Shari Smith-Ellis

Education

• Ph.D. Faculty of Education, University of New Brunswick (2023)
• New Brunswick Educational Leadership Academy (2012)
• M.Ed. Faculty of Education, University of New Brunswick (2000)
• New Brunswick Principal Certification, Department of Education, New Brunswick (2000)
• B.Ed. Early Childhood, University of New Brunswick (1986)

Key areas of interest

• Early Childhood Education
• Educational Leadership
• Critical Studies
• Teacher Education
• Assessment
• Student Voice

Classroom/practicum teaching summary

Teaching University of New Brunswick

• ED 3415: Developing Numeracy
• ED 4054: Research in Early Childhood Studies
• ED 4363: Children’s Literature, Singing, Poetry, and Performance
• ED 5103: Project Approach in the Early Years
• ED 5104: Observation and Pedagogical Documentation
• ED 5175: Classroom Assessment
• ED 5355: Literacy Learning in the Early Years
• ED 5362: Symbolic Representation in Children’s Play, Pictures, and Print
• ED 6004: Theories in Educational Leadership

NB Public Schools

• 35 years K-9 Classroom Teacher
• 19 years Elementary School Principal
• 3 years Elementary School Vice Principal

Practicum/professional mentoring

• Faculty representative (4 B.Ed. in ECE Practicums)

Awards

• NBTA Branch 1542 Excellence in Teaching Award (2021)
• President’s Doctoral Tuition Award (2016-2019)

Publications

• Smith-Ellis, S. (2023). Classroom learning environment: A co-mingling of student and teacher voices in a grade 5 mathematics classroom. Dissertation: May 2023.
• Smith-Ellis, S. (2018). Students’ voices and professional learning communities: A creative intersection in an elementary classroom. Antistasis, 80(1).
• Smith-Ellis, S. (2000). Critical literacy: Questions, understandings, and positionings. [Unpublished M.Ed. thesis]. University of New Brunswick.