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Portrait of Gillian Scruggs

Honor Society® member

Gillian Scruggs

Spanish and Music Teacher at French Broad River Academy for Girls

  • Western Carolina University
  • Communication Sciences and Disorders
  • Class of 2024
  • USA

Member since December 2022

About

Previous Spanish teacher transitioning to a career in bilingual Speech Language Pathology

Education

  • Western Carolina University

    Masters in Communication Sciences and Disorders

    2022 – 2024

  • Southern Oregon University

    Masters in Spanish Teaching

    2020 – 2021

  • University of North Carolina at Asheville

    Bachelors of Arts, Spanish

    2007 – 2011

Honors and awards

  • Sigma Delta Pi Spanish Honors Society

    Secretary and Member at UNC Asheville

  • Summa Cum Laude

    Graduated Summa Cum Laude in the Honors Program at UNC Asheville

Goals and interests

Career goal

Bilingual Speech Pathologist - with school aged children and adults

Graduate school interests

Spanish and English second language acquisition

Outside the classroom

White water kayaking, white water canoeing, backpacking, music, gardening

Experience

  • Spanish and Music Teacher

    French Broad River Academy for Girls

    Feb 2016 – May 2022

  • Volunteer Coordinator

    Organic Growers School / AmeriCorps Project Conserve

    Sep 2015 – Aug 2016

  • Spanish and History Teacher

    Alzar School

    Aug 2014 – Jul 2015

  • Environmental Science Teacher and Gardener

    Mountain Trail Outdoors School / Kanuga Conference Center

    Feb 2013 – Aug 2014

Volunteering

  • Teacher and Coordinator with many local nonprofits in the WNC area

    French Broad River Academy for Girls

    Feb 2016 – May 2022

  • Volunteer Coordinator

    Organic Growers School / AmeriCorps Project Conserve

    Sep 2015 – Aug 2016

Languages

  • Spanish Advanced
  • Portuguese (Brasil) Intermediate

Additional information