“STEM.De. – STEM.US: Resources for Developing Real-World Competencies in German+STEM”

“STEM.de. – STEM.US: Resources for Developing Real-World Competencies in German+STEM”

AATG STEM+German Articulation Grant Proposal William B. Fischer, Portland State University, PI [email protected] • web.pdx.edu/~fischerw and team of preK-20 Educators

Our proposed project supports German+STEM in three ways: 1) as instruction in the individual academic subjects, and German up to and including the college level; 2) as knowledge and language proficiency for the workplace (STEM-related or generic); and 3) for exploration of career pathways accessible to learners who may not pursue the academic study of German beyond the Intermediate-High level but may well continue to learn the language in the wider world. Deliverables include not only instructional materials but also a metastructure of curriculum-mapping, teacher support resources, community outreach tools, and support for student learning about employability and job opportunities, with the ability to communicate about that in both German and English. The project has these chief features: 1) a collection of German+STEM learning modules that can be introduced into the classroom “out of the box” and also serve as models for creation of further modules beyond the project; 2) resources that help students move toward more advanced German and STEM learning, both in formal education and in the workplace/ internships/ long-term careers; 3) resources that link German+STEM to the surrounding Germanophone culture (history of science, social studies, etc.); 4) an apparatus of assessment instruments, curriculum guidelines, implementation advice, and teacher-training resources; 5) informational resources that inform stakeholders (students, parents, school administrators, businesspeople) about the benefits of German+STEM and proficiency-oriented language learning in general. More particularly, project highlights include: 1) model instructional units for selected STEM subject areas that represent the wider expanse of STEM subjects and, not coincidentally, those to which the German-speaking cultures have historical made a prominent contribution; 2) rigorous implementation of ACTFL & EU proficiency standards drawn from decades of teaching at the RFP’s target language levels, in both K- 12 and, notably, post-secondary; 3) carefully organized deployment of the specialized pedagogies of Content-Based Instruction, team-based learning, and project-based learning, also drawn from long prior experience; 4) detailed attention to preK-20 articulation principles and problems. The project team has the following notable strengths, as documented by long-term activity: 1) specialized experience in teaching German at the range of target proficiency levels, in teaching courses related to STEM, and in the specialized pedagogies the project requires (to the level of teaching them as teacher education courses); 2) systematic experience in the production of learning materials (textbook writing, software production, media skills); 3) close familiarity with language immersion programs; 4) occupation of key positions in language teacher education programs, professional language teaching organizations, and educational entities related directly to STEM, career pathways, and definition and assessment of student learning outcomes and program effectiveness.

STEM.de – STEM.US 1 The core project team consists of: 1) William B. Fischer, PI – 35+ years of language teacher, with chief emphasis on lower-level German; secondary emphasis on teacher education; advanced German courses based on CBI, team-based learning, community-based learning; humanities courses about STEM, with outreach to K-12 learners; 25+ years of producing language textbooks and software; long-time member of university assessment and STEM education committees, and also of district and statement standards and assessment committees (including STEM subjects); extensive knowledge of history of science and technology; participant in first national OPI workshop for German faculty, Washington, DC, February, 1983. See website (web.pdx.edu/~fischerw) for extensive details about projects and publications, and links to long-term activities involving content-based instruction, career preparation, and STEM (“Humboldt Project”, “SpeakEasy”, “German for the Working World”, “Sophomore Inquiry: Interpreting the Past”. CV below. 2) Katja Freeborn – President of the state Association of German Teachers; experienced high-school German teacher (Aloha High School), in a cosmopolitan district that supports language learning and, particularly, STEM; CV below, and also copies of two newspaper articles describing the Aloha High School STEM curriculum and dedicated STEM lab, in place since 2007. Her primary functions are preparation of model instructional units and dissemination of grant deliverables through the state teachers’ organization 3) Bernd Ferner – Facilitator of Graduate Teacher Education Program in school of education at PI’s university; native speaker of German; teaching experience in German immersion school (elementary level), including STEM subject. Ed.D. expected June, 2013. CV below. 4) Heike Schütz-Malinowski, Assistant Head of School, German American School of Portland. CV on the way. Primary functions: preparation of model instructional units and field testing in classroom of younger learners. 5) Kathie Godfrey – Director of second-year German at PSU; instructor of methods courses for language teachers at PSU; Associate Director of the PSU Deutsche Sommerschule am Pazifik: liaison with key K-12 German teachers and with Lehrerfortbildungsseminar. CV below. 6) 1-2 graduate students / recent MAs in German with lower-level college German teaching experience, at least two graduate-level courses in language pedagogy, and systematic knowledge of one STEM area.

The following colleague has indicated her willingness to serve in a peripheral capacity:

Stephanie Wagner – incidental faculty participant (for monitoring curriculum mapping onto STEM content and standards); Director of the home university’s Center for Science Education and member of the university STEM education committee.

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GOALS

1) Provide model content-based instructional units for hands-on, project-based, team- oriented STEM learning for German at three distinct proficiency levels (Novice-High, Intermediate-Mid, Advanced-Low), for two distinct age levels (middle school, high- school juniors/seniors), for five sub-subjects (biology, etc.), and for “generic” STEM situations (everyday technology, lab, etc.). Rationale: demonstrates proof of concept for teachers and learners, and also for other stakeholders who must eventually assume support of the teaching and learning.

2) Provide vocabulary-learning resources to enhance basic Intermediate-Low proficiency to create “hothouse special” capability in STEM subjects. Rationale: the learner who has the basic language proficiency commonly achieved in K-12 immersion programs or after three years of high-school classroom study, and who also knows something of a STEM subject, can then interact socially and, to a modest extent, academically with an L1 speaker who shares that same STEM interest, as for example during junior year abroad, a short college internship, or – later on – a scientific conference.

3) Prepare teachers to find / develop more such resources by means of a kit of lesson plan criteria and the outline of STEM-oriented module to expand existing graduate level teacher education course in CBI for language teachers, including putting the resource online for use as an independent module or inclusion in other methods courses elsewhere. Rationale: most current language teacher education courses do not provide sufficient training in the specialized pedagogies themselves and in the production of learning materials.

4) Produce assessment tools to measure and document progress, in German and the STEM subjects, for the specific learning modules, and for important stages in the larger curriculum, with mapping onto the relevant standards (ACTFL, EU, Core Curriculum). Rationale: stakeholders are generally uninformed about language proficiency standards and related pedagogies, and also about the STEM-subject area standards; they often have wildly inaccurate notions (usually inordinately ambitious expectations) about what it means to transform a STEM course by integrating it with an L2.

