Brian Rodebush

Taught ESL in grades 6-8 for newcomers to level 3 WIDA ESL students at Mount Logan Middle School.

• Educated students in basics of English grammar and conversational speaking.
• Provided targeted instruction on pronunciation, intonation, and accent reduction to enhance students'' overall communication skills in English.
• Enhanced students'' speaking skills through regular practice and focused feedback during conversation sessions.
• Increased student proficiency in English by creating engaging and interactive classroom activities.

Created and taught a 4-week ESL newcomers program for the district for grades 2-5 at Hillcrest Elementary.

• Created entrance and exit tests along with entrance and exit criteria.

• Made presentation slides for students to learn English basics (common phrases, common verbs, common math terms with definitions, common high frequency words, common places, syllable types, letter recognition, letter formation, speaking and writing practice from phrases to complete sentences writing.

• Incorporated singing into and music into learning, for example for learning vowels and consonants.

•Periodically used or translated into primary language for some students to enhance understanding of English.

Taught ESL in grades K-5 for newcomers to level 4 WIDA ESL students at Bridger Elementary.

• Educated students in basics of English grammar and conversational speaking.
• Provided targeted instruction on pronunciation, intonation, and accent reduction to enhance students'' overall communication skills in English.
• Enhanced students'' speaking skills through regular practice and focused feedback during conversation sessions.
• Increased student proficiency in English by creating engaging and interactive classroom activities.

Taught Spanish, Spanish for Native Speakers, English Language Development and Latinos In Action in grades 6-8 at Glendale Middle School.

• Educated students in learning Spanish as a foreign language.
• Educated students in improving Spanish as their native language.
• Provided targeted instruction on pronunciation, intonation, and accent to enhance students'' overall communication skills in Spanish.
• Enhanced students'' speaking skills through regular practice and focused feedback during conversation sessions.
• Increased student proficiency in Spanish by creating engaging and interactive classroom activities.
• Coordinated weekly partner reading for Latinos In Action class with a nearby elementary school.
• Taught Latinos In Action students about higher educational opportunities such as trade schools, colleges and universities and preparing for and applying for such schools and institutions.