Winning Teachers 2005
Brent Robillard
English Teacher
Thousand Islands Secondary School
Brockville
Brent Robillard is an English and History teacher from Thousand Islands Secondary School in Brockville.
Brent Robillard is an educator who teaches by example. In his Writer’s Craft course he writes at the same time as his students - and what a lot of writing his students do.
The course includes the writing of a 30,000 word novella which is ready to be sent to publishers at the end of the course. Five of Brent’s students have had their work published.
A teacher since 1997, Brent is also a published writer and poet. His first novel Leaving Wyoming came out last fall. His real life experience in the publishing world has brought additional opportunities to his students.
Brent is an all-round teacher who participates in extra-curricular activities from exchange programs to tutoring to theatre productions. He is also active in his Federation and in his community.
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