Catherine Ousselin

e-mail: cousselin@mv.k12.wa.us (work)

catherineku72@gmail.com (personal)

French teacher - Mount Vernon High School - Mount Vernon, Washington

314 North 9th Street

Mount Vernon, WA 98273

(360)428-6100x41720

Professional sites

French teacher - Mount Vernon High School

Webmaster - AATF Northwest

Technology counselor - Technology in the 21st Century World Language Classroom

Grant Recipient 2011 - Mount Vernon Public Schools Foundation

Grant Recipient 2011 - Washington Association of Foreign Language Teachers

Grant Recipient 2009 - Enhancing Education Though Technology

Creative Innovation Award Recipient 2009 - Washington Association of Foreign Language Teachers

 

 

Curriculum Vitae

 

 

Social Media

Google+ - Catherine Ousselin

Twitter - catherineku1972

Facebook - aatfrench

YouTube - catherineku

Flickr / Photobucket

 

Presentation from the 2011 AATF Conference «La Chasse-galerie»

 

Technology in the 21st Century World Language Classroom

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Education

M.A. - French, University of Kansas, May 2001

B.A. - French, University of Kansas, December 1996

 

 

Teaching experience

2007- present: French teacher, Mount Vernon High, Mount Vernon,WA

2002-2007: French teacher, Central Kitsap High, Silverdale, WA

1997-2001: Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Kansas

 

 

Service

2010-present: Social media manager, American Association of Teachers of French

2010-present: Co-chair for the Commission on Technology, American Association of Teachers of French

2009-present: District Technology committee member, Mount Vernon Schools

2009-present: Digital Learning Coach (Technology Coach), Mount Vernon High

2007-present: French club advisor, Mount Vernon High

2007-present: Technology committee member, Mount Vernon High

2008-present: Webmaster and Blogger, AATF-Northwest

2006-2007: Mock Trial coach, Central Kitsap High

2005-2007: Harassment, Intimidation, Bullying Prevention committee member, Central Kitsap High

2005-2007: Technology committee member, Central Kitsap High

2002-2007: French club advisor, Central Kitsap High

1999-2001: Table française group leader, University of Kansas

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Thinking About Syncing" Tech Workshop

July 2011 - American Association of Teachers of French - Montreal, Quebec

April 2011 - Bellevue School District and AATF-WA/AK/BC/AB sponsored

March 2011 - Kennewick Schools, World Language

December 2010: AATJ (American Association of Teachers of Japanese)

September 2010 - Sedro-Wooley Schools, World Language

September 2010 - Bellingham Schools, World Language

April 2010 - WAFLT Conference

November 2009 - North Thurston Schools, World Language section

April 2009 - Washington Association of Foreign Language Teachers Conference

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

Papers Given

July 2011: Presentations given at American Association of Teachers of French Convention (AATF) – Montreal, Qubec – “Talking Tech with the Commission on Technology,” “Teaching Proficiency Through Reading and Storytelling: Légendes québécoises.”

July 2010: Papers given at American Association of Teachers of French Convention (AATF)  – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania –“C'était le fun! Un voyage inoubliable au Québec" and "Thinking about Syncing? Connecting with 21st Century Language Learners."

October 2008: Paper given at WAFLT convention – Vancouver, Washington

July 2008: Paper given at Amercian Association of Teachers of French Convention (AATF) – Liège, Belgium –“Le Frêne de Marie de France: Contemporary Interactive Technology and TPRS with Medieval Culture and Poetry”
 

January 2007: Paper given at Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities – Honolulu, Hawaii – “Les cafés littéraires de Paris”
 

July 2005: Paper given at AATF Convention – Québec, Canada – “Vercingétorix et Jules César: A Complete Unit with Total Physical Response Storytelling (TPRS)”

July 2003: Paper given – AATF Convention – Fort-de-France, Martinique –“Literary Cafés of 19th Century Paris”

 

 

 

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