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 1 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 2 [email protected] 512-577-8703 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