5) Support language teachers who do not have strong STEM background by providing resources (background reading) to bring them up to – so to speak – the “Intermediate- Mid” level in one or more STEM subjects (i.e., the specialized knowledge possessed by the general educated populace, not the STEM specialist), and to reassure them that when they do German+STEM they will not be teaching the STEM subject at the level it would be taught in the L1. Similarly for in-place STEM teachers (and involved administrators): bring them up to – so to speak – the “Intermediate-High” level in language pedagogy, and reassure them that they do not have to be language-proficient to engage in discussions of language+STEM teaching and learning. Rationale: German+STEM cannot be created and implemented, much less expanded, in splendid isolation.

STEM.de – STEM.US 3 6) Improve learners’ career-path knowledge (internships, college, study abroad, job- seeking) by both facilitating familiarization with programs themselves, and by providing German-language activities related to continuing study and eventual employment (compiling résumés, composing application letters, maintaining bilingual learning portfolios documenting progress in STEM knowledge and language proficiency). Rationale: 1) Most learners, and especially non-privileged ones, are much deficient in career knowledge and academic self-promotion and job-getting skills. 2) They and other stakeholders must see a practical, not just academic, benefit in doing German+STEM.

7) Link project to network of international multilingual “Alexander von Humboldt Schulen” / “Colegios Alejandro de Humboldt” and other Humboldt-named K-12 schools in US, Germany, and Latin America. Rationales: 1) cooperation on German+STEM; 2) show learners how German+STEM relates to a much wider world.

The following goals, in terms of rationale, are all related to “PR” or, more nicely put, “embedding” a German+STEM program into the wider communities (which includes, on the principle of “a rising tide raises all boats”, lending to and seeking support from other languages):

8) Enhance cultural awareness with historical knowledge of the immense contribution to STEM that has been made by German-speaking cultures; chief (but not only) focus Alexander von Humboldt.

9) Make German attractive to learners not yet in the language.

10) Show other teachers and other stakeholders how LAC and CBI can be an attractive enhancement of the “core curriculum”, not distracting from progress in the other subject areas, but perhaps even enhancing it.

11) Link STEM and languages to business / local economies, for example by learner activities that explore employability in German-speaking / DACH-based companies, whether in Europe or nearby.

ACTIVITIES, DRAFT BUDGET, and TIMELINE

Note: Time estimates below include only paid hours. PI contribution is unpaid. Other main team members will donate considerable time, but may be recompensed in moderate amounts as leaders of teams producing the project deliverables, but at the same rate as graduate-student participants, who will (under the supervision of PI and core team) produce many of the deliverables. Basic rate: $20/hr or, for the graduate students, graduate-level academic credit. The graduate-student participants will be selected for their German proficiency, English writing skills, familiarity with STEM subjects, and competence in language pedagogy, as demonstrated by outstanding performance in graduate teacher education courses and as teachers in the Novice-Low to Intermediate- High language classroom.

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Timeline: early July 2013 – initial meeting of team; October 2013 – presentation of concept at state conference of language teachers; December, 2013– ancillaries (career pathway resources, pedagogical resources, German+STEM school network listing, STEM tutorials for language teachers, language pedagogy tutorials for STEM teachers, etc.); March 2014 – Humboldt-related learning modules; March 2014 – followup at state conference of language teachers; July 2014 – main German+STEM learning modules, assessment tools, curricular map, etc.; November 2014 – presentation at AATG/ACTFL national conference.

STEM.de – STEM.US 5 $00 12 hrs. Initial meetings of core team $300 15 hrs. Assemble catalog of available (online) STEM-related lesson plans for US K-12 schools, with notes about conversion to German+STEM (appropriate language and age levels, suggestions about how to adapt); same for lesson plans for schools in DACH $700 35 hrs. Develop model lesson plans for specific STEM subjects (sustainability, biology, astronomy, archaeology, integrated project), with recipe showing teachers how to create more. $400 20 hrs. Develop hands-on learning activities for using German in generic STEM environments everyday computer/mobile, lab/workshop, museum / science center, and problem-solving math up through simple algebra. $100 5 hrs. Develop “hothouse special” vocabulary learning kit to boost STEM- vocabulary for learners with basic NH/IL German proficiency. $200 10 hrs. Create networks (US schools doing STEM + German; Humboldt- named schools in US, Canada, Latin America, Germany) $200 10 hrs. Internship, college, and career exploration kit (assembled from existing resources, but with German-learning activities added) $200 10 hrs. FLES / outreach kit to build interest in German+STEM (assembled from existing resource, but with framework specific to this grant) $200 10 hrs. “Getting to Know Alexander von Humboldt” resource and activity kit as focus for other subject areas and model for learning about other scientists (some activities in English, others either in NH-Adv German for German+STEM learners or Novice-Low German for other learners in schools doing German+STEM) $00 10 hrs. Project handbook for language teachers and stakeholders $00 12 hrs Project presentation and teacher training meetings at COFLT conferences (archived as webinar for other groups) $200 Present at ACTFL/AATG Conference (augmented by university and department travel money) $00 Supplies, copying, postage, media, etc. (absorbed by PI’s clerical allowance and misc. department facilities)

$2500

STEM.de – STEM.US 6 William B. Fischer Professor of German, Department of World Languages & Literatures, Portland State University

PSU - WLL PO Box 751 e-mail: [email protected] 3908 SE Taggart Portland, OR 97207 http://web.pdx.edu/~fischerw Portland, OR 97202 503 725-5285 http://www.cosmolingua.pdx.edu 503 232-7881

Teaching and Research language pedagogy; technology in language instruction; teacher education; interaction of science, technology and humanities, popular culture

Education 1979 Ph.D., Yale University, Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures. Subject of dissertation: German science fiction; advisor: Peter Demetz 1969-70 Carnegie Teaching Fellow, Yale University 1965-69 B.A., Yale College. Double intensive major with Highest Honors in German and English. Magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, National Merit Scholar 1954-65 Public schools, Grants Pass, Oregon

Academic Employment 1978- Department of Foreign Languages, Portland State University. Promotions to Assistant Professor, 1980; Associate Professor, 1983; Professor, 1987 (check this) 1974-77 Instructor, Department of German, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 1969-72 Carnegie Teaching Fellow and graduate assistant, Yale University

