2006 Mentors
Gabriel Blanco
Education
ü M.A., Temple University
Major: Spanish and Latin American Literature
ü B.A., LaSalle University
Major: Spanish
Current Employment
ü Spanish Teacher, Council Rock School District
ü Spanish Professor, Chestnut Hill College
Professional Activities and Honors
ü MLA
ü PSMLA (Pennsylvania State Modern Language Association)
ü AATSP (American Association of Teachers of Spanish & Portuguese)
ü ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages)
ü Spanish Teacher's Scholarship Program, Santander, Spain, Summer 2002
ü 2002 Pennsylavania Governor's Institute for World Languages Participant
ü LaSalle College High School Teacher Grant for travel and research
ü Presenter, Language Proficiency Seminar, ACTFL and Rockefeller Foundation, Northeast Conference, New York, NY, April 1989
ü Presenter, The Language Triangle, La Salle University, Sponsored by the Tinker/Fels/Knight Grants, December 1987 and 1988
ü Rockefeller and Tinker Grant for travel and research on Myths and Legends of the Caribbean, 1987
ü Fulbright Scholarship Grant. Portuguese History, Art, Culture and Language, Brazil, 1982
Mary C. Bollinger
Education
ü Ph.D. and M.A., Indiana University, Bloomington
Major: French
ü B.A., University of Kansas
Majors: French and English
ü Pennsylvania Instructional II Certificate: French, Latin and English
Current Employment
ü French teacher, Marple Newtown Senior High School, Newtown Square
Professional Activities and Honors
ü Phi Beta Kappa
ü AATF (American Association of Teachers of French)
ü ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages)
ü Professional Development Committee, Marple Newtown School District
Sandy Bowser
Education
ü MEQ, Lebanon Valley College
ü Pennsylvania Instructional Certificate: Spanish
ü B.A., Ursinus College
Major: French
Minors: English and Spanish
Current Employment
ü French and Spanish teacher, Dover Area School District
Professional Activities and Honors
ü Standards for World Languages for PA, committee member (2 years)
ü Governor’s Institute for World Language Educators, Marywood University, mentor (2 years)
ü Dover Area Education Association, President-elect and President (4 years)
ü Received PA State Education Association Human and Civil Rights’ Award for Leadership (May 2006)
Arlene Buchman
Education
ü M. Ed., Temple University
Major: Foreign Language Education- Spanish
ü B.S., Temple University
Major: Foreign Language Education
ü K-12 Principal's Certificate, Gynedd Mercy College
Current Employment
ü Spanish Instructor/World Language Coordinator, Souderton Area School District
ü Methods Instructor – Ursinus College
Professional Activities and Honors
ü Steering Committee and Mentor, Pennsylvania Governor’s Institute for World Language Educators
ü Best Practices Presenter, 2005-2006 Pennsylvania Governor’s Institute for World Language Educators
ü ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages)
ü PSMLA (Pennsylvania State Modern Language Association)
ü ASCD (Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development)
ü PSEA (Pennsylvania State Education Association)
Kathleen Hauk
Education
ü M.A., LaSalle University
Major: Bilingual/Bicultural Studies
ü M.A., LaSalle University
Major: Education and Certification in Spanish
ü B.S., St. Joseph’s University
Major: Sociology and Certificate in Community Health Services
Current Employment
ü Middle School Spanish Teacher, Wissahickon School District
Professional Activities and Honors
ü MCATFL (Montgomery County Association of Teachers of Foreign Language)
ü MLAPV (Modern Language Association of Philadelphia and Vicinity)
ü PSMLA (Pennsylvania State Modern Language Association)
ü PASE (Philadelphia Area Spanish Educators)
ü AATSP (American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese)
ü King Juan Carlos Fellowship Recipient (Studied in Spain the summer of 1990)
ü La Profesora del Ano, PASE
ü Active member of the Wissahickon Education Association (now the Wissahickon Education Alliance - served as member of the Executive Board and President
ü WEA
ü PSEA (Pennsylvania State Education Association)
ü NEA (National Education Association).
