Faculty & Staff

Catherine Smey Carston, PhD

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.