Tara-lynn

Stainforth
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
PHONE 2017 – Present
Municipal City Councilor, District 4 Cedar Park Heights • Ville de Pointe-Claire
 Representative of the Youth Council, Accessibility Committee
 Former representative of the Library Advisory Committee
2003 – Present
EMAIL
Teacher, Stand-in Principal • Commission Scolaire des Grandes Seigneuries
 Permanent teacher: ESL, intensive English, and enriched English for grades one
through six
LINKEDIN
 Cycle day teacher: French, mathematics, computers, and religious and cultural
www.linkedin.com
instruction in grade one
/in/tara-stainforth  Committee head or member of Governing Board, Staff Council, Information and
Communications Technology Services, Student Council, Mentorship Program, and
Welcoming, Environment, Grad, School’s Out, Emulation, and Social Committees
2009 – 2013
Cooperative Teacher • Concordia University, McGill University, Université du
Québec À Montréal
 Teacher in respective TESL teacher-training programs
2001 – 2003
Substitute Teacher • Lester B. Pearson School Boards
 Substitute work in French and English at the kindergarten and primary levels

AUTHORSHIP & FIELD WORK

2010 – 2018
Author • Les Éditions CEC
 Development of curriculum materials; see Publications, below
2006 – 2009
Collaborator • MELS
 Participation in field-testing and assessment of end-of-cycle exams (2 & 3) for
English, second language, in competencies 1, 2 and 3
2008 – 2008
Collaborator • GRICS
 Participation in field-testing and assessment of end-of-cycle exam (2) for English,
second language

EDUCATION
2009 – 2011
Masters of Arts in Educational Leadership • McGill University
2003 – 2011
Teaching English as a Second Language (7 courses) • Concordia University
2007 – 2007
English Language Studies (4 courses) • Université du Québec À Montréal
1999 – 2002
Bachelors of Education, Kindergarten & Elementary Education • McGill
University
CONFERENCE & WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS
2010 – 2013
Commercial Presenter • SPEAQ
 New Adventures! 3, New Adventures! 4, All Together.
2011
Professional Development Presenter • Commission Scolaire des Grandes
Seigneuries
 Making the school web site work for you!
2011
Presenter • McGill EGSS Conference
 Multiculturalism in the Field of Teaching English as a Second Language in Quebec
2011
Professional Development Presenter • Commission Scolaire des Grandes
Seigneuries
 Using ICTs in the ESL classroom

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2018
 Fintikakis, A., & Stainforth, T. (2018). 2nd Edition: New Adventures! Teacher’s
Copy, Elementary Cycle Two Year Two. Anjou, QC: Les Editions CEC.
 ibid. 2nd Edition: New Adventures! Learning and Activities, Elementary Cycle
Two Year Two. Anjou, QC: Les Editions CEC.
 ibid. 2nd Edition: New Adventures! Teacher’s Copy, Elementary Cycle Two
Year One. Anjou, QC: Les Editions CEC.
 ibid. 2nd Edition: New Adventures! Learning and Activities, Elementary Cycle
Two Year One. Anjou, QC: Les Editions CEC.

2017
 Fintikakis, A., & Stainforth, T. (2013). All Together Teacher’s Copy,
Elementary Cycle Three Year One, 2nd Edition. Anjou, QC: Les Editions CEC.
 ibid. All Together Learning and Activities, Elementary Cycle Three Year One,
2nd Edition. Anjou, QC: Les Editions CEC.

2013
 Fintikakis, A., & Stainforth, T. (2013). All Together Teacher’s Copy,
Elementary Cycle Three Year One. Anjou, QC: Les Editions CEC.
 ibid. All Together Learning and Activities, Elementary Cycle Three Year One.
Anjou, QC: Les Editions CEC.

2011
 Fintikakis, A., & Stainforth, T. (2011). New Adventures! Teacher’s Copy,
Elementary Cycle Two Year Two. Anjou, QC: Les Editions CEC.
 ibid. New Adventures! Learning and Activities, Elementary Cycle Two Year
Two. Anjou, QC: Les Editions CEC.