College Development
Resume:
CHRISTINE BAUER-RAMAZANI,
Applied Linguistics Department
Colchester, VT 05439-0253
e-mail: cbauer-ramazani at smcvt.edu
home page:
http://academics.smcvt.edu/cbauer-ramazani
Education
Professional Experience
Professional
Distinctions & Recognitions
Grants
Language
Background Organizational
Affiliations
Master
of Business Administration
(MBA),
University of Vermont, 1992: "best individual performance on the 1992 comprehensives"
Certificate in Management,
University of Colorado, 1983
M.A. in
English Linguistics,
Johannes-Gutenberg-Universit t Mainz, Germany, 1978
M.Ed.
in English Curriculum and Instruction,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1975
Equivalent of B.A. in English, History and Education,
Universit t Trier, Germany, 1973
Experience
Saint Michael's College, Applied Linguistics Department, Colchester, Vermont, 9/86-present
INSTRUCTOR
(9/89-pres.), TECHNOLOGY COORDINATOR
(8/03-12/09), PROGRAM COORDINATOR for theUndergraduate Intensive English Language Study Program (UIELSP) Grant (1/09-3/10)
Instruct international students in English at all levels of proficiency
and in all areas of language study (grammar,
reading, writing, listening, speaking, academic skills, academic English
for business, TOEFL) in the
Intensive
English Program (IEP) as well as the
Academic
English Program (AEP); chair the Placement & Proficiency Committee for
CEA accreditation of the IEP; have developed proficiency tests and rubrics
for speaking and writing and implemented placement and proficiency testing
procedures in the IEP; function as master teacher and mentor for graduate
practicum students; have trained faculty in using technology in the
classroom through workshops and one-on-one sessions; specialize in teaching
computer-assisted language learning (CALL)
to MATESOL
graduate students as well as
English
for Business
in the College's Academic English and Intensive English Programs; have
authored and teach an online, interactive, multimedia course
for
GSL520: CALL; have taught other graduate MATESOL courses (Communication Skills,
Practicum, Testing & Assessment); regularly teach an undergraduate course in
business
administration;
have developed and taught special courses in
Learning English through the Internet, Learning English by Creating a Web
Project; Business English, TOEFL, Academic Skills, video-based content
instruction, debating, orientation to the U.S., essay-writing, research
and formal documentation skills;
coordinated a
grant program
by the U.S. Department of State,
Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs for 5 grant cohorts from
Latin America (99 students), including
implementation of
program/curriculum, administration, assessment of and tracking of
academic performance, contact with the U.S. Dept. of State, teaching;
designed and conducted surveys of satisfaction of students, on-campus and
off-campus partners, host families; wrote reports for the U.S. Dept. of
State, accounting for the students' achievement of 80% of the stated goals
in language proficiency and familiarity with American culture; served on
IEP Search Committee for an instructor position (2011).
Saint Michael's College,
Business Department, Colchester, Vermont, 2002-present
ADJUNCT INSTRUCTOR
Teach Foundations of Business Administration course to
undergraduate students as part of a teaching team; assist with syllabus
design and design of course elements in the course management system;
have oriented and mentored new members of the teaching team.
Saint Michael's College, Applied Linguistics Department, Colchester,
Vermont
DIRECTOR,
Intensive
English Program,
8/93-8/94
Directed administration and curriculum of the program, including budget,
staffing, hiring, orienting, and training new instructors, enrollment
management, testing, student orientation and advising, course selection
and scheduling, teacher and program evaluation, professional development,
development of advertising materials and student and faculty handbooks;
assisted the Dean with development of management information systems tools
to establish an internal budget system, track student inquiries, student
placement/academic plans, standard test scores; developed marketing
strategies and budgets for special programs.
CO-COORDINATOR,
Intensive English
Program, 1/90-8/93:
Directed
curriculum development and planning for the five levels of the program;
reorganized the Language Lab into a Language Learning Resource Center;
assisted with staffing, testing and student placement, student
orientation, text selection, development of teacher evaluation criteria
and procedures.
