International Leadership in Education Program (ILEP)

US Internship Host Teachers 2006-2007

Kent State University

Ms. Rebecca Havel is an English as a Second Language (ESL) teacher at Lakewood High School in Lakewood, Ohio. Ms. Havel earned her Master's Degree in TESOL. She is a teacher mentor for Adel Henein. She has been teaching and working with teenagers for 28 years and still has a passion for it.

Mr. Doug Wiesen is an ESL Teacher at Harding Middle School, Lakewood, Ohio. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Secondary Education from Slippery Rock State University in Pennsylvania and a Masters in English from George Mason University, Virginia. Mr. Wiesen first became interested in teaching students from other countries while completing his post grad work in ESL at the University of Akron with Dr. Lynn Smolen. Mr. Wiesen is a teacher mentor for Muhammad Yusran from Indonesia.

Mrs. Andrea Young is an ESL teacher who teaches ESL classes for High School credit at Solon High School in Solon, Ohio. She also teaches support classes to help her ESL. students in their other class work. Mrs. Young is a teacher mentor for Valsa Balaji.

Southeast Missouri State University

Ms. Martha Dodson is a Mathematics teacher at Cape Central High School. Her degrees include a BA in Biology plus teaching certification from the University of Missouri-St. Louis and a Masters in Natural Science (MNS) in Mathematics and Chemistry from Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Her teaching experience over the last 28 years includes Biology, Chemistry, and Mathematics in three different schools. Ms. Dodson is paired with Manal Salam from Lebanon.

Ms. Jean Gibbs is a teacher of Physics at Jackson High School in Jackson, Missouri. She is the teacher mentor for ILEP fellow Samira Bari from Bangladesh. Ms. Gibbs states that her and Samira “have both learned so much from each other and have truly enjoyed getting to know one another and about each other’s countries. The students at my school are also very interested in learning about the schools and culture in Bangladesh from Mrs. Bari.”

Ms. Bonnie Nations is a Freshmen English teacher at Cape Central High School. Mrs. Nations is the host teacher for Samira El Filaly from Casablanca, Morocco. Mrs. Nations also taught internationally. In 1996 she taught one semester in Asuncion, Paraguay. Nations has been at Cape Central for six years after teaching homebound students for five previous years.

Ms. Christine Warren is a teacher at Jackson High School in Jackson, Missouri. She has enjoyed teaching communication arts for 27 years. She is currently the teacher mentor for Mr. Abdelatiff El Moncef from Morocco. Ms. Warren has a Bachelor's of Science Degree in Education and a Master's Degree in English from Southeast Missouri State University, Abdelatiff's host university.