The Learning Support Teacher (LST) supports individual teachers and school teams to develop differentiated strategies, to coordinate and to monitor the development of programs for children with diverse learning needs. They are focused on instructional leadership and building teacher capacity. The Learning Support Teacher (LST) plays a role in collaborating with staff so all students can achieve to the best of their abilities.

Valerie Chisholm
Assistant Principal/Learning Support Teacher
Banff Elementary School

Natalie Major
Learning Support Teacher
Banff Elementary School

Nathalie Poulin
Learning Support Teacher
Elizabeth Rummel School

Rosanna Ellis
Learning Support Teacher
Exshaw School

Danelle Prescesky
Assistant Principal/Learning Support Teacher
Lawrence Grassi Middle School

Megan Barnes
Learning Support Teacher
Lawrence Grassi Middle School

Leslie Kestle
Learning Support Teacher
Canmore Collegiate High School

David Purcell
Learning Support Teacher
Canmore Collegiate High School

Janis Bekar
Learning Support Teacher
Banff Community High School
Success Teachers
The Success Teacher is a unique teaching position within the Division that has been put in place to support the needs of Indigenous students.
For more details see AP 493 Success Teacher

Genevieve Soler
Success Teacher
Exshaw School
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Bilal Abdulghani
Success Teacher
Canmore Collegiate
High School
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Brendon Stewart
Success Teacher
Canmore Collegiate
High School
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Gillian Kastendieck
Speech-Language Pathologist

Megan Taylor
Occupational Therapist

Fiona Watkins
Learning Services Coordinator

Nadine Dack-Doi
Indigenous Services Coordinator
Director of Learning Services

The Director of Learning Services works with school leadership to support the implementation of inclusionary practices and the universal acceptance and belonging of all of our students. Guided by the CRPS vision and mission, Mike works with school based teams to ensure that our administrative policies both reflect and are implemented to support best practice and adherence to provincial legislation and standards. Mike has worked in varied school settings as a classroom teacher, learning support teacher and administrator. As the Director of Learning Services, he is committed to supporting diversity and learning for all our Canadian Rockies Public School students.
AP 423 Director of Learning Services