Curriculum vitae

144 Slayter Road,
Gaspereau, NS
647 229 0073
brw.hotson@gmail.com

Education developer and manager

  • Nationally and internationally respected multi-platform, multi-discipline education program developer and manager. Extensive experience in leading in the creation, development, and delivery of educational programming for children, youth/teen, and adult learners.

  • National and regional keynote speaker, invited speaker, presenter, workshop director, online and in-person.

  • Extensive experience as manager, mentor, and supervisor, initiating and developing human resources policies and training manuals and resources for diverse and multi-disciplinary teams.

  • Senior management strategic programming and fiscal planning. Development of collaborative relationships with internal and external partners.

  • Communications expert with many years experience in online platforms and social media.

  • Natural collaborator and inter- and multi-disciplinarity program creator

  • Work with a professionalism based in transparent staff and program management, social justice, and equality.

  • Problem solver who always listens first and acts second.

 

Professional experience

DALHOUSIE UNIVERITY, Halifax, NS (2022-2024)

Senior Manager, Program Impact and Evaluation
Faculty of Open Learning and Career Development

  • Create, develop, and manage OLCD’s impact and evaluation unit.

  • Design, create, and manage program evaluations, research studies, and impact analysis of education and education administrative programs.

  • Developed, planned, and delivered webinars and presentations.

  • Create networks and relationships with internal and external partners.

  • Seek external funding opportunities for program research and impact development.

SAINT MARY’S UNIVERSITY, Halifax, NS (2010-2022)

Director, Academic Learning Services, Studio for Teaching and Learning

  • Designed, created, and delivered hundreds of lectures, courses of study, webinars, workshops, and symposia, including audio and video resources and web-based learning materials.

  • Directed the operations of academic support units, including language support, academic writing centre, software support centre, and special projects.

  • Leader in regional and national academic literacies and writing.

  • Developed and created support for academic literacies and communication across faculties and departments.

  • Cross-faculty, cross-department, multi-disciplinary educational program developer. Developed and delivered education training programs, including resources, manuals, and policies contributing to significant adult education programming and delivery.

  • Worked directly with thousands of students, teaching, coaching, and mentoring their work and their development as learners.

  • Institutional long-range policy programming and fiscal planning. Budget planning and monitoring. 

  • Managed and supervised 35 unionized and non-unionized staff.

  • Developed, planned, and delivered international conferences, and webinars, as well as outreach programs and workshops.

QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY WRITING CENTRE, Kingston, ON (2008-2009)

Academic Writing Tutor / Teaching Assistant

  • Academic writing tutor

  • Teaching assistant and writing-course lab instructor

NELSON EDUCATION, Toronto, ON (2000-2008)

Project Manager / Producer / Development Editor

  • Project manager, producer, developmental editor, and editorial team member of over 35 titles for Math, Science, Social Science, Literacy, and History, including textbooks, teacher resource guides, electronic assessment products, and multimedia projects for elementary to college-level education

  • Worked collaboratively with educators across Canada, co-creating content, teaching and learning materials, and assessment packages.

  • All text products were commissioned by provincial Ministries of Education 

PEARSON CANADA Toronto, ON (2001)

Developmental Editor / Writer

  • Project manager/writer for Science textbooks, including text supplementals and multimedia projects (video and web content).

  • Worked collaboratively with educators across Canada, co-creating content, teaching and learning materials, and assessment packages.

TVONTARIO, Toronto, ON (1998-2008)

Producer / Director / Writer

  • Writer, director, and producer of educational programming for television and electronic media.

  • Produced programming for children and young teens for use in and outside the classroom meeting Ontario Ministry of Education provincial outcomes.

  • Programming also focused on inspiring community involvement and social justice.

Education

  • Master of Theological Studies, Queen’s University, Kingston (2011)

  • Bachelor of Arts, History, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay (1995)

Affiliations and professional achievements

Please continue to projects.