Academic title: Professor Emerita
Office: T393
Email: ccarston@mtroyal.ca
Phone: 403.440.6447
Education
PhD, University of Calgary
MA, San Diego State University
BA Rec. Admin, University of Alberta
Areas of instruction
- Leadership and Collaboration
- Child, Family and Community
- Mentoring and Coaching
Areas of scholarship
- Pedagogical Leadership
- Mentoring and Coaching
- Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Selected Publications
Bjartveit, C., Smey Carston, C., Baxter, J., Hart, J., Grenidge, C. (2019). The Living Wall: Implementing and Interpreting Pedagogical Documentation in Specialized ELCC Settings. Journal of Childhood Studies (Vol. 44(2) pp. 28-38). University of Victoria: Canadian Association for Young Children. (In Press)
Pedagogical Leadership Resource Guide.
Selected Presentations
C. Smey Carston (2019). Pedagogical Leaders and Partners; Learning Together. McCormick Centre 2019 Leadership Connections National Conference, Chicago, Illinois.
C. Smey Carston (2019). Pedagogy as Leadership. Early Childhood Education: Looking Back and Moving Forward, Early Childhood Educators of British Columbia (ECEBC) Annual Conference.
C. Smey Carston & J. Baxter (2018). Explorations in the implementation of a curriculum frame; an Alberta Perspective. Canadian Association for Young Children conference: Perspectives on Curriculum Frameworks in Early Learning and Child Care, NorQuest College, Edmonton AB. Explorations in the implementation of a curriculum frame; an Alberta Perspective.