English Skills Learning Center - Staff

Staff

Catherine Barnhart, Executive Director, has a MS in Education Policy and Management from the University of Oregon. She has over 20 years experience working with international and minority students in higher education, and has directed numerous volunteers and students in non-profit education programs.

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Rachel

Rachel Blackmer, Program Manager, has a BA in English literature from Brigham Young University. She has several years of experience teaching ESL, French, and Special Education classes.

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Beth

Beth Garstka, Volunteer Coordinator, has her BA in Humanities with an emphasis in Cross-Cultural Relations with a focus in Southeast Asian countries. She has taught English in Japan and speaks Japanese. Beth has joined our staff as an Americorps member as the volunteer coordinator and by teaching ESL to the refugees in the Salt Lake community.

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Sarah

Sarah Little, Empowering Parents Program Coordinator, has her BA in English and Music from Trinity College in San Antonio, TX. After completing her TESOL training in the Czech Republic, she stayed to teach at a language school in Prague.

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Jean

Jean Bingham, Program Specialist, has a MA in Education as well as an ESL teaching endorsement. She has taught ESL for several years.

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Amanda

Amanda Thorderson, Program Specialist, has a Bachelor of Social Work from the University of Utah. She worked for the Salt Lake School District as an Alternate Language Services (ALS) Coordinator/Instructor and as a Family Outreach Worker serving at-risk families, including low English-proficient adult refugees and immigrants. She currently serves on the Salt Lake School District school board.

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Evariste

Evariste Kabura, Refugee Program Coordinator, has a degree in education and taught young adults in a refugee camp in Tanzania. Evariste speaks five languages and serves as a leader of the Burundian community in Salt Lake City.

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Matt

Matthew Bryce, Administrative Assistant and Computer Lab Instructor, has a BS in Economics from the University of Utah. He has lived in Egypt, China, and Brazil and enjoys travel and learning foreign languages.

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Jule

Jule Marine, Workplace Instructor, has Master's degrees in Education and in Adult Learning. He has worked with non-English-speaking people before as the Director of the New Hope Refugee Friendship Center. His time is divided among workplace sites looking to train their second-language employees in English skills. He is proficient in grant writing and community service development.

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As an Equal Opportunity Employer, the English Skills Learning Center prohibits discrimination on the basis of race/ethnicity, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, or sexual orientation. ESL Center complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, which protects qualified applicants and employees with disabilities from discrimination in hiring, promotion, discharge, pay, job training, fringe benefits, classification, and other aspects of employment on the basis of disability. If any person feels that she/he has experienced discrimination or needs an accommodation, they should submit their concern in writing to the Executive Director.

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