David Kinman
Education
ü M.A., Indiana University of Pennsylvania
ü B.A., Geneva College
Current Employment
ü Spanish, French, Latin, and ESL Instructor, Allegheny-Clarion Valley High School
ü Adjunct Instructor, Spanish, French, and Foreign Language Methods, Clarion Univeristy
Professional Activities and Honors
ü PSMLA (Pennsylvania State Modern Language Association)
ü ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages)
ü NACFLA (North American Christian Foreign Language Assoc.)
ü 3rd -year mentor and Steering Committee member of Pennsylvania Governor’s Institute for World Language Educators
ü NEH Latin Institutes:Westminster College
ü French Immersion Institute: Univ. of Pittsburgh
Katherine McCormick
Education
ü M.A.T., Northwestern University
Field: African History
ü B.A., Bucknell University
Major: History
Current Employment
ü Latin teacher, Hampton High School
Professional Activities and Honors
ü PA Teacher of the Year Semi-finalist (2004)
ü Governor’s Institute for World Language Educators (2003)
ü American Classical League Institute (11 years)
ü CAAS Western Region Representative
ü PA Geographic Alliance Institute, Oxford, England
ü National Geographic Society Summer Institute
ü Fellowship Award for Humanities from The Council for Basic Education and The National Endowment for the Humanities
ü PA Geographic Alliance, American Classical League, Classical Association of Atlantic States, and the Classical Association of Pittsburgh and Vicinity
ü Administrative Assistant for National Endowment for the Humanities Westminster college’s Pax Romana Latin Institute
ü Westminster Latin Institutes (1984-1985)
Sonya Mulvihill
Education
ü M.Ed., University at Buffalo
ü B.S., University at Albany
Major: German Education
Current Employment
ü German Teacher, Phoenixville Area Middle School
Professional Activities and Honors
ü Member of AATG (American Asssociation of Teachers of German)
ü World Language Committee (Phoenixville)
ü German Club Advisor (Phoenixiville)
ü Former Peace Corps Volunteer (Uzbekistan)
ü Travel addict J
Daniel Murphy
Education
ü M.A., Ohio University
Major: Spanish
ü B.S., Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Major: Secondary Spanish Education
Current Employment
ü Spanish Teacher, Indiana Junior and Senior High School
ü Adjunct Spanish Professor, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Publications
ü "La reindivicacion del buen nombre del padre: Hacia una relectura del Relato de Gonzalo Guerrero" in Vision de la Narrativa Hispanica: Ensayos, 155-167, IUP, 1999
Professional Activities and Honors
ü Awarded Fellowship to study in Ecuador funded in part by US Department of Education Title VI Grant, Study through Arizona State University (July 3-22, 2004). Studied Quichua and integration of Indigenous Cultures in the Public Schools
ü Graduate Assistant, Me'rida, Yucata'n, through Ohio University (January 3-March 22, 1998). Conducted indepedent study of sincretism in Yucatecan region and in Guatemala.
ü Actor, Modulo 104,Ohio University, April 1997
ü Director of various theatrical productions including The Apollo of Bellac (Indiana Senior High, February 2004), Una carta a Dios (Readers' theatre, Migrant Education Program, Lompoc, California, 1995
ü PSMLA (Pennsylvania State Modern Language Association)
ü ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages)
ü APPLES
ü Sigma Delta Pi
Doug Wolfe
Education
ü M.Ed., Western Maryland College
Major: Secondary Education
ü Universidad de Valladolid
ü B.S., Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Major: Spanish Education
Current Employment
ü Department Chair, South West High School
Professional Activities and Honors
ü ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages)
ü PSMLA (Pennsylvania State Modern Language Association)
ü MEA
ü 2006 Teacher of the Year, South West School District High School