CIELITO BREKKE

Education

Master of Education, Adult Education, ESL Literacy emphasis, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, Washington

Bachelor of Arts, University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines

Additional Post-baccalaureate Education

· Whitworth University, ESL Endorsement Program, Summer – Fall 2004
· Eastern Washington University, Reading Teacher Certification, Fall 1994, Spring 1996
· Concordia University, Graduate School in Education, River Forest, Illinois, Spring 1994
· Manila Central University, Graduate School in Education, Manila, Philippines, 1987-1989

Work Experience

English as a Second Language Instructor, September 1998 – present
Institute for Extended Learning, Community Colleges of Spokane

· Teach pre-literacy, low beginning, beginning literacy and multi-level classes of beginning and intermediate ESL literacy to a diverse population of adult students from various language groups, mostly refugees and immigrants, using research-based practices, innovative strategies, and collaborative team-teaching approach
· Devise and prepare daily lesson plans, instructional materials, and multimedia lessons that include phonics and pronunciation, vocabulary, listening, speaking, reading, spelling, basic grammar, basic writing, conversation, survival and life skills, computer basics, and employment skills based on Washington State Basic Skills Competencies for Adults and LEP (Limited English Proficient) students
· Integrate technology across the curriculum
· Develop and implement curricula for preliterate, low beginning, high beginning ESL students
· Design and revise quarterly assessments for preliterate, low beginning, high beginning ESL students according to the Washington State Adult Learning Standards
· Design and maintain an ESL Literacy website for preliterate, beginning, high beginning ESL students
· Monitor student progress; submit quarterly student progress reports; administer quarterly CASAS (Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment System) pre-test and post-test; administer on-going and quarterly ESL speaking, listening, reading, and writing assessments; prepare and submit quarterly assessment reports; maintain student attendance and other class records; prepare and submit quarterly WABERS (Washington Adult Basic Education Reporting System) progress reports
· Facilitate ESL literacy workshops and train new ESL teachers, tutors, aides, and volunteers

ESL and Reading Instructor, July 1989 – July 1993
World History Instructor, July 1989 – July 1993
College of Micronesia, Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia

· Taught beginning and intermediate ESL reading and writing skills to freshmen and sophomore students; taught world history to freshmen and sophomore students
· Devised and prepared daily and weekly lesson plans; designed, wrote, and administered quarterly ESL, reading, and world history assessments; prepared and submitted quarterly progress reports; maintained attendance and other class records

English as a Second Language Teacher, October 1986 - June 1993
Social Studies Teacher, October 1986 - June 1993
Berea Christian School, Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia

· Taught beginning and intermediate ESL speaking, listening, reading, writing, and grammar to 9th - 12th graders
· Taught American History to 12th graders, comparative government to 11th graders, world history to 10th graders, world geography to 9th graders, and Micronesian Civics to 7th and 8th graders
· Wrote and implemented ESL and social studies curricula; prepared and wrote daily and weekly lesson plans; wrote and administered quarterly and yearly final examinations; maintained student attendance and other class records; prepared and submitted quarterly and annual progress reports
· Chaired Social Studies department

Professional Presentations, Workshops Facilitated, and Academic Lectures

· Presenter/Guest Speaker, ESL Preliteracy and Adult Emergent Readers, MA/TESL, Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA, October 29, 2009
· Presenter/Guest Speaker, Language, Culture, and Literacy, English Language Center, Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA, July 27, 2009
· ESL Workshop Facilitator/Trainer, ESL Literacy Spring Workshop for Tutors and Volunteers, Institute for Extended Learning, Community Colleges of Spokane, Spokane, Washington, April 30, 2009
· Presenter, Commission on Adult Basic Education (COABE) Conference, Systematic Training of Tutors and Teachers of Adult ESL Learners without First Language Literacy Skills , Loiusville, Kentucky, April 19, 2009. http://www.coabe.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=proDev
· Presenter, Spokane Regional ESL Conference, Ideas and Materials Development for Teaching Preliterate and Beginning Level ESL Students, Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA, February 28, 2009
· ESL Workshop Facilitator/Trainer, ESL Literacy Winter Workshop for Tutors and Volunteers, Institute for Extended Learning, Community Colleges of Spokane, Spokane, Washington, February 13, 2009
· ESL Workshop Facilitator/Trainer, ESL Literacy Fall Workshop for Tutors and Volunteers, Institute for Extended Learning, Community Colleges of Spokane, Spokane, Washington, October 31, 2008
· Presenter, Spokane Regional ESL Conference, Using Multi-sensory Approaches for Teaching Reading to Adult Preliterate and Non-literate Learners, Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA, February 23, 2008
· ESL Literacy Workshop Facilitator, ESL Literacy, English Language Center, Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington, February 8, 2008
· ESL Literacy Workshop Facilitator and Trainer, Strategies for Adult ESL Preliterate and Low-literate Learners, Institute for Extended Learning, Community Colleges of Spokane, Spokane, Washington, October 26, 2007
· Presenter, TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages) Graduate Student Forum, Teaching Strategies for Adult ESL Preliterate Leaners, Seattle Washington, March 20, 2007
· Guest Lecturer/Speaker, ESLG 483, Reading Instruction in Second Language, Eastern Washington University, Spokane, Washington, May 16, 2006
· Presenter, Tacoma Community House Training Project, Hands-on Activities for Preliterate Students (Poster Session), Tacoma, WA, November 14, 2005
· Guest Lecturer/Speaker, ESLG 496, Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in the Classroom, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA, November 9, 2005
· Presenter, Spokane ESL Regional Conference, Second Language Literarcy Instruction to Learners without First Language Literacy Skills, Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA, February 26, 2005

