Allan Kinney

 

10, rue Marengère
Gatineau, Québec H2P 2G9
tel.: (613) 727-4723 x 3451
e-mail:
kinneya@algonquincollege.com
elearning.algonquincollege.com/coursemat/kinneya

 

Objective: To pursue a career in teaching at the post-secondary level in Québec

Summary: Experienced, open-minded teacher and excellent communicator 

 

I. Professorial and other teaching experience

 

Professor of English and General Education
Algonquin College, Ottawa, ON
Academic Year 2008-2009

Courses:

Reporting Technical Information – ENL1819T

-          full-time weekend programme

English I – ENL1813T

-          days and full-time weekend programme

-          intensive summer schedule

Software Applications for Civil Engineering Technologists – CON6113

Computers and You – CON8430

(« hybrid »)

 

  • Advised and facilitated within a conference led and organised by my 20 report writing students
  • Introduced new model and curriculum for introductory and advanced English courses in trade and technology full-time weekend, weekday, and summer programmes (104 students)
  • Created and successfully delivered the model and curriculum for software skills in ITCET, the new retraining programme for civil engineers educated overseas (34 students)
  • Informally coordinated five computer literacy professors (approx. 400 students)

Professor of English, General Education, and Environmental Law
Algonquin College, Ottawa, ON
Academic Year 2007-2008

Courses:

Reporting Technical Information – ENL1819T

-          « hybrid » (three hours classroom time per one hour on-line instruction)

-          intensive summer schedule

-          weekdays, full-time weekend programme, and summer evenings

English I – ENL1813T

-          days and full-time weekend programme

Computers and You – CON8430

(« hybrid »)

Environmental Law – WWT3000 (summer)

  • Advised two conferences led by my report writing students from among four class sections (120 students)
  • Adapted my research seminar model to updated curriculum in law courses for water works technicians and technologists (35 students)
  • Applied an existing model to new curriculum for introductory and advanced English courses in trade and technology full-time weekend, weekday, and summer programmes (280 students)
  • Combined my computer literacy course model and curriculum with those of other professors to reflect changes in the course outline

General Education Course Developer and Professor
Algonquin College, Ottawa, ON
Academic Year 2006-2007

Courses:

The Science of Science Fiction – GEN1701

-          on-line instruction

-          on-line course development

Computers and You – CON8430

-          on-line course development for « hybrid » course (two hours classroom time per one hour on-line instruction)

 

  • Introduced new curriculum (26 students)
  • Introduced new interdisciplinary team work project models and curriculum for introductory General Education courses

 

Professor of English and Environmental Law
Algonquin College, Ottawa, ON
Academic Year 2006-2007

Courses:

Reporting Technical Information – ENL1819T

-          « hybrid » (three hours classroom time per one hour on-line instruction)

-          intensive summer schedule

-          weekdays, full-time weekend programme, and evenings

English I – ENL1813T

-          days, full-time weekend programme, and summer

Environmental Law – WWT3000 (summer)

 

  • Advised two conferences led by my report writing students (78 students)
  • Introduced a new research seminar model and curriculum for law courses for technicians and technologists (20 students)
  • Adapted an existing model to new curriculum for introductory English courses in trade and technology full-time weekend, weekday, and summer programmes (145 students)

Professor of English and General Education
Algonquin College, Ottawa, ON
Academic Year 2005-2006

Courses:

Reporting Technical Information – ENL1819T

-          « hybrid » (three hours classroom time per one hour on-line instruction)

-          intensive summer schedule

-          days and evenings

English I – ENL1813T

-          full-time weekend programme

Computers and You – CON8430 (« hybrid »)

 

  • Introduced a new trade and technology model and curriculum for report writing courses (83 students)
  • Introduced a new team work project model and curriculum for introductory English courses (34 students)
  • Adapted an existing model to new curriculum for computer literacy courses in a building technology full-time weekend programme (34 students)

Professor of English
Algonquin College, Ottawa, ON
Academic Year 2004-2005

Courses:

Reporting Technical Information – ENL1819T

-          « hybrid »

-          weekend full-time programme

-          regular and summer programmes as well

English I – ENL1813T

-          both weekend and « hybrid » versions

-          « Women in Skilled Trades » (WIST) and summer programmes as well

 

 

  • Introduced the « Collaborative Conference Model » for technical report writing courses
  • Co-authored new assignments in a « team teaching » arrangement
  • Selected conference steering committees from class sections
  • Ran and attended formal meetings with colleagues and students
  • Successfully ran a real-world survey assignment with 107 students in 28 project teams
  • Introduced and revised an original model and curriculum for introductory English courses (63 students) including an interview project

 


 

Professor of English
Algonquin College, Ottawa, ON
Academic Year 2003-2004

Courses:

Reporting Technical Information – ENL1819T (regular, hybrid, night, and WIST)

English I – ENL1813T (weekend full-time programme)

 

  • Was the first English professor for the full-time weekend programme (16 students)
  • Applied four ENL1819T timetables and two models (93 students)

