ROSE M POTTER Life Long Educator Education

§ Master of Arts in Spanish Literature: University of Northern Iowa in Soria, Spain 1984 § Post-Grad Coursework: English Literature, Reading & Direct Instruction; University of Alaska, Fairbanks 1977 § Bachelor of Liberal Arts & Teacher Certification, Spanish: Auburn University, Alabama 1972 § Professional Education In-Service and Workshop Trainings, examples include: 2011-2018 ‣ All Google Applications for the Classroom ‣ Educational Technology and Applications ‣ Pedagogy for Online Language Teachers ‣ Oral Proficiency Updates via the Texas Education Agency ‣ Study Abroad Safety ‣ Integrating Culture into Language Learning ‣ Diverse, ongoing in-service training to maintain teacher certification § Language Immersion: City Homestay & Coursework (proficiency level): ‣ French: Angers, Aix-en-Provence, Biarritz and Grenoble, France (intermediate) 1997, 1998, 2015, 2016 ‣ German: Jena, Germany (novice) 1997 ‣ Italian: Rome, Italy (novice high) 2000 ‣ Spanish: Multiple Sites (Superior) Barcelona, Soria, & Santander, Spain 1973-1984, 1985, 1999-2004 Guanajuato & Querétaro, Mexico § ACTFL (American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages) 1989 ‣ Spanish Oral Proficiency Interview Certification

MA Thesis 1984 Title: Cervantes y las mujeres del Quijote Synopsis: The thesis examines the women in the life of Miguel de Cervantes and their impact on the characters in his work. Advisor: Dr. Adolfo Franco, University of Northern Iowa

Areas of Teaching Competence § Teacher Training: Pedagogy and Methodology; Second Language Acquisition § K-16 Spanish Language, Culture and Literature, including Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate § Spanish for Health Care Professionals and Spanish Medical Interpreter Certification

Teaching Experience The University of Texas at Austin

Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Lecturer 2018 - Present § SPN 367P – Spanish for Health Care Professionals § SPN 601D – Beginning Spanish

The UT Center for Professional Education, Instructor 2016 – 2019 Commissioned to design and teach a program to prepare Spanish medical interpreters for national certification § Certified Medical Interpreter Program, semester program § Co-designed and taught the 5-Day Medical Interpreter Certificate Boot Camp

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UTeach-Liberal Arts, Clinical Assistant Professor 2011 – 2018 § Nominated for the 2016 ACTFL (American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages) NYSAFLT (New York State Association of Foreign Language Teachers) Anthony Papalia Award for Excellence in Teacher Education § Developed, enriched and advanced the UTeach-Liberal Arts curriculum to train future teachers of world languages: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Latin and Spanish § Courses taught to challenge, assess, guide, and support pre-service teachers ‣ UTL 640 – Teaching in Secondary Schools – Languages Other Than English ‣ UTL 360 – Problems and Principles of Education ‣ UTL 101 – Introduction to Teaching ‣ UTL 320 – Teaching English as a Second Language Pedagogy

UTeach – Liberal Arts, University Field Supervisor 2005 – 2011 § Collaborated with the UTLA clinical professor for Languages Other Than English (LOTE) students and their cooperating teachers/mentors to support UTL 640 interns and UTL 360 student teachers § Coordinated and confirmed observation calendars § Observed, evaluated and advised students on lesson plans and classroom performance § Identified and clarified areas for improvement; guided and encouraged students to help them devise strategies to perfect their skills § Prepared reports on students’ progress and challenges

Cross-Department Collaboration The University of Texas at Austin Department of Middle Eastern Studies and the Arabic Flagship Program The Qatar Foundation International Arabic Summer Institute 2019 § Collaborated to facilitate a national teacher training to take place at the University of Texas at Austin. § Presented pedagogy and methodology workshops Department of French and Italian The Global Classroom 2016 – 2018 § Conceived of the project § Co-wrote and received two grants with Professor Pat Kyle § Facilitated the relationship between the University of Grenoble and The University of Texas at Austin § Participated in the initial curriculum writing workshop § Facilitated the effective use of technology to video tape students’ interpersonal communications

