The Teacher Education Office is immensely pleased to announce the promotion of Associate Dean Dr. Wendy Carr to the esteemed rank of Professor of Teaching with tenure, effective July 1, 2016. This decision is the product of a multi-leveled, rigorous review of Dr. Carr’s performance by immediate colleagues and those within the larger University community. It represents one of the most important decisions made by the academic community at UBC. In unique company, Dr. Carr is the second Professor of Teaching in the Faculty of Education.
Dr. Carr is a faculty member in the Department of Language and Literacy Education and has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in education at UBC since 1995; her contributions have been recognized with a Faculty of Education Excellence in Teaching Award and the Murray Elliott Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Teacher Education Program. Her time at UBC intersected with a 30-year teaching career in Coquitlam and roles as District French Consultant in Surrey and Vancouver. She has worked closely with the Ministry of Education in developing curriculum and with the BC Teachers Federation as a Provincial Specialist Association president. She is vice-president of the Canadian Association of Second Language Teachers, author of several nationally-used French Second Language classroom and professional resources as well as scholarly articles and chapters on teacher and student learning.
Please join us in wishing Dr. Carr hearty congratulations on this proud achievement.