My biggest activity, by far, is coordinating the lower-level French program at TTU. Aside from teaching, research projects and maintaining my popular OLD FRENCH WEBSITE, I'm currently training to becoming an ACTFL tester, and of course, am involved in a lot of service projects, listed below (and copied from my Curriculum Vitae)...

Service to French and Italian Division, Texas Tech University:

Graduate Teaching Assistant supervisor/coordinator, French/Italian Division, Fall 2007-present
 

Implementation of new textbooks (Motifs, Espaces, Imaginez, Points de Departs) and lesson plan and exam creation, Fall 2007-present

 

Course development (French Phonetics, History of the French Language), Fall 2007

 

Search Committee member, 19^th Century French Literature search, Fall 2007

 

Search Committee member, 17^th-18^th Century French Literature search, Spring 2008

 

Study abroad exploratory committee, Fall 2007

Scheduler, French/Italian Division, Fall 2007-Fall 2009

 

CMLL French/Italian division website co-administrator/webmaster, Fall 2007-present

 

Faculty Advisor, Pi Delta Phi, National French Honor Society, Fall 2008-present

 

 

Service to Department of Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures, TTU:

French/Italian Representative, Awards Committee, Fall 2007-present
 

Second Annual Conference on Second Language Learning and Teaching, Abstract review committee, session moderator, April 2008

 

Examiner/evaluator, graduate-level French reading proficiency, Fall 2007-present

 

Co-organizer and presenter, CMLL new TA orientation (Summer 2008)

Presenter, CMLL SOPI Training, Spring 2008

 

Service to University:

Core Curriculum Committee, 2008-

Subject, Library Website usability study, April 2008


Service to Profession:

Certified Oral Proficiency Rater, ACTFL/Language Testing International

Textbook reviewer, Cengage Learning, Spring 2008

Reviewer, The Modern Language Journal

Reviewer, The French Review

Reviewer for volume to appear, Multilingual Matters, Spring 2008

Oral Proficiency Interview Trainee Test Subject, ACTFL Language Learner Registry

RECENT TECHNOLOGY TRAINING
 

“WebCT IV: Using the quiz tool”, Texas Tech University, 1/24/08
 

“WebCT: Gradebook tool”, Texas Tech University, 1/23/08

 

“WebCT: Assignment tool”, Texas Tech University, 1/23/08

“Using Excel as a gradebook”, Texas Tech University, 1/23/08

WebCT III: Creating Content Modules, Texas Tech University, 1/11/08

WebCT II: Communication tool, Texas Tech University, 11/7/07

WebCT: A first course, Texas Tech University, 11/5/07

“Teaching With Clickers”, Texas Tech University, 10/24/07

TechSis Training, Texas Tech University, 10/15/07
 

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
 

Attendance at four-day Oral Proficiency Interview Workshop presented by the American Council on the Teaching of Modern Languages (ACTFL), San Antonio, TX 11/12/07-11/15/07

Trainee, ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview Rater (Completed August 2008)

Trainee, ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview Tester (in progress)