

Welcome to
Michelle VanSlate's
Portfolio
My Experience and Education
Education
University Degrees
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Educational Doctorate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Curriculum and Instruction, cognate in administration
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Masters of Education, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Curriculum and Instruction
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Bachelors of Science, Southern Utah University; Elementary Education, minors in psychology and business
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Associates of Science, Dixie State College; Graphic Arts
Teaching University and Adult Courses
District, Undergrad, and Graduate Teaching and Course Development Experience
UNIVERSITY
Southern Utah University, via Southern Utah Consortium F2F (developed and taught the courses)
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Content Area Literacy and Teaching Struggling Adolescent Readers
Kaplan University, Online (Received course shells, modified as needed, and taught)
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Student assessment, Research on Effective Teaching, Teaching Writing Across the Curriculum K-12, Teaching Reading Across the Curriculum K-12, Transforming Teaching Practices, Introduction to the MA program
Grand Canyon University, Online (Received course shells, modified as needed, and taught)
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Children, Adolescents, and Learning; Literacy in a Multicultural Society; Curriculum and Instruction; Descriptive Linguistics and Phonics; Developmental and Corrective Reading Process
University of Nevada, Las Vegas F2F (developed and taught the course)
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Classroom Diagnosis and Instruction of Literacy Difficulties; Introduction to Reading, Writing and Assessment; Introduction to Reading, Writing and Assessment
Sierra Nevada College F2F (coaching and mentoring)
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Graduate Chair Masters of Education program
Youngstown State University Online(grading, feedback, coaching, and mentoring)
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Curriculum and Instructional Learning and Educational Assessment
ADULT
NCBTMB Approved Continuing Education Provider, Online
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Introduction to Aromatherapy
Natural Therapies Certification Board Online
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Aromatherapy Intensive, rolling enrollment
Clark County School District F2F and Online
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Wide variety of professional development courses spanning 18-years
Washington County School District F2F
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Content Area Literacy initiative courses in all five sectors of the district
K-12 Teaching
Classroom Teaching Experience
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Clark Intermediate School - 5th Grade Reading and Social Studies
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Springwoods Village Middle School - 6th Grade English
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Irwin and Susan Molasky Middle School – 8th grade English
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Brian and Teri Cram Middle School – 8th grade English
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Fredric W. Watson Elementary – 4th Grade Teacher
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Raul P. Elizondo Elementary – 3rd Grade Teacher
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Elizabeth Wilhelm Elementary – 1st-3rd Grade Reading Improvement Specialist
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Elizabeth Wilhelm Elementary – 3rd Grade Teacher
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Lewis E. Rowe Elementary – 4th Grade Teacher
Instructional Design & Quality Assurance
K12 and Adult Learners
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Jordan School District - Instructional Design Specialist
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Fredrickson Learning - Quality Assurance and LMS
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iConnect - Learning Coach
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iDesign - eLearning Architect
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Clark County School District, Professional Development Division - Designer and Instructor
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Silvestri Jr. High School – Digital Learning Coach
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Clark County School District, K-12 Content Development Division - Administrator
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Molasky Jr. High School – Learning Strategist
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Odyssey Charter School - Teacher Facilitator & Board Member
Coaching
K12 and University Experience
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Silvestri Jr. High School – Digital Learning Coach
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Molasky Jr. High School – Learning Strategist
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Diamond Valley Elementary School - Staff Developer
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Cram Middle School - New Teacher Coach
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Odyssey Charter School - Teacher Facilitator & Board Member
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Sierra Nevada College - Graduate Chair
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Youngstown State University via iConnect - Learning Coach
Other
A Smattering of Related Highlights
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Author: Chemistry of Essential Oils Made Even Simpler, Michelle M. Truman (1st 2012, 2nd 2014, updated and significantly revised printing Spring 2021)
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Author: The Basics of Essential Oils and Their Simplified Chemistry, Michelle McClellan (2017)
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Webinar guest on Jordan School District's Superintendent's SuperCast
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Presented at UTech on Designing for online and blended learning courses
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Received the Distinguished Star: Going Above and Beyond award
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Presented via webinar to Texas Tech Summer Institute
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Presented at CUE-NV on Google Integration with Canvas: The Perfect Paring
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Presented at Southern Nevada EdTechTeam conference on Google and Canvas
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Webinar guest on for SoftChalk on course design and blended learning
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Presented at the SoftChalk Convention in Baltimore, Maryland
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Award Recipient for Molasky’s Blended Learning program at the Mega Conference in Lake Tahoe
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Received the Antidefamation League's Award of Merit
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Peer Reviewer for the ReadWriteThink.org for literacy and content area literacy submissions
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International Reading Association’s Children Choices Team Leader (first in Nevada)
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Presented at the International Reading Association’s Annual Conference in San Antonio, Texas
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Peer Reviewer for International Reading Association’s Thinking Classroom journal
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Certificate of Appreciation by CCSD Northeast Region for Providing Teacher Leadership
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Presented at National Writing Project’s annual meeting in Baltimore, Maryland
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Southern Nevada Writing Project: Group Facilitator for Summer Institute (reporting on a research project)
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Served on the Board of Directors of Odyssey Charter School, the first distance learning charter school in the State of Nevada.
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Wrote and received $300,000 grant from the Federal Government