Experience

Oakton College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 500 - 600 Employee

• ESL Teacher

  • 2011 - Present

  Placement aide: proctored testing, kept records. Teaching English language to basic level students. Placement aide: proctored testing, kept records. Teaching English language to basic level students.



Book clubs

• United States

• Teacher

  • May 2017 - Jul 2023

  Reading novels with ESL students from Korea, Afghanistan, etc. includes work with vocab, idiom, decoding, register, discussion. 10 students, each 1x/week Reading novels with ESL students from Korea, Afghanistan, etc. includes work with vocab, idiom, decoding, register, discussion. 10 students, each 1x/week



school district 65

• teacher

  • 1987 - 2011

  Taught grades 1,2,4 and 5. Developed curriculum in social studies and language arts; won 2 IMPACT awards for math teaching. I continue to substitute teach part-time, and have taught poetry units in fourth and fifth grade classes. Taught grades 1,2,4 and 5. Developed curriculum in social studies and language arts; won 2 IMPACT awards for math teaching. I continue to substitute teach part-time, and have taught poetry units in fourth and fifth grade classes.



Consulata degli Stati Uniti, Firenze

• ESL Teacher

  • 1982 - 1982

  Taught the Italian employees of the American Consulate in Florence, Italy. Taught the Italian employees of the American Consulate in Florence, Italy.