Victoria has spent twenty years with SD8, teaching both elementary and secondary students at J. V. Humphries in Kaslo before moving into school leadership. She has served as principal at Redfish Elementary, J. V. Humphries, and now Crawford Bay School. Her work is shaped by the gifts of rural education, where small teams, creative access to resources, and close community ties require clarity, consistency, and a wide skill set.

She leads with a Compassionate Systems lens and draws on the trauma-informed insights of Chuck Geddes. Her approach is also influenced by Viviane Robinson’s emphasis on relational trust and focused problem-solving, Jim Knight’s partnership model for building staff expertise, and the work from Bryk and colleagues on how coherent leadership and strong communities drive improvement. She focuses on supporting the capacity building of students and staff so the school becomes stronger, more resilient, and more self-sustaining.  Small, complex rural schools thrive when the culture is strong and there is a coherent framework that is structured, relational, and built around collective expertise rather than strong personalities.