Clydia Forehand, PhD

Experience

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  Oklahoma A+ Schools

  May 2003 - Oct 2014

  Fellow

  I worked with the Oklahoma A+ Schools program as a Fellow, mentor, and workshop coordinator/presenter for eleven years. It is a great program, focused on integrating active art (music, dance, theater, visual arts) with the study of core curriculum (math, science, language arts, and social studies). Through A+ Schools, I offered workshops with teachers, administrators, and students in K-12 schools. The program made a huge impact in the way I taught music in my classrooms.

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  Yale University, Fund for Teachers, Fulbright, IIE, Freeman Foundation, University of Maryland

  Jun 2005 - Aug 2017

  Research Fellow

  I have worked consecutive summers in various research projects, funded through multiple grant programs, including the Yale University program for Music in Schools, the Fund for Teachers, Keeping Score, the US-Japan/UNESCO/Fulbright Foundation program "Educating for Sustainable Development", the Freeman Foundation (in China), the US Department of Defense's STARTALK Critical Language Research Program, and the Star Spangled Music Foundation. My most recent research project was a study into the retention of the Ghana culture and language, conducted in Charleston, SC, (Summer, 2017). Show less

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  Keeping Score Education, San Francisco Symphony

  May 2006 - Feb 2010

  Presenter

  My responsibilities included preparing and implementing workshops for teachers, intended to guide practices in the integration of classical music into classrooms devoted to other content areas. These were handson, performance-based workshops based on academic and classroom research conducted in connection with the San Francisco Symphony and the Oklahoma A+ Schools,

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  East Asia Institute, University of Oklahoma

  Jul 2009 - Nov 2013

  Director

  I acted as state-wide liaison between the University of Oklahoma, Confucius Institute, Hanban, the DOD's StarTalk critical language program, the National Consortium for Teaching Asia, the American Council for Teaching Foreign Language (ACTFL), and various school districts throughout the state on behalf of global awareness focused on Asian cultures and Chinese language and cultural exchanges.

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  STARTALK Chinese Language Program

  Jun 2010 - Jul 2013

  Director

  I worked as the University of Oklahoma's Director of the US Department of Defense's STARTALK Critical Language Program (Chinese) for four consecutive summers. Additionally, I worked as Director of an afterschool program (with STARTALK funding) for two school years in both Tulsa and Norman, OK. STARTALK is a great program, with amazing training in the teaching of critical languages. I was also privileged to act as a presenter for STARTALK (with Susie Tattershall, lead Chinese instructor at OU STARTALK and Ghaffar Pourazar, Chinese opera performer). Show less

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  Tulsa Public Schools

  Nov 2013 - Jul 2021

  As the English Language Development Specialist in an international immersion school, collaborative planning and interactions with teachers is a fundamental part of my job. Having a background in global education, language acquisition, and music/cultural arts integration also greatly strengthens and supports what I do. My students respond well to current research-supported strategies for differentiating along their skill levels (receptive and expressive) through listening, conversing, and sharing activities (drawings, visual organizers, and integrated, performance-based instruction and assessments. Show less

  • School Counselor

    Aug 2018 - Jul 2021

  • English Language Development Specialist

    Nov 2013 - Aug 2018
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  Eisenhower International Schl

  Jul 2015 - now

  Advisor

  I coordinate and advise international interns from French-speaking and Spanish-speaking countries who are currently working at Eisenhower International School. These interns are part of the Amity International program.