CURRICULUM VITAE
AMY I. YOUNG
University of Minnesota, Second Language Education, Department of Curriculum and Instruction,
254 Peik Hall, 159 Pillsbury Dr. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455 Telephone: 715-379-4895
[email protected]
1. EDUCATIONAL HISTORY
Doctorate in Second Languages and Cultures Education, University of Minnesota, 2015
Major: Education, Curriculum & Instruction: Second Languages and Cultures Education
Dissertation: Student Spanish Oral Proficiency in Grade Three Immersion: Linguistic Diversity,
Student Interaction and Differentiated Scaffolding
Certificate: Dual Language and Immersion Education
Additional Licensure: PK - 12 Administration
Advisors: Diane J. Tedick and Tara W. Fortune
Masters in Education - Professional Development, University of Wisconsin - La Crosse, WI, 1994
Thesis: Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency: Teaching Professional/Academic Skills in the
Multilingual Classroom
Advisors: Janis Hanson and Patricia Scanlan
Bachelors of Arts, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1991 (Dean's List)
Major: Latin American and Iberian Studies
Certificate: Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
Post - Graduate Work in Educational Leadership, Framingham College, Framingham, MA, 2002-2003
Teaching/Principal Licenses, Wisconsin PK - 12 Spanish (365) and ESL (395), Minnesota PK - 12
Principal (Anticipated June, 2015)
2. AWARDS, GRANTS AND HONORARY APPOINTMENTS
2014
Awarded 2014 - 2015 Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, university-wide, competitive award
providing an opportunity for accomplished Ph.D. candidates to devote full-time effort to an
outstanding research project, University of Minnesota.
2014
Awarded 2014 American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)/National
Federation of Modern Language Teachers' Associations (NFMLTA) Dissertation Support Grant.
2013
Awarded 2013 - 2014 Fellowship at the Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition
(CARLA), award recognizing and supporting outstanding contributions made in the area of
second language learning and/or teaching, University of Minnesota.
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2013
Selected for AERA Bilingual Education Research SIG, "Navigating the Field of Bilingual
Education: Mentoring Session for Early Career Scholars," individual research mentoring session.
2010
Appointed "Collegial Consultant: Course and Curriculum Design and Redesign," by Center for
Teaching and Learning, honorary appointment to assist faculty in course design, University of
Wisconsin - Eau Claire.
2010
Selected to represent promising research work at the Chancellor Annual Chamber of Commerce
breakfast, University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire.
2010
Awarded Domestic Immersion Grant of $5933 with Dr. David Jones to initiate student internship
work on urban economic development, "Inclusive University partnerships in Milwaukee,"
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.
2009
Awarded International Fellows Program Grant of $6100 to conduct faculty/student research in
rural Nicaragua, " The political effects of micro financing on Nicaraguan individuals," University
of Wisconsin - Eau Claire.
2009
Received "Certificate of Recognition for Contribution to Students," University of Wisconsin - Eau
Claire.
3. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
DATE
POSITION
LOCATION
2011 - 2014
Graduate Instructor,
Student Teacher Supervisor
University of Minnesota
Department of Curriculum and Instruction,
College of Education and Human Development,
Minneapolis, MN
2011-2014
Immersion Programs Assistant
Center for Advanced Research on Language
Acquisition (CARLA)
Minneapolis, MN
2013 - 2014
Master Coder, English as an
Additional Language
edTPA
Pearson Education & Stanford Center for
Assessment, Learning and Equity (SCALE)
Stanford, CA
2013-2014
Pre-literacy Spanish Assessment
Assistant
Center for Applied Research and Educational
Improvement (CAREI)
2008 - 2011
Lecturer of Spanish
Instructor of English as a Second
Language
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Department of Foreign Languages
College of Liberal Arts
Eau Claire, WI
2009 - 2010
Provisionally Certified Court
Interpreter, Spanish/English
Eau Claire County Courts
Eau Claire, WI
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2006 - 2008
2003 - 2006
2000 - 2003
Curriculum Director K - 9
4 - 9 Principal
Elementary/Middle School
Teacher, English/Social Studies
Instituto San Roberto
(SACS Accredited International School)
Monterrey, Mexico.
1996 - 2000
Teamwork/Leadership Consultant
Mercadotécnia Multicultural, Monterrey, Mexico.
1995 - 1996
1994 - 1995
Teamwork/Leadership Consultant
English Instructor
Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de
Monterrey (ITESM), Monterrey, Mexico.
1993 - 1994
Teamwork/Leadership Consultant
Power Through Principles, Austin, TX.
1992 - 1993
Student Teaching Coordinator
University of Wisconsin - LaCrosse
School of Education, LaCrosse, WI.
