Randy Alan Crisler 

(208) 552-7854   w  crislerra@whitepinecharterschool.org

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 CERTIFICATIONS and LICENSE

Idaho Licensure, In progress

Alternative Licensure,  Major: Secondary Education, Auguest 2007.  Western New Mexico University, Gallup, NM

Arabic Language, Subject: Writing and Implementing Curricula for Teachers of Arabic K-12, July 2007.  NCLRC Summer Institute, Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL), Washington DC  

AP Certification, Subject: AP World History, June 2007.  Hilands University-Summer Institute, UNM Campus, Albuquerque NM 

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EDUCATION

Master of Arts, Major: Middle East Studies, June 2005 - American University in Cairo, Egypt

• International Graduate Fellow

• Cumulative GPA: 3.81

Bachelor of Arts, Major: Near Eastern Studies, August 2003 - University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

• Minors in History and Arabic (32 credits of Modern Standard Arabic)  

• International Business Certificate

• GPA in Major, 4.0; Cumulative GPA: 3.84 (Magna Cum Laude)

• McNair Scholar:  two summers of academic research

Associate of Arts and Sciences, Major: History, April 1999 - BYU-Idaho, Rexburg, ID

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        TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Teacher - Miyamura High School, Gallup, NM                                               August 2005--May 2008

        Social Studies Department Head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . August 2007--May 2008

¨        9^th grade New Mexico History/World Geography 

• 1 year Inclusion

• 1 year Pre-AP

¨      8th and 9th Grade Arabic Language and Culture Class

• 2 years

Student Teaching - 2005 TFA Summer Institute, Houston, TX                      Summer 2005

¨       Taught  8th grade U.S. History as well as attended Teach for America seminars and class related to teaching secondary education. 

Teaching Assistant - American University in Cairo (AUC), Egypt                  Spring 2005

¨       Assisted professor with revising syllabi and finding course reading material. Lectured, explained assignments, and graded papers for an undergraduate Middle East history survey class.

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PUBLICATIONS

Second author with Dr. Harrell-Bond. “Refugees in Iran.” Published in Immigration and Asylum From 1900 to Present, edited by Matthew Gibney and Randall Hansen.  Spring 2005.