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HEIDI MARIE LAIDEMITT [email protected]

Education Master of Arts -‐ Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages Certificate in Language Program Administration August 2010-‐May 2012 Monterey, CA Monterey Institute of International Studies (MIIS) A Graduate School of Middlebury College Merit Scholar Spanish Language Immersion Programs – Advanced Levels August 2009 – June 2010 Fenix Language Institute Zacatecas, México Querétaro Language School Querétaro, México Bachelor of Arts -‐ Linguistics June 2008 Bachelor of Arts -‐ Psychology La Jolla, California University of California, San Diego (UCSD) Provost Honors (Winter 2008, Winter 2007, Fall 2006)

Teaching Experience English as a Second Language (ESL) Teacher January 2011 – Present Peace Resource Center (PRC) Seaside, California This not-‐for-‐profit community center offers space to local organizations and residents.

❧ Team-‐teach ESL classes for two-‐hour weekly sessions to English language learners. Lessons focus on language for everyday life following a theme of “Peace and Social Justice.”

❧ With a team of colleagues, created a curriculum and language assessment project to be used for Summer 2011 and beyond.

❧ Kept a teaching journal during Spring 2011 and fulfilled Practicum teaching hours in Summer 2011 to engage in reflective teaching and professional development.

Shimane Adjunct Professor July 2011 -‐ August 2011 Monterey Institute of International Studies (MIIS) Monterey, California The program is a 4-‐week intensive English course where students from Shimane University in Japan attend daily classes and live with host families.

❧ Created a syllabus for two content-‐based classes -‐ “Current Events” and “Panel Discussion” – based on an initial student needs analysis.

❧ Integrated various websites and programs like typewithme, youtube, Audacity, iMovie, and Grooveshark to promote learner autonomy and to meet the students’ primary goals of focusing on speaking and listening skills.

❧ Included projects to synthesize the learners’ experience like podcasts, video-‐projects, and conversation glossary.

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Bilingual Basic Computing Classes Teacher September 2011 – Present Monterey County Free Libraries -‐ Seaside Seaside, California Classes are held in the library computer room and are open to all library members.

❧ Teach bilingual basic level computing classes for Spanish-‐speaking library members. ❧ Create ongoing needs analyses in order to assess students’ current English levels

and computing abilities and interests. ❧ Facilitate lessons that involve word processing, Internet navigation, and basic

computer skills using a Windows operating system. Youth Poetry Workshop Instructor April 2011 – May 2011 Lyceum of Monterey Monterey, California This organization offers after school and weekend courses to students in a variety of subjects. These workshops and courses aim to enrich students’ lives outside of school.

❧ Created a four-‐week syllabus based on a needs analysis of students’ interest in poetry.

❧ Created an ongoing linguistic and poetic devices dictionary with students to enhance the creative experience by giving tools for analyzing selected poetry.

Bilingual Classroom Teacher’s Assistant March 2010 -‐ May 2010 Niños y Niñas Querétaro, México This not-‐for-‐profit organization serves children of all ages of parents who work as street vendors. The program provides classes, learning activities, meals, and organized playtime while their parents work during the day.

❧ Communicated in Spanish with teachers and students. ❧ Worked in classrooms as a teacher’s assistant primarily with children under the age

of four; led story-‐time and helped students with classroom activities. ❧ Taught beginning-‐level English to adolescents after they completed their

assignments. 6th Grade Language Arts and Leadership Teacher June 2007 – August 2007 Summerbridge San Diego (SBSD) San Diego, California This main objective of the program is to “get younger students into learning and older students into teaching.”

❧ Developed lesson plans for two sixth-‐grade academic classes (Language Arts & Leadership) with appropriate pre-‐ and post-‐tests to measure gains.

❧ Taught poetry elective, which culminated with a student performance at graduation. ❧ Served on SBSD Newsletter and published articles about our teachers and students. ❧ Voted “Most Creative Teacher” by Summerbridge students at the end of the

program.

Tutoring Experience Graduate Writing Tutor September 2011 – Present MIIS Graduate Writing Center Monterey, California The MIIS Graduate Writing Center offers tutorial sessions to graduate students for any part of the writing process.


❧ Apply MATESOL course, “Teaching of Writing,” concepts for brainstorming, planning, writing, and revision.

❧ Form regular tutorial relationships with students to meet individual needs through voice recording sessions, student brainstorming transcription, pairing students with other graduate students in their field and giving tutorials on writing styles: American Psychological Association (APA) and Chicago.

Behavioral Therapist/Tutor July 2008 -‐ July 2009 ACES Irvine, California ACES provides academic, communication, adaptive, and social skills to children of all ages with autism and other developmental disabilities. The largest population served is children under three in early intervention programs.

