Curriculum Vitae

Educational leader and emerging researcher (convocation in June 2025) with over 15 years of K-12 and adult teaching experience in second language and plurilingual settings

  • Obtained over $160,000 in grants and bursaries (eg. SSHRC Connections Grant, Alberta Teachers’ Association Professional Improvement Fellowship, Alberta Foundation for the Arts) for initiatives and research projects that have had a direct impact on improving the learning conditions and experiences of language learners

  • Actively engaged in knowledge mobilization and dissemination through the organization of conferences, symposia, and in-service professional learning and mentorship to over 1000 teachers and school leaders in immersion and bilingual programs

  • Recent and forthcoming publications include an educator resource on translanguaging and culturally sustaining pedagogies, co-edited books on transcultural literacies for multilingual learners and innovative methodologies in languages and literacies research, as well as an article on teacher emotions in multilingual teaching contexts

RESEARCH INTERESTS 

  • Plurilingual Pedagogies in K-12 Settings 

  • Critical Sociolinguistics & Transcultural Literacies

  • New Materialisms in Second Language Acquisition

  • Critical Pedagogy with Arts-Based Methods

EDUCATION

EdD in Language and Literacy (with a focus on plurilingualism and transcultural literacies)
University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta
July 2021 – June 2025
Dissertation: “Excursions in Latinx Canadian Music: A Critical Appreciative Inquiry to Envision Transcultural Identities Among Language Learners and Teachers”
Advisor: Dr. Rahat Zaidi

Master of Education in School Administration
Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington
September 2013 – July 2015
Thesis: “Teacher Perceptions of Intercultural Competence and Assessment in Foreign Language Learning”

Advisor: Dr. Chuck Salina

Bachelor of Education, (with a focus on secondary social studies and Spanish)

University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta

September 2009 – June 2011

Graduate Diploma in Global Studies (with a focus on Latin America)

Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar, Quito, Ecuador
September 2006 – July 2008
Monograph: “Discapacidad y ciudadanía en el Ecuador contemporáneo: Estudio de la política, “Ecuador sin barreras” [Disability and citizenship in contemporary Ecuador: A study of the policy, Ecuador without barriers]

Bachelor of Arts (with a major in Cultural Anthropology and a minor in Spanish)
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
June 1999 – June 2002

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Assistant Principal, W. O. Mitchell School
Calgary Board of Education, Calgary, Alberta
September 2024 – Present

  • Provide ongoing instructional leadership for in-service elementary teachers in a Spanish bilingual school that employs inclusive strategies to foster equity and affirm diversity

  • Build teacher capacity to employ effective language acquisition strategies through job embedded coaching (eg. the Neurolinguistic Approach to Language Acquisition, Action-Oriented Approach (CEFR), etc.)

  • Lead professional learning communities on a range of themes including formative and summative language assessment, reading comprehension across disciplines and languages, and Indigenous land-based pedagogies

Assistant Principal, Crescent Heights High School
Calgary Board of Education, Calgary, Alberta
September 2021 – 2023

  • Instituted the Spanish bilingual program at the high school level and was the program specialist for 15 teachers of English as an Additional Language, Spanish, French, Mandarin, and German

  • Instructional leader for specialized programs including language and literacy education for refugee students and two specialized mental health programs

  • Developed and sustained relationships with community stakeholders including social workers, counsellors, Calgary Police Service, Calgary Catholic Immigrant Society, the Calgary Centre for Newcomers to support holistic needs of adolescent newcomers

District Specialist of Languages, School Improvement
Calgary Board of Education, Calgary, Alberta
August 2018 – June 2021

  • Led ongoing system-wide professional learning on language acquisition and culturally responsive teaching for over 1000 teachers of English as an Additional Language, French, Spanish, Mandarin, and German

  • Spearheaded development of an online multilingual library with over 1 million texts for K-12 learners to support reading during the COVID-19 pandemic

  • Chaired six annual meetings for over 60 French immersion, German, Mandarin, and Spanish bilingual school principals and organized speaker events to build their capacity in instructional leadership

  • Acted as the Provincial Chair for the Spanish Language Consortium of Alberta

  • Organized conferences and symposia on language acquisition and social justice approaches to second language education

  • Partnered with provincial stakeholders including universities, school districts, and community organizations to advocate for language education programs in the province of Alberta

PUBLICATIONS

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

  • Rocha Cruz, F., Moreau, E., Zaidi, R. (under review). “Teachers’ Emotional Experiences and Practices in High School Multilingual Education,” Language and Education.

