Resume - Deborah W. Espitia

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Deborah W. Espitia
Instructional Leader
Foreign Languages and ESOL
River Hill High School
12101 Route 108
Clarksville, Maryland 12029
(410) 313 - 7120
[email protected]

EDUCATION
1990	Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, Maryland Master of Science, Gifted Education
1976	Millersville University Millersville, Pennsylvania Bachelor of Science, Education: Spanish
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TEACHING ASSIGNMENTS
September 1996 to Present	Instructional Leader Foreign Languages and ESOL River Hill High School Howard County Public School System (MD)
September 1991 to June 1996	Department Chairperson Foreign Languages Atholton High School Howard County Public School System (MD)
September 1985 to Present	Spanish Teacher Howard County Public School System (MD)
September 1983 to June 1985	Spanish and French Teacher Spratley Junior High School Hampton City School System (VA)
September 1981 to June 1983	Spanish and French Teacher Cape Charles High School Cape Charles School System (VA)
June 1977 to April 1981	Nutritionist and Curriculum Specialist Peace Corps Volunteer Colombia, South America
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WORKSHOPS ATTENDED
TITLE	ORGANIZATION	DATE
Content-based Instruction	CLEAR Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan	June 1998 June 1997
New Technologies in the Foreign Language Classroom	National K-12 Language Resource Center Iowa State University Ames, Iowa	August 1995
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WORKSHOPS CONDUCTED
SUBJECT/TITLE	ORGANIZATION	DATE
BLOCK SCHEDULING: Includes a description of several variations of block scheduling, long-range planning, lesson planning, time management, and instructional strategies	Holmes High School (KY) Gaithersburg High School (MD) Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languges (NY) ACTFL (Nashville, TN) Montgomery County Public School System (MD) Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languges (NY) Eishenhower High School (MD) Northpoint High School (GA) Howard County Public School System (MD) Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languges (NY) Mount St. Joseph High School (MD) Washington High School (IN) Howard County Public School System (MD) Putnam City School District (OK) Knox Community High School (IN) Howard County Public School System (MD)	May 1998 May 1998 April 1998 November 1997 July 1997 April 1997 December 1996 December 1996 August 1996 April 1996 August 1995 August 1995 June 1995 May 1995 July 1994 May 1994
Creating an Outcome-based Curriculum Guide	Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languges (NY) ACTFL (Anaheim, CA)	April 1997 April 1996 April 1995 November 1995
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In addition, I have presented to teachers in the Howard County Public School System a variety of workshops dealing with everything from cooperative learning to performance assessments to technology to creativity to effective use of the curriculum guide.

CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
TITLE	ORGANIZATION	DATE
Performance Assessments for Level I	Howard County Public School System	July 1998
Reading Strategies for Spanish	Howard County Public School System	July 1997
Advanced Special Topics in Spanish	Howard County Public School System	July 1995 - 1996
French Levels I - V	Howard County Public School System	July 1993 - 1994
Spanish Levels I - V	Howard County Public School System	July 1990 - 1991
Spanish Exploratory Program	Hampton City School District	1984 - 1985
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PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
1995 to Present	ACTFL
1995 to Present	Advisory Council of the Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
1987 to Present	Maryland Foreign Language Association
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PUBLICATIONS
Making the Most of Block Scheduling	Newsletter of the Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Winter 1998 Issue 43: 45-53.
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STUDENT TRAVEL
April 1994	Costa Rica (ACIS)
April 1993	Spain (ACIS)
April 1991	Mexico (EF)
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