I am a social science and ELL teacher. I have a master's in Instruction & Curriculum and am excited to share my resources with other teachers!
I enjoy teaching in a way that creates spaces for students to think critically. My lessons often include scaffolded discussions to broaden students' minds.
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2020 – M.S., Utah State University, English as a Second Language Thesis: Negotiating identities in middle school science: Impacts on students perceives expertise and small group participation. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/7959 2017– B.S., Brigham Young University, Teaching Social Science
CONFERENCE PAPERS AND INVITED PRESENTATIONS Dexter, T. & Braden, S. (March 2021) “Pathways of identity and expertise in middle-school science: Impacts of English-only instruction.” Paper to be presented at the annual conference of the American Association for Applied Linguistics, virtual Braden, S. & Dexter, T. (November, 2019) “Spanish in the English-medium science classroom: Constraints and opportunities for decolonizing science education spaces.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Multicultural Education, Tucson, AZ. Dexter, T. (July, 2018) “How to implement IB psychology curriculum changes: A thematic approach.” Workshop led at the annual Utah International Baccalaureate Conference RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 2018 Linguistic and ethnographic fieldwork in K-12 classrooms, Salt Lake City, UT
Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool, Not Grade Specific
English Language Arts, Specialty, Science, Biology, Social Studies, Ancient History, World History, World Languages, Spanish, ESL-EFL-ELL, Health, Geography, Other (Social Studies), Religion, International Baccalaureate, Psychology, Economics