About Me

I figured this would be a good way to introduce myself, let you all know a little about me, post some pictures, and link to youtube. :)

My name is Jonathan Ettinger and I just finished my 5^th year of teaching. I was born and raised in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia and graduated from Glace Bay High School in 2004. After graduation, I attended Cape Breton University to obtain my B.Sc. (Honors) in Mathematics and Chemistry followed by my B.Ed. through Memorial University. Upon graduation, I spent my first year at home in Cape Breton working as a substitute teacher for the Cape Breton Victoria Regional School Board. At the end of the year, I was told that due to the lack of job opportunities for teachers, the CBVRSB would not be hiring for an unforeseeable amount of time. That same night, I looked at the job openings for all of the other school boards in Nova Scotia. Tri-County Regional School Board was the only one that had a vacancy at this time. I applied for the job, was interviewed later in the week, and was lucky enough to be hired as a permanent teacher later that night. At the end of the summer I moved to Digby, Nova Scotia to start my new position teaching mathematics and science at the adult high school. After two years of teaching at the adult high, I began working on my M.Ed. in leadership through Acadia University. I then spent the next year working at the adult high and completing courses toward my degree. This year I obtained a new position as the Community Based Learning Consultant for the Tri-County Regional School Board. I am now spending my time working in this new position and completing the last few courses necessary to finish my degree.

Outside of school and work, I am a big fan of movies and music, and DisneyWorld (heading down on August 1st). I am a professional musician and have been lucky enough to play a lot of places with a lot of great people. Here is a picture from stage at Cavendish Beach Music Fest opening for Rascal Flatts.

My wife, Aselin, is also a professional musician, and quite a bit better then me I must add J, and uses her talent to make a living. It is great being able to share the stage together. 

You may even recognize some of her music yourselves as she has been played quite extensively on the radio, television, and Much Music back in the day. If you are interested in hearing some of her stuff, you can just do a quick search on youtube or visit her website to hear her latest album, which I helped produce. 

www.AselinDebison.com

Here is the link to her Facebook fan page where you can find some pictures and performance videos. You may recognize her latest single "Close To You" from one of the videos. 

Aselin Debison Facebook Page

ECMA Fan Performance Videos

I also linked the youtube video from her single "Life". Please ignore the lovely introduction as it was a fan who put the video up and added that piece all on their own.