❧ Worked one-‐on-‐one with children with autism and special needs in early intervention, school district, and social group programs in order to meet their individualized goals.

❧ Implemented Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA), Discrete Trial Training (DTT), Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS), Visual Strategies and Social Skills methodologies with successful gains in children’s programs and parent training.

San Ysidro High School Mentor/Tutor October 2007 – April 2008 UCSD Early Academic Outreach Program (EAOP) San Ysidro, California This program works with students from underrepresented populations in higher education to increase their opportunities of achieving a college education.

❧ Mentored and tutored students in two 10th grade English classes and provided one-‐on-‐one guidance and support for college and community college applications.

❧ Worked with a Spanish speaking population in an academic preparation Language Arts class with eventual goals of passing the California High School Exit Examination (CAHSEE).

American English in Action (AEIA) Conversation Tutor March 2005 – May 2008 UCSD International Center La Jolla, California Program provides a venue for tutors to offer assistance with English conversation and insights into U.S. culture for visiting international researchers and students, as well as their families.

❧ Met weekly with a small group (1-‐3) of UCSD international students, scholars and spouses to help with their English fluency and provided them with detailed notes after our meetings.

❧ Introduced weekly material in American culture, music, history, politics, and current events and focused our English conversations around these experiences.

❧ Assisted students with individual projects like academic paper revision and resume writing.

Language Program Administration Experience English as a Second Language (ESL) Program Coordinator May 2011 – Present Monterey Peace and Justice Center (MPJC) Board Member Seaside, California Peace Resource Center (PRC)


This not-‐for-‐profit community center offers space to local organizations and residents. ❧ Maintain Staff/MIIS/PRC communication and respond to outside party interest in

the program, including general inquiries and interest. ❧ Attend monthly MPJC Board of Director meetings to represent the ESL program and

MIIS students. ❧ Lead weekly administrative meetings and monthly teacher meetings to accomplish

program tasks, fund-‐raising efforts, and handle logistical needs. Graduate Assistant August 2010 – present MIIS Intensive English Programs Monterey, California Provide administrative support for all Intensive English Programs under the supervision of the Director of Intensive English Programs and the Academic Coordinator.

❧ Prepare materials and workshops for orientation, session events, and graduation. ❧ Distribute and create evaluations, grades, narratives, and certificates. ❧ Tutor ESL students at the Resource Center. ❧ Created staff communication website, instructor handbook website, and work-‐study

handbook for program communication and sustainability. Subcommittee Member (Faculty, Student Services, and Student Complaints) for the Commission of English Language Program Accreditation (CEA) Monterey Institute of International Studies September 2011-‐present

Monterey, California The Intensive English as a Second Language Programs at MIIS is currently undergoing a self-‐study process in hopes of being accredited by spring of 2013.

❧ Created a student handbook based on program needs and accreditation expectations to be formatted for paper and online use.

❧ Meet with Academic Coordinator to complete self-‐study tasks and assist with subcommittee needs.

Fulbright Logistics Coordinator May 2011 – August 2011 Monterey Institute of International Studies Monterey, California Every summer the MIIS Intensive English Language Program hosts a group of international scholars sponsored by the Fulbright program.

❧ Worked directly with the Institute of International Education (IIE) to coordinate all program logistics including flight arrivals and departures, hotel arrangements, roommate pairing, dietary needs, and other special needs for thirty-‐seven international Fulbright grantees.

❧ Planned the details and oversaw Activity Coordinators for Orientation, Happy Hour, President’s Reception, Dinners in the Community, San Francisco day trip, Visit to the Monterey Bay Aquarium, Point Lobos Hiking Trip, Graduation Reception, and other informal gatherings.

❧ With the help of the Academic Coordinator, conducted an end-‐of-‐program evaluation and reported the results for all aspects of the program including self-‐performance.


Presentations and Retreats Connect, Organize, and Empower: Google Apps for Supervisors and Teachers TESOL 2012 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

❧ With supervisor, co-‐presented a workshop about using Google Applications for teacher and administrative use modeled after program communicate site.

❧ Created a site template and tutorial guide for attendees to access after the presentation.

Graduate Student Forum: Professional Development & Community Involvement Through Teaching TESOL 2012 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

❧ With colleague, presented the professional development of graduate student work at the Peace Resource Center highlighting curriculum development.

❧ Discussed the future vision of the program and provided materials of establishing sustainability for similar programs.

Una Menos Trainer Training May 2011 Monterey Institute of International Studies Monterey, California

❧ Worked closely with Program Coordinator to create a “Train the Trainers” workshop for all interested volunteers as well as an evaluation for attendees to complete.

❧ Created an evaluation sheet with the Program Coordinator to measure success for the training and improvements for the future.

