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CV/RESUME

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Professional ​
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Focused on Teaching and Learning I have ....

  • Taught primary school in the United States and Cote d'Ivoire West Africa

  • Directed the training of families transitioning to an overseas assignment

  • Monitored 100s of children's schooling located in over 40 countries

  • Led workshops around the world for teachers working with children of diverse backgrounds,

  • Researched how to enhance teacher-student interactions across cultural differences using a hybrid participatory photography method

  • Coached teachers in enhancing their interactions with students who come from diverse cultural backgrounds

  • Consulted with schools and families to enhance immigrant and refugee families' transitions into schools

Skills

*Cross-cultural competence

*Creative Teaching Approaches

*Coaching Transitioning Families

*Collaborative Research

*Constructive & Informed Reframing of Teaching & Learning in Diverse Contexts

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Work​
experience​
Associate Professor of Education Emeritus
Penn State Harrisburg
2024-Present
 
Associate Professor of Education
Penn State Harrisburg

​2013 - 2024

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Assistant Professor of Education

Penn State Harrisburg

2006-2013​

 

Research Educational Specialist
Mid-Atlantic Regional Education Laboratory

2008-2011

 

Director of Training & Education
WorldVenture (nonprofit; aka CBInternational)

1990-2001

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Primary School Teacher

Grades 1-4; ICA Cote d'Ivoire, West Africa

Grades 4-6: Westminster Christian School, Miami, FL

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Global Work

Experience in...

France

Cote d'Ivoire

+40 countries

 

Global Nonprofit: Director of Training & Education

Education
Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois

Ed.D. in Educational Psychology

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University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida

M.A. in Educational Leadership

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Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois

B.A. in Elementary Education

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