Publications (summary list) “Literatur für Leser and Listeners: Herbert W. Franke’s ‘Papa Joe & Co.’” literatur für leser (Peter Lang), 29.4 (4/2006). “Goethe, Schiller and Me: Reflections on Figuring out Literature While Teaching Others about It and Life Too in a Language They Don’t Talk Very Good Yet.” Teaching German in America: Past Progress and Future Promise. Cherry Hill, NJ: American Association of Teachers of German, 2002. ¿Cómo? Introductory Spanish for Proficiency (co-author), Simon and Schuster, 1995. Wie, bitte? Introductory German for Proficiency (co-author). New York: John Wiley, 1989. The Empire Strikes Out: Kurd Laßwitz, Hans Dominik, and the Development of German Science Fiction 1871- 1945. Bowling Green, Ohio: Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1984. articles in Die Unterrichtspraxis and Science Fiction Studies; reviews and article translations in Technology and Culture, Science Fiction Studies, Die Unterrichtspraxis, German Quarterly, Science/Technology and the Humanities, Visions (journal of the Oregon Graduate Center), Oregon English Journal Chief consulting editor for 2nd edition of Deutsch für alle by Haas and Mathieu, New York: Wiley, 1984; manuscript reviewer for John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York; referee for Die Unterrichtspraxis. Poetry and prose in various local publications grants, Prizes, Awards PSU Center for Academic Excellence, AIM grant to create hybrid on-line course, 2010. Peer review funding to support expansion of “SpeakEasy” course, 2009 ($3000). President’s Internationalization Grant and CAE Academic Innovation Mini-Grant, 2006 NCLB Grant ($50K): “Styles- and Strategies-Based Instruction for Second Languages”, 2006 Pew Foundation Grant for Redesign of Large-Enrollment Courses ($200,000), 2001. PSU Faculty Vitality Grant, 2000 ($15,000) NEH Fellowship for College Teachers, 1982; DAAD travel grant, 1986; various university grants co-recipient, Oregon Department of Education grant to develop core courses in training foreign language teachers (1996, $80,000) co-recipient, Eisenhower-ODE grant to develop pilot course in multi-media use in language instruction, (1997, $16,000) grant-supported (Eisenhower) member of three-year STEP phase of PASS, starting 5/96 Teaching in Technology award, PSU, 2005 & 1998

Recent Activity ‘Echo360 Lecture Capture Software in Language Courses”, invited presentation, PSU, 29 Nov., 2010. “Binaural Stereo Sound and the German Science-Fiction Radio-Play”, Seventh International Hawaii Conference on the Arts and Humanities,” January 2009. “The ‘Humboldt Project:’ Outreach to K-12 At-Risk Students through Experiential Learning about Sciences, Social Sciences, Humanities, Environmentalism and Sustainability”, Seventh International Hawaii Conference on the Arts and Humanities,” January 2009. “Thinking outside the Curriculum Box: Three Experiments”, Fifth International Hawaii Conference on the Arts and Humanities,” January 2007. “I Really Gave My Students the Business – from Business Language Course to Business Simulation to Startup Company,” Spring conference of the Confederation of Oregon Foreign Language Teachers, 4 March 2006. “Redesigning the Giant Course,” refereed presentation at International Humanities Conference, Honolulu, January 2003. Chair of Educational Testing Service national committee producing new version of German CLEP test 1994- OSSHE PASS committees 1996 Japanese Magnet Program high school site selection committee 2002 Short trip to Berlin to gather fresh cultural materials for first-year program, text & software 2006 Travel in Germany and Austria to augment materials for first-year program, text & software

Technology Experience producer and programmer of foreign language software (image- and sound processing, databases, DTP, HTML, JavaScript) typesetting and layout of several books producer of language tapes for publication (studio, DAT, computer digitization) teach departmental course in technology and language teaching (since 1983)

New Courses Developed “SpeakEasy” (intermediate/advanced German content-based instruction course that has created a student-run business); fundamentals of literary research for graduate students in foreign languages; entire new first-year German program; German radio drama; science and technology in literature (German and European / American); several teaching methods courses for graduate and teacher certification students; Fall 1993 Freshman Seminar; technology in foreign-language teaching; “God, Gods and Goddesses in German Literature”

Other Scholarly Activity Numerous invited conference presentations and independent workshops; extensive advice to colleagues contemplating writing textbooks; training of graduate students in textbook, tape, and software production President, Oregon Association of Teachers of German, 1980 Chairman, Fall Conference, Confederation of Oregon Foreign Language Teachers, 1983

Language Teaching first-year: since 1974, generally one or more sections every quarter; regular pace, accelerated, and triple- accelerated; supervisor of first-year German at PSU since 1980 second-year: since 1969, but only occasionally since 1980 third-year (language, not culture and civilization or survey of literature): since 1974, and every quarter one or more sections since 1980; currently working on a third-year comprehensive text package translation: theological, technical German methods for teachers: regularly since 1983; proficiency-oriented, survey of methods, assessment, CAI; often teach combined sections with French, Spanish, German, Japanese participants

Literature Teaching 400- and 500-level courses in modern German fiction; science and technology in literature; German radio drama; science fiction; European/American Enlightenment

Languages German (ACTFL Superior); French (ACTFL Advanced-Low); Spanish (ACTFL Intermediate-Mid)

Committees & misc. service 2007ff. Portland State University Institutional Assessment Council OSSHE computer committee OSSHE PASS Committee various university and departmental committees Chair, Portland Campus Christian Ministry Board, 1998-; member, Lutheran Campus Ministry Board, 1995-; member, PSU Center for the Study of Religion board, 1997-9 Portland Public Schools Second Languages Design Team, 1998-99 member of Portland Public School project to write grant application for FLES programs and related teacher training; work with Richmond Elementary School Japanese Immersion Program appearance as auxiliary chorus member in five productions of Portland Opera, one nationally televised occasional sermons in my church as substitute for pastors when they are away Katja Freeborn

Aloha High School 18550 SW Kinnaman Road Aloha, Oregon 97007 (503) 259-4700

EDUCATION AND LICENSES

Oregon Standard Teaching License 1995 Endorsements: Secondary Language Arts (5-12) and German (K-12) Washington State Professional Education License 1994 K-12 German Teacher Certification Program 1992 Lewis and Clark College, Portland, Oregon Master of Arts, German Literature and Language 1990 The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio Study Fellow, Freie Universität, Berlin, Germany 1987-1988 Bachelor of Arts, German Language and Literature University Honors Program, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon 1987

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

President, Oregon Association of Teachers of German 2011-2013 Organized mini-conferences for instructors of German in conjunction with the Goethe Institut of San Francisco, managed the National German Exam, worked with the COFLT Board to organize state-wide language conferences and aided teachers, when programs were threatened.

