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KAITLIN DECKER

kaitlindecker@gmail.com 831.383.2558  kdecker@miis.edu


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EDUCATION
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MA
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
December 2014
Monterey Institute of International Studies
A Graduate School of Middlebury College, Monterey CA
Peace Corps Masters International Program
BA

Sociology
Haverford College, Haverford, PA

May 2005

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
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English Language Instructor
February-May 2012; August 2014-present
Peace Resource Center
Seaside, CA
Prepare for and teach weekly adult ESL community class accommodating multiple proficiency
levels and integrating learners from diverse backgrounds.
Collaborate with a team of co-teachers to create a cohesive curriculum, as well as to establish an
empowering and enabling learning environment.
Provide additional resources and information about living in the US to immigrant students.
English Language Teacher
August 2012 August 2014
Peace Corps, IE La Milagrosa
Cartagena, Colombia
Co-planned and co-taught English classes at the primary and secondary level, working closely with
teachers to develop sustainable improvements in their methodologies and language skills.
Taught English language classes for primary classroom teachers, assessed and managed multi-level
proficiency, modeled activities and techniques.
Independently organized and developed extra-curricular English language learning opportunities for
community youth and adults including weekly English Clubs and an English for Tourism course.
English Language Instructor
September 2008 April 2011
Language Education & Technology Center
Washington, DC
Prepared for and taught weekly ESL class of low-income adult immigrants.
Coordinated with a team of co-teachers to create a cohesive curriculum and manage students with
varying proficiency levels and learning backgrounds.

TEACHER TRAINING EXPERIENCE


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English Teaching Webinar Series
Cartagena, Colombia
Series Creator and Facilitator
January 2013 present
Co-designed and implemented an English teaching methodology webinar series for pre- and in-service
Colombian teachers.
Assisted participants in navigating online platform used for weekly sessions and facilitated both live and
forum discussion.
Conduct on-going research and development to improve the series design incorporating additional
online resources and tools.
Ministry of Education, English Immersion Program
San Andrs Island, Colombia
English Language Methodologist and Instructor
November December 2013
Selected by the Colombian Ministry of Education to teach English Language Methodology to public
school teachers during a one-month immersion program.
Designed and delivered teaching methodology workshops on topics including Project Based Learning,
Reflective Teaching, and Communities of Practice.
Collaborated with local tutors and taught English classes, demonstrated communicative language
teaching practices and enabled teacher-trainees to advance to at least the B1 level (CEFR).

ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE


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Bread for the City
Washington, DC
Public Benefits Coordinator
January 2007 July 2011
Assisted clients in the Representative Payee Program in maintaining eligibility for public benefits and
manage the funds they receive.
Worked with a team of case managers both within the program, as well as from outside Mental Health
Service Agencies.
Jifunze Project Community Education Resource Centre
Kiteto District, Tanzania
Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist
July 2005 August 2006
Received Emerging Service Leaders Grant from Haverford College Center for Peace and Global
Citizenship.
Reorganized database used by the Centre in collecting membership and user statistics.
Designed and implemented a project assessment, presented findings and recommendations for further
evaluation in a formal report.

LANGUAGE SKILLS
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Spanish: Advanced (Peace Corps LPI)
Swahili: Basic (No official rating)
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PRESENTATIONS AND CONFERENCES


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Monterey Bay Symposium: Celebrating Foreign Language Education
March 2012
A recipe for language learning success: integrating language skills
Presentation
discussed a framework for integrating the four skills
described and demonstrated sample integrated classroom tasks

SPECIAL PROJECTS
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Curriculum Design
English Teaching Methodology Webinar Series
Content-based English course on language teaching pedagogy offered online.
Peace Corps Volunteer as Teacher Trainer: A Program on Reflective Teaching for Secondary English Teachers in
Colombia
Adult English Program at the Peace Resource Center.
Teachers guide, materials, resources, and sample lesson plans for community-based English
program.
Sociolinguistics Research
Text Talk: An Attitudes Survey. Study of attitudes towards the use of abbreviations commonly found in
SMS and online communication in spoken discourse.
Applied Linguistics Research
Just Another Word: An Attitudes Survey.
Study of attitudes towards the use of taboo words in English among Native Chinese and Native
Spanish Speakers.
Language Assessment
Peace Resource Center Vocabulary Assessment.
Assessment of lexical knowledge for adult beginner ESOL learners.
English Language Program Evaluation
observed novice teachers using interactive audio instruction programs, English for Latin America
and English for Colombia.
documented observations, made corrections to the program scripts, and shared feedback with the
program creator(s).

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Website Design and Enhancement


increased and enhanced content regarding the Peace Corps Masters International (PCMI) program
in TESOL on the Monterey Institute of International Studies website.
created online map of former and current PCMI student-volunteers according to country of
service.
produced interview videos of returned PCMI student-volunteers.

AWARDS AND HONORS


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Peace Corps Masters International Scholarship
Fall 2014
Monterey Institute of International Studies Merit Scholarship

Fall 2011; Spring 2012

REFERENCES
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Kathleen M. Bailey, PhD
kb@miis.edu
Professor of Applied Linguistics, MATESOL Program
Monterey Institute of International Studies
Eder Leon
eleon@peacecorps.gov
TEL Project Programming and Training Specialist
Peace Corps Colombia
Peter Shaw, PhD
pshaw@miis.edu
Professor of Applied Linguistics, MATESOL Program
Monterey Institute of International Studies
Jean Turner, PhD
jturner@miis.edu
Professor of Applied Linguistics, MATESOL Program
Monterey Institute of International Studies

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