Resume – Tom Kertes

Teaching

  • Prince Rupert School District (Prince Rupert, BC)
    • Charles Hays Secondary School – English and Debate (2023-current)
    • Prince Rupert Middle School – Grade 7 and Drama 8 (2018-2023)
  • Haida Gwaii School District (Daajing Giids, Skidegate, and Masset, Haida Gwaii, BC)
    • Gidg̱alang Ḵuuyas Naay – English and Drama (2016-2018)
    • Sk’aadgaa Naay Elementary – K/1 (2015)
    • Tahayghen Elementary – 4/5 (2015)
  • University of British Columbia (Vancouver, BC)
    • Early Childhood Educator – Owl Child Care Centre (2010-2013)
  • College of Early Childhood Educators (Toronto, ON)
    • Policy and Communications Advisor (2009-2010)
  • Seneca College (Toronto, ON)
    • Instructor – Early Childhood Education and Child Development (2008)
  • Pike Market Child Care (Seattle, WA)
    • Executive Director (2003)
  • Puget Sound Learning (Silverdale, WA)
    • Director of Learning Services – Reading and Writing Specialist (1994-2000)
    • Early Childhood Educator – Children’s Garden Preschool (1997-2000)

Community and Communications

  • Liberation Learning Project (Vancouver, BC)
    • Community Organizer (2010-2015)
  • United Workers Association (Baltimore, MD)
    • Community Organizer (2005-2010)
  • Imagine Tree Consulting (Seattle, WA and Toronto, ON)
    • Television Production, Marketing, Viral Video, and Public Relations Consultant (1999-2009)

Education

Vancouver Island University (Nanaimo, BC)

Simon Fraser University (Burnaby, BC)

  • Bachelor of Education: Indigenous Perspectives in Education (2014)

Langara College (Vancouver, BC)

  • Diploma: Early Childhood Education (including Infant/Toddler) (2010)

University of Toronto / OISE (Toronto, ON)

  • Graduate Studies: Human Development and Applied Psychology (2008-2009)

University of Washington (Seattle, WA)

  • Bachelor of Arts: Psychology (2003)

Olympic College (Bremerton, WA)

  • Associate in Arts and Sciences (2001)

Olympic High School (Bremerton, WA)
Cheney High School (Cheney, WA)
Gonzaga Preparatory School (Spokane, WA)

  • High School Diploma (1991)

Mr. Kertes is an English teacher in Prince Rupert, in the territory of the Ts’msyen, at Charles Hays Secondary School - home of the Rainmakers.