Advisory Coordinator, Aloha High School 2006-2009 Part of a three-member team which took an existing advisory format of once or twice a month, to a weekly Advisory Program which coordinated the implementation of the National Counseling Curriculum, the Career Plan and Profile for all students, analysis of national test results, and the Social Norms Curriculum, and then added grade-level teaching of college prep skills, by preparing lesson plans for all students and teachers at AHS. Specifically responsible for the Junior and Senior Class lesson plans.

Director, Electra Credit Union, Portland, Oregon 1996-2000 Part of nine-member volunteer board, which oversaw a 16,000-member financial institution with over $100 million in assets. Responsible for setting goals, monitoring budget, managing personnel, evaluating CEO, CFO and staff, following Oregon State Law governing credit unions, and managing the assets and liabilities of the membership.

Director and Secretary, German American Society, Portland, Oregon 1995-1998 Part of eighteen-member volunteer board, which managed a 200-member charitable organization with over $1.6 million in assets. Responsible for managing the invested funds of the Society, assuring the funds maintained and gained in value. The Board of Directors was responsible for overseeing the operations of a 72-resident retirement home, with a monthly budget of nearly $100,000.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Classroom Teacher, Aloha High School, Aloha, Oregon 1997-Present Full classroom responsibility for Language Arts, German, and Literacy Workshop. Developed a totally new curriculum with District Reading Specialist for Literacy Workshop, a ninth-grade reading improvement class. Joined the Dual-Credit Teaching Staff at Portland Community College, allowing students to earn PCC Credit for German 101, 102 and 103.

Classroom Teacher, Beaverton High School, Beaverton Oregon 1994-1997 Full classroom responsibility for Language Arts, German, Personal Finance, and Health classe. Redesigned German Program for one year of experimental block schedule. Expanded 60-student German Program to more than 150 enrolled students in 1997. Established a German National Honor Society, with 30 student members. Continued a 15-year, direct student exchange with Trossingen, Germany, fundraising, organizing activities and arranging host families for 20 to 30 students annually.

Classroom Teacher, Baker High School, Baker City, Oregon 1992-1994 Full classroom responsibility for Language Arts, Drama and German classes. Developed Basic Skills English curriculum, designed for IEP students. Established German Program progressing to 3rd and 4th years, and reestablished Theater Productions Department.

Instructor, Portland Community College, Portland, Oregon 1991-1992 Successfully taught three terms of German 101 at Wacker Siltronics, Inc. for the Employee Development Division of Portland Community College.

Graduate Teaching Associate, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 9/89-6/90 Full classroom responsibility for German 101, 102 and 103. 9/87-6/88

SCHOLASTIC ACTIVITIES AND HONORS

*Confederation in Oregon for Foreign Language Teaching, Board Member 2011-2013 *Goethe Institut Summer Stipend, 3-Week Düsseldorf/Brüssel Seminar, EU Politik, 2010 *Inspirational High School Teacher Award, Portland State University, 2009 *Certified P.A.S.S. Assessor for OSSHE: German Language, September 1996 *Inspirational High School Teacher Award, Eastern Oregon State University, 1995 *Recipient, National Endowment for the Humanities Grant to attend Summer Institute at the University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, 1993 *Awarded Fellowship from the Free University of Berlin, Germany to study at the Master’s level for one year, 1988-1989 *Ohio State Eminent Scholar Search Committee Member, 1989 *Portland State Presidential Screening Committee Member, 1986

EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

*Beaverton GAPP, Inc. Secretary, a non-profit to support our GAPP Exchange *Beaverton Education Association Executive Board, 2009-2011, and newly re-elected *Lead BEA Building Representative, AHS 2001-2011 *Site Council Member, AHS 2006-2008, 2012-present *Curriculum and Instruction Committee, Joint BEA/Instruction Dept. Committee, 3 years. *CIM Work Sample and Testing Committee, planning the implementation of statewide assessments each year, and setting up a work sample tracking system, Aloha High School. *Steering Committee, responsible for planning the transition from a standard 7-period schedule to a modified 5-period block schedule, Aloha High School. *Assessment Committee, developing new assessment strategies to be used school-wide, Aloha High School. *German American Partnership Program Coordinator, facilitating a high school exchange program with Trossingen, Germany, 3 years at BHS and one year at AHS. *Technology Committee, overseeing allocation of multimillion dollar technology grant money in Beaverton School District, Beaverton High School. *State Textbook Adoption Committee Member for German, 1996, 2003. *Student Advisor for German Club, Delta Epsilon Phi (German National Honor Society), Junior Class, and Theater Productions, Beaverton High School and German Club and National Honor Society, Aloha High School. *District Textbook Adoption Committee. Involved in planning curriculum for the 21st Century Schools requirements. *Tutor for Migrant Education Project, Jefferson High School, Portland, Oregon, 1991.! Bernd Richard Ferner, MEd, MS

5831 SW 52nd AVE Portland, Oregon 97221 [email protected] (503)-490-9280

Education

Portland State University,

Ed.D. in Educational Leadership, Curriculum and Instruction, Graduate School of Education, Portland, 06/2009 -- current. Masters of Science in Curriculum and Instruction, Graduate School of Education, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Action Research: Bilingual Math Learning: The Influence of Cultural Learning Activities and Second Language Instruction on Math Learning. Portland, OR 09/2005-03/2009

Initial Teaching License Authorization level: Middle- / High school; Endorsements: Basic Math and Multi Subjects. International Teacher Education Program (ITEP) Graduate School of Education, Portland, OR 09/2005-07/2007.

State College of Education of the Saarland

Master of Education (Mathematics, Biology and Technical Science Education)State College of Education Neunkirchen–Heinitz (Saar), Germany 7/1998 -07/2000 (Degree evaluated by Morningside Evaluation and Consulting)

Action Research: Progressive Teaching Methods of Mathematics, Including an Example of the 5th Grade Unit Numbers-Connections [Offene Unterrichtsformen im Mathematikunterricht der ERS an einem Beispiel aus der Unterrichtseinheit Zahlen- Verknüpfungen der Klassenstufe 5]

University of Education Heidelberg Supplementary studies in special education, Pädagogische Hochschule Heidelberg, Germany: 02/1998–07/1998 University of Education Freiburg Bachelors of Education, Teaching Technical Sciences, Biology and Mathematics at Secondary Schools (grade 5 to 10), Pädagogische Hochschule Freiburg, Germany 10/1994– 11/1997, (Degree evaluated by Morningside Evaluation and Consulting) Thesis: An Analysis of Animal Films Used in Higher and Secondary Education [Die Auswertung von Tierfilmaufnahmen für den Unterricht in Hochschule und Schule.]

