Elizabeth Eckenrode
Education & Credentials
Texas Teaching Credential
Core Subjects 4-8
English as a Second Language Supplemental
Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL/TESOL) Credential
170 hours - 150 hours of coursework and 20 hour practicum
Teaching Experience
American International School of Bucharest - Bucharest, Romania
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2022 - Present
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International School Ho Chi Minh City American Academy - Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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2019 - 2022
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St. Johnsbury Academy Jeju - Jeju Island, South Korea
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2017 - 2019
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McKinney Independent School District - McKinney, Texas
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2015 - 2017
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Pan-American School of Costa Rica - Heredia, Costa Rica
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Spring 2015
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Professional Development
- Presenter: Leveraging Canva to Enhance Teaching
- Online professional development workshop where participants explored basic functions of the design app, Canva, to create an interactive game for students to use on Google Jamboard
- Presenter: Introducing Sun Bear Reads
- Online rollout of new whole-school reading program. Presenters modeled how to conduct sustained silent reading sessions for virtual learning along with expectations, rationale, and hopes for the program
- Online rollout of new whole-school reading program. Presenters modeled how to conduct sustained silent reading sessions for virtual learning along with expectations, rationale, and hopes for the program
- Attendee: Leveraging the Power of Translanguaging in the International Literacy Classroom
- Online professional development facilitated by Erin Kent Consulting with a cohort of teachers across the globe defining what translanguaging is, who benefits from translanguaging, and how to incorporate translanguaging into literacy activities in international classrooms
- Online professional development facilitated by Erin Kent Consulting with a cohort of teachers across the globe defining what translanguaging is, who benefits from translanguaging, and how to incorporate translanguaging into literacy activities in international classrooms
- Attendee: SIOP (Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol) Training of Trainers Institute: Foundations
- Online professional development for educators aspiring to facilitate future professional development workshops on foundational components of the SIOP model to support language learners
- Online professional development for educators aspiring to facilitate future professional development workshops on foundational components of the SIOP model to support language learners
- Attendee: The Key to Meaningful Reading Feedback Grades 3-8 - Deep Dive into Text Complexity
- Online professional development with a cohort of teachers from across the globe reviewing characteristics of text bands from the Fountas & Pinnell reading system to improve reading conversations with students
- Certificate in Educational Technology
- Awarded Jan. 2019 from Michigan State University
- Presenter: Sharing Books at Home to Grow a Love of Reading
- Parent presentation discussing and modeling shared reading experiences between parent and child using a variety of literature
- Presenter: Co-Planning and Co-Teaching
- Orientation presentation facilitated by the EAL department for training new and returning elementary school faculty
- Presenter: Teaching the Four Domains of Language Acquisition
- Parent presentation discussing and modeling how language acquisition occurs in elementary classrooms with classroom teachers and EAL instructors