Books

Book Chapters

Open Access Curriculum

Videos

Scripted, storyboarded, and directed promotional videos for the Calgary Board of Education’s language programs.

RECENT CONFERENCE & TEACHER EDUCATION TALKS

  • Moreau. E. (2025). “Selecting Diverse Texts for Spanish Bilingual Students.” Presented at Calgary Board of Education Professional Learning Day, Calgary. 

  • Moreau, E. (2024). “Neurolinguistic Approach to Support Reading Comprehension for Multilingual Learners.” Presented at Calgary Board of Education Professional Learning Day, Calgary. 

  • Moreau, E. (2024). “Excursions in Latinx-Canadian Music: A Critical Appreciative Inquiry to Envision Transcultural Identities Among Language Learners.” Presented at Congress 2024, Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences, Montréal.

  • Moreau, E. (2020). Discussant for Dr. Gramling’s talk "A New Public Idea about Multilingualism.” Presented at the University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta.

  • Moreau, E., Evans, C. (Nov. 1, Dec. 13, 2019; Feb. 28, Mar. 13, 2020). “Visual Literacies for K-9 Mandarin Bilingual Language Development.” Presented to five Mandarin Bilingual Schools in the Calgary Board of Education, Calgary.

  • Moreau, E. (2019). “Harnessing the Power of Wordless Books to Activate Oral Language Development of Immersion and Bilingual Students.” Presented at the CBE Summer Languages Symposium, Calgary.

  • Moreau, E. (2019). “Oral language teaching and assessment in second language settings.” Presented at CBE Summer Languages Symposium, Calgary.

  • Moreau, E., Krickhan, M. (2018). “Evolving Bilingual Pedagogy: A Watershed of Thought, an Ecosystem of Possibility.” Second Language Leadership Group, Calgary Board of Education, Calgary, Alberta.

  • Moreau, E., Krickhan, M., Carr, C., Rosado, N. (2018). “Evolving Bilingual Pedagogy: A Watershed of Thought, an Ecosystem of Possibility.” Annual Calgary Board of Education Languages Conference, Calgary, Alberta.

  • Moreau, E. (2017). Lecture “Indigenizing pedagogies in bilingual programs.” Guest lecture for undergraduate course, Critical Activism Research in Schools. Concordia University, Montréal, Québec.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Learning Leader for Bilingual Literacy, W. O. Mitchell School
Calgary Board of Education, Calgary, Alberta
January 2018 – June 2018

  • Provided professional mentorship to teachers to implement the school district’s literacy and assessment strategies in a bilingual setting

  • In six months, led a team of teachers to implement a $60,000 revitalization project of the Spanish bilingual school library to update the collection of texts and create whole-school programming to foster inclusivity, critical thinking, creativity and learner agency 

Learning Leader and Teacher, Senator Patrick Burns School
Calgary Board of Education, Calgary, Alberta
September 2012 – June 2017

  • Taught grades 5 to 9 Spanish Language Arts, English Language Arts, Social Studies, English as an Additional Language, Dance (in Spanish/English), Drama (in Spanish/English), Physical Education (in Spanish), Health, and Yoga.