1991 - 1992
1990 - 1991
Bilingual High School Coordinator
English Teacher
ITESM - Campus Colima
Colima, Mexico.
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4. UNIVERSITY TEACHING, SUPERVISING AND ADVISING
2014 - 2015
HAMLINE UNIVERSITY
Master's Thesis Primary Advisor
De la Riva, J. (2014 - 2015). Newcomer perceptions of school membership: Program comparisons between
English language learning (EL) and dual language immersion (DLI) tracks. St. Paul, MN.
2011 - 2014
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
Instructor (graduate level):
CI 5645: Working with English Learners in the Elementary Classroom (Fall, 2013; Fall, 2012;
Spring, 2012; Fall, 2011)
Course designed to give elementary education teacher candidates grounding in theory and
practice for teaching linguistically and culturally diverse students.
Instructor (undergraduate level):
CI 1001: Introduction to the Elementary School
Beginning course examining school organization, contemporary students and families,
standards, assessment, policy, culture and diversity, and issues of equity and equality.
Supervisor (post-baccalaureate initial licensure programs):
Supervisor for elementary teachers:
August, 2011 to December, 2011: White Bear Lake schools and St. Paul Schools.
Worked with teacher candidates in their classrooms.
August, 2013 to May, 2014: Minneapolis Public Schools. Supported elementary
teacher candidate in implementing quality instruction in an elementary classroom.
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Supervisor of Spanish language bilingual elementary teachers:
August, 2013 to May, 2014: Minneapolis Public Schools. Supported elementary
teacher candidates in implementing quality instruction in bilingual (Spanish and
English) elementary classrooms.
Supervisor of language teachers in Twin Cities elementary and high schools:
January, 2013 to June, 2013: Eagan Public Schools, Minneapolis Public Schools,
Richfield Public Schools, Robbinsdale Public Schools, St. Paul Public Schools and a
variety of charter schools. Supervised teacher candidates in 3- to 8-week placements
in grades K - 12 in immersion and language instruction with languages including
Mandarin, Spanish and English as a Second Language (ESL).
2008 - 2011
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - EAU CLAIRE
Instructor (undergraduate level):
Spanish 101 (Fall 2009), Spanish 201 (Fall 2008), Spanish 202 (Fall 2008-Spring 2011)
Instructor and course developer (undergraduate level):
Spanish 301 (Spring 2011), Spanish 302 (Spring 2009, Spring 2010)
Instructor and course developer (undergraduate level):
Summer English as a Second Language Program Teacher (1991, 1993, 1994, 2009, 2010)
Independent study and student research advisor:
Guereca, Carlos & Dominguez, Karen. (2011 - 2012). Addressing Spanish heritage speaker student
needs at the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire: Sharing perceptions, strategies, and best practices.
(Internally Funded Faculty - Undergraduate Student Research Project).
Casey, Kathryn. (2010). Impact of immigration and cultural assimilation on Hispanic youth.
(Independent Directed Study).
Allen, Ian and Roets, Kelsey. (2009 - 2010) The political effects of micro financing on Nicaraguan
individuals. (Internally Funded Faculty - Undergraduate Student Research Project).
5. RESEARCH AND SCHOLARLY CONTRIBUTIONS - PUBLICATIONS
Articles in Refereed Journals
Young, A. I. (2014) [Review of the book Translanguaging: Language, bilingualism and education]. Heritage
Language Journal, 11(3), 243-248.
Tedick, D. J. & Young, A. I. (November, 2014). Fifth grade two-way immersion students' responses to
form-focused instruction. Journal of Applied Linguistics. doi: 10.1093/applin/amu066
Larson, J., Young, A. I. & Leibham, M. B. (2011). Reading to learn: Engaging university students in
meaningful reading and discussion. Teaching Journalism and Mass Communication, 1(1), 1–11.
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Book Chapters
Young, A. I. & Tedick, D. J. (in press). Collaborative dialogue in a two-way Spanish/English immersion
classroom. In M. Sato & S. Ballinger (Eds.), Peer interaction and second language learning: Pedagogical
potential and research agenda. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company.
Manuscripts Under Revision and in Preparation
Tedick, D. J. & Young, A. I. Student responses to form-focused instruction in a Grade 5 two-way
immersion classroom. To be submitted to the International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism.
Young, A. I. Form-focused instruction in linguistically diverse classrooms. To be submitted to the Language
and Linguistics Compass.
