Natasha Fleischman Email & Phone Number

Saint Paul, Minnesota

Teach skills and strategies to students who need additional reading, English and study skill proficiency in order to be successful in college. Have received top marks on student evaluations. Worked on helping at-risk high school students transition to college through two grant programs: Gateway to College and Great Lakes. Participate in the Teaching.

Purchased small whole foods bakery business and worked to increase sales through better customer service, better product consistency, increased marketing efforts and more accessible store hours. Saw an increase in sales of over 50% within the first six months of new ownership and increase of 100% within the year.

Taught beginning through advanced levels of ESL, Writing, Reading, GED, Math, Distance Learning.

Leysin, Switzerland

Responsible for the academic offerings and supervision of teachers in a summer boarding school program in the Swiss Alps in the summer of 2014. Returned for summer of 2017 to teach ESL students from locations throughout the globe.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Supervised student teachers in ESL in both elementary and secondary placements. Observed, provided feedback to and evaluated student teachers completing their licensure programs. Acted as liason between school districts and university.

Elected in 2007 and reelected in 2010. Served as vice chairperson for two years. As a Board, we were successful in creating and implementing a strategic plan including mission, vision, and beliefs, hiring a superintendent as well as an interim superintendent and completing boundary changes. We also passed a levy in 2013 which provided funding to the.

Coordinated, planned and implemented the local chapter of a collaborative project to improve the sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) survival rate in the United States. Lead the efforts of the local area hospitals, area school districts, municipal leaders and emergency medical services to collaborate in education and process change resulting in better cardiac.

Responsible for all aspects of coordinating the Adult Basic Education program (ESL, GED, Citizenship, Basic Skills, online GED, Workforce Preparation, Transition to Post-Secondary, Family Literacy, Volunteer Coordination) for the South Washington County School District. Brought the program into compliance with state mandates. Created curriculum and policy.

Facilitated Graduate School of Education MAEd learning communities with an urban/ELL focus as well as a suburban community; taught core courses (Educating for Equity and Social Justice, Explorations: Reflection, Community Building, and Knowledge Construction, Designing Effective Learning Environments, Teaching and Learning, Foundations in American.

Taught and evaluated ESL students in an inner-city, public-school setting (Ramsey Junior High, French Immersion Elementary and Ramsey County Juvenile Detention Center); also served on the Ramsey Site Council, Safety Committee, Hmong Parents’ Group and planned/supervised Asian Club activities. Created a program to expose ESL students to different.

Coordinated, created curriculum for and taught in a federal grant program that trained mainstream teachers in techniques to facilitate ELL students’ success in secondary classrooms (SIOP); participants earned graduate credit; responsible for recruiting/advertising, reporting to federal government, monitoring participants’ assignments, mentoring secondary.

Created curriculum for secondary ESL program in St. Paul; determined outcomes for each of five levels; wrote curriculum overview for each level; wrote specific syllabi for 28 different classes offered at the junior and senior high schools; evaluated and adopted new textbooks as needed.

Coordinated a language/culture exchange program of American and international students with approximately 150 participants each quarter; recruited and networked within the community to find American conversation partners for international students from all parts of the world; handled all administrative tasks; also worked to get international students more.

Ma, Teaching English To Speakers Of Other Languages

• MIIS Concordia Language Village Scholarship, 1992-1993 • Dean’s Honor List – 1992, 1993

Bs, Russian And Secondary Education

Dean's Honor List - 1989, 1990 Martha T Wallace Scholarship - 1986

Master Of Science - Ms, Communication & Composition