  • Led a $90,000 project to revitalize the library as a space for bilingual inquiry

  • Received $25,000 Alberta Foundation for the Arts Grant to enrich Spanish language program through whole-school arts and cultural residencies 

  • Developed and led research-informed professional learning on assessment (Common European Framework Reference for Languages), oral language development, disciplinary literacies, and arts-integrated pedagogies in a bilingual context

  • Participated in a research study with Elaine Schmidt from the University of Calgary to advance second language pedagogy by leveraging students’ full linguistic repertoire

English as a Second Language Teacher
Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC)

YMCA Calgary, Calgary, Alberta
September 2009 – June 2012

  • Taught English (LINC 3-5) to adult newcomers to help learners develop necessary language and life skills to actively participate in Canadian society

  • Designed action-oriented language tasks that integrated experiential learning through offsite activities 

English as a Second Language Teacher
Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC)

Mennonite Centre for Newcomers, Edmonton, Alberta
September 2008 – June 2009

  • Followed the outcomes of the Canadian Language Benchmarks to design and teach English (LINC 3) to adult newcomers 

  • Designed and led an ESL summer language camp for adolescent newcomers that incorporated arts-based pedagogies 

SERVICE AND OUTREACH

  • Graduate Student Representative for Educational Specialization Area (EDSA) in Language and Literacy,  Graduate Programs in Education Students’ Association, University of Calgary, Calgary, 2023-2024. 

  • President, Legados | Institut Latino-Américain de transmission de la langue et de la culture, Montréal, Québec,  2022 – 2024.

  • Curriculum Developer, Legados | Institut Latino-Américain de transmission de la language et del culture, Montréal, Québec,  2022 – present.

  • Symposium Organizer and Panel Moderator, “CBE Bilingual Languages Symposium 2019”, Calgary Board of Education School Improvement, April 22, 2019.

  • Chair, Alberta Spanish Language Education Consortium, 2018 – 2021.

  • Chair, Alberta Spanish Bilingual Subcommittee, 2018 – 2021.

GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS

Alberta Teachers’ Association Education Research Presentation Grant ($2000), Presenter (Moreau, E.),  Excursions in Latinx-Canadian Music: A Critical Appreciative Inquiry to Envision Transcultural Literacies Among Language Learners | Congress 2024, McGill University (2024)

Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council Connection Grant ($24,434.00), Co-Investigator (Moreau, E.), Shifting Linguistic Landscapes: A New Terrain for Multilingual & Transcultural Pedagogies | Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary (2020 – 2021)

Official Languages in Education Programs (OLEP) Matching Grant ($24,434.00), Shifting Linguistic Landscapes: A New Terrain for Multilingual & Transcultural Pedagogies | School Improvement, Calgary Board of Education (2020 – 2021)

Alberta Teachers’ Association Professional Improvement Fellowship ($75,000), Doctoral Researcher (Moreau, E.), Excursions in Latinx-Canadian Music: A Critical Appreciative Inquiry to Envision Transcultural Literacies Among Language Learners | University of Calgary (2023 – 2024)

Alberta Teachers’ Association, Staff Development Fund ($1600), Doctoral Student, (Moreau, E.), Leading Language and Literacy | Werklund School of Education at the University of Calgary, (2023)

Conference & Travel Grant ($1500), Alberta Teachers Association Staff Development Fund (2019)

Artists and Education Funding ($15,000), Curriculum Designer and Residency Organizer, Alberta Foundation for the Arts (2018)

Artists and Education Funding ($15,000), Curriculum Designer and Residency Organizer,, Alberta Foundation for the Arts (2014)

AWARDS

  • Louise McKinney Scholarship, Alberta Scholarship Programs, 2010

  • Mary Esther Lily Avis Scholarship, University of Calgary, 2010

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

  • American Educational Research Association (AERA)

  • Canadian Association of Second Language Teachers (CASLT/ACPLS)

  • Canadian Association for Curriculum Studies (CACS) | Special Interest Group: Language and Literacy Researchers of Canada (LLRC)

  • Alberta Teachers Association (ATA) | Special Interest Group: Fine Arts

LANGUAGES

  • English

  • French 

  • Spanish 

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