2001-Present      California State University-Los Angeles     Los Angeles, CA        Certificate and Master of Arts in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Candidate

Ø       Grade Point Average: 4.0 (A= 4.0) on 45 units of coursework

Ø       Worked with CalState-L.A. professors, Dr. M. A. Snow, and Dr. L. D. Kamhi-Stein in Grad Excel Program, 2001-2002

Ø       Writing Masters thesis on pragmatic ability of adolescent English Language Learners

Ø       Presented thesis research at International TESOL conference-Salt Lake City, UT, April 9, 2002

Ø       Presented thesis research at Research Colloquium- CalState-L.A., April 23, 2002

1990-1994         University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee             Milwaukee, WI

Bachelor of Science, Middle and Secondary Education and French

Ø       Graduated Summa Cum Laude

Ø       Departmental Honors-French

Ø       Pi Lambda Theta Award-Education

Ø       Overall Grade Point Average: 3.9 (A=4.0)

Ø       Major Grade Point Average: 4.0 (A= 4.0)

1997–Present    Baldwin Park Unified School District           Baldwin Park, CA

French & AVID Instructor

Ø       Full-time position teaching French language & culture to

9-12^th grade students, Levels I-III, AVID instructor-9^th grade

Ø       Directed French Club Activities (Not a paid position)

Ø       Wrote numerous proposals/received funding -Impact & Site-Block Grants for French & AVID instructional materials, 1999-2002

Ø       Received Golden Apple Award-Teacher of the Year, 2002

Ø       Founding member/current secretary Senior Projects Committee, developed curriculum, rubrics for Senior Projects implementation, 2001-Present

Ø       L.E.P. committee member/secretary, 2000-Present

Ø       Teacher representative-School Site Council, two-year term, 2002-2004

Ø       Teacher trainer ELD standards (K-12), New Teacher Academy, summer 2001

Ø       Attended L.A. Stars conference- Foreign Language Teaching, 1998-2000, completed independent project for State of California, 2001

Ø       Participated in over 40 hours of instruction, developed lesson plans, Technology Workshops for Digital High School, summer 2000

Ø       Attended numerous conferences on AVID throughout school year, 2001-2002

Middle/Secondary/Post-Secondary French and/or E.S.L./E.F.L. Teaching Position

Writing poetry, reading, running 5k-10k runs, spending time with my family

References available upon request