Nicholas Patterson

Spanish Teacher

Email: pattersonn@davenportschools.org

Phone: (563) 323-9900

Education

• University of Kansas, M.A. in Spanish
• University of Pennsylvania, M.S. in Education
• Grinnell College, B.A. in Spanish

Additional Information

Nicholas Patterson

Additional Education

• Michigan State University, Summer Institutes at National Center for Language Education and Research, Summer 2007
• Iowa State University, PK-12 Teacher Partnership Institute, National Foreign Language Resource Center, Summer 2005
• Michigan State University, Summer Institute at National Center for Language Education and Research Fellowship, Summer 2000
• Fundación Ortega y Gasset, Spain, King Juan Carlos Fellowship for Teachers of Spanish, Summer 1994
• Concordia Language Villages, Bemidji, Minnesota, Iowa Carver Trust Teacher Seminar Fellowship, Summer 1991
• Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship for Foreign Language Teachers in the High Schools, Peru, Summer 1986
• University of Iowa, Mellon Foundation Advanced Research Grant for Instruction in Foreign Language, Summer 1980
• U.S. Office of Education for National Defense Education Act Institute, Grant for Advanced Study in Spanish, Mexico, Summer 1968

Teaching Experience

• Spanish Teacher, Davenport Community School District, Davenport, Iowa, 1973-present
• Teacher of Creative Writing and Spanish Conversation, College for Kids, MBAEA, Bettendorf, Iowa
• Spanish and Education Instructor, Saint Ambrose University, Davenport, Iowa
• Lecturer of Commercial Spanish at John Deere Intercontinental Ltd., Moline, Illinois
• Lecturer of Spanish for Medical Personnel and Chicano Literature and History, Marycrest College, Davenport, Iowa
• Assistant Instructor of Spanish, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
• Spanish and Bilingual-Bicultural Education Teacher, School District of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Spanish Teacher, School District of Lower Merion Township, Rosemont-Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
• Peace Corps Volunteer English Instructor, University of the Andes, Bogotá, Colombia

Professional Experience

• Who's Who in America, 2008 Edition, Inclusion
• Reader for McDougal Littell's Avancemos, 2007 Edition
• Consultant for McDougal Littell's En español, currently used throughout Davenport Community Schools for Spanish I, II, III, and IV
• Blackhawk Journalism Exchange Program, Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay, Summer 2006
• Speaker on Multilingual Publishing and Judge at JEA/NSPA National High School Journalism Conventions, Atlanta 2004, San Diego 2004, and Chicago 2005
• Volunteer at a one-room elementary schoolhouse in a tropical rain forest, Asociación Ambiental VIDA, Environmental Development, Research, and Volunteer Teaching, Costa Rica, Summer 2004
• Coordinator for student travel to Spain and Morocco, Summer 2004
• Co-author of Davenport Community Schools' Spanish Assessments, used as a model by Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition, National Center for Language Education and Research, University of Minnesota, Spring 2004, and at American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Fall 2003
• AP Spanish Exam Workshop, American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, Chicago, Summer 2003
• College Board AP Spanish Language and Literature Institute, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, Summer 2003
• College Board Institute for Teachers of AP Spanish Language, University of Central Florida at Orlando, Summer 1996
• Member of American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese
• Member of American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages

Study Abroad

• Madrid, Spain with University of Minnesota
• Arequipa, Peru with University of California
• Guadalajara, Mexico with University of Kansas
• Oaxaca, Mexico with University of Utah
• Guadalajara, Mexico with University of Arizona
• Bogota, Colombia with University of the Andes
• Puerto Rico with Berlitz International
• Mexico City, Mexico with Oberlin College