Kim Strom, CV, Public

Phone: 250-216-7267 Email: kimberleystrom@gmail.com

Kimberley StromKimberley Strom
Core Values
• Collaborative and inclusive - every voice on a team must be heard in order to create
meaningful change and increase internal capacity;
• Creative - able to balance the needs of the organization and governance with
innovation and forward-thinking;
• Leadership – leaders are “great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate,
and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand” (General Colin Powell). At
the core of what I do is a deep respect and value for relationship, kindness, humour
and empathy;
• Communication - honesty, clarity and compassion is critical in order to be effective
and caring;
• Transparency - a key component in leadership and management in terms of
establishing and growing a healthy and sustainable organizational future.
Key Skills
• Collaboration
o I introduced a new style of bargaining with a major partner group based on
responsiveness, trust and transparency;
o As District Principal, I developed a new strategy for assessing and supporting
staff effectiveness over time to ensure that staff were accountable and
supported in their professional growth;
o I established a network of support for new staff and a system of mentoring
based on needs identified through on-going surveys and needs assessments;
o I have engaged stakeholder groups in meaningful change in all of the projects I
have led including, the community school, levels of government, community
agencies, First Nations, and different bargaining groups with competing
interests, ensuring a fair process and lasting transformation;
o By using my counseling and coaching skills, I have mentored professionals at all
levels of the organization to support personal and professional growth;
• Creativity
o While I am mindful of the layers of governance pertaining to educational,
corporate and municipal operations, and very respectful of collective
agreements, I work to solve problems and create solutions with innovation;
o I believe that every relationship creates an opportunity to build something new.
All of my community and work-related projects have been rooted in finding


creative ways to engage partners and stakeholders in new ventures and
opportunity;
• Leadership
o I am a confident decision maker;
o I think strategically to make sound, logical decisions based on proven metrics,
legislation, collective agreements and the needs of the organization and
related partners;
o I have strong managerial skills rooted in systems theory;
o I work with courage and tenacity to generate and begin projects from new
ideas and manage them through all phases to report out using data and
specificity;
o I work hard to establish relationships across all stakeholder groups in order to
build trust in decisions;
o I practice effective supervisory and assessment skills, combined with a
collaborative support model I developed in order to improve staff performance;
o I have a firm understanding of payroll and human resource systems;
• Communication
o I value authentic, straightforward communication with people at all levels of the
organization;
o I have excellent written communication skills in relation to peer-reviewed
publications, press releases and public announcements, development of policy
and regulations, letters of understanding, grievance settlements, arbitration
preparation, governmental reports, position statements and routine
communication;
o I utilize effective and concise presentation skills incorporating a variety of
approaches;
o I have excellent mediation skills;
o My level one coach’s training allows me to work with staff in a solution-focused
manner as they create goals and work towards excellence;
• Transparency
o By building trusting relationships built on respect and service, I have crafted
highly successful ways of working and collaborating with a variety of
challenging groups in some very stressful situations.


Leadership Experience
2015 Principal, View Royal Elementary School
2014 District Principal, Educational Staffing, Human Resource Services
2012 – 2014 Principal, École Shoreline Community Middle School
2010 – 2012 Vice Principal, École Shoreline Community Middle School
2008 – 2010 Vice Principal, École Arbutus Global Middle School
2004 – 2007 Counsellor, Colquitz Middle School
Community and Professional Leadership and Projects, 2010 to 2015
• Member, First Nations’ Education Steering Committee, District #61;
• Facilitator, extension of Trans Canada Trail, a joint effort between the
Township of View Royal, the Greater Victoria School District (CUPE locals),
Capital Regional District, the Trans Canada Trail Society;
• Partner, ethnobotany and indigenous education project, a joint effort
between the Greater Victoria School District, Royal Roads University, the
Sooke School District and Capital Regional District;
• Mayor’s council on education, Township of View Royal;
• Facilitator, health promoting schools pilot, a joint effort between Island
Health, Public Health Canada and the Saskatoon Health Board;
• Member, Joint Labour Relations Committee;
• District representative, contract bargaining teams, mediations and
arbitrations;
• Partner, cultural revitalization projects, Esquimalt and Songhees First
Nations;
• Partner, Orca Publishing and Shoreline Community School;
• Lead, environmental revitalization projects, joint effort between the
Township of View Royal, City of Victoria, Gorge Waterway Restoration
Society Shoreline Community School and multiple community groups;
• Partner, Voyageur Project, a joint effort between Victoria Canoe and Kayak
Club, Parks Canada and the Greater Victoria School District;
• Lead, partnership between the Songhees First Nation and Shoreline
Community School to share youth program staff and facilities;
• Member, District Leadership Team;
• Member, Joint Professional Development Committee;
• Member, District Budget Committee;


• Representative, BC Principals’ and Vice Principals’ Association
Professional Development Committee;
• Board chair, Shoreline Community School Association Board;
• Director, Shoreline Community School Board;
• Leader, South Malahat District 4-H;
• Commissioner, Chatham District, Girl Guides of Canada;
• Chair, Access-ability micro-board.
Professional Development, 2010 to 2015
“Sick Leave and Return to Work: Accommodating Employees; Preventing Abuse”, BC
Public School Employers’ Association;
Harris and Co. annual school and public sector law conference;
BC Public School Employers’ Association annual labour management conference;
“The Power of Vulnerability”, a for-credit course through Udemy with final research
pertaining to leadership and change;
“Data Wise: A Collaborative Process for Improvement”, a for-credit course through
Harvard-ex;
Annual Association of Community Education BC (ACEBC) Conference
“Supporting Youth From Poverty in Community”, Dr. Ruby Payne through ACEBC
Learning Initiatives Middle School Action Research Team (literacy);
Positive Behavior Support Team Coach’s certification, UBC, University of Oregon
Implementing Tier 2 Interventions Training, Dr. Kent MacIntosh, UBC, Vancouver;
Annual First Nations’ Education Steering Committee conference;
Annual British Columbia School Trustees’ Association conference;


British Columbia School Superintendents’ conference;
Annual Making Connections: Creating Positive School Cultures conference;
Apple Canada, Learning and Technology conference;
Leadership for Learning Academy, Faye Brownlie
Certification and Education
2007 Master of Education, Educational Psychology and Leadership Studies, University
of Victoria. Research concentration: Organizational Change and the Impact on
Culture.
Level 1 Collaborative Problem Solving with Ross Greene, The Centre for
Collaborative Problem Solving
PBIS Coach’s Training, Dr. Kent MacIntosh, UBC, Vancouver, BC
A Coach Approach to Leadership (with Royal Roads University), British Columbia
Principals’ and Vice Principals’ Association
1994 Bachelor of Education, Secondary Curriculum and Saanich Secondary Internship
Program, University of Victoria. Nominee, Maxwell Cameron Award for Teaching
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