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Astrid Kendrick, Ed.D

Pronouns: She/her

Positions

Director, Field Experience, Community Based (Out of Area)

Werklund School of Education, Undergraduate Programs in Education

Assistant Professor

Werklund School of Education, Specialization, Curriculum and Learning

Affiliations

Academic Director, Professional Learning and Outreach

Werklund School of Education, Centre for Wellbeing in Education

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Background

Educational Background

Ed.D. Education, University of Calgary, 2018

M.Ed. Educational Studies, University of Alberta, 2013

Biography

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 on the Board of Directors for PHE Canada and the PHE Canada Research Council and is the co-chair of the Health Promoting Schools Collaborative for the southern Alberta region. 

Research

Areas of Research

Educational worker wellbeing at work, Teacher Education

Courses

Course number Course title Semester
EDUC 525 Ethics and Law in Education Summer and Winter 2023
EDUC 207 How Children Learn to Read 2018-2022
EDUC 209 SEC 01 S01 Supporting Children's Reading 2018-2022

Projects

Compassion Fatigue, Burnout and Emotional Labour in Educational Workers

Two-year, funded research study into the scope and lived experience of Alberta's educational workers with compassion fatigue and burnout in partnership with the Alberta Teachers Association and ASEBP. Developed the HEARTcare Educators (www.heartcareeducators.ca) website.


Podcasting for Online Education

Two-year, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning research study into incorporating podcasting into online learning for students in rural, remote, and Indigenous settings. Podcast series can be found on voicEd Radio Canada at https://voiced.ca/project/ed-students-in-conversation/. 


Well-being Walk and Learn

This walking series will assist educational workers with developing their workplace well-being plan while enjoying a three-hour walk in nature.

Awards

  • Online Teaching Excellence, Werklund School of Education. 2020
  • Emerging Scholar Award, The Learner Annual Conference, Common Ground. 2020
  • Peter Lougheed Scholarship, University of Alberta. 1995

Publications

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