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Colin James Konkel is a graduate student at Michigan State University. He teaches English literature, Creative Writing and mythology. Konkel's teaching experience includes a Teaching Internship at Williamston High school.
Colin James Konkel is a graduate student at Michigan State University. He teaches English literature, Creative Writing and mythology. Konkel's teaching experience includes a Teaching Internship at Williamston High school.
Colin James Konkel is a graduate student at Michigan State University. He teaches English literature, Creative Writing and mythology. Konkel's teaching experience includes a Teaching Internship at Williamston High school.
_______________________________________________________ EDUCATION Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan Graduate Studies in English Education Current GPA: 4.0
Fall 2014 - Spring 2015
Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
Fall 2010 - Spring 2014 College of Arts and Letters, College of Education Major - English (BA), Minor - TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) Cumulative GPA: 3.52 _______________________________________________________________ TEACHING EXPERIENCE Williamston High School, Williamston, Michigan August 2014 - May 2015 Teaching Internship 11th Grade English Literature, Creative Writing, Mythology Planned, taught, graded and managed Creative Writing for one semester Orchestrated poetry slams in three English 11 classes and participated in the national Poetry Out Loud competition, sending one student to represent Williamston in the state finals Employed a variety of media to facilitate dialogic instruction, including creating a new website for Creative Writing where students could access model short stories, assignments, rubrics, and resources Created full units and daily lesson plans on poetry, Macbeth, A Tale of Two Cities and a mini-unit on war literature, focusing on principles of dialogic teaching and student-centered learning Proctored the ACT and participated in English department meetings focused on curriculum development, aligning with state standards, and MME testing East Lansing High School and MacDonald Middle School, East Lansing, Michigan Summer 2014 Middle and High School English as a Second Language Instruction Observed an experienced ESL instructor teach ESL students at all levels of English language acquisition to enrich my practice Created and taught several lessons to help students review for weekly grammar and vocabulary tests Tutored several beginning-level English language learners weekly to prepare them for formative and summative assessments; one became a MacDonald Middle School Student of the Month Eastern High School, Lansing, Michigan January 2014 - May 2014 th 7 Grade English Language Arts Encouraged at-risk students to develop positive reading strategies, such as looking for context clues, annotation, and root words, in small groups Mentored an English Language Learner from Turkey on vocabulary, grammar, reading strategies, and the writing process
Colin James Konkel
Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan September 2013 - December 2013 Teaching Assistant - Preparation for College Writing Assisted mostly first-year international students, individually and in small groups, in becoming proficient in American collegiate writing conventions, such as MLA, APA, and Chicago formatting and citation techniques, and writing clear, supportable, and nuanced thesis statements Taught two whole-class, student-centered lessons on vivid and descriptive language, which centered around enhancing students personal narrative projects The Lewton School, Lansing, Michigan October 2012 - December 2012 6th Grade English Language Arts Provided students with one-on-one assistance when needed to improve the flow of instruction so the teacher could assist other students Enriched my teaching practice and solidified my interest in becoming a professional educator by observing an experienced Language Arts teacher in their classroom _______________________________________________________________ RELATED JOBS AND RESEARCH Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan December 2013 - December 2014 Undergraduate Research Assistant Center for Applied Inclusive Teaching in the Arts and Humanities (CAITLAH) Worked closely with professors, graduate, and undergraduate students in writing, revising, and submitting an article on Teacher Reflective Inquiry Practices (TRIP) for publication, which centered around the development of self-efficacy of beginning teachers Assisted professors with developing a coding scheme to analyze qualitative data, administered surveys to pre-service teachers, and aided in the formation of a conclusion about patterns in the data that we had been collecting and analyzing for the better part of a year Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, East Lansing, Michigan March 2013 - November 2014 Gallery Guide Communicated with museum patrons about the artwork on display, its potential cultural significance, and encouraged them to consider multiple interpretations of each piece _______________________________________________________________ AWARDS AND HONORS National Council of Teachers of English Presented research findings (Fostering Student Voice and Creativity in Multimodal Mediums in University Classrooms and Beyond) at the 2014 NCTE Annual Convention in Washington, D.C. Member since 2014 Michigan Council of Teachers of English Presented research findings (Fostering Student Voice and Creativity in Multimodal Mediums in University Classrooms and Beyond) at the 2014 MCTE Annual Convention in East Lansing, Michigan Member since 2013 Michigan State University Deans List Maintained a GPA of 3.5 or above from Fall Semester 2012 until Spring semester of 2014