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Rochelle Faith Elkan

DEGREES:
  • CLAD (Cross-cultural Language Acquisition Development) Credential, 1998, California
  • Master of Arts, Sonoma State University 1984 Rohnert Park, California
    Major: Education with emphasis on Reading
  • 40 units postgraduate education, College of the Redwoods, Fort Bragg, California
  • Bachelor of Science, Temple University 1967 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    Major: Education
  • California State Teaching Credentials:
    Reading Specialist issued July 1983
    Multiple Subject preschool, K-12, adult issued June 1982
  • Regional Occupation Program Training Certificate for Computers
    1200 hours in the field of computer skills, issued June 1983
  • Certificate for completing "Microcomputers in Education"
    Sonoma State University, June 1982

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
1990 -
present
Teacher, Dana Gray School, Fort Bragg Unified School District, Fort Bragg, California
1983-1990
Educational and computer consultant
1978-1990
Teacher Substitute, Fort Bragg Unified School District, Fort Bragg, California and Mendocino Unified Schools, Mendocino, California
1979-80
Montessori Teacher Assistant
1969-70
Teacher Substitute, Pacifica Unified School District, Pacifica, California
Summer 1967
Get Set Teacher USDOE Sponsored, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1967-69
Elementary School Teacher, George G. Meade School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
SPECIAL INTERESTS:
Reading, writing, gardening, computers, travel, calligraphy
I am interested in optimizing the educational and social performance of students by sharing my skills and knowledge. I believe in hands-on heuristic environments where educational technologies can be learned by seeing something done, doing it, then passing the knowledge to someone else.

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE:
August 1989 -
June 1990
Travelled around the Pacific Rim; classroom observations Cook Islands & Fiji
July 1988
Travelled around the United States by train
July 1987
Volunteer, Adult Literacy Program, Fort Bragg Library
July 1987
Co-Teacher, Summer Computer Institute, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, California
August 1986
Participant, EQUALS workshop, Lawrence Hall of Science, University of California, Berkeley
April 1986
Co-Teacher, LOGO in the Classroom Workshop, Laytonville Unified Schools
March 1986
Co-Teacher, Writing with a Computer Workshop, Konocti Unified Schools
August 1985
Co-Teacher, TECC Region 3 Summer Computer Workshop for Teachers, Upper Lake High
April 1985
Co-Teacher, Writing with a Computer Workshop, Upper Lake Unified Schools
March 1985
Co-Teacher, TECC Region 3 Writing with a Computer Workshop, Upper Lake High School
August 1984
Co-Teacher, TECC Region 3 Summer Computer Workshop for Teachers, Lakeport Elementary School
March 1984
Assistant, Writing with a Computer Workshop, Fresno State University
February 1984
Assistant, Writing with a Computer Workshop, Humboldt State University
Summer 1984-85
Assistant, California Writing Project, Using Computers in Language Arts, Humboldt and Chico State Universities
June 1983
Assistant, Summer Computer Workshop for Teachers, Mendocino Unified Schools

MEMBERSHIPS:
  • International Reading Association
  • National Council of Teachers of English
  • Delta Kappa Gamma member since 1998

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