Teachers of
English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), 2002-present
ONLINE INSTRUCTOR
Teach regularly in TESOL's Certificate Program Principles and
Practices of Online Teaching: Online Learning for Campus-based Teaching;
have taught Teaching Reading and Writing
Online and Teaching Writing Online as well; have designed the courses and
taught them online using the Desire2Learn platform.
The Economics
Institute, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, 1980-1986
ASSISTANT PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR/ENGLISH INSTRUCTOR:
Assisted the Deputy Director in the administration of a program for
international graduate students of economics and business; as
Chairperson of the English Curriculum Committee, negotiated for and
implemented new curriculum projects; supervised and evaluated the
performance of faculty; organized and conducted faculty in-service
workshops; as Instructor, taught English for Business at all levels
and in all areas of the curriculum.
The Bridge
International School, Denver, Colorado, 1979-80
ASSISTANT CURRICULUM SUPERVISOR/INSTRUCTOR:
Coordinated the grammar curriculum for all five levels of the program;
instructed undergraduate international students in all areas of English
language and culture studies.
English
Language Services, Denver, Colorado, 1978-1979
INSTRUCTOR:
Instructed undergraduate international students in English as well as in
American life and culture
Volkshochschule
Kelsterbach, Kelsterbach, Germany, 1977-78
ENGLISH INSTRUCTOR
Instructed
German adults in basic and intermediate English; introduced them to
British and American customs and culture
Professional
Distinctions & Recognitions
Invited Keynote
Speaker & Workshop presenter,
Colombo Symposium: ELT Practices that
Matter, Centro Colombo Americano
Bogota, Colombia, September 17-18, 2012
Recipient of the D. Scott Enright TESOL Interest
Section Service Award, December 2011; honored by colleagues for
my work
with the Computer-Assisted
Language Learning (CALL) Interest Section; the
award is presented at the 46th TESOL Convention and Exhibition,
Philadelphia, PA, March 28-31, 2012
Series Advisor, Pearson PDI
Integrating Technology in Education (ITE), November 2011-July 2012
Consultant for Online/Distance Teacher Training, Saint Michael's
College, November 2010-February 2011
Invited speaker, Academic Session of the Computer-Assisted Interest
Section (CALL-IS) of TESOL. Online Teacher Training for Web 2.0 and
Beyond, 45th TESOL Convention and
Exhibition, New Orleans, LA, March 2011
Invited Keynote Speaker & Workshop presenter, 8th International TELLSI Conference, Al-Zahra
University, Tehran, Iran,
October 13-15, 2010
Immediate Past Chair (2010-2011) and Electronic Village Events
Coordinator of the Electronic Village, sponsored by the Computer-Assisted
Language Learning Interest Section (CALL-IS) of
TESOL, 45th TESOL Convention and Exhibition, New Orleans, LA, March 2011
Distance Course author/teacher, "Online Learning for Campus-based
Teaching," part of TESOL's Principles and Practices of Teaching Online
series,
2004 - present.
Webmaster, Applied Linguistics Department of Saint Michael's College, May
2010 - May 2012
Recipient of Dennis Franz Memorial Partnership
Award, recognized for advancing the use of technology in the classroom;
the award
commemorates ten years of successful partnership
between the college and Pearson eCollege, now named Pearson Learning
Studio through the eCollege system, now named Pearson Learning
Studio,
Campus Currents, May 2010
Chair (2009-2010) of the Computer-Assisted Language Learning Interest
Section (CALL-IS) of TESOL
Chair-Elect (2008-09) of the Computer-Assisted Language
Learning Interest Section (CALL-IS) of TESOL
Coordinator & Web Cast Organizer, Electronic Village Fair Classics, Computer-Assisted
Language Learning Interest Section (CALL-IS) of
TESOL (2006-2008)
Invited speaker, Academic Session of the Computer-Assisted Language
Learning Interest Section (CALL-IS) of TESOL. .
