TESOL Teacher Resume Example

EL's in Math Class: How Can I Help Them Learn?,​ Session conducted at the Ohio Innovative Learning Environments Conference, Hilliard, Ohio, July 2016

Trilingual: Supporting Teachers Whose Students Are Learning Through Three Languages,  Session conducted at NCSM (National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics) Conference, San Francisco, CA, April 2016

The Comparison of Explicit and Implicit Ways of Using History of Science for Student Understanding of the Nature of Science, Paper presented in the Proceedings of the Eighth International History, Philosophy, and Science Teaching Conference, Leeds, England, July 2005

The Use of Galileo's Incline Plane Experiment to Improve Science Instruction, Paper presented in the School Science and Mathematics Association 2003 Annual Conference, Columbus, OH, October 2003

Teaching the Nature of Science to Eighth Grade Students, Paper presented in the School Science and Mathematics Association 2003 Annual Conference, Columbus, OH, October 2003

The Effectiveness of Class Contexts Provided by The History of Science on Student Interest in Learning Science, Paper presented in the Mid-Western Educational Research Association 2003 Annual Meeting, Columbus, OH, October 2003

The Differentiation of Class Contexts Provided by History of Science, Paper presented in the Seventh International History, Philosophy, and Science Teaching Conference, Winnipeg, Canada, August 2003

The Effect of the Use of History of Science on Student Individual and Situational Interest, Paper presented in the Seventh International History, Philosophy, and Science Teaching Conference, Winnipeg, Canada, August 2003

The Use of History of Science as a Method to Improve Science Instruction, Session conducted at the Physics Education Seminar, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, March 2003

Welsh, Lori C., & Newman, Karen (April, 2010) Becoming a Content-ESL Teacher: A Dialogic Journey of a Science Teacher and Teacher Educator, Theory Into Practice Vol. 49, No. 2

Seker, H., & Welsh, L. C. (January, 2006) The Use of History of Mechanics in Teaching Motion and Force, Science and Education Vol. 15, No. 1

Seker, H., & Welsh, L. C. (July, 2005) The Comparison of Explicit and Implicit Ways of Using History of Science for Student Understanding of the Nature of Science, Proceedings of the Eighth International History, Philosophy, and Science Teaching Conference, Leeds, England, July 2005

Seker, H., & Welsh, Laura C. (2003) The Differentiation of Class Contexts Provided by History of Science, Proceedings of the Seventh International History, Philosophy, and Science Teaching Conference, Winnipeg, Canada, August 2003

Welsh, Laura C., & Seker, H. (2003) The Effect of the Use of History of Science on Student Individual and Situational Interest, Proceedings of the Seventh International History, Philosophy, and Science Teaching Conference, Winnipeg, Canada, August 2003

Science Common Assessment District Committee, 2012

• Collaborated with grade-level colleagues to develop a district-wide common assessment 

Science Course of Study Writing Committee, 1999-2000

Science Course of Study Book Selection Committee, 2000

Site Steering Committee, 1996-1999

• Implemented CIP aligned with state report card

Hiring Committee for New Assistant Principal, 1998

Technology Committee 1996-2000

•  Technology coordinator, 1996-1998
• Wrote and implemented school's first technology plan
• Conducted staff development aligned with SchoolNet categories for computer expertise

District Technology Committee, 1996-1998

• Wrote and implemented the district's first technology plan leading to the approval of the Raising the Bar Grant for Norton Middle School

Professional Development

Conducted for SWCS Academy:

• Blogging in the Classroom
• Voicethread in an ESL Content Classroom
• Assessment for Content- Area ESL Teachers: How to Assess Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking in a Content–Area Class

Grants

• Named 2005 ING Unsung Hero in a national grant
• Recipient of Sigma XI Centennial Grant

Activities

• Contributed to publication: Content-Specific SIOP lessons: ECTC Reunion Workshop 2010
• Panel discussion member: ECTC Workshop 2009