Lori Friesen is currently working full-time towards her PhD in Elementary Education at the University of Alberta. She earned her Masters in Education in the area of Teacher Development at the University of Lethbridge and wrote The Beginning Teacher’s Handbook for Elementary School as the final project for this degree. In addition to teaching in Hong Kong and Japan, Lori has taught elementary school for seven years and taught for one year in The Faculty of Education at the University of Lethbridge. She has presented numerous convention sessions designed to support beginning teachers throughout Alberta and in Manitoba over the past five years.
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