Awards and Grants Received

· Exceptional Faculty Award, Community Colleges of Spokane Foundation and Spokane Teacher’s Credit Union, 2008
· Incentive Grant Award, Commission on Adult Basic Education, 2008
· Commendable Service Award, College of Micronesia, Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia, 1993
· Outstanding Service and Contributions Award, Berea Christian School, Chuuk, Fed. States of Micronesia, 1992

Curricula and Projects Developed

. A Manual for Trainers of ESL Tutors and Volunteers, Institute for Extended Learning, Spring 2009
· Systematic Training of Teachers and Tutors of Adult ESL Learners without First Language Literacy Skills, Institute for Extended Learning and Commission on Adult Basic Education, 2008 -2009
· Volunteer ESL Literacy Project, Institute for Extended Learning, Winter 2009
· Volunteer ESL Literacy Project, Institute for Extended Learning, Fall 2008
· Tutor Curriculum Guide for Adult Preliterate and Low-literate Learners, IEL, Fall 2007
· Literacy Website for ESL Beginners, http://home.earthlink.net/~brekkmail/, IEL, Summer 2006
· Curriculum Guide for Preliterate and Non-literate Adult Learners, IEL, Winter 2005

Publications

· Brekke, C. (2009). Tutor Curriculum Guide for Adult ESL Preliterate Learners. Commission on Adult Basic Education Web site http://www.coabe.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=proDev
· Brekke, C. (2009). Curriculum Guide for Adult ESL Preliterate Learners. ProLiteracy Trainer Toolkit, Proliteracy America Website http://207.10.202.168/proliteracy_america/training/toolkit/index.asp?action=getCat&fcid=213
· Brekke, C. (2009). Systematic Training of Tutors and Teachers of Adult ESL Learners. ProLiteracy Trainer Toolkit, Proliteracy America Website
http://207.10.202.168/proliteracy_america/training/toolkit/index.asp?action=getCat&fcid=189

Masters Terminal Research

· Second Language Literacy Instruction of Adult Learners without First Language Literacy Skills, Summer 2007, a graduate terminal research presented to Eastern Washington University

Professional Development History

· COABE (Commission on Adult Basic Education) Conference, Loiusville, Kentucky, April 17 - 20, 2009
· TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages) Convention, Seattle, Washington, March 21 – March 24, 2007
· TESOL Convention, Long Beach, California, March 31 - April 3, 2004
· TESOL Convention, Salt Lake City, Utah, April 19 - 23, 2002
· Teaching Pre-literate Adult Refugee Students Part 2, Fall Workshop, Tacoma Community House, Tacoma, Washington, November 4, 2005
· Teaching Pre-literate Adult Refugee Student Part 1, Spring Workshop, Tacoma Community House, Tacoma, Washington, May 14, 2005
· Spokane Regional ESL Conference, Gonzaga University, February 1999 – 2003, 2005, 2008, 2009
· Literacy Workshop: Learning Differences, IEL, ABE, March 17, 2005
· ESL Literacy Workshop: Preliterate and Beginning ESL Literacy, IEL, ABE, April 30, 2004
· ESL Literacy Training: Have Text, Will Travel, Will Talk, IEL/ABE, May 2002
· Faculty Development In-service Training, IEL, ABE, 1999 – 2008

