Marsha Klein

929 Yosemite Lane, Brookings, SD 57006

E-mail: marsha.klein@sdstate.edu Phone: 605-688-4446

University-Based Experiences and Partnerships

Field Placement Supervisor (August 2011-Present)

South Dakota State University, College of Education and Human Sciences

Place Professional Semester I-III students in area schools for field

experiences.

Coordinate the SDSU Online Teacher Certification Program

Develop relationships with area principals and teachers to facilitate

placements.

Assign and collaborate with the university supervisors who serve as

liaisons among the teacher candidates, the cooperating teachers, and the

University.

Plan and present informational sessions (including co-teaching) for

teacher candidates, cooperating teachers, and university supervisors.

Trouble-shoot problems that arise in the course of the field experiences.

Supervise, evaluate, and mentor up to 10 PSII and PSIII students per

semester.

Facilitate, critique, and collaborate with teacher candidates in SEED 420L

micro-teaching labs.

Coordinate the evaluation process for all field experiences

Trained in SDEA’s Train the Trainer for Student Learning Objectives

(2014)

Trained in the SDSU Education Department’s Professional Semester

program (1992).

Served as a cooperating teacher for a minimum of two PSI and two PSII

students almost every semester (1995-2011).

Instructed a University of South Dakota extension course, German 103, at

Winner, SD (1985).

K-12 School-Based Experiences

Classroom Instructor of German and Spanish (August 1995-May 2011)

George S. Mickelson Middle School, Brookings, SD

Developed and wrote curriculum for semester-long foreign language

courses (Spanish and German) for eighth graders.

Incorporated reading strategies, Twenty-First Century skills, and

backward design in my daily lesson plans.

Instructed and evaluated up to 120 students per semester.

Served as student council advisor and After-School Camp coordinator and

supervisor.

Classroom Instructor of English and German (August 1990-May 1995)

Colman-Egan High School, Colman, SD

Instructed Freshman, Junior, and Senior English classes.

Coached oral interpretation and directed the all-school plays.

Served as freshman class advisor and Colman-Egan Education Association

president.

Graduate Assistant (August 1988-May 1990)

English Department, South Dakota State University

Instructed approximately 50 Freshman Composition students per

semester (various styles of writing, including the research paper).

Taught one interim class of Junior Composition.

Classroom Instructor of German, Speech, and English (August 1975-May

1988)

Winner Junior High and High School, Winner, SD

Taught German I-III, Speech I-II and a variety of English classes.

Advised the All State award-winning yearbook for six years.

Served as freshman class advisor, assistant oral interpretation coach, and

co-technical director for one-act plays.

Designed and taught an exploratory German class for fourth graders

(1987).

Attended the Europäische Akademie in Northern Germany for a two-week

seminar as a guest of the West German government.

Community-Focused Experiences

Developed and taught an exploratory class in Spanish and German for

grades 5-7 under the auspices of the Brookings PTA.

Developed and taught an adult Basic German class for the East Central

Multi-District (1999-2008).

Served as a consultant to set up the models for seventh and eighth grade

foreign language instruction at Watertown Middle School (1997).

Was a member of the Twenty-First Century Cohort (2009-2011).

Education

South Dakota State University, M.A. English with Foreign Language

Emphasis (1994)

South Dakota State University, B.A. German (1966-1970)

Honors and Awards

Central States Conference (CSC) Teacher of the Year Nominee (2006)

South Dakota World Language Association (SDWLA) Best of South Dakota

(2006)

SDWLA Teacher of the Year (2006)

Regional Nominee, SDEA/NEA Teacher of Excellence (2004)

Co-editor of the CSC Proceedings Volume, Traditional Values and

Contemporary Perspectives in Language Teaching (2003)

South Dakota chapter of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish

and Portuguese (AATSP) Spanish Teacher of the Year (1999)

Assistant Program Chair, Central States Conference on the Teaching of

Foreign Languages, Milwaukee, WI (1998)

Outstanding High School Faculty Member, Winner High School (1988)

Invited Presentations

SDWLA Conference: Backward Design (Fall, 2011)

Central States Conference, Kansas City, MO: A Movable Feast: Food in the

World Language Classroom (2006)

Mid-Level Conference, Watertown, SD: Activities and Games for the

Foreign Language Classroom (April, 2002)

Regional Mid-Level Conference, Sioux Falls, SD: Covering the Basics Using

Visuals (Fall, 2002)

South Dakota Conference of Educators of Young Children, Brookings, SD:

Introducing Young Children to Another Language (1996)

Visiting presenter in SDSU Modern Languages Methods class on

numerous occasions

Professional Affiliations

Association of American Teachers of German (AATG) (1975–2011)

Past president and secretary-treasurer

Brookings Education Association (BEA)/South Dakota Education

Association (SDEA)/National Education Association (NEA) (1975-2011)

Past secretary and building representative

South Dakota World Language Association (SDWLA) (1975-present)

Past secretary-treasurer

Alpha Delta Kappa (ADK) (2000-present)

Scholarship chair

PEO (2013-present)