Anna-Marie Nielsen

Anna-Marie Nielsen, OCT, B.Sc., B. Ed., M. Ed joined the Accreditation Unit in 2015 as a continuation of her educational trajectory from classroom teacher, to consultant, to Ministry of Education pedagogical content developer, to program officer. During her 30-year career, she has worked on a variety of science, numeracy and technology-related initiatives at the school, board and provincial levels. Internationally, Anna-Marie has had the opportunity to lecture at James Cook University in Cairns, Australia where she facilitated courses at the Faculty of Education on Patterning and Algebraic Reasoning. In her current role as the Manager of Accreditation with the Standards of Practice and Accreditation Department, Anna-Marie navigates between Faculties of Education, accreditation panels and the Accreditation Committee through all stages of the accreditation process. She facilitates accreditation reviews for the 50+ initial teacher education programs offered at 18 permitted institutions in the province of Ontario.