Albert-Ludwig-Universität Freiburg Teaching Mathematics and Biology at High Schools (grade 5 to 13) Freiburg i.Br., Germany 10/1992 – 09/1994

Vocational Training Certificate of Apprenticeship/ Board Certification Apprenticeship Engineering Machinist-Fitter, Deutsche Bundesbahn Betriebswerk, Weil am Rhein, Germany 08/1986 –02/1990

Vocational School Degree „Gewerbeschule Lörrach” Lörrach, Germany 08/1986 –02/1990

Dissertation

Elementary teacher candidates’ images of mathematics and diverse students: Implications for culturally responsive mathematics education, (Expected defense June 10, 2013), Director: Karen Noordhoff, Curriculum & Instruction, Portland State University

Teaching Credentials State of Oregon: Initial Teaching License II, Teacher Standards and Practices Commission: Authorization Levels: Middle-/ High School. Endorsements: Basic Math, Multiple Subjects; Status: Active

State of Rhineland-Palestine (Germany): Tenure Teacher, Authorization Level: Secondary schools (grades 5-10), Endorsements: Mathematics; Science (Biology), Integrated Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM); Status: Active

Governance and Other Professionally Related Service Governance Activities for University, School or College, and Department

Departmental Service Graduate Teacher Education Program Supervisor Coordinator, Portland State University, Graduate School of Education, Department of Curriculum and Instruction: Portland, OR, 04/2013 – current Assistant to the Graduate Teacher Education Program Coordinator, Portland State University, Graduate School of Education, Department of Curriculum and Instruction: Portland, OR, 09/2011 – current Graduate Teachers Education Program revision support and coordination. Course development Graduate Teacher Education Program: Secondary World Language Methods, Advanced World Language Methods; Secondary work sample guide and assessment development; University supervisor professional development planning, coordination and facilitation; K-12 community outreach forums planning and coordination; Post-secondary community outreach forum planning and coordination; Student orientation event coordination and planning; GTEP Brown Bag Research Colloquium coordination and planning; GTEP-Website and GTEP-Wiki support.

Member, Curriculum and Instruction Master's Degree Advisory Committee,10/2011- current Curriculum and assessment development; Course Syllabus Development: Mentoring and Coaching

Academic Advisor to MA/MS in Curriculum and Instruction. Portland State University, Graduate School of Education, Department of Curriculum and Instruction: Portland, OR, 06/2012 – current Advising MA/MS in Curriculum & Instruction candidates: Jacqueline Fitch, Danielle Restuccia, Kelly Turcotte, Thelma Belcik, Amanda Moore, Cara Schlesser

MA/MS Research Project Advisor. Portland State University, Graduate School of Education, Department of Curriculum and Instruction: Portland, OR, 06/2012 – current Advising, mentoring and coaching of 67 MA/MS in Curriculum & Instruction candidates in research development, implementation, presentation and research report writing. Assistant, Teacher Education Committee (TEC), 02/2011- 07/2011

University Service

Student Representative, GSE Consortium for Professional Education, 6/2011 – current Professionally Related Service

School (K-12) Leadership

Curriculum Coordinator, Environmental and Energy Education Project. In cooperation with Bonneville Environmental Foundation and SolarWorld, , “German American School of Portland” 09/2008 – 4/2010

Adult Class Coordinator, “German American School of Portland” 8/2006 – 7/2010

Advisor to the Science Curriculum Development Committee, “German American School of Portland” 2007

Safety Officer, Gesamtschule Saarbrücken-Bellevue“ State of Saarland, Saarbrücken, Germany 08/2000 – 07/2002 Head Teacher, Technical Science and Economics Department Gesamtschule Saarbrücken- Bellevue“ State of Saarland, Saarbrücken, Germany 08/2000 – 07/2002

School (K-12) Services

Teacher Representative: Communication Committee, “German American School of Portland” Beaverton, OR 10/2008 – 01/2009

Teacher Representative: Middle School Founding Committee, “German American School of Portland” Beaverton, OR 10/2004 – 06/2006

Teacher Representative: Academic Development and Assessment Committee, “German American School of Portland”, Beaverton, OR 10/2004—06/2007

Member: Curriculum Development Committee, “German American School of Portland” Beaverton, OR 08/2004 – 10/2005

Member: Textbook Adaption Committee, Gesamtschule Saarbrücken-Bellevue“, Saarbrücken, Germany 08/2000 – 07/2002 Chair: Curriculum Development Committee, Nature and Environment, Gesamtschule Saarbrücken-Bellevue“, Saarbrücken, Germany 08/2001 – 07/2002

Community Service and Leadership

Member: Planning Committee, Oregon National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME) Conference Planning, Winter 2010 -Spring 2011

CO- Secretary: Saturday School Board, Sophie-Scholl Saturday School of Portland, Zeitgeist Northwest, Beaverton, OR , 05/2011—current

Member: Board of Directors, German American Society of Portland, 2007 -- 2011

Chair: House Committee, German American Society of Portland, 2006 -- 2010

Chair: School Committee, German American Society of Portland, 2007 -- 2011

Member: Scholarship Committee, German American Society of Portland, 2006 --2008

School and Curriculum Development

Co-Founder: German Saturday School, Sophie-Scholl-Schule, Zeitgeist Northwest, Beaverton, OR ; 2011

Founder and Director: Middle School after school program, Portland German Academy; 2010

Founder and Coordinator: Adult German Language Program, German American School of Portland; Beaverton, OR; 2006

School Development Coordinator: Establishing a computer lab, German American School of Portland; Beaverton, OR; 2005

School Development Coordinator: Establishing a Lego-Robotics afternoon program, German American School of Portland (2004)

Cooperating Teacher: State Teacher Education Program Rhineland Palestine, Germany and Karmiliter-Realschule; Worms, Germany; 2002-2004

Cooperating Teacher: State Teacher Education Program Saarland, Germany and Gesamtschule Saarbruecken-Bellevue; Saarbruecken, Germany; 2000-2002 Co-Chair: Curriculum Development Committee, Nature and Environment, Gesamtschule Saarbruecken Bellevue, Saarbruecken Germany(2001-2002)

