About+me

Dave Hildebrand is a teacher and currently the Curriculum Coordinator for [|Garden Valley School Division] (GVSD) in Winkler, MB Canada. He taught business and computer courses at [|Garden Valley Collegiate](GVC) for almost 20 years. From 2004-2007, he was also involved in developing new and innovative technical vocational programs at the Garden Valley Collegiate Technical Education Campus (GVCTEC). His teaching philosophy has always emphasized a strong school-to-work transition focus, and supports the value of finding opportunities for student success beyond the classroom. He was the Information & Communications Technology (ICT) Coordinator for GVSD from 2007-2011. Since fall 2011, he has served as the Curriculum Coordinator for GVSD.

Dave Hildebrand has been involved in educational innovation for many years, and attended the //Network of Innovative Schools (NIS)// Institutes in Montreal (1999), Ottawa (2000), Toronto (2001), and Calgary (2003). Mr. Hildebrand has been active in delivering presentations to Manitoba teachers for over a decade. He has led numerous workshops for the Manitoba Association of Computer Educators (ManACE), and the Educators of Business and Information Technology (EBIT). At the fall 2000 ManACE SAG conference, he co-presented a session entitled "//Teaching and Learning via the Web.//". Mr. Hildebrand chaired the 2001 EBIT SAG conference held in Winkler entitled //"Smart Learning: A Class of ITs Own."// In 2002 and 2003, he helped organize "//Digitized Winkler//", a student technology conference also held in Winkler. Together with a former colleague (Alan Doherty), he has been a presenter on the topic of hand-held computing technology.

Dave Hildebrand is a 2002/2003 recipient of the Prime Minister's Award for Teaching Excellence - National Certificate of Excellence. In 2004, Mr. Hildebrand accepted a one-week Teaching Excellence Fellowship in the Faculty of Education at Queen's University in Kingston, ON. Mr. Hildebrand has also served as a regional interviewer for the Garfield Weston Merit Scholarship for Colleges.