Revelle College Council Retreat October 2007 University of California, San Diego San Diego, California

❧ Coordinated and facilitated an all-‐day retreat for the 2007-‐2008 Revelle College Council leadership.

❧ Facilitated icebreaker activities, reviewed responsibilities, led a strategic planning session, finalized the Council goal setting, and helped with a True Colors workshop.

Structure and Student Involvement in UCSD July 2007 Revelle College Leadership Retreat San Diego, California University of California, San Diego

❧ Presented at the annual leadership retreat with the Dean’s Assistant to raise awareness at the college level of university-‐wide opportunities and student-‐government systems.

❧ Created visuals and handouts to encourage inter-‐university communication and organizational understanding.

Creativity in Leadership and Publicity July 2006 Revelle College Leadership Retreat San Diego, California University of California, San Diego

❧ Facilitated workshop at the annual leadership retreat workshop to enhance publicity as a result of publicity experience.


❧ Integrated icebreakers, pop culture, and previous projects to help attendees “think outside the poster”.

Publications Planting the Seeds of Peace through Language Education: How Free English Classes Became a Graduate Student-‐Led Program CATESOL 2012

Extracurricular Activities TESOL/TFL Student Council 2nd Year Representative August 2011 – Present Monterey Institute of International Studies Monterey, California

❧ Work closely with the first-‐year representative to meet the academic and social needs of our cohort and general TESOL/TFL Community.

❧ Plan monthly social activities outside of class to bring together TESOL/TFL students and staff. A recent success was the “TESOL/TFL/ESL BBQ” hosted in October 2011, where students, teachers, and staff of our language learning academic communities attended.

❧ Attend biweekly meetings with the rest of the council to plan goals, bring together programs, plan social activities, manage the annual budget, and respond to the needs of students and staff.

Community Building and Orientation Facilitator January 2011, 2012 Monterey Institute of International Studies (MIIS) Monterey, California

❧ Facilitated community building activities with colleagues and MIIS administration for incoming Spring 2011 and Spring 2012 MIIS students.

❧ Will be creating material for the “speaker-‐understander” model for future facilitator trainings.

ROAR (Reach Out and Read) Volunteer May 2009-‐August 2009 Orange Main Library Orange, California

❧ Assisted children’s librarians in display arrangements, public computer use, special events and projects.

❧ Led story time with Tumble Books and other library materials. ❧ Volunteered in the homework center on weekdays.

Revelle College Council (RCC) Chairperson May 2007 -‐ May 2008 University of California, San Diego – Revelle College San Diego, California

❧ Collaborated with administrators, Council members, RCC Rules Committee, UCSD leaders and students to uphold the interests of all community stakeholders.

❧ Prepared and organized weekly council meetings, public meetings on the Revelle College Plaza, bi-‐annual retreats, Rules committee meetings, and social functions for the Council.

Revelle College Council Junior Senator May 2006 -‐ May 2007 Associated Students Council Junior Senator San Diego, California University of California, San Diego – Associated Students


❧ Co-‐Organizer of Revelle Next Step Mentorship Program for Revelle juniors and seniors

❧ Co-‐Organizer of First Annual Joint-‐College Festival: “Warren and Revelle Rock PC Plaza”

Chancellor’s Committee on the Status of Women Fall 2006 – Fall 2007 University of California, San Diego San Diego, California

❧ Brought awareness to the CSW concerning women’s issues from the undergraduate perspective.

❧ Reported to the Associated Students Student Body and Revelle College Council ad-‐hoc committee initiatives and needs.

Awards and Achievements ❧ Monterey Institute of International Studies Merit Scholar (2010-‐2011; 2011-‐2012) ❧ Revelle College Leadership Excellence Award (Spring 2008) ❧ Ernest Mort Leadership Excellence Award (Spring 2007, Spring 2006) ❧ A.S. Leadership Excellence Award (Spring 2007) ❧ Revelle College Council Member of the Year (Spring 2007, Spring 2006) ❧ University of California, San Diego Provost Honors (Winter 2008, Winter 2007, Fall

2006)

Professional Associations ❧ Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) ❧ California Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (CATESOL) ❧ UCSD Alumni

Summary of Skills ❧ Languages: English (Native Language) and Spanish (Advanced/Near Native Like

Ability) ❧ Office Programs: Huddle, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, OneNote, Access, Pages ❧ Social Networking/Blogs: WordPress, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Tumblr ❧ Audio/Sound: Wavepad, Audacity, iMovie ❧ Website Creation: Google Sites, iWeb ❧ Other: Delicious bookmarks, Moodle, Prezi, Evernote, Jing, Zotero

Other Interests ❧ Cooking (my real specialties are Vegan and Vegetarian foods) ❧ Physical activities like Bikram yoga, running, and Pilates; ❧ Creative writing ventures like poetry, stories, online and blogs through social

networking websites.

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