Chair: Curriculum and School Development Committee, Modernizing the school shops facilities, Gesamtschule Saarbruecken Bellevue, Saarbruecken Germany (2001)

Other Academic Services

Reviewer, Bilingual Research Journal, Routledge, 2011-- current

Honors and Awards

Nominated for 2013 Student Achievement Award-University Service, Portland State University, Portland, OR 4/2013

Faculty Travel Award, PSU Faculty Professional Development Committee, Research and Strategic Partnerships, Portland University, 10/2011

Maria Brown Award, Office of Graduate Studies, Portland State University, Winter 2011

Maria Brown Award, Office of Graduate Studies, Portland State University, Fall 2010

Founders Award, National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME), 10/2010

Professional Development Award, Kappa Delta Pi, Int. Honor Society in Education, May 2009

Memberships in Professional Organizations

Confederation in Oregon for Language Teaching (COFLT)

American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)

National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME)

National Association of Bilingual Education (NABE)

Teacher of Teachers of Mathematics (TOTOM)

Phi Kappa Phi, Honor Society,

Kappa Delta Pi, International Honor Society in Education Employment

Instructor and Assistant to the Graduate Teacher Education Program Coordinator; Portland State University, Graduate School of Education, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Portland, OR, 09/2011 -- current Graduate Administrative Assistant, Portland State University, Graduate School of Education, Graduate Teacher Education Program, 09/2010—06/2011 Instructor; Portland State University, Graduate School of Education, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, 06/2010 – 09/2011 School Program Director and Teacher, Portland German Academy, Beaverton, Oregon, USA grade level: 6—8 (mixed), subject: German maintenance for middle school students (afternoon program) 09/ 2010 – 8/2011 Grade School Teacher, “German American School of Portland” Beaverton, Oregon, USA Subjects: mathematics (3rd, 4th,5th grade), German (5th grade), geography (4th grade), elementary science (3rd, 4th grade), biology (5th grade), logo robotics (3rd – 5th grade) 4th and 5th grade classroom teacher, Cooperating Teacher 08/2004 – 06/2010 Adult Education Program Coordinator; German American School f Portland, Beaverton, Oregon, USA, 08/2006 – 06/2009 Foreign Language Teacher for Adults; German American School of Portland, Beaverton, Oregon, USA, 08/2006 – 06/2009 Secondary School Teacher, “Karmeliter Realschule“, State of Rheinland-Pfalz, Worms, Germany, Subjects: mathematics, biology, geography, arts, wood, metal, and ceramics workshop, swimming. Grades: 5, 7, 9, Cooperating Teacher 08/2002 – 07/2003 Secondary School Teacher, “Gesamtschule Saarbrücken-Bellevue“ State of Saarland, Saarbrücken, Germany, Subjects: mathematics, biology, physics, technical terms, sciences, Grades: 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, Cooperating Teacher 08/2000 – 07/2002 Secondary Comprehensive School Teacher (Mentored), Gesamtschule Saarbrücken-Bellevue, grade levels 5 and 6: subject: science and technology / engineering, Department of Education, State of Saarland, Germany 08/1998 – 07/2000 Secondary School Teacher (Mentored), “Erweiterte Realschule Saarbrücken-Bruchwiese”, grade levels: 5, 7, 10: Subjects: Biology / Health, Mathematics, Department of Education, State of Saarland, Germany 08/1998 –07/2000 Secondary School (Mentored) “Erweiterte Realschule Lebach“; grade levels: 5, 6, 9, subjects: mathematics , science and technology/engineering, Department of Education, State of Saarland, Germany 08/1998–07/2000

Other Teaching, Mentoring and Curricular Achievements Courses Taught

CI 591: Action Research Implementation. (Spring 2013), Portland State University, Graduate School of Education, Department of Curriculum and Instruction

CI 565: Theoretical Models of Curriculum (Spring 2013), Portland State University, Graduate School of Education, Department of Curriculum and Instruction

CI 548: Advanced Secondary Foreign Language Methods. (Winter 2013), Portland State University, Graduate School of Education, Department of Curriculum and Instruction

CI 590: Action Research Proposal. (Winter 2013), Portland State University, Graduate School of Education, Department of Curriculum and Instruction

CI 519: Special Secondary Foreign Language Methods. (Fall 2012), Portland State University, Graduate School of Education, Department of Curriculum and Instruction

CI 591: Action Research Implementation. (Fall 2012), Portland State University, Graduate School of Education, Department of Curriculum and Instruction

CI 565: Theoretical Models of Curriculum (Summer 2012), Portland State University, Graduate School of Education, Department of Curriculum and Instruction

CI 591: Action Research Implementation. (Summer 2012), Portland State University, Graduate School of Education, Department of Curriculum and Instruction

CI 565: Theoretical Models of Curriculum (Spring 2012), Portland State University, Graduate School of Education, Department of Curriculum and Instruction

CI 591: Action Research Implementation. (Winter 2012), Portland State University, Graduate School of Education, Department of Curriculum and Instruction

CI 590: Action Research Proposal. (Fall 2011), Portland State University, Graduate School of Education, Department of Curriculum and Instruction CI 591: Action Research Implementation. (Summer 2011), Portland State University, Graduate School of Education, Department of Curriculum and Instruction

CI 565: Theoretical Models of Curriculum (Summer 2011), Portland State University, Graduate School of Education, Department of Curriculum and Instruction

CI 563: Teacher as Researcher (Summer 2011), Portland State University, Graduate Teacher Education Program, Department of Curriculum and Instruction

CI 591: Action Research Implementation. (Spring 2011), Portland State University, Graduate School of Education, Department of Curriculum and Instruction

CI 590: Action Research Proposal. (Spring 2011), Portland State University, Graduate School of Education, Department of Curriculum and Instruction

CI 591: Action Research Implementation. (Winter 2011), Portland State University, Graduate School of Education, Department of Curriculum and Instruction

CI 514: Multicultural and Urban Education. (Summer 2010), Portland State University, Graduate School of Education, Graduate Teacher Education Program, Department of Continuing Education

Workshops Facilitated:

Ferner, B. R. and de la Cruz, E.C. (2012). Growing into the Profession: Assessing a Teacher’s Dispositions. GTEP Supervisor Professional Development Series, Portland State University, Graduate School of Education, Graduate Teacher Education Program. Jan 23, 2013 / Feb 13, 2013