Hemispheres: The International Outreach Consortium 2016 – 2017 § Acquired funding to attend a national conference (ACTFL) for myself and four UTLA LOTE students who developed 5E’s cross-curricular lesson plans that include Social Studies and Languages Other Than English standards: International Studies Pre-service Educator Lesson Plans French, Spanish, and Arabic Classes Classroom Presentations 2016 – 2017 § Visited twenty-two classes to present the advantages of majoring in the language of study and acquiring a teacher skill-set UTeach – Natural Sciences Student Exchange 2015 – 2016 Co-organized and participated in a two-week, international educator exchange program: § Facilitated the exchange experience of future STEM teachers from Grenoble, France (Spring 2016) who visited the UT campus, classes and Austin area schools § Accompanied UTNS students to Lyon, France (Summer 2016); mentored them during their two-weeks exploration of the French educational system

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International Office and ESL Services TESOL (Teaching English as a Second or Other Language) Abroad 2012 – 2015 § Designed an innovative, intensive, six-week summer TESOL Course and Internship in China, Korea and México that included a six-week internship, Spanish classes and homestay: ‣ Taught a three-hour second language acquisition pedagogy and methodology course ‣ Collaborated with teachers and staff at the Instituto Tecnológico de Querétaro and Centro Intercultural de Querétaro to provide one hundred and twenty hours of internship; sixty hours of language and culture, including day and overnight excursions ‣ Supervised the implementation of the first and third summer program in Querétaro, México ‣ Designed and delivered marketing and pre-departure information sessions ‣ Assessed program outcomes; recommended and implemented improvements § Summer Teacher Training Institute 2016 – Present ‣ Designed and delivered an annual, half-day in-service to international educators

Center for Open Educational Resources for Language Learning (COERLL) 2015 – Present § Designed and presented workshops (see Conferences and Presentations) § Created a series of engagement activities that support the TEKS for the COERLL website § Published an Open Educational Resources (OER), see Publications

In Action Video Links to interviews, workshops and marketing videos Workshops: § The Center for Open Educational Resources for Language Learners ‣ Engage, Explore and Discover! Integrate STEM Learning Concepts into Your Lesson Plans and Make Connections (STEM = Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) 2017 ‣ Engage Your Students and Build Oral Proficiency Through the Written Communication Mode § The University of Valladolid: Active Learning & Collaboration 2016 ‣ Unedited video of a two-hour workshop for public school ESOL teachers § Edinumen: The Collaborative Communicative Classroom 2015 ‣ A forty-five minute, professionally edited, online workshop for LOTE teachers produced by Edinumen, a Spanish publishing company

Marketing: The Center for Professional Education 2017 § Infomercial: Five Characteristic of Certified Medical Interpreters § Infomercial: Myths of Medical Interpreters Interview: Bilingual Austin Podcast 2017 § Cultivating support for world languages in public education Interview: Knowledge Matters produced by the College of Liberal Arts 2012 § On Teacher Training § The Benefits of UTeach-Liberal Arts § The Joy of Teaching

TEACHING EXPERIENCE K-12 Public Schools in Texas Spanish, Austin Independent School District, Anderson High School, Austin, Texas 1995 – 1996 Advanced Placement/ International Baccalaureate Spanish teacher: § Established a Pan American Student Forum (state Spanish club) chapter to increase interest in the language and culture and to facilitate student participation in the National Spanish Exams § Accepted an additional level one preparation six weeks into the academic year to alleviate the pressure facing a struggling teacher

Spanish, Eanes Independent School District, Austin, Texas 1983 – 1994 3 [email protected] 512-577-8703

K-12 World Languages Coordinator, Department Chair and Spanish teacher, Westlake High school: § Recognized as Eanes ISD Teacher of the Year § Received the student generated Golden Apple Award for teaching excellence § Recognized as one of six percent of Texas educators who passed the first Texas Master Teacher Exam § Taught levels 1-6 including Honors and AP; developed curriculum for Honors 3 and levels 4 and 5 AP Spanish § Facilitated the alignment of the K-12 Spanish program § Established and sponsored a chapter of Pan American Student Forum; facilitated students’ participation in and accompanied them to the annual two-day state convention to compete in state and national language contests and in an annual mock Organization of American States competition § Participated as a member of leadership teams, including the Mission Statement Team § Mentored a Texas State University student teacher § Selected to present distance-learning by Southwestern Bell at Austin’s first Governor’s Technology Conference § Established a bi-annual four-week college credit, homestay, study abroad program for high school students in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico and Salamanca, Spain § Founded and produced a department-wide annual, five-day National Foreign Language Week celebration that included all world languages § Organized WHS educators to provide the custodial staff with complimentary English as a Second Language classes All Subjects, Substitute Teacher § Dripping Springs Independent School District: HS 9-12, HS Spanish 2011 ‣ Long term sub, the last nine weeks of the semester § Eanes Independent School District: HS 9-12, all subjects 1983 – 1984 § Lake Travis Independent School District: K-12, all subjects 1983 – 1984 ‣ Long-term subs, six weeks, second grade students

