Kelly McClendon
Director of Academic Assessment/Director Intensive English/Senior Lecturer
Modern Languages
College of Arts and Sciences
- Contact
- Morgan HallRoom 350A1700 SW College AveTopeka, KS 66621-1117785.670.2688
- Degrees & Certifications
- University of Tulsa, Bachelor of Science
- Oklahoma State University, Master of Arts
- Academic History
- Lecturer/Coordinator, Intensive English Program, WU, 2010 – 2023
- Adjunct Instructor, Intensive English, WU, 2000 - 2010
- Adult ESL Program Instructor, Lawton Public Schools, Oklahoma, 1998-2000
- High School Teacher, Tianjin International School, China, 1994-1998
- Nankai University English Instructor, Tianjin, China, 1993-1994
- Teaching
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- IE 074 A, Writing for Acad Purposes I
- IE 092 D, Culture in Context Seminar II
- IE 104 A, Writing for Acad Purposes II
- IE 204 A, Writing for Acad Purposes III
- Scholarly Interests/Activities
- International Education
- Advocacy work in credit for ESOL courses
- Collaborative instruction bringing native and non-native English speaking students together
- Assessment of language acquisition
- Assessment and accreditation work for program improvement
- Service Interests/Activities
- MIDTESOL Program Administrators Interest Section Chair
- Academic Diversity and Inclusion Committee member, Washburn University
- Washburn Academic Advising Network, Washburn University
- President, MIDTESOL, 2020-2021
- Selected Presentations and Publications
- McClendon, K., & McGee, T. (2023) "Advocating for and Implementing Credit for ESOL Classes," EnglishUSA Journal: Vol. 8, Article 4. https://surface.syr.edu/englishusa_journal/vol8/iss1/4
- McClendon, K., Routsong, T. Pacioianu, J., & Williams, T. (2018) Building Bridges in Classrooms: Collaboration for Integration and Globalization. Issues in Language Instruction, (8). Selected presentations from Building Bridges for English Language Centers Conference, University of Kansas. https://journals.ku.edu/ili
- McClendon, K. & Springsteen, S. (2015) Designing and Implementing a Bridge: IEP to M. Ed. Edited by Thu H. Tran. The Conference Proceedings of MIDTESOL 2015. MIDTESOL. Retrieved from https://midtesol.org/publications/conference-proceedings/the-conference-proceedings-of-midtesol-2015/
- McClendon, K. & Walter, M. (2019). “Universal Design and Universal Design for Learning: Training the Trainers.” Presented at the Michael Tilford Conference on Diversity and Multiculturalism, University of Kansas.
- Career Accomplishments
- Certificate of Teaching and Learning 2014-2015
- Certificate of Teaching and Learning 2015-2016
- Certificate of Teaching and Learning 2016-2017
- Certificate of Teaching and Learning 2017-2018
- Certificate of Teaching and Learning 2018-2019
- Certificate of Inclusive Teaching and Learning 2018-2019
- Certificate of Teaching and Learning 2019-2020
- Certificate of Inclusive Teaching and Learning 2019-2020
- Certificate of Teaching and Learning 2020-2021
- Certificate of Teaching and Learning 2021-2022
- Certificate of Inclusive Teaching and Learning 2021-2022
- Certificate of Teaching and Learning 2022-2023
- Certificate of Inclusive Teaching and Learning 2022-2023
- Certificate of Teaching and Learning 2023-2024
- Certificate of Inclusive Teaching and Learning 2023-2024