Bullock D. and Ferner, B. R. (2012). Taking Supervision to the 21st Century: Using Technology for Guiding and Assessing Teacher Candidates. GTEP Supervisor Professional Development Series, Portland State University, Graduate School of Education, Graduate Teacher Education Program. April 24, 2013 / May 15, 2013

De la Cruz, E. C. and Ferner, B. R. (2012) Changes in GTEP Coursework and Field Experiences: What Does This Mean for Supervisors and School Partnerships? GTEP Supervisor Professional Development Series, Portland State University, Graduate School of Education, Graduate Teacher Education Program. Nov 07, 2012 Ferner, B.R. (2012) The Person in the Profession: Partners in Learning Through Mentoring, GTEP Supervisor Professional Development Series, Portland State University, Graduate School of Education, Graduate Teacher Education Program. FEB 15, 2012

Ferner, B.R. and de la Cruz, E. C.(2012) The Person in the Profession: Partners in Learning Through Mentoring, GTEP Supervisor Professional Development Series, Portland State University, Graduate School of Education, Graduate Teacher Education Program.JAN 25, 2012

De la Cruz, E. C. and Ferner, B. R. (2011), Together, Not Alone: Preparing for Today’s Classrooms Through Co-Teaching, GTEP Supervisor Professional Development Series, Portland State University, Graduate School of Education, Graduate Teacher Education Program. OCT 19, 2011

Ferner, B. R. (2011), Together, Not Alone: Preparing for Today’s Classrooms Through Co- Teaching, GTEP Supervisor Professional Development Series, Portland State University, Graduate School of Education, Graduate Teacher Education Program. Nov 09, 2011

Ferner, B. R. (2010), Instructional Differentiation in Bilingual Classrooms: Professional Development Workshop Series. German American School of Portland, March / April 2010

Ferner, B. R. (2002), New Ways in Technical Sciences: [„Neue Wege in der Arbeitslehre“], Professional Development Workshop, Diversity and Science, Engineering & Technology Education, Teachers’ Seminar: State Institute for Professional Teacher Development, St. Ingbert (Saar), Germany (2002)

Presentations and Publications

Conferences Ferner, B. R. (2012), Elementary Teacher Candidates’ Images of Mathematics and Diverse Students: Implications for Culturally Responsive Mathematics Education, National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME), 22th International Conference, Scholar round table paper presentation, Philadelphia, PA, NOV 29, 2012 Henry D. S., Ferner, B. R., Ilosvay, K., Jaffery, Z. and Smith D.(2012), Internationalization & Diversity 4.5: Blending Social, Human and Knowledge Capital in a Professional School of Education, Symposium, 8th International Globalization, Diversity, and Education Conference, Washington State University, Paper presentation, Vancouver, WA, February 22–24, 2012 Ferner, B. R. (2012), Culturally Responsive Math Education: Engaging All Students in Meaningful Learning, Creating Balance in an Unjust World: Conference on Math Education and Social Justice, Paper presentation, San Francisco, CA, Jan 14, 2012 Ferner, B. R. (2011), Building on Student Identity and Classroom Community: How to Promote Learning in a Multicultural Mathematics Classrooms, Half-Day Intensive Institute, National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME), 21th International Conference, Chicago, IL, NOV 5, 2011 Ferner, B. R. and Tilley, T. (2011), Building on Student Identity and Classroom Community: How to Promote Learning in a Multicultural Mathematics Classroom, National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME), 21th International Conference, Chicago, IL, NOV 4, 2011 Ferner, B. R. (2011), Creating classroom communities and relationships in bilingual mathematics classrooms, National Association of Bilingual Education (NABE), 40th Annual National Conference, New Orleans, LA, Feb 16 – Feb 19, 2011 Ferner, B. R. (2010), Language teaching and learning in multilingual math classrooms, National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME), 20th International Conference, Las Vegas, NV, Oct 3 – Oct 6, 2010 Thannheiser, E., McGaffrey, C., Ferner, B.R. (2010), Family math night in prerequisite elementary math teacher education, Teacher of Teachers of Mathematics (TOTOM). Monmouth, OR Sep 3 – Sep 4, 2010 Ferner, B.R. (2010), Between, culture, language and math: Responding to diverse learners. National Association for Multicultural Education , Oregon (OR-NAME), Portland, OR April 20, 2010 Ferner, B.R. (2008), The influence of language and cultural learning activities on math learning, German Immersion Conference, Milwaukee, WI April 2008 Invited Presentations

Ferner, B. R. (2011) The German K-12 school system: History, structure and problems, International Education, Kappa Delta Pi, International Honor in Education, Portland State Chapter, Nov 17, 2011

Ferner, B. R. (2010) The Berlin Wall: Separation and re-unification of Germany, ACE Week, French International School of Portland, Beaverton, OR, Nov 5, 2010

Ferner, B. R. (2010) Between culture, language and math: Responding to diverse learners, Portland State University, Mathematics and Statistics, MTH 212 Mathematics for Elementary Teachers, Winter 2010

Ferner, B. R. (2009), Between culture and math: Math learning in a multicultural environment: Portland State University, Mathematics and Statistics, Research in Learning Methods, Fall 2009

Ferner, B. R. (2009), Between culture and math: Challenges for math teachers in culturally diverse classrooms: Portland State University, Graduate School of Education, Curriculum and Culture, Spring 2009

Ferner, B. R. (2009),Teacher as a Researcher: developing an action research project, Portland State University, Graduate School of Education, Action Research, Winter 2009

Online Publication Thannheiser, E., McGuffrey C., and Ferner, B. R. (2010), Family math night in prerequisite elementary math teacher education, Conference handout of Teachers of Teacher of Mathematics (TOTOM). Monmouth, OR Sep 3 – Sep 4, 2010

Ferner, B. R. (2010), Between, culture, language and math: Responding to diverse learners. Conference handout, National Association for Multicultural Education , Oregon (ORNAME), Portland, Or April 20, 2010

Scholarly Works in Progress

Ferner, B.R. (Resubmitted) The influence of cultural learning activities and second language instruction on math learning, Bilingual Research Journal, Routledge

Ferner, B.R. (In Preparation) Elementary teacher candidates’ images of mathematics and diverse students: Implications for culturally responsive mathematics education, Dissertation Thesis, Ed.D Curriculum & Instruction, Portland State University