CALL and SLA:
Research, Applications, and Beyond, 42nd TESOL Convention and
Exhibition, New York, NY, March 2008
Advisory Board Member
for Online Teaching and Learning /
Online Learning Consultant,
Pearson Longman, February 2008-present
Invited plenary speaker,
10th National ELT Conference on InformationTechnology
and ELT,
British Council/Centro Colombo
Americano/Universidad de la Sabana,
Bogota, Colombia, April 26-28, 2007
Invited speaker,
Academic Session of the
Speech, Pronunciation, Listening Interest Section (SPL-IS) of TESOL,
41st
Annual TESOL
Convention and Exhibition, Seattle, Washington, March 2007
Chair, Intensive English Program Placement and Proficiency Testing
Committee, Applied Linguistics Department, Saint Michael's College,
Fall
2007- present
Member of the Task Force of the Applied Linguistics Department charged
with restructuring the Intensive English Program, June 2007-February
2008 (presented to the
department faculty and collaborated on the report)
Member of the
CEA (Commission
on English Language Program Accreditation) team, School
of International Studies (now Applied Linguistics
Department), Saint
Michael's College, Fall 2006 - Summer 2007
Member of the Committee on the
Certificate of Advanced Graduate
Study (CAGS) Committee, Applied Linguistics Department,
Saint Michael's College, Fall 2006 present
Nominated to the 2006/2007
Manchester Who's Who Among Executive and
Professional Women
Faculty Mentor of the week-long Teaching with Technology
Workshop 2005, Saint Michael's College, June 2005
Re-elected member of the
Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) Steering Committee,
TESOL, 2005-2008
Featured in The
Bell Tower, A Publication of the School of International Studies at
Saint Michael s, Spring 2004, Computers as Tools
for Students and their
Teachers"
Member of the Technology Advisory Committee,
TESOL, April 2004-07
Technology Coordinator, Applied Linguistics
Department, Saint Michael's College, September 2003-2009
Member of the Course Management Systems Task Force,
Saint Michael's College, 2003-2004
Consultant to the Curriculum and Educational Policy Committee of Saint
Michael's College on the topic of "Evaluating Online Course Design and
Syllabi", March 2004
Invited Leader,
on Teaching Writing Online, with
participants from 3 continents, September 30-
October 27, 2002.
Member of the
International Centennial Committee,
St. Michael s College, 2002-2004
Elected member of the
Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) Steering Committee,
TESOL, 2000-2004
Featured in
Topics Online Magazine
for conducting An Integrated Skills Unit: Student Web Projects,
http://www.topics-mag.com/projects/restaurants/christine-b-r-page.htm
Featured in TESOL Matters11.4, Sept./Oct./Nov. 2001, Wandering
the Web, p. 15: Web Pages Created by Students
http://www.tesol.org/pubs/articles/2001/tm11-4-02.html
Founding member and Lead Organizer of the
Electronic Village (EV)
Online Sessions, TESOL Computer-Assisted Language Learning
Interest Section (CALL) Interest Section, August 2000-April 2004
Member of the
Technology Steering Committee, St. Michael s College, 2000-2006
Member of the
Technology Committee, Applied Linguistics Department, St. Michael's
College, 2000-present
Featured in The
Bell Tower, A Publication of the School of International Studies at
Saint Michael s, Fall 1999, Virtually Speaking: Computer
Technology in
the ESL/TESL Classroom
Featured in
TESOL Matters 10.3 (June/July 1999), Wandering the
Web, p. 23 Wired Teachers at TESOL 2000, Internet Fair
Member of the
Dean's Council, School of International Studies, St. Michael's
College, 1993-1998
Member of the Educational Technology Committee, St. Michael's
College, 1996-1997
Member of the
UAP Action Team, St. Michael's
College, 1996-1999
Member of the
MATESL Practicum Committee, St. Michael's College, 1996-present;
Member of the Vice
President's Strategic Planning Committee, St. Michael's College,
1992-93
Member of several
Language Lab Committees, St. Michael's College, 1992-1995
Member of
Language
Lab Search Committee, St. Michael's College, 1995-1996
Co-Program Chair,
8th Annual CoTESOL Convention, Nov. 1983, Denver, Colorado
Elected
Chairperson/Member of Executive Committee, CoTESOL Special Interest
Group, Applied Linguistics, 1980-1981
Organizer
and Chair of
the Applied Linguistics Forum of CoTESOL on pragmatics in April 1981
Professional
Engagement
Keynote, Technology and Its Impact on
Teaching and Learning, Colombo Symposium: ELT Practices that
Matter, Centro Colombo Americano
Bogota, Colombia, September 17-18, 2012.
