Postal mail Missouri State University World Languages and Cultures 901 S. National Ave. Springfield, MO 65897
Details EducationMAT, 2006, University of UtahBA, French and Spanish, 2003, College of the Ozarks TeachingFRN 101/102 Elementary FrenchFRN 201/202 Intermediate FrenchFRN 300 Service Learning in FrenchMCL 200 Global Perspectives on Languages and Cultures in SocietyMCL 413 Methods of Teaching Foreign LanguagesMCL 493 Supervised Teaching SeminarMCL 496 Supervised Student Teaching Professional experienceDual Credit Liaison for World Languages, 2019-presentSummer French Camp for children, 2019French 1- IB French, Central High School, Springfield, MO, 2010-2019French I and II, Spanish I, Fort Herriman Middle School, Herriman, UT, 2006-2010Adult ESL, Murray, UT, 2006-2007Dual Language Kindergarten Assistant, Washington Elementary, Salt Lake City, UT, 2003-2005Professional affiliationsMid-America Chapter of the American Translators Association, 2021-presentAmerican Council on Teaching Foreign Languages, 2015-presentNational Association of District Supervisors of Foreign Language, 2014-2015Foreign Language Association of Missouri, 2010-presentOzarks Foreign Language Association, 2010-presentAmerican Association of Teachers of French, 2006-presentAmerican Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, 2006-2011Utah Foreign Language Association, 2005-2010 Research and professional interestsRecruitment and retention of new language teachersBilingualism in the United StatesSimultaneous bilingualism vs. sequential bilingualismOver representation of ELLs in special educationIntercultural teaching and learning: Development of intercultural and global competence Awards and honorsForeign Language Association of Missouri Grant, 2020Improving English Language Teaching-Ozarks (iELT) grant recipient, 2019Rebecca and Jean-Paul Valette Legacy Award (AATF), 2017Ozarks Foreign Language Association Grant, 2017National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar - Memories Divided & Reconciled: World Wars I & II in France Today, 2014Ozarks Foreign Language Association Grant, 2013English Teaching Assistantship (TAPIF) Mantes-la-Jolie, France, 2000