-Current high school Spanish I & geometry teacher (9th-12th grades) // -Former tutor employed by the University of Michigan to prepare undergraduate and graduate education students for the Spanish ACTFL OPIc (The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages' Oral Proficiency Interview by Computer, needed to obtain state teaching credentials and/or NCLB qualification for K-12 Spanish) // -4 years as a community educator and advocate for Great Lakes Native American culture // Clinical Internship Experiences: -1 year of 3rd & 4th grade Introductory Spanish -1 year of Spanish I & II (9th/10th grade) -1 year of Spanish III (10th/11th/12th grade) and AP/IB Spanish // Credentialed teacher in Michigan and California
-Focus on critical thinking -Focus on interpersonal, interpretive and presentational communication -Interactive -Language immersion -TPRS -Focus on indigenous cultures -Common Core focused -Student centered
HONORS & AWARDS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, ANN ARBOR: University Honors: April 2011, December 2011, December 2012 // Romance Languages & Literatures Student Achievement Award Faculty of Romance Languages & Literatures, April 2013 // Blue Ribbon Award for Outstanding Research Symposium Poster & Presentation, Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program, April 2010 // Native American Student Association -Best Example of Teamwork by a Student Organization of the Year Michigan Difference Student Leadership Awards, April 2013 -Community Service Award, Sigma Lambda Gamma National Sorority, Incorporated: Beta Chapter, April 2013
University of Michigan- Ann Arbor '13, BA
Member of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians
6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool, Not Grade Specific
Math, Geometry, Social Studies - History, World Language, Spanish, Arts & Music, Geography, Cooking, Basic Math