Workshop,
Creating and Sharing Performance Inventories for Project-based Language
Tasks with GoogleDocs, Colombo Symposium: ELT
Practices that Matter, Centro Colombo Americano Bogota, Colombia,
September 17-18, 2012.
Presentation, Electronic Village Fair,
with Christina Mager,
Why Use a Wiki with Students? 46th TESOL Convention and Exhibition,
Philadelphia,
PA,
March 28-31, 2012.
Presentation, Electronic Village Fair, with Maria
Tomeho-Palermino, Skip Gole, and Jack Watson,
TESOL PP110 Outcomes: Using our Wikis with
Students as Learning Spaces. 46th TESOL Convention and Exhibition,
Philadelphia, PA, March 28-31, 2012.
Invited Presentation, Electronic
Village Fair Classics,
Training CALL Teachers Online, 46th TESOL Convention and Exhibition,
Philadelphia, PA,
March 28-31, 2012.
Proposal Reviewer for
46th TESOL Convention and Exhibition,
Philadelphia, PA, March 28-31,
2012
Proposal Reviewer for the Computer-Assisted Language Learning
(CALL) Interest Section of TESOL--Electronic Village EV Fairs for the 46th TESOL
Convention and Exhibition,
Philadelphia, PA, March 28-31,
2012
Electronic Village
Special Events Coordinator,
Electronic Village & Technology Showcase Special Events, Computer-Assisted
Language Learning Interest
Section of TESOL (CALL-IS), 2010-11.
Course developer/trainer of a distance course: "Online Teacher-Training, Applied Linguistics Department,"
Saint Michael's College,
Colchester, VT, January -
February 2011
Panel Presentation,
Academic Session of the Computer-Assisted Language Learning Interest
Section of TESOL (CALL-IS).
Online Teacher Training
for Web 2.0 and Beyond. 45th TESOL Convention and Exhibition, New
Orleans, LA, March 2011.
Organizer & Moderator,
Web Casts from the 2011 TESOL Convention Presentationsat the
45th Annual TESOL Convention and
Exhibition,
New Orleans, Louisiana, March 2011
Panel Presentation,
Collaborative Action Project, "Using
an adjunct/companion teacher model to develop mathematical
understanding for low English
language proficient high school ELLs at Winooski High School,"
part of Grant Project CREATE:
Curriculum Reform for All
Teachers of ELLs through the Department of State, December 2010, Saint
Michael's College, Colchester, VT.
Keynote,, 8th International TELLSI Conference, Al-Zahra
University, Tehran, Iran,
October 13-15, 2010
Workshop, Constructing
a Web Space for Teacher-Student Collaboration and Interaction, 8th
International TELLSI Conference,
Al-Zahra University, Tehran, Iran, October 13-15, 2010
Workshop,
Developing Speaking and Listening Skills Online, 8th International
TELLSI Conference, Al-Zahra University, Tehran, Iran,
October 13-15, 2010
Distance Course author/teacher, "Online Learning for Campus-based
Teaching," part of TESOL's Principles and Practices of Teaching Online
series,
September - October 2010.
