Katie Galuaska

Academic Background
      B.A. Art, Anthropology, University of Alaska Fairbanks (2002)
      M.A. Art Education, University of New Mexico (2009)
      ELL Endorsement Program, College of Santa Fe (2008)
Teaching Credentials
      Alaska Professional Teaching License
      Teaching Endorsements in Art K-12, highly qualified
      Teaching English Language Learners K-8
      Anthropology 9-12
Special Certificates
      Graduate Certificate in Language Education, University of Alaska Anchorage
Educator History
      Galena City School District, Art and Spanish teacher (2018 – present)
      University of Alaska Anchorage College of Education, Student Success Coordinator (2016 – 2018)
      Matanuska-Susitna School District, English Language Learners Coordinator (2015-2016)
      North Slope Borough School District, fourth and fifth grade teacher (2013 -2015)
      American School of Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico, second and third grade teacher (2011 – 2013)
      Clinton Community School District, Iowa, K-5 English Language Learners Teacher (2009 – 2011)
      UAF College of Rural Alaska, Program Developer, Kuskokwim Campus; Program Assistant, Interior Aleutians Campus (2002 – 2009)
Other School Related Activities
      Afterschool Art – Galena
      Student Showcase, Research Assistant – College of Education, UAA
      Afterschool Art, lifeguard, afterschool and weekend librarian– Nuiqsut
      Diversity Committee, Community-School Relations Committee – Clinton Community Schools
Personal Information
      Originally from Iowa; grew up on a corn, soybean and cattle farm.
      Went to high school at a Quaker boarding school.
      Moved to Alaska in 1990.
      One daughter, Johanna, majoring in Spanish at Whitworth University, Spokane, WA.
Classes taught 2021-2022 school year
      K-12 Art
      High school Spanish I and II.
     
            Information gathered by Jaci McKindy