GERMAN

Education

B.A. Studio Art University of Missouri-Kansas City 1993

Resided in Berlin, Germany 1994-96

Equivalent hours to B.A. German University of Missouri-Kansas City 1996

M.A. German Language and Literature Colorado State University 1999

Colorado Springs 1999-2007: German, Art (ceramics, drawing, painting, photography), International Baccalaureate German, Special Needs, Advanced Placement Coordinator, and Gifted and Talented Coordinator

Japan Fulbright Memorial Fund recipient 2007

Completed additional graduate course work (M.A. + 75) in Educational Law, Educational Diversity, Curriculum Development, et. al.

Administrative, Leadership, and Policy Studies 2015 University of Colorado-Denver

Licensure & Endorsements: German K-12; Art K-12; Principal K-12

Jeffco: Chatfield Senior High School 2007-current

-German I, II, Honors II, III, Concurrent Enrollment 111/112, and Concurrent Enrollment 211/212

-GAPP coordinator: Summer Immersion Home-stay Exchange

-Host a German! Exchange Program Sponsor

-Jeffco German Curricula Creator

-Jeffco Seal of Bi-Literacy Team

Other: U.S. Government: National Language Service Corps volunteer translator 2012-present

Awards & Accolades

2019 Colorado German Teacher of the Year

2019 Klett Book Award

2019 U.S. State Department for American Diplomacy & German Language via GAPP Exchange

About Me

Tag! Ich komme aus Kansas City, MO, wohne aber seit 1997 in Colorado. Ich liebe Snowboarding, Wandern, Camping, Scuba-tauchen, und natürlich Reisen! Ich lese auch gern und esse gern Sushi. Ich bin schon nach vielen Ländern gereist: Norwegen, Schweden, in die Niederlande, Deutschland, Österreich, Tschechien, Frankreich, Belgien, Italien, Griechenland, Kroatien, in die Türkei, Japan, in die Schweiz, und auch Thailand und Myanmar. 2018: Azores, Portugal, & Spain. 2019: student trip to Berlin & Dresden,Germany. 2019: Mallorca and mainland Spain. 2022: student trip to Düsseldorf & Munich, Germany; then on to Sardinia, Italy. 2023 Iceland???