Teaching Experience
Lake Tahoe Community College South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150, 9/97 - 6/98, 9-01
- present
- French Instructor
Sierra Nevada College Incline Village, NV 89450, 8/95 - 1/99
- French, ESL, and Teacher Education Instructor
Mountain Meadow School Truckee, CA 96141, 9/93 - 2/94
- "French for Kids" Teacher
North Tahoe High School Tahoe City, CA 96145, 9/91 - 6/92
- French Teacher (levels 1-3)
- English Teacher (Fundamentals, American Literature)
Lake Forest School Tahoe City, CA 96145, 4/91 - 6/91
- "French for Kids" Teacher
Soquel High School Soquel, CA 95073, 9/81 - 6/90
- French Teacher (levels 1-4, AP, Intensives 1-4)
- English Teacher (English Composition)
Lycée Jules Javel Champagnole, France, 9/88 - 6/89
- Fulbright Exchange - EFL (levels 1,4,6,7 + GRETA advanced
adult ed.)
Cabrillo College Aptos, CA 95003, Spring 87
- French Instructor ( evening - level 1)
Aptos High School Aptos, CA 95003, 9/79 - 6/80
- French Teacher (levels 1-3)
Piner High School Santa Rosa, CA 95045, 2/78 - 6/78
- Student Teacher, French
Kenilworth Junior High School Petaluma, CA 94954, 9/77 - 2/78
- Student Teacher, French (levels 1-3)
French Educational Writing (the following High
School French textbooks have copyrights of 1996)
Writer - Allez, viens! Practice and activity book, level 3,
Holt, Rinehart & Winston
Writer - Allez, viens! Practice and activity book, level 2,
Holt, Rinehart & Winston
Writer - Allez, viens! Pilot internet activity guide to accompany
series , Holt, Rinehart & Winston
Contributing writer - Allez, viens! Textbook, level 2, Holt,
Rinehart & Winston
Other writing projects
Author/Publisher - Tahoe's
Magical West Shore, a Tahoe Country guidebook/keepsake - 2001
Founder, webmaster, editor, Tahoe
Country, a High Sierra cultural webzine - online since February 2,
96
Contributing Editor, France Today
magazine (Web Watch column: September 95 - present)
Editor, Tahoma Tattler - Quarterly newsletter, 10/92 - 2/99
Professional Activities
Fulbright Exchange Teacher in France, 9/88-6/89
Mentor Teacher, Santa Cruz City Schools, 9/85-6/88
Board Member, CFLTA, 87-88
Member, TECC 8 Foreign Language Curriculum Team, 85-87
President, Santa Cruz County Foreign Language Teachers Assoc., 85-88
Director, Santa Cruz City Schools Foreign Language Fiesta, 5/86
Presentations
Teaching and Testing for Proficiency, Sonoma State University, 8/87
Teaching for Communication, Stanford University, Spring 86
Teaching and Testing for Proficiency, Mentor Project, 5/87
Elements of Communication, Mentor Project,10/86
Changing Trends in Foreign Language, Mentor Project, 5/86
Traveling with Students, Santa Cruz County Teacher Fair, 6/84
Traveling with Students, Humanities Conference, 2/84
Careers in Foreign Language, Crystal Springs School, 4/76
Travel Leader / Student Exchange Host
Exchange Host for 20 French students from Nice, France, 4/88
Leader - 1 month Study Tour to France for US students, Summer 84
Leader - 1 month Study Tour to France for US students, Summer 82
European Tour Escort - 7 countries for American Express, Fall 72
Professional Growth
Squaw Valley Writers Conference
Sierra Nevada Writers Conference
ACTFL Oral Proficiency Testing Training
California State Competency Project Training
California State Training of Trainers Program - FL Implementation Center
TESA - Teacher Effectiveness Student Achievement
Advanced Placement Seminar for French
Rassias Drill Techniques Training
Superlearning Techniques for FL Teachers
Total Physical Response Training
Advanced Curriculum Design
Compétence Orale - Training
AATF Conference - Montréal, New Orleans
ALL Conference - Washington, DC