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EDUCATION 1987-1993
 

Bachelors of Science in German Studies (University of  Cincinnati)  Cum Laude

 

Bachelors of Arts in Education (University of Cincinnati)                Cum Laude

 

Certificate in German-American Studies (University of Cincinnati)  Paper on the Amish catalogued at Langsam Library.

 

(DAAD) Summer-Study Scholarship  (Universität Regensburg)

 

Summer Immersion Program (Middlebury College)

 

Licensed to teach in the state of Ohio and Kentucky (K-12 German)(Both licenses are current and up-to-date)

MASTERS IN SPECIAL EDUCATION

completed in 2002 at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio

Research Paper completed on: The At-Risk and Learning Disabled Student in the Foreign Language Classroom.

TEACHING EMPLOYMENT

 
  • 2008 AP Institute at Fairfax County Public School, VA
  • 2006, 2007 AP Institute at Morehead State University
 
  • 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008 AP German College Board Reader and 
        Consultant for the Midwest and Southeastern Regions
 
  
  • 2002-2006 Webmaster for Highlands High School
  
            See article:  http://www.ksba.org/KSA0403ftthomas.htm
  
  • 2003-2004 STLP Sponsor
  
  • 2002-2003  Reviews published on  AP Central, Collegeboard
  
  • 2003-2004 HHS Book Keeper for Ladybirds, Varsity and JV Basketball Teams
  
  • 2003  Webmaster for Kindinternational, Inc.
  
  • 2002-2003  HHS Timekeeper for Ladybirds, Varsity and JV Basketball Teams
  
  • 2002  Volunteer Basketball Coach (YMCA)
  
  • 2002-2004, Detention Monitor (Highlands High School)
  
  • 2001-2002, KVHS, KDE; Instructor and Co-Developer of course and activities; 
           AP German Students 
           (Kentucky Department of Education/Kentucky Virtual High School)
  
  • 2001-2002 Academic Team Coach (Highlands High School)
  
  • 1997-2004,GAPP (German American Partnership Program Sponsor)
  
  • 1996-1998, Softball Coach (Highlands High School)
  
  • 1993, 1997, 2004  KWLA
 
  
  • 1993-Present, German Club Sponsor (Highlands High School)
 
  
  • 1993,Cincinnati Recreation Commission, Special Needs Young Adults

ACCOLADES
 
  • 2002 Co-Presenter at Kentucky World Language Conference - Growing German Programs Across the State: Advocacy and Articulation
  • KCTFL (Recipient of Best Presentation in 1997)
 
  • AATG (Chaperone of the study-trip recipients in 1995; four winners of the study-trip award to Germany; recipient of the Duden Award (Kentucky's German Teacher of the Year in 1995 and 2006)
 
 
  • Who's Who Among America's Teachers (3 times)
 
  • 7 students have been prize winners of a three-week study trip  to Nuremberg, Germany based on placing above the 90th percentile on the National German exam an successfully completed an interview in German with a panel that consists mainly of professors of German.

 
  • 1 German Honor Society student won the Kaethe Wilson Scholarship to study three weeks in Kiel, Germany.  Student was selected after writing an essay of 5 or more pages in German and successfully completed an interview in German.  Only one prize given in the nation.  
  • 1 student was awarded the Endowment Scholarship from the American Association of Teachers of German to study three weeks in Berlin, German.
 
  • 2004 Featured in a publication for the German Embassy in Berlin, Germany after hosting a teacher from former East Germany.
 
  •  1995, 2006  Duden Award - Kentucky’s German Teacher of the Year

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
  Evaluation Committee
  Discipline Committee
  56 Hours (A+ Computer Training)
  Two-Week Seminar LMS 2.6 PC und Internet für DaF" in Munich, Germany at the Goethe Institut
  Trained Instructor of Total Physical Response Through Story-Telling (AATG Workshop Sweet Briar College, Virginia)