Amy Coupal 
Chief Executive Officer | My Class Needs Foundation/Learnography/Curriculum Services Canada
Toronto, ON, CANADA
Not-for-profit leader, passionate educator, life long learner
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Biography
I am CEO of Learnography and have been with the organization since 2006. I have a M.Ed. and have worked with the Toronto District School Board, Japan’s Osaka School Board, and the Learning Disabilities Association of Ontario before joining Learnography in 2006. I champion the role of the learner in the training process and advocate for all learning levels. From working closely with My Class Needs, to allocating resources to create free adult courses, I believe in true learning advocacy. I live in Toronto with my husband and children.
Industry Expertise (6)
Education/Learning
Training and Development
Non-Profit/Charitable
Women
Corporate Training
Professional Training and Coaching
Areas of Expertise (12)
Adult Education
Teacher Training
Public Speaking
Teaching
Educational Technology
Leadership Development
E-Learning
Instructional Design
Staff Development
Project Management
managing millenials
Accessibility training
Education (4)
Adler International Learning: Adler Certified Coach (ATC), Professional Coaching
The University of Calgary: Masters of Education, Workplace and Adult Learning
Queen' University: Bachelors of Education, Education
Trent University: Bachelor of Arts, Honours, History & Comparative Development
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Media Appearances (10)
Best Buy Canada School Tech Grant program awards elementary schools with funding for new tech
Canada NewsWire
2016-10-21
"We were impressed by the diverse and innovative micro-grant submissions from teachers across Canada, said Amy Coupal, My Class Needs CEO. "Thanks to Best Buy's support, more students will have new, unique STEM learning opportunities."...
B.C. schools ‘pumped’ on funding as Chevron flooded with sponsorship applications
Richmond News
2016-09-09
There appears to be a powerful appetite for the program, run by the Canadian charity My Class Needs. More than 150 applications from B.C. were received in just two hours when the online application site went live Tuesday morning, said My Class Needs CEO Amy Coupal. “We see requests for robotics, for live specimens, fish-hatching kits, specialized equipment and 3D printers,” she said...
Chevron-backed school funding program fuels interest in B.C.
Vancouver Sun
2016-09-06
There appears to be a powerful appetite for the program, run by the Canadian charity My Class Needs. More than 150 applications from B.C. were received in just two hours when the online application site went live Tuesday morning, said My Class Needs CEO Amy Coupal. “We see requests for robotics, for live specimens, fish-hatching kits, specialized equipment and 3D printers,” she said...
My Class Needs!
CFAM Radio 950
2015-11-26
MyClassNeeds is an affiliate of Curriculum Services Canada. It is also a not-for-profit organization, working in the K-12 education field for nearly two decades. The goal of MyClassNeeds.ca is has been to provide quality solutions for learning. Including valuable services to educators including evaluating learning materials for quality assurance, providing professional development opportunities for teachers, and developing and distributing free educational resources for teachers. Drive Home Show Host Rochelle Rawdon spoke with Executive Director of MYClassNeeds.ca Amy Coupal. Amy shared some important details with Rochelle...
Amy Coupal: Programs help girls get interested in science, math and technology
The Province
2015-10-25
Engineer. Physicist. Biologist. Programmer. What do all these professions have in common? According to Statistics Canada, less than one quarter of all Canadian professionals in these fields are women. On average, women in these fields will also receive a salary that is 7.5 per cent lower than their male counterparts...
Students in Greater Vancouver to Continue Benefitting from Chevron’s Fuel Your School Program
Surrey604
2015-06-20
“With additional resources for classroom projects, there’s no limit to the kind of learning and exploring children can do. Students are going camping, building robotics and making stop motion animation,” says Amy Coupal, CEO of My Class Needs. “We look forward to continuing our partnership with Chevron in 2015 to fund more projects and to continue to help students engage with the curriculum, learn more about each other and their world.”...
Opinion: New resources provide world of learning opportunities
Vancouver Sun
2015-01-28
When teachers are looking for resources in the classroom, they have a vision. They have an idea of how the resources will align with curriculum and also how it will positively affect students’ learning and development...
My Class Needs
Cable 10 Live
2014-04-22
Amy discusses being the CEO of My Class Needs with Cable 10 News...