Heike Schütz-Malinowski 8385 SW Davies Ct. Portland, OR 97223 Tel: 503.977.0203 E-mail: [email protected]

Education:

1981 - 1983 State College of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany Master of Education (Mathematics, French) State College of Education Lübeck, Germany (2. Staatsexamen für Realschullehrer) 1975 – 1980 University of Education Kiel, Germany Bachelors of Education Teaching Mathematics and French at Secondary Schools (grade 5 to 10) Pädagogische Hochschule, Kiel 1967 – 1975 Klaus-Groth-Schule Neumünster (High School Diploma, Allgemeine Hochschulreife) 1963 – 1967 Elementary School Hohenwestedt, Germany

Work experience:

1980 – 1981 Schulzentrum Neukirchen, NF Head Teacher 3rd grade 1983 – 1984 Landesbank, Kiel Assistant Service Center 1984 - 1985 Realschule Erfde, RD-Eck Subject Teacher French (1st-4th grade) 1985 – 1986 Industrie- und Handelskammer Kiel, Germany AA in Business and IT 1986 – 1996 Grone Schule Neumünster Faculty IT and computer applications 1996- present German American School of Portland Head Teacher grades 3-5 (STEM, DaF) Assistant Head of School/Verwaltungsleiterin Development and implementation of curriculum matching both Oregon and German teaching standards Successful application for several grants for the school

CURRICULUM VITAE

KATHLEEN GODFREY May 17, 2013, 2013

Education

Ed.D. 2013 Educational Leadership, Portland State University M.A. 2001 TESOL, Portland State University B.A. 1974 Germanics, University of Washington

Employment

Fixed-Term Senior Instructor for German, 2008 to present, Portland State University

Fixed-Term Instructor for German, 2001- 2008, Portland State University

Teaching Assistant for German, 2000-2001, Portland State University

Teaching Assistant for ESL, 1999-2001, Portland State University

Instructor for ESL, 1999-2000, Clark Community College

Instructor for ESL, 1999, Portland Community College

Graduate Research Assistant, 1998-1999, Dept. of Applied Linguistics, Portland State University

Instructor for EFL, 1977-1993, Berlitz School of Languages, Frankfurt, Germany

English Instructor, 1975-1976, Bundesgymnasium Feldkirch, Austria

Non-Refereed Publications or Other Creative Achievements

Teacher Questioning Techniques, Student Responses and Critical Thinking, ERIC Document ED459609, 2001, 133 pages

Columnist for Oregon Teachers of Speakers of Other Languages (ORTESOL) Newsletter, 2000-2001

Developed ESL teacher training videotape on teaching techniques, presented at Portland State University Teaching & Learning Technology Fair, 2000

Presentations at Professional Meetings

Summer School Workshop, Goethe-Institut New York, February 2011, Global Learning Outcomes of a German Foreign Language Immersion Program

Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum Annual Conference, Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum Consortium, Baldwin Wallace College, Berea, Ohio, October 2010, Russian Across the Curriculum: Program Implementation & Assessment in Year One

1 American Association of Teachers of Eastern European Languages Annual Conference, American Association of Teachers of Eastern European Languages, San Francisco, California, December 2008, Evaluation and Assessment of PSU Russian Language Flagship Program

Teaching Russian in the Pacific Northwest Conference, University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C., August 2009, Measuring Student Success in Content-Based Russian Language Instruction

Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum Annual Conference, Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum Consortium, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC. October 2008, Russian Across the Curriculum: Planning, Implementation, Assessment

WAFLT-COFLT Bi-State Conference, WAFLT-COFLT, Tacoma, WA, October 2002, How Proficiency-oriented Are We?: A Program Assessment Project in a University-Level Foreign Language Program

Honors, Grants, and Fellowships

Fulbright Award to attend Baden-Württemberg Seminar for American Faculty in German and German Studies, Tübingen, Germany, June 10-23, 2013

Goethe-Institut scholarship recipient to attend Teacher Training Seminar in Berlin, Germany, August-September 2008, amount approximately $4,000

ACE Internationalization Initiative Mini-Grant recipient together with other members of the ACE Internationalization Collaborative, 2006, amount $7,500

Portland State University Internationalization Mini-Grant recipient, 2005-2006, amount: $1,000

NEA Foundation for the Improvement of Education Leadership Grant recipient, 2001, amount: $1,000

Significant Professional Development Activities

Continuing Education Program, Educational Leadership Doctoral Program, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, September 2003 - present

Seminar, Goethe German Language Exam Certification, Goethe-Institut San Francisco, San Francisco, California, October 22- 24, 2010

Seminar, German Business Communication, Goethe-Institut, Berlin, Germany, August 24 – September 8, 2008

Workshop, Styles-and Strategies-Based Instruction, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, June 26-30, 2006

Seminar, Intercultural Development Inventory Seminar, The Intercultural Communication Institute, Portland, Oregon, February 22, 2006 - February 24, 2006

Seminar, OPI Training, ACTFL, Berkeley, California, July 25, 2002 - July 28, 2002

Departmental Service

Presenter at Foreign Languages & Literatures Departmental Meeting, Portland State University Foreign Languages & Literatures Dept., Portland, Oregon, March 2010, FLL Faculty Survey on Critical Thinking

Committee Chair, Assessment Committee, September 2003 to present

Assistant Director, Deutsche Sommerschule am Pazifik, September 2003 to present

Coordinator for Second-Year German, 2001 to present

Member of Research Team, Russian Flagship Program, Portland State University, October 2008 – June 2010

Lecturer at Writing Center, Portland State University, May 2007, German Writing Conventions

Presenter at Challenge Program High School Teachers’ Workshop. Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, February 2007, Styles-and Strategies-Based Instruction

Chair and Coordinator of the Second Annual Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum Conference, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, October 2006

MA Final Paper Advisor, five Spanish and German MA students, 2005 – 2006

Research Director, NCLB grant project on Styles- and Strategies-Based Instruction for Second Languages, 2006

Member of Faculty Peer Hearing Committee of the Faculty Grievance Panel, 2004 – 2005

Member of the Oregon University System German Advisory Board, 2004 – 2010

Chair of the Fixed-Term Faculty Review Committee, 2004 – 2005

Research Coordinator for the Redesign of First-Year Spanish Project at Portland State University (PEW grant), 2003

Memberships in Professional Societies

OUS Germany Advisory Board

American Association of Teachers of German (AATG)

Confederation in Oregon for Language Teaching (COFLT)

Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum Consortium

Wayne State University Junior Year in Munich Alumni Association