Learning Opportunities

As a Learning Associate, Lana Nogue has extensive experience in system planning and supporting schools and districts in strategically designing areas of focus and planning forward. Lana is integral to supporting schools and districts in implementing their Collaborative Response practices as well as designing and supporting levels of teams that align across schools and systems to support the needs of all students. Lana supports inclusive education teams with experience as a classroom specialist, school and district leader. She supports leaders at all levels and works at a district/systemic level to build capacity and support the goals of our various partners and strategic endeavors.

• District leadership as Director of Inclusive Learning Services
• School leadership role as Principal in K-12 schools
• Special Education Consultant in a large rural district, supporting 17 schools
• Member of the Advisory and Leadership Teams with Central Alberta Regional Collaborative Service Delivery
• Member of the CASS First Nations, Metis and Inuit provincial Education Action Committee and involvement with provincial Inclusive Education committee as a CASS Member

Kathleen Robertson joins Jigsaw Learning with more than 20 years of teaching experience and has successfully led literacy intervention, assessment and coaching in her own school also providing support to other schools when planning and designing their implementation of a comprehensive literacy framework. Her expertise in literacy has been developed through her roles as a classroom teacher, participant as a lead teacher on a literacy committee and most recently in her role as instructional and literacy coach at the Elementary level.

• Extensive experience as a classroom teacher, literacy, and instructional coach
• Knowledgeable about and committed to best practice in literacy and numeracy
• Leadership in evidence-based literacy interventions
• Skilled with differentiated instruction and passionate about success for all students