CREDENTIALS AND LICENSES

Professional Clear Single Subject Teaching Credential, Foreign Language: Spanish, State of California Commission on Teacher Credentialing

Professional Clear Multiple Subject Teaching Credential, General Subjects, State of California Commission on Teacher Credentialing

Clear Bilingual, Cross-cultural, Language and Academic Development Certificate, Target Language: Spanish, State of California Commission on Teacher Credentialing

Studio Teacher Certificate, State of California, Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Labor Standards Enforcement

City of West Hollywood Business License, Educational Services, 

Michael Thomas Carter Company

Indiana University, Bloomington School of Music, 1974-1976

Indiana University, College of Arts and Sciences, Northwest Campus, 1978-1979

Indiana University, Bloomington College of Arts and Sciences, 1980-1981

La Universidad Pontifica Catolica, Lima, Peru, 1981-1982

Indiana University, Bloomington College of Arts and Sciences, 1982-1983

Indiana University, College of Arts and Sciences, Northwest Campus, 1983

Indiana University, Bloomington College of Arts and Sciences, 1983-1984

California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks, CA, Education Department, 1990

UCLA Extension, Los Angeles, CA, 1990

SELECTED COURSES

Special Topics in Foreign Study

Special Topics in Latin American Study

Individual Readings in Sociology

Individual Readings in Hispanic Studies

Methods of Teaching High School Reading

Reading in Bilingual Classrooms

Laboratory/Field Experience

Cultural and Community Forces in Schools

Practicum: Bilingual/Bicultural

DEGREES AWARDED

Indiana University, Bloomington Campus, College of Arts and Sciences, Baccalaureate; Spanish Language and Literature, 1984

Indiana University, Bloomington Campus, Latin American Studies Program, Latin American Area Certificate, 1985

Postgraduate Hours: 50

Hours toward Masters: 9

PUBLIC SCHOOL EXPERIENCE

1983, Bedford High School, Bedford, Indiana

Spanish Level One1984, Nogales High School, Nogales, Arizona

Spanish for Spanish Speakers

1984-1985, Van Buren Intermediate School District, Lawrence, Michigan

Migrant/Bilingual Resource Teacher, All Grades

1985, VBISD, Lawrence, Michigan

2nd/3rd Grade Summer Program

1985-1986, Marshall Fundamental High School, Pasadena, California

Spanish Teacher, Levels One, Two and Four

Advanced Placement

Honor Award for Excellence

OFFICES HELD

Elected Officer, Studio Teachers Local #884, Los Angeles

Committee Chair, The Blue Book: Employment of Minors in the Entertainment Industry

EXTENDED FOREIGN TRAVEL

1998, Queenstown, New Zealand

1991, Vera Cruz, Mexico

1987, London, Tangier

1987, Kenya, Tanzania, Egypt

1981-1982, Peru, Chile, Ecuador, Bolivia