Francine Giacomazza

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Cruising Lifes Highway

• Francine Giacomazza
• Information Technology
• LIBR 500
• fgiacoma_at_telus.net

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The Educational Highway

• UBC 1986 to Present
• Bachelor of Physical Education
• with a minor in Business Education
• Teacher Certification Program
• Recently completed courses in the
  Teacher-librarianship diploma program
• LIBE 465, 461, 467, 463, LLED 469, 441
• Currently enrolled in the Masters of Education in
  Teacher-librarianship

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Traveling along Highway 87

• I arrived at St. Patricks Secondary school in
  Vancouver.
• Courses taught included
• PE Leadership
• Business Education, Accounting, Keyboarding,
  Computer Studies, and Intro to Computer Science.
• I had no life work was fun, and I changed my
  car!

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Moving along Highway 90

• I met and married my husband.

• I traveled further afield to Maple Ridge
  Secondary.
• Courses taught included
• Marketing, Keyboarding, Business Education, and I
  operated the school stores.

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Babies and more babies
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Coasting along Highway 95

• I decided to take a shorter route to the Burnaby
  School District.
• I visited Burnaby Central, Alpha and Burnaby
  North.

• At North, I became the Education Technology
  Department head.
• I helped teachers to integrate technology into
  the curriculum.

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Highway 99 proved to be challenging
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Family Interests

• My husband and I balance our time between work
  and our childrens lives.
• Family detours include
• Homework school activities
• Soccer, swimming
• Ballet, tap, track and field
• Piano, art, and clay sculpturing
• Family vacations

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Entertainment Interests

• I am a big Star Trek Fan.

• I also like to dabble in Photoshop.

• Although I manage technology at a school, I
  rarely have time to learn the fun stuff.

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Travel Interests
Italy. . . China. . .Palm Springs. . .Hawaii. .
.Disneyland. . . BC. .
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Future Road trips include

• Travel Plans
• a trip to Europe.
• a World Soccer Game.

• Family
• monitoring my daughters dating.
• attending a Super Bowl with my husband.
• experiencing a World Spa with my girls.

• Personal
• getting rid of the minivan!
• running a full marathon.