Paris Granville - Résumé
2428 35th Ave NE
Issaquah, WA 98029
E-mail: paris@languageshaping.com
E-mail: paris@frenchlane.com
Objective:
To help students acquire speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills in French as well as knowledge of the cultures of French-speaking countries such as Canada, Senegal, France, or French Polynesia.
Experience
2005-Present
National Network for Early Language Learning
Editor of Learning Languages
- Solicit, edit, and write academic and refereed articles for the journal published biannually
- Design graphics and layout in Adobe InDesign
2000-Present
Language Shaping Solutions, Issaquah, WA
Director, Editor, Writer
- Work with teacher authors to create standards-based curriculum and DVDs for French and Spanish
- Present workshops on World Language Teaching strategies, i.e. using authentic literature, reading strategies, motivating the reluctant learner
2002-2005
Pleasant Hill Middle School, Pleasant Hill, CA
7th and 8th grade French and Spanish Teacher
- Helped students successfully communicate in French or Spanish
- As department chair, I worked to create standards-based curriculum units and performance assessments
1998 - 2000
Princeton Regional Schools, Princeton, NJ
French and Spanish Teacher
- Responsible for all 7th grade second year French students as part as a core team
- Helped students learn Spanish in mixed grade Success Spanish class
1997 - 1998
Readington Middle School, Readington, NJ
French and Spanish Teacher
- Taught 6th grade French exploratory
- Taught teaching 7th grade French and Spanish as part of a core team
1988 - 1997
Ankeny Community Schools, Ankeny, IA
Elementary and Middle school French and Spanish Teacher
- Developed and taught age-appropriate, content-related French curriculum for grades one through six
- Presented the Ankeny’s elementary program to parents, teachers and administrators in other school districts in presentations, publications, and videos
- Scheduled elementary Spanish and French classes for all teachers
Summers ‘94, ‘93, ‘90
Drake University, Des Moines, IA
French and Spanish Master Teacher
- Instructed two to six year olds in intensive French and Spanish
- Concurrently supervised several student teachers
Education
Summers 1994 through 1997
University of Northern Iowa Institute, Angers, FRANCE
Masters of Arts in French Literature
- Lived with a French family and participated in masters classes during six summers
- Successfully completed comprehensive exams in French
1982 to 1987
Drake University, Des Moines, IA
Bachelors of Arts in French, Minor Biology
- Magna Cum Laude
- 1987 Drake Academic Excellence Award in French & Drake Outstanding Contribution Award in Foreign Language
- President’s List, Dean’s List
Fall 1986
La Sorbonne, Paris, FRANCE
Certificat de Langue française, degré supérieur semestriel
- Studies in conversation, grammar, composition, phonetics, 5th-17th century literature, and fine arts conducted entirely in French
Qualifications
- New Jersey Standard Teaching certificates 485-90-6415
- CBest: passed the first time with 163
- French Praxis II 0173 French Content Knowledge: 200/200
- Spanish Praxis II 0191 Spanish Content Knowledge Score 173/200
Selected Accomplishments
May 31st, 2008
Bay Area Language Project, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Keynote Speaker “Creating a target language only environment”
May 2008
Learning Languages
Article “Creating an English-free zone” published in the Spring edition
March 2008
Language Shaping Solutions, Issaquah, WA
Wrote and published Au café: Surviving the French Café
March 2007
Language Shaping Solutions, Issaquah, WA
Published Mitos del mundo azteca
January 2002
Annenberg Teaching Languages K-12 TV project, Pleasant Hill, CA
Filmed by WGBH Boston Television and Annenberg teaching a Cajun folktale, Training and video available at learner.org
January 2000
New Jersey F.A.N.S. project, Princeton, NJ
Filmed teaching “African folk tale: The white mouse” for State Video
October 1996
Iowa Foreign Language Association, Waterloo, IA
Received “Outstanding Educator Award for FLES in the State of Iowa
October 1995
American Association of Teacher of French, Des Moines, IA
Elected vice-president of Iowa chapter
October 1994
Iowa Foreign Language Association, Des Moines, IA
Entertainment chairperson for the State Convention
March 1994
Central States Convention, Kansas City, MO
Presentation "Cajun Music and Culture” representing the “Best of Iowa”
Skills
Microsoft Office, video production, video editing (Adobe Premier & Encore), special effects (Adobe After Effects), graphic design (Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, & InDesign), technical writing, Website creation (Adobe Dreamweaver)
