Meet the Teachers

	Design Mrs. Gasparotto is a professional engineer with over 15 years of experience in mechanical and design engineering, making heavy machinery such as forestry equipment, locomotives, and military vehicles. Mrs. Gasparotto brings her experience to the classroom, combining engineering and design for students to develop problem solving and technology skills, essential for future career paths in the areas of STEAM.
	Construction Mr. Masse apprenticed and licensed in Plumbing through Fanshawe College and received a Certificate in Technology Education through University of Windsor. Spent summers doing a wide variety of trades such as concrete forming, cabinetry and electrical.
	Health Care Mr. Bannister received an Honors Bachelor of Arts in English and Visual Arts from the University of Western Ontario and the University of British Columbia before earning a second Bachelor of Arts in Professional Photography at the Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, California where he worked in the commercial photography field for five years. Mr. Bannister earned his Bachelors in Education in 2004 and in 2013 earned certification in Teaching Health Science Technology from the Ontario Institute for Studies In Education.
	Communications Mr. Regier went to St.Thomas More, CCH, Western and Fanshawe. He received a Control Engineering Diploma. Taught 15 years at S.T.A, he also worked for United installing bag systems for United In Honolulu, automation in Mexico and all over the U.S.
	Transportation Mr. Gipp is a Class ‘A’ Mechanic with 25 years on the bench. His studies took him to Fanshawe, Western, University of Toronto and Queens. He was a volunteer tutor of children with learning disabilities in the eighties and taught apprentices at Fanshawe in the nineties. Mr. Gipp is an army veteran who served as a rifleman with 1RCR in such places as Norway, with Allied Command Europe during the Cold War, and Cyprus as a peacekeeper.
	Mrs. O'Connor has an Honours BA Specialization in Kinesiology and a BSc in Nursing from Western University. Mrs. O'Connor brings her combined nursing and teaching experience to the classroom. She is passionate about assisting students to develop their communication, technical, critical thinking, and leadership skills, all of which are needed to prepare students for opportunities in the Health Care field.