6. RESEARCH AND SCHOLARLY CONTRIBUTIONS - PRESENTATIONS
6a. PRESENTATIONS AT SCHOLARLY MEETINGS
Papers at Scholarly Meetings (*refereed)
*Tedick, D. J. & Young, A. (2014, Oct.). How do fifth grade TWI students respond to form-focused instruction? Paper
presented at Mainstreaming Access to Multilingual Communities: Fifth International Conference on
Language Immersion Education. Salt Lake City, UT.
*Young, A. (2014, April). Collaborative dialogue in a two-way immersion classroom. Paper presented at American
Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting 2014, Philadelphia, PA.
*Tedick, D. J. & Young, A. (2014, March). Student responses to form-focused content instruction in a 5th grade two-way
immersion classroom. Paper presented at American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Annual
Meeting, Portland, OR.
*Young, A. & Tedick, D. J. (2013, November). Collaborative dialogue in two-way immersion classrooms. Paper
presented at Dual Language Education of New Mexico Annual Conference, Albuquerque, NM.
*Tedick, D. J. & Young, A. (2013, June). Counterbalanced instruction in the two-way immersion classroom. Paper
presented at the Association of Two-Way and Dual Language Immersion Education (ATDLE)
Conference, San Diego, CA.
*Tedick, D. J. & Young, A. (2013, April). Exploring student responses to form-focused and content instruction in a 5th
grade two-way immersion classroom. Paper presented at American Educational Research Association
Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
*Tedick, D. J., Young, A. & Perron, K. (2012, October). Exploring counterbalanced instruction in a 5th grade twoway immersion classroom. Paper presented at the Fourth International Conference on Language
Immersion Education. St. Paul, MN.
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*Jones, D., Young, A. & Ross, A. (2012, February). Inclusive community partnerships in Milwaukee, WI: A domestic
intercultural immersion project. Paper presented at the Eighth Annual Globalization, Diversity and
Education Conference, Vancouver, WA.
*Larson, J. & Young, A. (2010, January). Reading to learn: Engaging University students in course texts and classroom
discussion. Paper presented at the 8th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Arts and
Humanities, Honolulu, HI.
6b. PRESENTATIONS AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS
Paper Presentations (*refereed)
*Young, A. & Guereca, C. (2012, May). Strategies for success: Home language development. Paper presented at the
ESL, Bilingual & Migrant Education Conference 2012, Saint Paul, MN.
*Larson, J., Young, A. & Leipham, M.B. (2011, October). Reading to learn: If students won't read, how can they
learn? Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the International Society for the Scholarship of
Teaching and Learning (ISSOTL), Milwaukee, WI.
*Larson, J., Young, A. & Leipham, M.B. (2010, April). If students won't read, how can they learn? Paper
presented at the 2010 President's Summit on Excellence in Teaching and Learning, Madison, WI.
*Benegas, M., Mitchell, K. & Young, A. (2011, November). Changes in initial elementary licensure at the
University of Minnesota: An added emphasis on ELs for mainstream classroom teachers. Presentation at the
MinneTESOL Conference, Minneapolis, MN.
Young, A. (1994, May). Cognitive academic language proficiency: Teaching professional/academic skills in the multilingual
classroom. Paper presented at the University of La - Crosse Annual International Education
Conference, La - Crosse, WI.
Poster Presentations (*refereed)
*Young, A. (2012, March). Two cross-disciplinary language projects to promote authentic language use and community
development abroad and at home. Poster presented at the Conference for Exploring Approaches to
Cultures & Languages Across the Curriculum, Minnesota, MN.
Young, A., Roets, K. & Allen, I. (2011, May). The political effects of group lending on Nicaraguan individuals. Poster
presented at University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire Annual Student Research Day, Eau Claire, WI.
Invited Lectures
King, K., Young, A. & Cushing-Leubner, J. (2014, April). The language gap. Invited talk at the Human Capital
Research Collaborative (HCRC), a partnership between the College of Education and Human
Development and the Humphrey School of Public Affairs, Minneapolis, MN.
Young, A. (2014, February). Collaborative dialogue in a two-way immersion classroom. Invited talk at Center for
Advanced Research in Language Acquisition (CARLA) Program, Minneapolis, MN.
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Young, A. (2013, October). Current research on facilitating collaboration in two-way immersion classrooms. Invited talk
at Minnesota Advocates for Immersion Network Professional Development, Minnetonka, MN.
Tedick, D. & Young, A. (2013). Exploring student responses to form-focused and content instruction in a 5th Grade twoway immersion classroom. Invited talk at Center for Advanced Research in Language Acquisition
(CARLA) Program, Minneapolis, MN.
Young, A. (2013). Two-way immersion language use during a form-focused instructional sequence. Invited talk at
Curriculum and Instruction Graduate Student Research Day, St. Paul, MN.
