National Board Certification in Progress

K I M B E R L YC.D A V I S

12500 Wildcat Drive, Northport, AL 35475

(205) 913-6424

CERTIFICATION

National Board Certification In Progress

World Languages, French, Early Adolescence-Young Adulthood

Alabama State Department of Education, Class A Teaching Certificate May 2010

Praxis II Highly Qualified January 2010

EDUCATION

Class A, Alternative Master’s Certification in Second Language Acquisition, French May 2010

The University of Alabama College of EducationTuscaloosa, AL

GPA: 4.0

Master of Arts, summa cum laude, in Applied Linguistics, French May 2007

The University of AlabamaTuscaloosa, AL

GPA: 4.0

Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, in French and Religious Studies August 2003

The University of AlabamaTuscaloosa, AL

GPA: 3.8

Study Abroad, L’Institute de Touraine, Summer 2001Tours, France

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Tuscaloosa County High School, Northport, AL 2011-Present

French I, II, III, IV, Mythology

●Implement CI/TPRS strategies to fulfill ACTFL recommendation of 90% target language use

●Use a variety of formative assessments to gauge student progress including unit pre-tests and post-tests

●Incorporate qualitative assessment through reflective student portfolios as a summative assessment tool

●Facilitate research, projects, and an online portfolio assessment utilizing technology

●Differentiate instruction for multi-level classes and students with IEP

●Organize meetings and activities with French Club, French Honor Society, and Fan Club

PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES

Tuscaloosa County High School Foreign Language Department PLC

●Leading teachers to implement CI/TPRS strategies in the classroom

●Organized a peer coaching training with Dr. Kim Pate from Tuscaloosa City Schools

●Leading teachers to organize a classroom library in the target language

National Board Certification Mentorship PLC, UA In-service Center

●Collaborating with current NBCTs and NBCT candidates to complete certification

●Meet periodically with mentors to complete components

Tuscaloosa County High School ESL Team

●Wrote a research-based proposal to broaden the scope of the existing ESL class

●Providing support to classroom teachers when implementing Literacy for All Initiative

University of Alabama Department of Religious Studies

●Collaboration with three REL professors to bring critical thinking skills to mythology class

●Creating a website to host articles written by professors and teacher to use in each unit of study

Tuscaloosa City and County TCI Teachers

●Network of local teachers who periodically meet and discuss best practices

Online PLC Groups

●CI Liftoff

●iFLT/NTPRS/CI Teachers

●French Teachers in the US

●CI/TPRS for French Teachers

●Teaching ESL/EFL through CI

AWARDS

Tuscaloosa County School System Nominee for JSU Hall of Fame2018

Tuscaloosa County High School Nominee for JSU Hall of Fame2018

Excellence in Teaching World Languages2017

Office of Research on Teaching in the Disciplines, The University of Alabama

Local Professional Development Grant, International Forum on Language Teaching Conference2016

Local Professional Development Grant, Alabama World Languages Conference2016

College of Education Most Outstanding Graduate Student, Foreign Language Education2010

The University of Alabama

PRESENTATIONS

Mastery Connect: Standards Based Tracking SoftwareSeptember 2017

Tuscaloosa County High School

“Grad Tales” Alumni Panel at UA Religious Studies 50th Anniversary CelebrationMarch 2017

(Invited panelist), The University of Alabama Department of Religious Studies

Easy to Implement CI Strategies: Free Voluntary Reading and One Word ImageFebruary 2017

Tuscaloosa City Schools World Languages Professional Learning Community

Differentiation for Struggling LearnersJanuary 2017

Tuscaloosa County High School Professional Development Day

TCHS Literacy for All InitiativeDecember 2016

Tuscaloosa County High School Professional Development Day

“Grad Tales” Inaugural Invited TalkNovember 2013

The University of Alabama Department of Religious Studies

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Member of American Association of Teachers of French (AATF)

Member of Alabama World Languages Association

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT and CONFERENCES

Alabama World Languages ConferenceJanuary 2018

●Gathered information and contacts to implement Seal of Biliteracy

●Discussed Backwards Design planning in the WL classroom

TCSS ESL TrainingJune 2018

●Trained with Terry Medina to implement ESL strategies

●Collaborated on implementing strategies at TCHS with leadership team

International Forum on Language Teaching (iFLT) Conference July 2016

●Observed master teachers while teaching in a classroom setting

●Attended keynote lecture with Dr. Stephen Krashen and Dr. Bill Van Patten

●Participated in peer coaching sessions

Alabama World Languages Conference 2016January 2016

●Attended lectures to improve classroom pedagogy

●Networked with AATF leaders to improve French advocacy strategies

Alabama Education Association Divisional Professional Development ConferenceMarch 2015

●Attended lectures to improve cultural competency and support diverse learners

●Networked with teachers across the state

STUDENT FIELD TRIPS

EF Tours Student Tour- Paris and the Chateaux (upcoming)June 2019

●Serve as teacher leader in collaboration with 9th grade World History Teacher

●Provide students an opportunity to speak French in a Francophone setting

●Reinforce cultural topics that are taught in class

Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga, TennesseeMarch 2018

●Collaborated with ESL and Environmental Sciences teachers

●Designed trip to reinforce content taught on Marine Sciences

EF Tours Student Tour- French PromenadeJune 2017

●Provided students an opportunity to speak French in a Francophone setting

●Reinforced cultural topics that are taught in class

UA Museum of Natural History and French Program TourNovember 2016

●Organized tour of UA Museum of Natural History and lecture from Department of Geology to provide deeper knowledge of science studied in upper-level dinosaur unit

●Created French language scavenger hunt of Museum of Natural History

●Co-ordinated a college-level demo class with the UA French program in the Department of Modern Languages and Classics

EF Tours Student Tour- Paris and the ChateauxJune 2015

●Provided students an opportunity to speak French in a Francophone setting

●Reinforced cultural topics that are taught in class

Alabama French ConventionFebruary 2013

●Provided students the opportunity to meet French students from around the State and to compete for prizes in French language competitions

INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL EXPERIENCES

EF Tours Student Tour (upcoming)June 2017

EF Tours Student TourJune 2015

EF International Training Conference in Beijing, ChinaNovember 2014

ONLINE PUBLICATIONS

“Tales from the Secondary Classroom: Discovering Normative Vocabulary”May 2016