ADDITIONAL TEACHING EXPERIENCE

HOFT Institute of Austin, Formerly, House of Tutors 2012 – 2013 § Designed, created and delivered nine , two-hour seminars for King Abdullah scholars: ‣ Set Goals and Write a Personal Mission Statement ‣ Create a Time Management Plan ‣ Discover and Apply Your Learning Style ‣ Develop Critical Thinking Skills ‣ Develop a Note-Taking System & Testing Skills ‣ Build Reading Comprehension Skills ‣ Determine the Credibility of Sources ‣ Improve Communication and Appreciate Diversity ‣ Manage Stress in Positive Ways § Created and presented two Teacher Training Workshops for TESOL educators: ‣ Best Practices for the Collaborative Classroom ‣ LOTE Communication Modes in the ESL Classroom

Private tutor, Austin 2010 – 2011 § Differentiated content for Spanish students with dyslexia Fairbanks North Star Borough School District, Alaska § North Pole Jr. Sr. High School: Spanish I and II, 7-12 1980 – 1982 § West Valley High School: Spanish I and II, 9-12 1979 – 1980 § Home-Bound Teacher, multi-discipline 1975 § Substitute Teacher, 7-12, all subjects 1974 – 1975

Fairbanks Youth Facility for Girls, Alaska 1974 – 1975 § Alaska: multi-discipline tutor for underage girls convicted of serious crimes 4 [email protected] 512-577-8703

Colegio Norteamericano de Barcelona, Spain 1973 § Pre-K teacher to four-year old native speakers of Spanish

Conference Presentations and Teacher Training

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN LIBRARIES 2019 Participated in a panel of UT faculty who have adopted open pedagogy in their approach to teaching § Toward a more exclusive classroom

ACTFL 2019 American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages New Orleans Designed two sessions presented by UT faculty: § Build Interpersonal and Cultural Competence through Connections and Communities, presented by Patricia Kyle, Department of French and Italia, UT at Austin § Build Student and Teacher Skills with Free, Open Educational Resources, presented by the Center for Open Educational Resources for Language Learners

TFLA 2019 Texas Foreign Language Association San Antonio Presented a three-hour workshop: § TFLA New Teacher Academy, a workshop for teachers with 1-5 years of experience

ACTFL 2018 American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages New Orleans Presented a session: § Interpret, Discuss and Create Using Authentic Texts at Any Level, co-presented with Dr. Amy Hornby Uribe

TFLA 2018 Texas Foreign Language Association San Antonio Accepted to present a three-hour workshop: § TFLA New Teacher Academy, a workshop for teachers with 1-5 years of experience § Put the Learning in their Hands with Inquiry-Based Lesson Plans

COERLL 2018 Center for Open Educational Resources for Language Learners UT at Austin Designed, created and presented a cross-curricular full-day workshop: § Engage Your Students and Build Oral Proficiency Through the Written Communication Mode AATSP 2018 The American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese Salamanca, ES Designed, created and presented a session: § Students That Understand, Speak. Empowering Students Through Comprehensible Input

ACTFL 2017 American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Nashville Designed, created and presented three sessions: § Easily Teach the Quijote with Free Open Educational Curriculum and Resources § Mentor Successful Educators Through Meaningful, Hands-On Teacher Training ‣ co-presented with Amy Hornby Uribe § Create Student-Centered, Inquiry-Based Lesson Plans That Work! ‣ Co-presented award winning 5Es lessons designed in UTL 640 LOTE, S2016 with four, UTeach-LA 1st year teachers: Lameese Ahmad, Katy Cooper, Ben Fisher and Niki Garcia-Holmes

