
Committed and engaging Educator and Mindfulness Coach bringing exceptional presentation and workshop skills and expertise in ELT Teacher Development. Gifted in engagement and guidance of teachers, specifically focusing on teacher cognition and emotions, anxiety management, mindfulness, and wellbeing, with 45 years in postsecondary education.
· Introduced approaches for reflective teaching, teacher development, classroom management
· Placed candidates for field experience; supervised practicum
Reflective Teaching
Mindfulness Coaching
Managing Teacher Emotions
Curriculum Development
Group and individual instruction
Classroom management
PRESENTATIONS
Hot Potato: The Affective Dimension of Teacher Cognition.
2009 CATESOL: Pasadena, CA/ PCC Faculty Colloquium
Anxiety and Community College Classroom Dynamics: Action Research for Teacher Development. ELIA Conference. Feb. 2005. Sevilla, Spain.
Identifying and Responding to Underprepared Students. 1999 Pasadena City College English Division Colloquium.
One Step Forward...One Step Within: Teacher Beliefs and the Experience of Connection. Plenary Address at CCA Binational Center. Bogota, Colombia. May 1996.
Exploring Perceptions of the Teaching Process. Teacher Education Interest Section Panel. 1993 TESOL Conference: Atlanta, Georgia.
Teacher Authenticity - To Be or Nor to Be?
1992 TESOL Conference. Vancouver, Canada.
Training Teachers to Develop Attitude Awareness: Plenary Speaker for 1991 Interlingua Teacher Development Week: Mexico City.
PUBLICATIONS
Grammar Connection. Level 3. Heinle. 2008.
Tapestry Listening and Speaking 3. 2000. Cengage.
The Advanced Grammar Book. Jocelyn Steer and Karen Carlisi. 1998. Cengage.
Shambhala Mindfulness Training Los Angeles Shambhala Center -1994-1998
Online Teaching Certificate - Pasadena City College Distance Education Pasadena, CA
Meditation Instructor Training - Berkeley Shambhala Meditation Center Berkeley, CA
Shambhala Mindfulness Training Los Angeles Shambhala Center -1994-1998