Workshops and Invited Presentations (*remunerated)
*Young, A. (2014, September). Creativity in the classroom: Maximizing language learning through student engagement
and interaction. Workshop for language teachers at MNTS Tamil School Teachers' Orientation, Edina,
MN.
*Young, A. (2014, April). Creativity in the classroom: Maximizing language learning through student engagement and
interaction. Workshop for language teachers at the Minnesota Department of Education through the
Center for Advanced Research in Language Acquisition (CARLA) Saturday Teacher Education
Series, Minneapolis, MN.
*Young, A. (2014, January). Increasing student output through peer interaction and participation. Workshop for
language teachers at New York University Chinese Language Immersion Professional Development
Sequence, NY.
*Young, A. (2013, January). Integrating language and content in immersion education. Workshop for language
teachers at New York University Chinese Language Immersion Professional Development
Sequence, NY.
Young, A. & Hlas, A. (2011, November). Assessment for learning: Strategies for active participation and targeted
feedback. Workshop presented at American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)
Annual Convention, Denver, CO.
Hlas, A. & Young, A. (2011, February). Assessment for learning: Twenty-five short activities for active participation.
Invited presentation at the Wisconsin Association for Foreign Language Teachers (WAFLT),
Winter Meeting, Milwaukee, WI.
Hlas, A. & Young, A. (2010, November). Assessment for learning: Twenty-five short activities for active participation.
Workshop presented at the Wisconsin Association for Foreign Language Teachers (WAFLT),
Appleton, WI.
Young, A. (2005, October). Creative problem solving. Workshop presented at the Association of American
Schools of Mexico (ASOMEX) Annual Conference, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
Young, A. (2007, September). Cómo aumentar el aprendizaje del alumno. Workshop presented for school
administrators through the Secretaria de Educación Pública, Nuevo Leon, Mexico.
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7. SERVICE TO THE SCHOLARLY AND PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITY
Committees
2014 - present Member, Organizational Board for Minnesota Advocates for Immersion Education (MAIN).
2011 - 2013
Member, Teacher Education Redesign Initiative (TERI), University of Minnesota.
2011 - 2012
Organizer, Spanish Heritage Language Initiative, University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire.
2011 - 2012
Member, Hiring Committee for Assessment Director, University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire.
2010 - 2011
Member, Assessment Committee, University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire.
2010 - 2011
Member, Hiring Committee for Spanish Linguistics, University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire.
2010 - 2011
Member, Latin American Studies Committee, University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire.
2007 - 2008
Chair, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Accreditation Committee, Desired
Results for Student Learning Committee, Instituto San Roberto, Monterrey, Mexico.
2006 - 2007
Member, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Accreditation Committee Steering
Committee, Instituto San Roberto, Monterrey, Mexico.
2003 - 2009
National Affiliate Director of Mexican Creative Problem Solving/Destination Imagination.
2003 - 2004
Founder, Principal's Network, Association of American Schools of Mexico.
2002 - 2003
Co-chair of Language Arts Committee, Instituto San Roberto, Monterrey, Mexico.
Service to Educational Institutions
Session Chair, International Language Teacher Education Conference, Session "Communities of
practice/professional development" in Language Policy theme, University of Minnesota (CARLA), MN.
Consultation - Remunerated
Middle School Immersion Consultant, Richfield Public Schools. (2013 - present)
Media
UWEC team studies loan plan in Nicaragua: Faculty, students find strategy aids nation's women. (2011,
March 6). Eau Claire Leader Telegram, p. 1F. (Highlighted research done in Nicaragua on women's
political participation in relation to microloans).
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Students study impact of lending programs in Nicaragua (2011, February 10). UWEC News Bureau. Retrieved
at www.uwec.edu/newsreleases/11/feb/0210Nicaragua.htm (Highlighted research done in
Nicaragua on women's political participation in relation to microloans).
Schlicht, K. (2010). Wisconsin could consider immigration bill. WEAU, Eau Claire, WI. Retrieved at
http://www.weau.com/news/headlines/Wisconsin_could_consider_immigration_bill_107583103.h
tml (Interviewed regarding opposition to Wisconsin anti-immigrant bill).
Soine, J. (2010). Encouraging student collaboration. Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL)
Newsletter (UWEC), p. 6. (Highlighted use of student collaboration in the classroom).
8. MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Scholarly Associations
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) 2010 - present
American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2011 - present
American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP) 2011 - present
American Educational Research Association (AERA) 2011 - present
Association of Curriculum and Instruction (ASCD) 2005 - present
Association of Two - Way and Dual Language Education (ATDLE) 2013 - present
Modern Language Association (MLA) 2014 - present
National Association of Multicultural Education (NAME) 2001 - 2005
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