
Instructor at Riverview High School
Sarasota, Florida Area

Instructor at Riverview High School
Sarasota, Florida Area
My goal is to help improve education for teachers and students. I believe in individualized and differentiated instruction, using independent project-based learning supported by instructional technology in a comfortable, feng shui inspired setting. I see the most successful teachers act as a coach, encouraging students to be active learners.
Integrating technology in educational settings; writing curriculum; teaching, leadership positions, organizational methods...
(Public Company; Higher Education industry)
August 1994 — Present (15 years 5 months)
I teach four college classes at Riverview High School. They are GER1120, GER 1121, GER 2200 and GER2201. Students earn 4 college credits for each course they complete successfully.
(Primary/Secondary Education industry)
January 1993 — Present (17 years )
I use a stress-free, high student engagement method (www.thejoyfulteacher.com) to teach beginner to advanced courses in foreign languages (German and French), as well as internet marketing.
Ph.D. , Second Language Acquisition & Instructional Technology , 1995 — 1998
Dissertation titled: The Effects of Computer-Mediated Writing on the Quality and Quantity of Foreign Language Composing.
Also published in Mark Warschauer's Virtual Connections (1995) and several issues of Learning & Leading with Technology
21st century teaching methods, internet marketing, instructional technology, foreign language education, second language acquisition, feng shui, yoga, new age, eating raw, Montessori, international travel.
AATG, FFLA, ACTFL
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