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Instructor of English as a Foreign Language courses in the University Education Center.
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Coordinator of international exchange and club activities in the Global Lounge.
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Mentored student teachers in the global gateway for teachers program of Indiana University.
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Director and producer of multilingual theatre productions for the student festival.
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Additional support for both TOEIC exam prep classes and for Remedial English students.
STUDENT TEACHING
Through my participation in the Global Gateways program at the School of Education in Indiana University, I was able to split my student teaching between Indiana and Japan.
BHS NORTH, DRAMA CLASSROOM
Fall 2018
Mentored by Grant Steckbeck at Bloomington High School, North. Taught five classes: two sections of Intro to Theatre, and one section each of Advanced Theatre, Advanced Acting, and Advanced Theatre Production. Directed a production of "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Abridged, Revised" after school.
FUKUYAMA UNIVERSITY,
EFL CLASSROOM
Winter 2018
Worked as a teaching assistant to Jason Lowes, who taught seven classes of English as a Foreign Language that semester: English II, English IV, and remedial English. Collaborated with other EFL instructors on campus to teach students about America and create drama pedagogy lesson plans to promote engagement in the classroom.
SERVICE LEARNING & EARLY FIELD EXPERIENCE
Classrooms I have had the pleasure of teaching or assisting in during my years at IU in the School of Education and the Department of Theatre, Drama, and Contemporary Dance.
ACADEMY OF SCIENCE & ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Spring 2018, Spring 2019
Collaborated with Gustave Weltsek and Noel Koontz on the Empires project, which is a course collaboration between English and History (and Physics, in 2019), leading students to create their own historical characters, establish narratives based on historical evidence, and develop a living museum experience for the final project, introducing modern audiences to the lives of their characters (and the technology of their civilizations, 2019).
ACADEMY OF SCIENCE & ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Spring 2018
Assisted Noel Koontz in his Dramatic Literature class, where we taught the students about theatre for the first half of the semester and then put on a full production of a student-written show for the second half of the semester. Students learn about theatrical storytelling, acting, set design, sound and lighting and costumes, and participate in the entire process of developing a play from a script to a fully realized production.
BLOOMINGTON HS NORTH,
THEATRE PRODUCTION
Spring 2017
Taught by Francesca Sobrer at Bloomington High School, North. Designed for upperclassmen with a passion for theatre arts, who want more experience with producing and designing theatre. Features a final performance event at the end of the year for all the students to create a showcase of the scenes they created together.
BLOOMINGTON HS NORTH,
INTRO TO THEATRE
Spring 2017
Taught by Francesca Sobrer at Bloomington High School, North. Provides a grand overview of Theatre, from the practice to the history. Gives students experience with all aspects of the subject, from reading and research to rehearsal and performance.
BATCHELOR MIDDLE SCHOOL,
MATH 7
Fall 2016
Taught by Ms. Martin, assisted by Mr. Blee, at Batchelor Middle School. A basic 7th-grade math class, teaching basic geometry and pre-algebra.
TRI-NORTH MIDDLE SCHOOL,
RESOURCE LAB
Fall 2016
Taught by Stacy Goddard at Tri-North Middle School. A small resource classroom designed to keep students on track if they are falling behind on their coursework, as a study hall and as a help center.