TFLA 2017 Texas Foreign Language Association Arlington Designed, created and presented a workshop for teachers with 1-5 years of experience and a session:

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§ TFLA New Teacher Academy, a three-hour workshop § Easing the Way through the Challenges of Teaching of the Quijote

COMEXUS 2017 Mexican/American Fulbright Commission UT at Austin Designed, created and presented a three-hour workshop to Mexican Fulbright Scholars: § The Power of Active Learning & Collaboration in the Language Learner Classroom

PART 2017 Pan American Round Table Austin Designed, created and presented to an organization that supports native and heritage speakers of Spanish: § Keynote Speaker: ¿Quién tendrá éxito?

COERLL 2017 Center for Open Educational Resources for Language Learners UT at Austin Designed, created and presented a half-day lesson planning workshop: § Engage, Explore and Discover!

McGRAW-HILL EDUCATION 2016 Designed, created and presented a session for a Spanish symposium: Austin § Demystify Grammar and Engage Students Through Noticing and Co-constructing

ACTFL 2016 American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Boston Designed, created and presented a session: § From Critical Thinking to Meaningful Writing; co-presented with Dr. Amy Hornby Uribe

TFLA 2016 (Texas Foreign Language Association) Austin Designed, created and presented three-hour workshop and two sessions: § TFLA New Teacher Academy, a workshop for teachers with 1-5 years of experience § Design A+ Lesson Plans that Keep Students Engaged! § Engage, Explore and Discover! Integrate STEM concepts into LOTE Lessons

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS 2016 Designed, created and presented a four-hour workshop for Spanish teachers: San Antonio § SUCCESS in the 21st Century LOTE Classroom

COMEXUS 2016 Mexican/American Fulbright Commission UT at Austin Designed, created and presented a three-hour workshop to Mexican Fulbright Scholars: § The Power of Active Learning & Collaboration in the Language Learner Classroom ACTFL 2015 American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages San Diego Co-designed, created and presented two sessions with Dr. Amy Hornby Uribe: § Authentic Communication in the Target Language? Yes, They Can! § Demystify Grammar and Engage Students Through Noticing and Co-constructing

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TFLA 2015 Texas Foreign Language Association) Houston Designed, created and presented a three-hour workshop and session: § TFLA New Teacher Academy, a workshop for teachers with 1-5 years of experience § Demystifying Grammar Through Exploration, Discovery and Co-Construction ROUND ROCK ISD 2015 Designed, created and presented full-day workshop: Round Rock § Engage Your Students and Build Oral Proficiency Through the Written Communication Mode ROUND ROCK ISD 2015 Served as the Keynote Speaker and presented a workshop on the keynote topic: Round Rock § Intrinsic Motivation Through Comprehensible Input OFLA 2015 Oklahoma Foreign Language Association Oklahoma City Designed, created and presented a full-day workshop: § Students That Understand, Speak: Empowering Students Through Comprehensible Input LOS FRESNOS CONSOLIDATED ISD 2015 Designed, created and presented a full-day workshop: Los Fresnos § From Critical Thinking to Meaningful Writing RICHARDSON ISD 2015 Served as Keynote Speaker and presented a full-day workshop: Richardson § The LOTE Mindset and the Cash Value of LOTE (keynote) § Establish a Communicative, Collaborative Learning Community in your Classroom ALHAMBRA US CHAMBER 2015 Designed a two-day teacher training workshop for MENA (Middle East and North Africa) educators to be presented at the Gulf Education Conference in London: § The Professional Teacher, Working in a PLC (Professional Learning Community) ACTFL and TFLA 2014 American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages and Texas Foreign Language Association San Antonio Co-designed, created and presented two sessions at the joint conference with Amy Hornby Uribe: § Classroom Management and Design Strategies that Promote Active Learning § Demystify Grammar and Engage Students Through Noticing and Co-constructing AATSP 2014 American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese Austin Served as the Keynote Speaker; participated in round-table discussion of keynote topic: § The LOTE (Languages Other Than English) Mindset

REGION 4 EDUCATIONAL SERVICE CENTER 2014 Served as Keynote Speaker and designed, created and presented a half-day session: Houston, Texas § Reinvention, The 21st-Century Language Classroom (keynote) § How Active Learning Lesson Plans Facilitate Student Success

