APRIL HEWETT POST

Work Address

Elon University

2125 Campus Box

Elon, NC  27244

(336) 278-5621

apost@elon.edu

http://facstaff.elon.edu/apost/

Education

• Master of Arts in Spanish – January 2004

California State University-Sacramento – Spain, Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Peru

GPA: 4.0

• Bachelor of Arts – May 2001

Elon University – Elon, NC 

Major: Spanish with K-12 Teaching Certificate 

GPA:  3.91

Employment

• August 2005-present

Lecturer in Spanish at Elon University teaching Beginning and Intermediate Spanish, Conversation and Composition

• January 2005-present

Reviewer and translator of medical documents for Accordant

• August 2004-July 2005

Spanish instructor at Elon University teaching Intermediate Spanish and Conversation

• Fall 2002-Fall 2006

            Coordinator of ladies’ night at the Burlington Tennis Center

• August 2001-May 2004

            Spanish teacher at Eastern Alamance High School in Mebane, NC

Taught Spanish I for 2 years, level II for 3 years, and levels III and IV for 1 year

Spanish club advisor – sent student volunteers to Hispanic organizations in the community and sponsored cultural events

National Spanish Honor Society Sponsor - offered the National Spanish Exam to students and conducted an

induction ceremony in the spring

Men’s tennis team coach for 3 years

• September 2000-December 2000

Facilitator in the Elon College Spanish Center

Leader of 2 Spanish conversation classes per week

• June 2000-August 2000

            Enumerator for the US Census

Responsible for visiting homes, especially those of Spanish speakers, to obtain census information

Related Experiences

• Faculty advisor to the Spanish House, a living-learning community, Fall 2005-present
• Member of Reach Team at Integrity Community Church, January 2006-present.  Responsible for planning service-learning trips to Latin America and community outreach opportunities.
• Leader of service-learning trip to Paamul, Mexico with Integrity Community Church, June 3-10, 2006
• Leader of service-learning trip to Guatemala with Integrity Community Church, June 26-July 3, 2005
• Interpreter and faculty advisor for a spring break service-learning trip with Habitat for Humanity to the Dominican Republic, March 2005
• 6 week program in Arequipa, Peru taking masters courses, mid-June-July 2004

• 4 weeks in Costa Rica and 2 weeks in Guatemala taking masters courses,  mid-June-July 2003                 

·         1 week in Cuba doing educational research, and interpreting for a group of NC Social Studies teachers, March 2002

·         6 weeks in Spain taking masters courses, mid-June-July 2001           

·         Student teaching—Southern Alamance High School, spring 2001

Facilitated, monitored, and instructed high school Spanish I and II students.

·         Interpreter for a Habitat for Humanity group in Guatemala, January 2001

• Study Abroad—Quito, Ecuador, August 1998-May 1999                   

Attended the Univ. of San Francisco-Quito and experienced the cultures of Chile, Peru, and Venezuela.

• Coordinator of Mis Amigos, an Elon Volunteers! organization that sends tutors to work with Hispanic children, Fall 1999-Fall 2000
• Care-giver to children whose parents are taking ESL classes at Centro La Comunidad on Thursday evenings, Fall 1999-Fall 2000

Presentations

• Co-presenter at the SoTL (Scholarship of Teaching and Learning) 7^th International Conference May 15-16, 2008 in London, England. “Transforming Students through Reciprocal Learning Experiences: Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration”
• Co-presenter at the 7^th International Research Conference on Service-Learning and Community Engagement, October 6-9, 2007 in Tampa, Florida. “Building A Learning Relationship with Families of English Language Learners: A Collaborative Academic Service-Learning Model”
• Co-presenter at the First International Conference for Service-Learning in Teacher Education in Brussels, Belgium on July 6, 2007.  “Building A Learning Relationship with Families of English Language Learners: A Collaborative Academic Service-Learning Model”

• Presenter at the Service Learning Symposium at Western Carolina University on June 14, 2007. “Building a Learning Relationship with Families of English Language Learners: Cross-disciplinary Academic Service-Learning”
• Co-presenter at the 9^th Annual Service-Learning Conference on February 21, 2007 at Elon University.  “Building a Learning Relationship with Families of English Language Learners: Cross-Disciplinary Academic Service-Learning”
• Co-presenter at the 6^th International Research Conference on Service-Learning and Community Engagement in Portland, Oregon, October 16, 2006. “Building a Learning Relationship with Families of English Language Learners: Cross-disciplinary Academic Service-Learning”
• Co-presenter at the Faculty Research Forum at Elon University, February 3, 2006. 

Shared about a service-learning project involving ESL students at Broadview Middle School, Spanish conversation students and Education majors.

• Co-presenter at the National Social Studies Convention in Chicago, IL, November 2004. 

Shared educational research from trip to Cuba.

• Co-presenter at NC Social Studies Convention, Raleigh, NC, Spring 2003.

Shared educational research from trip to Cuba.

Grants and Reassigned Time

• College of Arts and Sciences and Education Department Grant for the Service-Learning Project “Building a Learning Relationship with Families of English Language Learners”, Summer 2006
• Received a one-course release for spring 2007 for service to the institution and to develop two new courses: Spanish for Educators and Magical Realism
• Community Partnership Initiative Grant, “Building a Learning Relationship with Families of English Language Learners”, Spring 2006
• Project Interweave Grant Participant, “Developing SPN 322 Composition as the New Threshold Course for the Spanish Major”, April 18, 2005

Awards and Honors

• Recipient of the Volunteer of the Year Award from Integrity Community Church, May 28, 2006
• Recipient of the Elon Spanish Department Award, Spring 2001
• Teaching Fellows, Fall 1997-Spring 2001 
• Elon College Honors Program, Fall 1997-Spring 2001
• Sigma Delta Pi Spanish Honors Society, Spring 2000
• Datatel Sholarship Recipient, Spring 2000
• Phi Kappa Phi Academic Honors Society, Spring 2000
• Omicron Delta Kappa Leadership Honors Society, Fall 2000
• Dean’s List at Elon University, Spring 1998 & Fall 1998
• President’s List at Elon University, Fall 1997, 1999, & 2000, Spring 1999 & 2000

Professional Organizations

• AATSP-American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese
• ACTFL-American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
• PKP-Phi Kappa Phi

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