Professional Committees

· ESL Steering Committee, Institute for Extended Learning, Adult Basic Education, 2000-2009
· ESL Literacy Curriculum Committee, ESL, IEL, Adult Basic Education, 2004-2007
· Assessment Committee, ESL, IEL, ABE, 2001-2002, 2004-2007
· Book Committee, ESL, IEL, ABE, 2000-2004
· World History Steering Committee, College of Micronesia, Chuuk, Micronesia, 1991-1993
· ESL Steering Committee, College of Micronesia, Chuuk, Micronesia, 1990-1993
· Micronesian Civics Steering Committee, Berea Christian School, Micronesia, 1991-1993
· Student Government Committee, Facilitator, Chuuk, Micronesia, 1991-1993
· Social Studies Steering Committee, Berea Christian School, Chuuk, Micronesia, 1989-1993
· Social Studies Textbook Committee, Berea Christian School, Chuuk, Micronesia, 1989-1993
· ESL Steering Committee, Berea Christian School, Chuuk, Micronesia, 1986-1993

Computer Technology Skills

· Website Developer, Trellix Site Builder, PowerPoint, MS Word, MS Excel, MS Publisher,

Languages

· English, Tagalog (Pilipino), some Spanish, and some Micronesian

Volunteer Experience

· Sunday School Teacher, Timberview Christian Fellowship, Mead, WA, 1995-2002
· ESL Tutor, Barton School, First Presbyterian Church, Spokane, Washington, 1994-1995
· Secretary, Filipino Association in Micronesia, Community fundraising projects, Chuuk, Micronesia, 1987-1993
· Sunday School Teacher, Berea Christian Church, Chuuk, Micronesia, 1986-1993
· Editor/Writer, Filipino Association in Micronesia Newsletter, 1986-1988
· Secretary, Christ Ambassadors Fellowship, Pasig, Philippines, 1984-1986
· Sunday School Teacher, Pasig Bethel Temple, Manila, Philippines, 1983-1986
· Vacation Bible School Teacher, Pasig Bethel Temple, Manila, Philippines, 1983-1986

Other Work Experience

· Merchant Services Representative, Bank of America, Spokane, WA, January 1998 - August 1998
· Secretary/Receptionist, Celso Delmundo MD, PC, Chicago, Illinois, August 1993 - June 1994
· New Accounts Representative; Teller, Bank of the Philippine Islands, Manila, Philippines, August 1981 - June 1986
· Secretary/Receptionist, Countryside Medical Dental Clinic, Manila, Philippines, March 1980 – July 1981

Cielito Brekke teaches ESL at the Adult Basic Education division of the Institute for Extended Learning, Community Colleges of Spokane. She has been teaching ESL for 18 years. She taught ESL in the Federated States of Micronesia for 7 years, and has been teaching ESL at the Institute for Extended Learning for 11 years. Cielito has a Master of Education degree, major in Adult Education, with emphasis in ESL literacy from Eastern Washington University.

Cielito has conducted numerous ESL literacy training workshops at the Institute for Extended Learning and Gonzaga University, and was a guest lecturer on several occasions to student teachers enrolled in the ESL teacher certification program of Eastern Washington University and in the MA/TESL program of Gonzaga University. She has also given ESL literacy presentations at Spokane ESL Regional Conferences, at international TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) conferences, and at the national COABE (Commission on Adult Basic Education) conference. She also published a curriculum for ESL teachers, tutors, and volunteers at the COABE web site. In September 2008, Cielito received the Exceptional Faculty Award given by the Community Colleges of Spokane Foundation and the Spokane Teachers Credit Union. She also won the Incentive Grant award from Commission on Adult Basic Education in April 2008. Other awards that she has received include the Commendable Service Award from College of Micronesia in 1993, and the Outstanding Service and Contributions Award from Berea Christian School in 1992. Both awards were given when she was teaching in Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia. Cielito has received numerous stipends from the Institute for Extended Learning to work on ESL literacy projects: developing ESL assessments, writing ESL curricula, facilitating ESL literacy workshops, writing a manual for training ESL tutors and volunteers, and designing an ESL literacy website.

Cielito has served on numerous professional committees such as ESL curriculum, ESL Assessment, and Steering Committees at the Adult Basic Education division of the IEL, and at College of Micronesia and Berea Christian School, Federated States of Micronesia. Cielito is married and has two wonderful children.