Proposal Reviewer for
45th TESOL Convention and Exhibition,
New Orleans, LA, March 16-19,
2011
Proposal Reviewer for
44th TESOL Convention and Exhibition,
Boston, MA, March 25-27,
2010
Organizer & Lead Facilitator,
Web Casts from the Electronic Village (EV) at the 44th TESOL
Convention and Exhibition, Boston, MA,
March 25-27, 2010
Organizer and
Moderator, Computer-Assisted Language Learning Interest Section
(CALL-IS) of TESOL, 43rd TESOL Convention and Exhibition,
Denver, CO, March 26-29, 2009
Invited Session:
Colloquium -- Celebrating 25
Years of CALL: Forging New Pathways
(link to
)
Academic Session:
CALL Pathways for Interaction and
Collaboration (link to
)
InterSection Session (CALL-IS, SPL-IS,
VDM-IS):
Innovative Uses of Digital Technology for Teaching Oral Skills
(link to
Wiki)
Proposal Reviewer for the
43rd TESOL Convention and Exhibition, Denver, CO, March 26-29, 2009
Faculty Development Workshop,
"Using
the Internet to Develop Oral Skills," Centro Colombo Americano,
Bogota, Colombia, July 2008
Faculty Development Workshop, "Interactive
Spaces for Online Communities," Centro Colombo Americano, Bogota,
Colombia, July 2008
Faculty Development Workshop, "Using the VAESTRO Voiceboard for Oral
Skills," Saint Michael's College, June 2008
Faculty Development Workshop, "Using Longman English Interactive Online
in the Intensive English Program," Saint Michael's College,
April 2008
Academic Session of the Computer-Assisted Language Learning Interest
Section of TESOL (CALL-IS).
Best Practices in CALL. CALL and SLA:
Research, Applications, and Beyond, 42nd
TESOL Convention and Exhibition, New York, NY, March 2008
Discussion Group, together
with Sandy Wagner, "What
is your favorite technagogy?" 42nd TESOL Annual Convention and
Exhibit, New York
NY, April 2-5, 2008
Organizer & Moderator,
Web Casts from the 2008
EV (Electronic Village) Fair Classicsat the
42nd Annual TESOL Convention and Exhibition,
New York, New York, April 2008
Article, together with Sandy Wagner, Paula Emmert, Kent Matsueda, Roger
Drury,
CALL-IS Goes the Distance, in
On
CALL: the newsletter of TESOL's Computer-Assisted Language Learning
Interest Section 24 (1), March 2008
Keynote,
Engaging English Language Learners in
Project-based Learning through Technology, 10th National ELT Conference on Information
Technology and ELT,
British Council/Centro Colombo Americano/Universidad de la Sabana, Bogota, Colombia, April 26-28, 2007
Workshop,
Searching for an Evaluating
Web Sites Effectively, 10th National ELT Conference on Information Technology and ELT,
British Council/Centro Colombo Americano/Universidad de la Sabana, Bogota, Colombia, April 26-28, 2007
Workshop,,
10th National ELT Conference on Information Technology and ELT,
British Council/Centro Colombo Americano/Universidad de la Sabana, Bogota, Colombia, April 26-28, 2007
Faculty development demonstration of my presentations and organized
events at the 41st Annual TESOL Convention and Exhibition,
(Seattle, WA, April 5, 2007) to the Intensive
English Program faculty, Saint Michael's College, April 12, 2007
Academic Session of the
Speech, Pronunciation, Listening Interest Section (SPL-IS) of TESOL,
Technology & Speech: The effectiveness
of computer technology in
teaching speaking and pronunciation skills, 41st
Annual TESOL
Convention and Exhibition, Seattle, Washington, March 2007
Demonstration, Electronic Village Fair,, together with Sandy Wagner,
Paula Emmert, and Roger Drury, 41st Annual
TESOL Convention and Exhibition,
Seattle, Washington, March 2007
Organizer & Moderator,
Web Casts from the 2007
EV (Electronic Village) Fair Classicsat the
41st Annual TESOL Convention and Exhibition,
Seattle, Washington, March 2007
Lead Organizer,
Electronic Village (EV) Fair Classics, 41st
Annual TESOL Convention and Exhibition, Seattle, Washington, March 2007
Organizer & Moderator of online workshop,
Teaching with Technology: PowerPoint in the Classroom, Electronic
Village (EV) Online,
sponsored by the CALL and Teacher Education Interest Sections
of TESOL, Jan. 15-Feb. 25, 2007
Faculty development
workshop, "Using the Internet in the ESL
Classroom--Resources and Web Site Evaluation," Saint Michael's College,
December 5, 2006
Faculty development workshop, "Integrating
Technology into the ESL Classroom," Passaic County Community College, Hudson County
Community College, New Jersey City
University, Paterson,
NJ, Oct. 27, 2006
Book chapter, "Training CALL Teachers Online,"
in Teacher Education in CALL (2006) (eds.
