Learning Opportunities

Before taking on her current role of Director, Field Experience (Community-Based Pathway), at the Werklund School of Education, Dr. Astrid Kendrick was a K-12 classroom teacher for nineteen years specializing in Physical Education and English/Language Arts. Astrid’s current research focus is on compassion fatigue, burnout, and emotional labour in Alberta educational workers and improving online learning through integrating podcasts. She is a member of the advisory circle for the Alberta Teachers Association Women in Leadership committee and is the co-chair of the Health Promoting Schools Collaborative for the southern Alberta region. She was also the editor of the Runner for the Health and Physical Education Council (HPEC) for three years.