LOS FRESNOS CONSOLIDATED ISD 2014 Designed, created and presented a full-day workshop: Los Fresnos § The Power of Active Learning & Collaboration

COMAL ISD 2014 Designed and created a full-day workshop: New Braunfels § Implementing and Assessing Writing in the LOTE Classroom

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TFLA 2013 (Texas Foreign Language Association) Frisco Designed, created and presented a three-hour workshop and session: § TFLA New Teacher Academy, a workshop for teachers with 1-5 years of experience § The 5E’s Lesson Plan, Deconstructed

PEARLAND ISD 2013 Designed and created a full-day workshop: Pearland § The Power of Active Learning and Collaboration

UTLA 2013 UTeach-Liberal Arts Austin Produced and facilitated the first Texas curriculum workshop for teachers of Arabic: § Best Practices Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language

COMAL ISD 2013 Designed, created and presented two unique full-day workshops New Braunfels § The Power of Active Learning & Collaboration § Deconstruction and Application of the 5E’s Lesson Plan

IECHE 2012, 2013 International Exhibition & Conference on Higher Education Riyadh, KSA Invited to attend an annual five-day gathering of over 300,000 attendees and exhibitors: § Networked with the leadership of universities from across the world to make connections and exchange ideas about education § Designed and conducted workshops to support international students and women as emerging voices in the MENA (Middle East North Africa) region: ‣ Survive and Thrive in a New Culture and Discover; Keys to Your Success in an American University, for university students ‣ Student Success Through Active Learning, for educators ‣ Stand at the Top of the Mountain, for women in the workplace APA 2013 Austin Peace Academy Austin An Islamic school; pre-kindergarten through grade 12; students originate from 19 nationalities: § Designed, created and presented a two-day teacher training in best practices for Languages Other Than English; for their staff of uncertified and untrained native speaker teachers of Arabic

International Teacher Training

LA UNIVERSIDAD DE VALLADOLID 2016 Designed, created and presented a classroom management and active learning workshop for pre-service Valladolid, SP and active service teachers of English § Active Learning & Collaboration

EDITORIAL EDINUMEN 2014 – 2015 Contracted by a Spanish publishing house that specializes in materials for learning and teaching Spanish Madrid, SP § Featured as an online teacher trainer for international educators § Designed and implemented a three-step training that included: ‣ Wrote an article: How Can Teachers Involve All Students in Communicative Activities? ‣ Featured in a forty-minute video-in-service based on the article, The Collaborative, Communicative Classroom ‣ Responded to questions in a Google Hangout Q & A interview and discussion UTGI 2012 – 2015 UT GLOBAL INITIATIVE for Education and Leadership UT at Austin 8 [email protected] 512-577-8703

Collaborated with Associate Dean Richard Flores of the College of Liberal Arts, Anjum Malik of the Alhambra US Chamber and Joe Kieke of UTeach-Liberal Arts to create a consortium of recognized training programs at The University of Texas at Austin, UTGI, to deliver high-quality teacher training, executive education and English as Second Language instruction: § Served as a founding member of the Leadership Team § Worked with representatives from the following countries: Bahrain, Finland, Guatemala, Mauritania, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates § Submitted a proposal to the Secretariat General of Higher Education Council of Bahrain for a 5-year teacher training, co-written by UTGI Leadership Member, Joe Kieke § Co-wrote USA Grant for South African Teacher Training with Joe Kieke § Supported a writing team to create presentations for non-educational topics such as strategic planning Article about the project: College of Liberal Arts Magazine: Teacher training in the Middle East: Applying Top Teacher Training Principles into Different Cultural Frameworks

DARATASSALM INTERNATIONAL 2013 Delhi Public School Riyadh, KS § Designed, created and presented an in-service session for K-12 educators and administrators: ‣ Meeting Students’ Needs through Differentiated Instruction § Worked with Alhambra US Chamber to design, produce and present a live, ninety-minute, interactive, online workshop for 120 teachers in Saudi Arabia: 2010 ‣ Active Learning in the Collaborative Classroom