Philip Hubbard & Michael Levy). John Benjamins
Publishers.
Organizer/Interviewer/Moderator,
Web Casts from the 2006 Internet Fair Classics,40th TESOL Convention and Exhibition, Tampa, Florida, March
2006.
Co-Organizer,
Internet Fair Classics 2006, 40th TESOL
Convention and Exhibition, Tampa, Florida, March 2006.
Internet Fair Mini-Workshop, together with
Paula Emmert,
Introduction to Creating WebQuests with Templates, 40th TESOL
Convention and
Exhibition, Tampa, Florida, March 2006.
Discussion Group, together with Mary-Ellen Butler-Pascoe,
Collaborative Activities for Effective Online Learning Communities,
40th TESOL
Convention and Exhibition, Tampa, Florida, March
2006.
Panel member and on-campus Photo Exhibit (Durick
Library): Perspectives on the Middle East, Saint Michael's College, Fall
2005
Mentoring, presenting to, and assisting faculty at the week-long
Teaching with Technology Workshop 2005, June 2005
Live online presentation at the Tutor
Mentor eConference--Interaction and collaboration in Computer-Assisted Language Learning
(CALL),
Produced by: Digital Workforce
Education Society, Powered by:
Alado.net,
May 10, 2005.
Invited
Demonstration--Internet Fair Classics:
Using CALL Software in the ESL Classroom:
Streaming video clips,
39th Annual TESOL
Convention and Exhibition 2005, San
Antonio, Texas
Invited
demonstration--Internet
Fair Classics Training
CALL Teachers Online,
39th Annual TESOL Convention and Exhibition 2005, San
Antonio, Texas
Discussion Group, together with Mary-Ellen Butler-Pascoe, "Professional
Development Opportunities in CALL,"
39th Annual TESOL Convention
and Exhibition 2005, San Antonio, Texas
Article, with Elizabeth Hanson-Smith.
Professional Development: The Electronic Village Online of the TESOL CALL
Interest Section
TESL-EJ, Vol. 8. No. 2 (September
2004).
Participant and Faculty Mentor-in-Training, Teaching with Technology
Workshop 2004, Saint Michael's College
Demonstration, together with Kayoko
(Koko) Hirano, Hiroko Kunimatsu, Anne Orellana, and Yasuko Unno,
Using WebQuests for ESL in Public Schools and Intensive English Programs,
Northern New England TESOL, Saint Michael's College, April
17, 2004.
Academic Session of the CALL Interest
Section of TESOL,
Preparing
the Next Generation of CALL
Practitioners:
Online teacher training in CALL,
38th Annual TESOL Convention and Exhibition 2004, Long Beach, California.
Discussion Group, together with Mary-Ellen Butler-Pascoe, How
can we use technology to
integrate skills-based activities into our classes?,
38th
Annual TESOL Convention and Exhibition 2004, Long Beach, California,
March/April 2004..
Demonstration, together with
Chris Jones, Vance Stevens, Elizabeth Hanson-Smith, Nigel Caplan, Rebecca M. Dauer, Gary Carkin,
Teresa Almeida d'Eca,
Professional
Development through Electronic Village Online Sessions, Jan. 25 to March
5, 2004,Internet Fair
of the 38th Annual TESOL
Convention and
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