Professor of English
Algonquin College, Ottawa, ON
Academic Year 2002-2003

Courses:

Reporting Technical Information – ENL1819T (three-month summer programme)

English I – ENL1813T (sessional)

English II – ENL1823B (summer) Speaking – ENL1829 (summer)

Report Writing – ENL1898 (summer)

  • Taught 270 students over a fifteen-month period
  • Taught an entire « paperless » semester of introductory English courses (215 students)
  • Learned and applied the Blackboard on-line course administration system
  • Developed entirely original, student-negotiated models and curricula
  • Had particular success with a class of Chinese English-second-language students
  • Set records for positive results in student course assessment surveys

 

Professor of English
Algonquin College, Ottawa, ON
Academic Year 2001-2002

Courses:

Reporting Technical Information – ENL1819T (Continuing Education at night – 60 students total)

  • Developed methodology for all later course Web sites
  • Learned PowerPoint and HTML
  • Developed an entire set of assignment examples for use in class and on line
  • Noted much-improved student performance

 

Professor of English
Algonquin College, Ottawa, ON
Academic Year 2000-2001

Courses:

Reporting Technical Information – ENL1819T (sessional)

English I – ENL1813T (sessional)

  • Had one week lead time for first four months of teaching
  • Used largely original course design although I had not taught the courses before
  • Used partly student-negotiated curriculum
  • Simulated surveys in class
  • Quickly achieved excellent student response and rapport (304 students)

 


 

 

 

 

Music teacher
Self-employed, Peterborough, ON
1993 (Sept.) to 1995 (Aug.)

 

 

  • Taught rudimentary classical piano

Teaching assistant, research assistant, and tutor
Deep River Science Academy, Chalk River, ON
1987 (May) to 1987 (Sept.)

 

 

  • Conducted research in environmental science
  • Supervised two high school research assistants
  • Assisted the instruction of a limnology class

II. Other relevant professional experience

 

Translator and technical writer
Double V3, Montréal
2003 to present (contractual)


 

 

  • Translate documentation from French to English
  • Write manuals and help files
  • Update English versions of company Web sites

Musician (saxophone, keyboards, synthesiser)
-
Anabhraka (formerly Year of the Gone) and Microtones, Ottawa
2002 (Sept.) to present

- Oryzhein, Montréal
1997 (Jan.) to 2000 (April)

 

 

  • Compose, play, and record music
  • Contributed to two albums and several demos, to English Web pages, and to band publicity

 

Canvasser
Greenpeace Ottawa
1990 (Jan.-April)

 

  • Contributed to funding and information campaigns
  • Studied local, national, and international ecological issues

 


III. Education

 

 

M.A. course requirements in philosophy

Département de philosophie, Université de Montréal (Montréal)
1996 (Sept.) to 2000 (Sept.)

 

B.Sc. (Hons.) in Geography, specialisation in urban geography

Geography Department, Trent University (Peterborough, ON)
1992 (Sept.) to 1996 (April)

 

Undergraduate studies (Completed courses in chemistry, physics, calculus, biology, linguistics, French, and physical chemistry)

Faculty of Science, University of Western Ontario (London, ON)
1986 (Sept.) to 1989 (April)
 

 

Activities and memberships

 

Underdome Innovations conference (Advisor and facilitator), December 2008

Waste Not, Wait Not conference (Advisor), July 2008

Sundial conference (Advisor and keynote speaker), Ottawa, April 2008

Ecopictology conference (Advisor), Ottawa, April 2007

iTechniques conference (Advisor), Ottawa, Aug. 2006

Inventions conference (Coordinator), Ottawa, Dec. 2005

Kaleidoscope conference (Facilitator), Ottawa, May 2005

Ottawa Music Industry Collective (Communications coordinator), Ottawa, July 2001 – Jan. 2002

Gender in Geography conference, Peterborough, ON, Nov. 1995

Environmental Bridges conference (Organiser), Peterborough, March 1995

Rainbow Service Organisation (Secretary), Peterborough, Jan.-Sept. 1994

Toastmasters International, Pembroke, ON, Jan.-July 1992

Grade 10 RCMT Piano (86%), Pembroke, Jan. 1986

 

 

References

 

Mr. Devon Galway
Hybrid Course Implementation, Algonquin College
1385 Woodroffe Ave., Ottawa (Nepean) K2G 1V8
tel.: (613) 727-4723 ext. 3436
e-mail: galwayd@algonquincollege.com
 

 

M. Benjamin Masse
Directeur de marketing, doubleV3
2003-3, rue St.-Hubert, Montréal H2X 2Z6
tel.: 1 (866) 840-9010
e-mail: benjamin.masse@doubleV3.ca

 

Mr. Howard Richardson
Coordinator of English, Algonquin College
1385 Woodroffe Ave., Ottawa (Nepean) K2G 1V8
tel.: (613) 727-4723 ext. 3438
e-mail: richarh@algonquincollege.com