Sarah K. Shackelford

High School French Teacher

Clermont Northeastern High School

5327 Hutchinson Rd.

Batavia, Ohio 45103

513-625-1211 Ext. 158

EDUCATION

University of Illinois Master of Science 1980

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Library Science

  • Graduate Teaching Assistantship in French Department 1979-1980: Taught beginning French courses (at the 100 level) during the academic year
  • Teaching Recognition Award, 1980

Bowling Green State University Master of Arts Degree 1979

Bowling Green, Ohio French

  • Graduate Teaching Assistantship in Romance Languages Department 1977-1978: Taught beginning French courses in the 100 level series during the academic year

Bowling Green State University Bachelor of Science 1977

Bowling Green, Ohio Education (French Major)

  • French House resident for three years; House President 1976-1977
  • Member Pi Delta Phi, National French Honorary
  • French House Scholarship, 1977
  • Dean’s List 1973-1977

Institut de Touraine Junior Year Abroad Program 1975-76

Tours, France

  • Lived with a French family while taking university courses during the academic year.

LICENSE

Multi Age (P-12)

French

EXPERIENCE

2003-Present Clermont Northeastern High School, Batavia, Ohio

Full Time French teacher, Levels I – IV

  • Created and developed curriculum for French classes (levels I, II, II, IV). Emphasis in all classes is placed on functional proficiency in a communicative context. The instructional approach makes use of authentic resources, is designed to facilitate interaction with others, and offers opportunities to explore, develop, and use other subject content, communication strategies, learning strategies, critical thinking skills, and skills in technology as well as the appropriate elements of the language system and culture. Extensive use of performance based assessments is made at all levels.
  • Wrote district foreign language curriculum maps (French and Spanish, levels I-IV)
  • Developed and maintain fairly extensive web site for students and teachers of French as well as class wikis and blogs
  • Initiated a cross level French teaching project between French III/IV students and 4th grade classes at the primary school (maintained in collaboration with 4th grade teachers)
  • Piloted ODE model lesson plans, 2004
  • Currently piloting Ohio Linguafolio (portfolio assessment)
  • Received a grant to obtain Ipods to be used for a variety of projects in upper level French classes
  • Working on a project to update and enhance French VLA curriculum for the Jefferson County ESC. Project involves determining how existing curriculum could be supplemented, and then writing the new content (including an audio component) for levels I-IV.
  • Led a student tour group in France in summer 2006
  • French Club Advisor
  • National Honor Society Advisor
  • Mentored two teachers
  • Participated in 2006-2007 and 2007-2008 Dual Credit Grant Project

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1999-2001 Transylvania Bible School, Freeport, Pennsylvania

Vice President of Learning Resources (part time,

Board appointed consulting position).

  • Provided direction and support for state accreditation
  • Trained in-house staff
  • Developed and taught online library research course

1998-2000 Whitewater Valley Grade School, Harrison, Ohio

Taught After-School PTA Sponsored French FLES

program (part time, two afternoons weekly)

1980-1997 Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County

Full Time Professional Librarian/Library Branch Supervisor

  • Increased monthly circulation at Harrison Branch by 200%
  • Managed and supervised staff in two branch libraries
  • Developed extensive programming for a variety of age levels (children through adult)
  • Presented online reference workshops

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Memberships:

  • Ohio Foreign Language Association

- Executive Board Member (2004-Present)

- Chair, Political Advocacy Committee

  • Board Member, Joint National Committee for Languages (2007-2009)
  • Ohio Foreign Language Advisory Council (Spring 2007 to present)
  • Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages

- Advisory Council Member (2006-2007)

  • American Council On The Teaching of Foreign Languages
  • American Association of Teachers of French (National Chapter)
  • American Association of Teachers of French, Ohio Chapter
  • Board Member, Friends of the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County (2003-Present)

Presentations:

Blogging in the Foreign Language Classroom (Ohio Foreign Language Association Conference, March, 2006)

Advocacy 101 (Ohio Foreign Language Association Conference, March 2006)

Weapons of Mass Instruction and Boots on the Ground French Advocacy Workshop (AATF Ohio Immersion Weekend half day workshop, October 28, 2006)

Podcasting in the Classroom (teacher in-service presentation, Clermont Northeastern High School, Fall 2007)

Reference Workshop (teacher in-service presentation, Clermont Northeastern High School, Fall 2007)

French Book Club (upcoming, Central States Conference in Dearborn ,Michigan, March 2008)

Laissez les bons temps rouler: Bringing Louisiana to the Classroom (upcoming, Ohio Foreign Language Association Annual Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio; April 2008)

Ohio Advocacy Panel Discussion (will be moderator of discussion at OFLA conference in April 2008)

Dual Credit: Opportunities and challenges (upcoming, Ohio Foreign Language Association Annual Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio; April 2008)

Special Committees, Instructional training, and experiences:

Appointed by State Board of Education to serve on Ohio Foreign Language Advisory Council (Spring 2007 to present)

Board member, Joint National Committee for Languages, Washington D.C. (2007-2009)

Ohio Delegate to the American Association of Teachers of French National Conference (2003-present)

American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Language Online Methods Course (2002)

Participated in numerous workshops on technology, differentiation, assessment, classroom management and other current topics in the foreign language classroom (ACTFL, AATF, OFLA and Central States Annual Conferences, yearly attendance from 2002 to present).

Took various general graduate education classes (2003-present) to meet state alternative educator licensing requirements (due to non-use of original provisional license after college graduation in 1977)