AMY L.

KOLB

1106 Catherine St. Salt Lake City, UT 84116 801-857-8629

amy.kolb@utah.eduamy.kolb@utah.eduamy.kolb@utah.edu
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
OBJECTIVE: To obtain a secondary teaching position in Spanish, ESL and/or cross country coaching
HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS
Content competence from 5 months AFS high school study in Guayaquil, Ecuador, 10 months
Spanish language and political science study at the University of Santiago de Compostela
and the University of Oviedo, Spain
Multicultural competence from living and working in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas
Selected to participate in international, university-level Model United Nations in New York
City, represented East Timor, acted as delegate from East Timor, met East Timors UN
Ambassador, proposed and debated (specific) resolutions
Completed numerous 10Ks, 5Ks, marathon, 100K-210K+ relays, sprint triathlon
EDUCATION
M.A. World Languages -- Spanish
May 2015
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah
B.A. Foreign Languages and Cultures Spanish; B.A. Political Science Global Emphasis
May 2008
Washington State University
CERTIFICATION
Secondary Spanish teaching license for state of Utah
ESL endorsement for state of Utah

Pullman, Washington
May 2015

Passed Praxis II test: Spanish (191), ESL (165); Passed ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview:
Spanish

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Northwest Middle School, Salt Lake School District
OctoberMarch 2015 Student Teacher
Salt Lake City, Utah
Native Spanish Speakers (7th/8th grade)
Taught 3 classes of 30 kids each class to students of Mexican heritage
Backwards planning; Differentiated instruction; Cooperative learning; Community Building
Culturally relevant pedagogy using a Mexican novel (name)
Focus of the class is learning how to read and write in Spanish, I use (Mexican novel name)
because it is engaging, developmentally appropriate and allows me scaffold
Learn how to spell, accent marks and punctuation
Introduction to World Languages: Spanish (7th/8th grade)
Teach 1 class of 30 7th/8th grade kids, including ELLs, refugees, native English speakers
Focus of class is to interest students in and prepare students for high school world language
study
Backwards planning; Differentiated instruction; Cooperative learning; Community Building
Culturally relevant pedagogy for adolescents (celebrity examples, games played, etc.)

Page 2
West High
September 2014
ESL Practicum Student Teacher
Salt Lake City, Utah
University of Utah - Department of Languages and Literature
August 2012-December 2014
Spanish Instructor
Salt Lake City, Utah
Taught 1st, 2nd, and 3rd semester college Spanish (in what way? IPA, discussion, group learning)
demographics of teachers (anything interesting about populations, formats, ways of
accommodating students)
University of Oviedo
January-April 2014
Guest Teacher/Lecturer/English Instructor
Oviedo, Spain
University of Utah - Department of Languages and Literature
August 2012-December 2014
ESL Instructor
Salt Lake City, Utah
AMES Academy and Rose Park Elementary Internship
January-May 2013
Classroom Facilitator and Group Discussions Leader
Salt Lake City, Utah
University of Utah
Salt Lake City,
Utah Service Learning Volunteer
Oviedo, Spain Taught conversational English to native Spanish speakers (& vice versa) ages 4-70,
twice a week for 4 months