My Class Needs Interview
Global TV, Edmonton
2013-10-23
As education budgets continue to tighten, it can often be a challenge for teachers to give their lessons that extra boost to really engage the students. But thanks to a new and unique fundraising program, that classroom wish list may soon become reality. Executive director of the “My Class Needs” foundation, Amy Coupal explains the program...
Meet the Entrepreneurs
MaRS
2010-12-16
CEO Amy Coupal discusses the opportunities and challenges of being at the forefront of start-up culture in Toronto in an engaging panel including: Christine Ho -- Founder & Executive Director, Operations, Well of Change Well of Change aims to revolutionize how people support non-profit organizations. Its online platform gives people and organizations the choice to donate their time or money to support the charity of their choice. Oliver Madison -- Founder & CEO, Me to We Style Me to We Style is a social enterprise that sells ethically manufactured, environmentally-friendly quality apparel for the socially-conscious consumer. Amy Coupal -- Executive Director, Curriculum Services Canada (CSC) CSC is the pan-Canadian standards agency for quality assurance in learning products and programs. CSC supports educators and community groups in taking a leadership role in their boards, schools, classrooms, organizations and communities Moderated by Allyson Hewitt.
Event Appearances (18)
Moving Access Forward
International Summit on Accessibility Carleton University
2014-07-14
How Do We Define Success?
Art, Science and the Brain: New Models of Learning for the 21st Century Toronto, ON.
2011-10-31
Meet the Entrepreneurs - Social Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship 101 MaRS Discovery District
2010-12-15
Improving Student Achievement Through Collaborative Leadership and Innovation (Keynote)
Annual Conference of Directors of Schools of Peru, CIP Conference Peru
2016-08-17
System Leadership: Keys to Maximizing Innovation in Education (Keynote)
Congreso Internacional de Educadores Lima, Peru
2016-02-02
Flipped Classrooms & Blended Learning; Using the Power of a Technology Framework (Workshop)
Congreso Internacional de Educadores Lima, Peru
2016-02-04
Students, Teachers, and Innovation: Making the Connection
Annual Conference of Directors of Schools of Peru, CIP Conference Lima, Peru
2016-08-19
Professional Capital: Transforming Teaching Using the 5 C's at Los Alamos School, Peru
International Conference for School Excellence and Improvement, 2017 Ottawa, Canada
Mobilizing French as a Second Language: A model for disseminating new language teaching resources
Canadian Knowledge Mobilization Forum, 2017 Toronto, Canada
Textbooks in Canada
Academy of Korean Studies, 2014 Seoul, Korea
Maximizing Creative Disruption and Collaboration (Keynote)
Canadian Knowledge Mobilization Forum Ottawa, Ontario
2017-05-17
Flipped Classrooms and Blended Learning: Using the Power of a Technology Framework (Workshop)
9th Annual 21st Century Learning Conference Hong Kong
2017-03-10
Towards Innovative Learning Systems in Peru (Presentation)
International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement Ottawa
2017-01-10
Does eLearning need to adapt? (Showcase)
HR Management Institute Montreal
2016-11-13
Flipped Classrooms and Blended Learning: Using the Power of a Technology Framework (Workshop)
Municipalidade de Lima Lima, Peru
2016-10-14
Innovative Approaches to Classroom Teaching and Learning (Keynote)
Municipalidade de Lima Lima, Peru
2016-10-14
Professional Competencies: Innovation in Post-Secondary Teaching and Learning (Workshop)
Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas Lima, Peru
2016-10-13
Flipped Classrooms and Blended Learning: Using the Power of a Technology Framework (Workshop)
ADECOPA, CIP Conference Lima, Peru
2016-08-20
Articles (1)
Using action research to develop new strategic directions in a not for profit learning organization
Gibaran Journal of Applied Management2013-01-01
This paper describes the use of action research to develop new strategic directions for a pan-Canadian educational standards agency. As a learning organization, Curriculum Services Canada has a history of partnering with university researchers to review and improve its service to the education community. Our research process included interviewing staff and stakeholders, synthesizing their views, and providing recommendations to enable the organization to revitalize and move forward as a team. We used action research in this study to engage all staff in a reflective and dynamic decision-making process. Our study supports action research as a means to facilitate organizational learning and change in a business setting.
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