Each of our teachers invests personally in their students' success, applying their own considerable skills along with progressive teaching methods.
For Greenwood’s teachers, delivering the right mix of challenge and support starts with getting to know their students not only as learners, but as people.
Passionate, committed, knowledgeable, energetic and engaging, our teachers and staff have lived, taught and travelled widely around the world, and they bring their diverse backgrounds and life experiences to enrich life at Greenwood. Our student-focused approach ensures that students and teachers create the foundation for a strong rapport from the first day of school, and that these relationships are supported and strengthened over time.
Each of our teachers invests personally in their students' success, applying their own considerable skills along with progressive teaching methods. We also recognize that teachers are learners, too, which is why Greenwood takes a job-embedded approach to professional development. The Greenwood Centre for Teaching and Learning provides our teachers with opportunities to gain skill in the specialized methodologies - such as authentic and ongoing assessment and new learning technologies - that are central to our mission.
All of our teachers are certified by the Ontario College of Teachers.
"Every Greenwood teacher took the time to help me grow and learn, and ensured that I was prepared for university and the workplace."
Maddy Dinsdale ('13)
Our teachers also pull their experiences from around the world into classroom. Greenwood teachers have taught in countries including Costa Rica, China, the Dominican Republic, France, Italy, South Korea and the United Kingdom.
Browse our Staff Directory by department or last name to get to know Greenwood's staff.
William (Billy) is a graduate of Nipissing's Consecutive ITeach Education program where he obtained his Bachelor of Education degree in the junior and intermediate divisions. He has completed a specialist in both Special Education and Physical and Health Education through OISE's Continuing Education program. After more than a decade teaching at Greenwood, his role as an Adviser during his earlier years has helped further his belief in the importance of having a trusted adult for each student during their middle and high school years. His knowledge of different types of learners in the classroom - and belief that all students can succeed in education - can be seen through his eight years of work in the Success Centre. His love for sports and developing the "whole person" continues through his coaching and leadership positions on Outdoor Education trips. His passion for teaching technology to students has been fostered through his current role as Subject Team Leader, Technology & Innovation Lab. Billy is also a member of the Admissions team and enjoys meeting excited students who want to be at Greenwood.
Nadia joins Greenwood from the TDSB, where she taught Grade 6 French Immersion for seven years. Prior to that, she worked as an occasional teacher for the District School Board of Niagara and also taught in Dubai. She studied education at Université Laurentienne and earned her BEd in Education. At Greenwood, she teaches middle school Math and French and will also coach the Learn-to-Curl and U14 Ultimate Frisbee teams. In her spare time, Nadia loves to spend time outdoors with her dog or exploring her artistic side in drawing, painting and more recently, clay sculpting.
Sydney joins Greenwood as a Regular Coverage Teacher, providing coverage as needed and will be part of our middle school Service Learning Programs. She earned her Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Education from the University of Alberta, majoring in Drama and minoring in Social Studies. She is a recent transplant from Alberta to Toronto, having spent two years as a substitute teacher in Alberta. Sydney enjoys acting and directing and regularly pursues theatre in her free time and over the summers. She also has had experience with directing student theatrical productions. Sydney also enjoys reading, crocheting and embroidery. She is looking forward to meeting everyone!
We acknowledge with gratitude the Ancestral lands upon which our main campus is situated. These lands are the Ancestral territories of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, Anishinabek and the Wendake. The shared responsibility of this land is honoured in the Dish with One Spoon Treaty and we strive to care for the land, the waters, and all creatures in the spirit of peace. We are responsible for respecting and supporting the enduring presence of all First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples. When away from this campus we vow to be respectful to the land by protecting and honouring it. We will create relationships with the people and the land we may visit by understanding the territories we enter and the nations who inhabit them.
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