BAHRAIN MINISTRY OF EDUCATION 2013 Secretariat General of Higher Education Council Manama, BH § Designed, created and presented an interactive in-service for directors, deans and department chairs of myriad disciplines and multiple higher educational entities that included: Arabian Gulf University, Bahrain Polytechnic, Royal University for Women, Applied Science University, Arab Open University: ‣ The Collaborative, Cooperative Classroom

OMAN MINISTRY OF EDUCATION 2013 Sultanate of Oman Ministry of Higher Education Muscat, Oman § Designed, created and presented an interactive in-service for educators from all centers of higher learning in Oman ‣ The Power of Student-Centered, Active Learning

GEMS WORLD ACADEMY 2013 A World-Wide International Baccalaureate® School Dubai, UAE § Designed, created and presented a full-day workshop for classroom educators: ‣ The Collaborative, Cooperative Classroom

National and State Teacher Training Independent World Languages Consultant 1994 – 2012 Provided teacher training and in-service opportunities for schools, school districts, and conferences in both Texas and nationwide for thirteen years; examples of past session and workshop titles include: § Deconstruction and Application of the 5E’s Lesson Plan for World Languages § Reinventing the 21st-Century Language Classroom § The Language Learner Mind Set and the Environment of Belonging § The Cash Value of Learning Languages § How Student-Centered, Active Learning Facilitates Student Success § Learn to be an Effective Mentor for Future Teachers § Integrate Presentation Mode into Lesson Planning § Planning for Proficiency § The Impact of Scaffolding and Practice before Performance § Performance Assessments that Support Language Proficiency

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§ Watch Poetry Come to Life in Your Spanish Classroom - All Levels! § The Professional Educator and Professional Learning Communities § Develop Better Writers in the Language Classroom § Explore the Quixote Through Active Learning § Develop Writing Proficiency in LOTE Students § The Power of Active Learning & Collaboration § Rope ‘em In, Turn ‘em Loose, Classroom Design, Active Learning & Collaboration § Planning a College Credit Study Abroad Program for High School Students

Educator in the Community

THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN POETRY DECLAMATION CONTEST 2019-20 Member of the Steering Committee Served as judge

THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN POETRY DECLAMATION CONTEST 2019 Served as a judge for intermediate competitors

ROUND ROCK ISD REGIONAL SPANISH SPELLING BEE COMPETITION 2019 Served as a judge for intermediate competitors

ATX BILINGUAL FAIR 2017 Invited to participate in a panel of four world language experts: Austin § Shared expertise and perspective concerning the impact of bilingual education on children, families and society

STUDY PROGRAMS INTERNATIONAL 2004 – Present An international education organization, facilitated by passionate educators, parents and study abroad advocates whose primary goal is for students to return home with a heightened sense of self-awareness and confidence through a unique, authentic and meaningful experience abroad, Study Programs International (SPI). (No financial affiliation): § Founder and Mentor

POLKAWORKS 2008 – Present A non-profit organization that highlights unique cultural traditions through documentaries, photography and public programs designed to educate and inspire, polkaworks.org: § Board Member § Educational Consultant, writer and print editor; projects include: ‣ The Grove (documentary film, the story of a whole Texas ghost town up for auction) ‣ Going, Going, Gone! A Story of the Auctioneer (documentary film and museum exhibit) ‣ Texas Czechs (museum exhibit)

TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY 2006 Participated as an active member of the first Texas Knowledge and Skills writing team

Grants FACULTY INNOVATION CENTER, Mini-grant 2019 Received funding to enable students to use an online application for peer editing: peergrade.com AWARD: +/- $500

GLOBAL CLASSROOM CURRICULUM INTEGRATION 2017 Co-recipiente with Pat Kyle, Department of French and Italian AWARD: $10,00 Funded by the University of Texas at Austin’s International Office to redesign curriculum for an online global classroom: § Provided technology support to enable UT at Austin students of French to connect with English students at the University Grenoble-Alpes, France § Participated in a two-day planning workshop in Lyon, France to coordinate the global classroom curriculum

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AWARD 2017 Funded by the Texas Language Center to assist the Global Classroom Project AWARD: $700 10 [email protected] 512-577-8703

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS § Texas Foreign Language Association (TFLA) 31 years; Named Honorary Member, 2018 § American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) 13 years; nominated for the national ACTFL- NYSAFLT Anthony Ppalia Award for Excellence in Teacher Education, 2016 § American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP) 11 years

