Education & Test Score Details

• 2008 MA in Secondary Education from La Salle University
• 2005 MA in Modern German Culture from Indiana University Bloomington
• 2001 BA in German Language and Culture from Indiana University Bloomington
• ACTFL OPI rating in German: Advanced-Mid (2008)
  • Here is my certificate from ACTFL
• Praxis Scores
  • German Content Knowledge: 200 (taken: 6-9-07)
  • French Content Knowledge: 194 (taken: 4-26-08)
  • Fundamental Subjects: Content Knowledge: 198 (taken 4-26-08)
  • PPST Computerized Skills Test Reading: 186 (taken: 1-20-05)
  • PPST Computerized Skills Test Writing: 182 (taken: 1-20-05)
  • PPST Computerized Skills Test Mathematics: 188 (taken: 1-20-05)

Certification

• Pennsylvania Instructional II (2014) -- German and French
• New Jersey Standard Certificate for German, License #1006772 - ( Issued September 2015)
• New Jersey Standard Certificate for French (details to be added)

Professional Development

• Summer 2017, July 10-12: CI Without Stress / Starting the Year and Cycles of Instruction and Assessment with Ben Slavic and Tina Hargarden.
• Summer 2017, June 18-June 29: Teaching Sustainability in the German classroom and across the curriculum. Held in Germany at the European Academy in Otzenhausen, Saarland. Organized by the Goethe Institut Chicago.
• Summer 2016: STEM/MINT Seminar from AATG - three-week seminar for K-16 educators in Leipzig exploring the integration of MINT/STEM subjects in German curriculum
• attended ACTFL in Philadelphia and NECTFL in NYC twice.
• Summer 2010: German TPRS Seminar at Sweet Briar College - one week

My Areas of Interest (specific to teaching)

• Comprehensible Input Teaching
• Curriculum Design
• Growing and Maintaining Language Programs