Thank you for visiting the Website of Maureen E. Kilty, Ed.D.
My goal is to bring the world closer together through teaching languages and culture.
My class rosters have included English Language Learners from over 50 countries. It is both a pleasure and a privilege to be working in the fields of language acquisition and cross-cultural understanding.
My background includes an Illinois elementary certificate, a secondary certificate, an ESL/Spanish-English bilingual endorsement and a type 75 administrative certificate. My doctorate, earned in 2007, is from Loyola University Chicago (Dissertation title: “Hispanic Achievement and Attainment: Outreach to Hispanic Parents and Students”). I have 25 plus years experience teaching Spanish, as well as ESL in a variety of venues (K-12, community college, universities and English language institutes) to students of different ages and levels. I have taught English as a foreign language in Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Spain and the United States.
I am currently teaching ESL/Bilingual Methodology and Cross Cultural Education at National-Louis University in Illinois.
Professional Associations:
PDK-Phi Delta Kappa
ASCD-Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development
AATSP-American Association of Teachers of
Spanish & Portuguese
NEA-National Education Association
IEA-Illinois Education Association
USHLI-United States Hispanic Leadership Institute
TESOL-Teachers of English To Speakers of Other Languages
2008 Illinois State Bilingual Conference, ELL Methodology
2006 Illinois State TESOL Conference, Counseling ELLs
Positions:
IL TESOL Co-Chair Secondary Level Special Interest Group