Publications

RECORRIDOS POR LA LITERATURA HISPANA, Open Education Resource (OER), COERLL 2017 Siglo de oro: Aventuras de don Quijote de la Mancha § A pair of openly-licensed books for the study of Cervantes’ Don Quijote in upper level Spanish courses, including Advanced Placement: ‣ The student workbook, accessible online for free, to deepen students’ understanding of the text through reading, pre-reading, and post-reading activities and glossed vocabulary ‣ The companion teacher support to facilitate the teaching of Don Quijote through student-centered strategies and activities, historical and cultural information, quizzes and exams El Barroco: El burlador de Sevilla Forthcoming: 2019 § An openly-licensed book for the study of Baroque literature, with a focus on El Burlador de Sevilla, for upper level Spanish courses, including Advanced Placement that include a student text and teacher support (described above)

AP Spanish Exam Practice Tests, McDougal/Little/Houghton Mifflin 2007 § Collaborated with UT Clinical Professor, Mary Diehl, to create a teacher resource consisting of practice tests for the Spanish Advance Placement Language Exam:

Proficiency Pursuits – Active Learning Practices for World Language Proficiency, Glencoe/McGraw Hill Education 2006 § Updated traditional classroom language games to facilitate interpersonal communication and collaboration:

Buen viaje, Abordo, De viaje, the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, Glencoe/McGraw Hill Education 2004 § Correlated three levels of a textbook series to the Texas state standards

Exploremos en busca de una vida sana in progress Co-authoring a student textbook and teacher resources with master teacher, Betsy Arnold, to incorporate multiple levels of health science vocabulary and health awareness into Spanish curriculum at multiple levels

Consultant and Reviewer

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY PRESS 2017 Assessed and created a reading report for the title: ALAS PARA EL AULA: A Practical Manual for Teachers of Spanish

SANTILLANA USA 2015 Consulted for, contributed to and reviewed a textbook program and ancillary to support the acquisition of the 21st Century Skills required for Spanish learners to succeed in the workplace: § Santillana Spanish § Spanish Works!

SPANISH CREDIT BY EXAMS at THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN 2012 § Collaborated with UT Spanish lecturer and PhD candidate Amy Hornby Uribe to correlate the TEKS (Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills), edit and revise the Spanish levels one, two, three and the culture examinations that provide credit by exam at The University of Texas at Austin

HOLT, RINEHART AND WINSTON 2007 Reviewed a level three Spanish textbook to determine its competitive advantage in the Texas adoption process: § ¡Exprésate!

Glencoe/McGraw-Hill World Languages Consultant, Spanish, French and Latin 1997 – 2009

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Worked with a team to develop effective Texas and national textbook adoption sales presentations and designed in-service opportunities to support the teachers that adopted the program: § Produced competitive analysis documents for sales representatives § Created sales presentations that featured educational technology § Designed in-service opportunities for teachers to explain pedagogy and methodology § Wrote and edited teacher resources § Developed step-by-step tech support tutorials for ExamView Pro, a test and assessment software § Demonstrated and taught the use of educational technology § Submitted session proposals to state and national conferences organizations § Traveled extensively, nationwide to present sales presentations and provide in-serviceSelf-Employed PATA 1996 – 2004 Programs Abroad-Travel Alternatives, College Credit Study Abroad for High School Students Facilitated five bi-annual study abroad opportunities for high school students as a public school teacher before founding and operating a corporation that organized college credit study abroad homestay programs for high school students: § Founded and managed the company ‣ Designed programs in six countries: Spain, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico and Costa Rica ‣ Facilitated international contracts with universities, language schools, hotels and transportation ‣ Hired staff, created budgets, reviewed receipts and expenses to create long and short-term goals § Executed marketing campaigns ‣ Designed marketing, promotional and pre-departure materials ‣ Advocated the benefits of developing multilingual and multicultural competence ‣ Visited high school campuses in Texas and nationally to promote college credit study abroad for high school students § Served as an on-site director and program supervisor for thirteen years, overseeing student summer experiences § Mentored a former PATA client, Jeremy Goodwin, who founded Study Programs International in 2004 and continues PATA’s mission today

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