Career Experience

ESL Teacher, Butler High/ Columbia High- Huntsville City Schools, AL August, 2014 to present
French E-Teacher, ACCESS Distance Learning Madison City Schools, AL 2008 to present
English/ World Languages Teacher- Buckhorn High School, New Market, AL 1999 to 2013
Office of Alumni Affairs & Admissions Student Assistant MUW, Columbus, MS 1995 to 1999

Educational Training

MATL in TESOL (Master of Arts in the Teaching of Languages/ Teaching English as a Second or Other
Language) University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, candidate for graduation August 2014
BA Spanish, 2nd major hours-French with concentrations in English & Art History, Mississippi University
for Women, Columbus, MS 1999, Honors in French, Magna Cum Laude
Intermediate Spanish Language Certificate, Cuernavaca Language School, Cuernavaca Mexico,
summer study abroad program, 2002
Intensive Summer Study Abroad Program, Universidad de las Amricas, Puebla, Mexico, 2006

Language Competencies
Based on ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines 2012
English: Distinguished (Native speaker) French: Advanced Spanish: Advanced

Computer Competencies

Microsoft Office Productivity Suite, Apple Pages & Keynote, Open Office tools
Learning Management programs: Blackboard, Desire2Learn, Wimba, Edmodo, Schoology
Other: Adobe Acrobat, variety of web-based 2.0 tools for learning




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Teaching Experience

Courses Taught for ACCESS Distance Learning
All web-based, asynchronous courses: French I, French II, French III
Course facilitator for Latin I, II, and III, French II, German I
Courses taught for Buckhorn High School
Regular English 9, Practical English 9, Regular English 10, Practical English 10, Regular English 11,
Computer Applications I, **French I, II, III, Pre-AP, IV, Spanish I, II, III, Pre-AP, IV
**I have also taught French I & II via IVC (Interactive Video Conferencing).

Presentations (sample listing)


Alabama Association of Foreign Language Teachers Conference 2011
Teaching Mexican Culture through Legend: La Llorona
Alabama Association of Foreign Language Teachers Conference 2010
Using Social Networking Tools to Encourage Student Involvement in Foreign Language Clubs
North Alabama Technology Conference 2010
Collaboration & Communication via Wikis in the World Language Classroom

Affiliations

Alabama Association of Foreign Language Teachers
Alabama Association of French Teachers
Alabama Federation of French Clubs
Alabama Hispanic Association
Alabama Educational Technology Association
Courses Taken at the Masters Level

Applied Linguistics in Second and Foreign Language
Second Language Acquisition Theory and Practice
Teaching Second Languages: Theory Into Practice
Developing a Student-Centered Curriculum (elective)
Educational Research Interpretation and Application (elective)
Options in the Teaching of Grammar (TESOL)
Sociocultural and Sociolinguistic Perspectives in Language Teaching
Ethnography of Mexico (Spanish)
Modern Mexico (Spanish)
Teaching Vocabulary (TESOL)
Methods and Materials in Adult Literacy (elective)
Testing and Assessment (TESOL)
Practicum in Second or Foreign Language Teaching









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