Allison L. Weiss

SPA>ENG Translation, Spanish Instruction, eLearning

Greater Chicago Area

Current
  • Co-Founder, President at Latin American Art Song Alliance

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Past

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Education
  • University of Chicago
  • University of Chicago
  • University of Portland
  • University of Puget Sound

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Allison L. Weiss’s Summary

Teacher, translator, administrator with entrepreneurial and marketing bent. 5 years in student services (higher education). 10 years in office management and administrative positions (non-profit, educational, and corporate). 2 years experience in K-12 education. Freelance Spanish>English translator, tour director. Fluent in Spanish.

Current career goals:

Improve language learning on- and offline through the innovative use of technology.

Work with visionary organizations, including software development and instructional design firms, to design technologies that will improve teaching and learning in the classrom.

Teach online courses and develop a body of best practices for instructional design in the context of distance learning and building learning communities. (see http://www.groupsthatlearn.com)

Coordinate the efforts of scholars, musicians, and educators to promote Latin American classical music (see http://laasa.org).

Gain additional expertise in the areas of international copyright laws, sheet music publishing and digital music distribution.

Collaborate with music artists and social entrepreneurs.

Allison L. Weiss’s Specialties:

Spanish>English Translation, Educational Technology, Latin American Music, Second Language Acquisition, Music Education, Vocal Pedagogy, Tourism

Allison L. Weiss’s Experience

  • Language and Technology Coordinator, Spanish Instructor

    Illinois Wesleyan University

    (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

    August 2009 — Present (5 months)

    • Coordinates curriculum and administers Pearson's MySpanishLab for ~18 sections of Spanish

    • Supports 5-6 adjunct instructors with curricular and technological needs in and out of the classroom

    • Teaches 100-, 200-, and 300-level Spanish courses

    • Coordinates and trains student Spanish Tutors

    • Coordinates Language Resource Center

    • Assists Hispanic Studies and Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures Departments (22 faculty members) with technology integration and professional development needs

    • Serves on the Teaching, Learning and Technology Roundtable for the campus and contributes to TLTR blog.

  • President

    Groups That Learn™

    (Primary/Secondary Education industry)

    October 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)

    • Provides students and educational professionals with an immersive eLearning experience to assist them in leveraging the power of online tools and cooperative group work.

    • Helps design educational software to optimize group learning in K-12 and Higher Ed environments.

  • SPA>ENG Translations

    SPINGit Translation Services

    (Privately Held; Translation and Localization industry)

    January 2006 — Present (4 years )

    • Translation: Medical, Finance, Technology, Education, Tourism, Music

    • Transcription: English, Spanish

    • Training: Wordfast Pro, Wordfast 5.5, OmegaT

  • Co-Founder, President

    Latin American Art Song Alliance

    (Publishing industry)

    May 2003 — Present (6 years 8 months)

    • Produces LAASA.ORG web site and social network

    • Oversees advisory board meetings and strategic planning

    • Works with music publishers to secure rights for digital republication and resale

    • Manages business finances, records, and membership

  • Instructional Technology Specialist

    University of Chicago Laboratory Schools

    (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

    July 2007 — June 2009 (2 years )

    • Integrated a variety of technologies into language classrooms with a special focus on the DiLL language lab software developed at Northwestern University (MacOS only; http://bit.ly/DiLLab)

    • Designed monthly and summer professional development opportunities for 21 World Language teachers

    • Maintained 36 desktop clients, OSX server, laptops; requisitioned new furniture, hardware, software

    • Assisted teachers in one-on-one training sessions with diverse learning styles

    • Maintained blogs for students, parents, and teachers (http://blogs.ucls.uchicago.edu/wll and http://blogs.ucls.uchicago.edu/yuperstar)

    • Advised Filmmaking and Classic Film Clubs

    • Oversaw a student project for an online interactive rubric (http://worldlanguagelab.wikispaces.com/Feedback)

  • Computing Assistant Lead, Financial Assistant

    University of Chicago Graduate School of Business

    (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

    January 2006 — June 2007 (1 year 6 months)

    • Trained, scheduled, and supervised 30+ computing assistants in Harper Center and Gleacher Center computing labs

    • Resolved HR concerns, reinforced expectations, and clarified policy

    • Assisted students with computing, printing, and connectivity questions

    • Logged all incoming and outgoing accounting charges for computing services department.

    • Reconciled monthly ledger and processed departmental orders and reimbursements

  • Executive Assistant

    Novellus Systems

    (Public Company; NVLS; Semiconductors industry)

    May 2005 — June 2005 (2 months)

    • Managed travel arrangements and appointments for two executives, seven managers, and 120 individual contributors

    • Coordinated meetings, organized email, planned departmental events

  • Assistant Hall Director, Career Services Peer Advisor

    University of Portland

    (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

    August 2003 — May 2005 (1 year 10 months)

    • Oversaw facility maintenance for 160-person residence hall, including work order log, furniture inventory, and room condition reports

    • Advised residence hall programming body for multiple hall and campus-wide events

    • Facilitated check-in/check-out with student staff and residence hall association

    • Designed trainings for residence life staff (beginning of year and ongoing)

