Television

Teacher Tiff Pino was featured on an episode of Netflix Canada’s Cook at All Costs, which is now streaming world-wide. Pino is a talented home cook who went through rigorous auditions for the show. For the competition, which filmed at CBC studios in Toronto, she prepared two mouth-watering dishes, butternut squash and sage ravioli and an open-faced crawfish sandwich with buttered grits and collard greens. Though she did not win the competition, Pino cherished the unforgettable adventure. 

Tiff Pino 

Cardinal Collins Catholic Academic Centre, Edmonton 

Instagram @tiffpino 

Books

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Leader Ready: Four Pathways to Prepare Aspiring Leaders 

Dr. Tim Cusack and Vince Bustamante recently published Leader Ready: Four Pathways to Prepare Aspiring Leaders. Examining leadership standards, a culture of implementation, guided leadership experiences and attainment of mastery experiences, Leader Ready provides a rich array of theory, practical examples and stories from the field to assist school and system leaders in preparing aspiring leaders to reach greater levels of self-efficacy and success.

Timothy Cusack   
Associate Professor and Dean of Education,
Concordia University 

Vince Bustamante    
Consultant: Leadership & Assessment, 
Edmonton Catholic School Division 
Corwin, 2023

Buisiness

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The Backroad Farmhouse Coffee Roastery is a creative outlet and fun side gig for teacher/principal Breana Malcolmson. Malcolmson and her husband started the family business in 2021 after receiving a small coffee roaster as a gift. They expanded to a 5kg roaster and the rest is history! The roastery offers whole bean coffee, both flavoured and unflavoured, to local businesses and 

community members. Malcolmson takes on the design and marketing, and her husband and their kids make up the rest of the company team.  

Breana Malcolmson

St. Paul Alternate Education Centre, St Paul 

Instagram @backroad_farmhouse 

Youtube

Teacher's Tech 

Teacher's Tech host, Jamie Keet

Teacher Jamie Keet runs a YouTube channel, Teacher’s Tech, through which he shares tips, tricks and hacks on technology programs and applications. In each video, Keet takes a hands-on approach to teaching and provides clear, concise and easy-to-follow instructions. If you are a teacher looking to incorporate technology into your lessons, but maybe do not have a background in technology, check out this channel! 

Jamie Keet 
Instructional coach, Golden Hills School Division 
YouTube @TeachersTech and Instagram @jamiekeet  

What’s new with you? If you’d like to make a submission for publication in Who’s Out There?, email a summary (50–75 words) to section editor Lindsay Yakimyshyn at lindsay.yakimyshyn@ata.ab.ca.