    • Assisted students to set healthy limits and good time management habits

    • Assisted students and alumni with job searches or declaration of major

    • Copyedited student resumes and cover letters

    • Answered phone inquiries and attended walk-ins

    • Published weekly newsletter to university community

  • Annual Fund Associate

    William Temple House

    (Fund-Raising industry)

    September 2002 — May 2003 (9 months)

    • Managed Raiser’s Edge database of 27,000 constituent records and developed policies and procedures for its maintenance

    • Oversaw gift entry and worked closely with data entry volunteers and finance

    • Developed donor relations and strengthened communication lines between donors and agency administration

    • Prepared daily deposits and financial reports (monthly, quarterly, project-based)

  • Assistant Family Center Developer, Family Education Program Coordiator

    Catholic Community Services

    (Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

    March 2002 — August 2002 (6 months)

    • Designed and implemented a literacy program to meet needs of the Latino Population in Clark County

    • Networked and partnered with other community organizations to avoid duplication of services and effectively marketed program offerings to Latino community

    • Strengthened communication lines between staff and fostered a sense of teamwork

    • Supervised and trained employees and volunteers in program planning

    • Acquired grant funding and in-kind donations for literacy program

    • Devised agency-appropriate system for prioritizing and seeking outside funding

    • Advised administration on strategic plan and long-term vision

  • Receptionist, Event Posting Specialist

    PlaceWare

    (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

    September 2000 — February 2001 (6 months)

    • Worked with web designers and programmers to streamline intra-company processes

    • Posted web-conferencing events on the company's servers

    • Designed an engaging training tutorial in PowerPoint to facilitate clear communication between company and clients

    • Helped maintain company roster of 200+ employees

    • Proficient in Adobe and Microsoft products

  • Administrative Assistant

    Inherent, Inc.

    (Privately Held; Internet industry)

    July 2000 — August 2000 (2 months)

    • Built client-side custom forms in Microsoft Outlook for intra-office use

    • Ran reports and entered data in Microsoft Access database

    • Designed marketing newsletter template

    • Conducted daily and weekly back-ups for eight web servers

  • Community Coordinator, Language House Coordinator

    University of Puget Sound

    (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

    August 1996 — May 2000 (3 years 10 months)

    • Organized academic and social programs for six campus-owned facilities, including French, German, Spanish, and Japanese houses

    • Placed work orders for facility maintenance; delivered mail daily to residents

    • Served as mediator for roommate conflicts

    • Accurately completed check-in/check-out paperwork and procedures for 25-30 residents

    • Organized academic and social programs for 25-30 residents living in university housing; confronted students in violation of school policy

    • Placed work orders for facility maintenance; delivered mail to residents

    • Served as mediator for roommate and community conflicts

  • Secretary

    Incoming, Inc.

    (Telecommunications industry)

    July 1996 — August 1996 (2 months)

    • Streamlined product shipment verification processes

    • Answered phones, manage office space, entered data

    • Organized and managed high-volume data entry project

  • Office Manager/Product Assistant

    Musicware, Inc.

    (Computer Software industry)

    September 1993 — June 1996 (2 years 10 months)

    • Beta-tested PIANO© educational software

    • Proofread and edited technical writing in introductory manuals

    • Shipped product; organized mass-market mail-merges on Word

    • Called on overdue accounts and updated records in Accounts Payable/Receivable

    • Answered phones, welcomed visitors, managed executives' correspondence

Allison L. Weiss’s Education

  • University of Chicago

    Advanced Certificate , Translation Studies , 2007 — 2009

    • https://grahamschool.uchicago.edu/php/translationstudies/

  • University of Chicago

    MA , Latin American Studies , 2005 — 2009

    • MA Thesis: Action, Adaption, and the National /sentir/ in the Songs of Julián Aguirre (1868-1924) Argentina

    • Contributor to reference volume on Latin American Art Song (IU Press, forthcoming)

  • University of Portland

    MA , Music , 2003 — 2005

    • MA Thesis: A Guide to the Songs of Carlos López Buchardo (1881-1948) Argentina

    • 16K Business Plan Competition participant

    • Concerto/Aria Competition Winner

    • Awarded Student Development Funds for research in Argentina

  • University of Puget Sound

    BM , Music Education , 1994 — 2000

    • Minor in Latin American Studies

    • Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society

    • Performed the roles of Arminda in La Finta Giardiniera and Fiordiligi in Cosí fan tutte

    • Dean's List; Cumulative GPA: 3.79; Major GPA: 3.92

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Allison L. Weiss’s Interests:

language learning, teaching, technology, translation, translation technology, online collaboration, EdTech, Instructional Design, professional development and training, Latin America, Music

Allison L. Weiss’s Groups:

IALLT, ASTD, ATA, LAASA.ORG, NATS, Classroom 2.0

  •    University of Puget Sound Alumni
  •    University of Chicago Laboratory Schools
  •    UP Alumni
  •    American Translators Association Language Technology Division
  •    University of Chicago Latin American Studies MA Alumni

Allison L. Weiss’s Honors:

J. William Fulbright Scholarship, Buenos Aires, Argentina (Mar 2001 - Dec 2001)

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