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Name: Sarah Segal
Grade: 6th
Courses:
- Humanities (Social Sciences & English Language Arts)
- AVID Teacher
Email: sarah.segal@hoodriver.k12.or.us
GradingEnglish Language Arts and Social Studies grades will be based on assignments, projects, tests, and classroom participation. We will use the following grading scale:
90-100% A
80-89% B
70-79% C
60-69% D
0-59% NG = No Grade or I = Incomplete (both NG & I can be completed
for a letter grade)
Teaching ExperienceHood River Middle School, 6th grade (2009-present)
Hood River Middle School, 8th grade (2005-2009)
Bonner School, 6th grade (2003-2005)
Education
2004 M.Ed. Curriculum & Instruction, University of Montana
1998 B.A. Sociology/Anthropology, Western State College of Colorado
Student Enrichment Travel
2013 Costa Rica - Education First
2008 Washington D.C. & New York City - Worldstrides
2006 Washington D.C., Philadelphia, & New York City - Worldstrides
World History, Cultures, and International Relations Professional Development
2018 Egypt - Global Exploration for Educators Organization (GEEO)
2018 Jordan - Where There Be Dragons, "Jordan Educator: Teaching Contemporary Middle Eastern Issues"
2017 Mexico - Earthwatch Teacher Fellow, "Conserving Wetlands & Traditional Aztec Agriculture in Mexico"
2016 Netherlands - Education First, Amsterdam International
2015 Czech Republic - Education First, Prague International2015 Vietnam & Cambodia - Global Exploration for Educators Organization (GEEO)
2014 Washington - Population Education Leadership Institute @ IslandWood School in The Woods
2013-2014 Washington D.C. - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Museum Teacher Fellow
2013 Turkey - National Endowment for the Humanities, "Istanbul Between East & West: Crossroads of History"
2012 Spain - Educational First, Madrid International
2012 Germany - Goerte-Institut Transatlantic Outreach Program
2012 Washington D.C. - United States Holocaust Museum Western States Teacher Workshop
2011 New Mexico - Dar al Islam Teachers' Institute
2010 China (autumn) - Hanban/Confucius Institute
2010 China (summer) - National Consortium for Teaching About Asia
2010 Michigan - University of Michigan, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Academic Sharing Program
2009 South Korea - Korean Studies Workshop for American Educators
2008 Honduras - Culture & Spanish Language Development
2007 Saudi Arabia - ARAMCO Educators to Saudi Arabia
2007 India - Fulbright-Hays Seminar Abroad
2005 New York - Columbia University, National Endowment for the Humanities "China & the Islamic World"
2005 Illinois - University of Illinois Russian, Eastern European, and Eurasian Center Curriculum Development Workshop
2005 Montana – University of Montana Mansfield Center, National Consortium for Teaching About Asia
2004 Japan - Fulbright Memorial Fund
1998 France - Saint-Cesaire Neanderthal Archaeology Research & Field Study
United States History Professional Development
2022 Washington - Mount Saint Helens Volcano Naturalist
2016 California – Little Tokyo, Los Angeles & Manzanar, National Endowment for the Humanities “Civil Liberties in Times of Crisis”
2016 Washington – Bainbridge Island & Seattle, National Park Service & National Japanese American Historical Society
“Perspectives on Japanese American Incarceration”
2016 Scotland – University of Edinburgh, Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History “Jefferson & The Enlightenment”
2014 Kansas - Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes, Teacher Fellowship
2014 Washington D.C. - C-Span Summer Educators' Conference
2012 Virginia - Monticello, Thomas Jefferson Foundation, Barringer Research Fellow
2009 Virginia - Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Teacher Institute
2008 Washington D.C. - Decatur House, National Endowment for the Humanities Landmarks of American History & Culture "Race and
Place: An Examination of African Americans in Washington , DC from 1800-1954"
2006 England - University of Oxford, Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History "Age of Lincoln"
Additional Professional Development
2022 Washington - Mount Saint Helens Institute, Volcanoe Naturalist
2018 National Geographic Certified Educator
2001 California - Occidental Arts and Ecology Center, School Garden Teacher Training
Special Projects
2020 Oregon Department of Education - Ethnic Studies Content Standards Panel2015-2020 Carter G. Woodson National Book Award Committee (2018 Chair)2014-2017 Minoru Yasui Tribute Project2016-2017 Confluence in the Classroom2016-2018 Oregon Department of Education - Social Sciences Content & Advisory Panel2017 UC Berkeley Bay Area Writing Project2016-2017 Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center Teacher Advisory Committee2012-2016 Oregon Council for the Social Studies Board Member (2016 President)2011 Portland State University Middle East Studies Center Teacher Advisory Committee2008-2011 Oregon Department of Education - Social Sciences Content & Assessment Panel2000-2001 Sonoma State University AmeriCorps VISTA “Project SCHOLARS”Community Service2021-present Mount Saint Helens Institute Mountain Stewart & Guide
2017-2021 Columbia Gorge Community College Board of Education
2018-2020 Columbia Gorge Community College Foundation Board Member
2016-2017 Hood River Adopt A Dog Animal Shelter Board Member
2015-2016 American Councils for International Education (Ukraine FLEX & Indonesia YES), U.S. Department of State
2015 Oregon State University Columbia River Gorge Extension - Master Food Preserver Volunteer
2005 Women's Voices for the Earth AmeriCorps Volunteer, Montana
2002 University of Montana Alternative Spring Break “Santa Fe, New Mexico Habitat for Humanity Project”
Publications
Segal, S. (2022). The Fearless Flights of Hazel Ying Lee Book Review. Social Education, 86 (3), pg. 189.
Segal, S. (2021). The Only Woman in the Photo: Frances Perkins & Her New Deal Book Review. Social
Education, 85(3), pp.163-164.
Segal, S. (2020). Soaring Earth: A Companion Memoir to Enchanted Air Book Review. Social Education,
84(3), pp.166.
Segal, S. (2020). Instructions Not Included: How a Team of Women Coded the Future Book Review. Social
Education, 84(3), pp.164-165.
Segal, S., Brugar, K., et al. (2019). Introducing the NCSS Septima P. Clark Women in Literature Book Award.
Social Education, 83(6), pp.370-373.
Segal, S. (2019). The Carter G. Woodson Book Award, 2019 Introduction. Social Education, 83(3), pp.151.
Segal, S. (2018). Fred Korematsu Speaks Up Book Review. Social Education, 82(3), pp.156.
"Minoru Yasui's Legacy: Students of Sarah M. Segal Study the Imprisonment of Japanese Americans,"
The Social Studies Professional (May/June 2017).Segal, S. (2017). March (Trilogy) Book Review. Social Education, 82(2), pp.182.
Segal, S. (2017). Adopt A Dog: Taking Care to Find the Right Match. Hood River News: Kaleidoscope.
Segal, S. (2016). A Local Hero, A Classroom Lesson, A New State Law. Today’s Oregon Education
Association Magazine, 90(3), pp.20-21.
Segal, S. (2016). Minoru Yasui: From Roots to Results. Oregon Journal for the Social Studies, 4 (1).
Segal, S. (2014). Germany: Already a STEM Role Model. Modern Germany Update, pp.13-15.
Segal, S. (2011). Growing Vines, Growing Young Minds. Hood River News: Kaleidoscope, 105 (74).
Segal, S. (2011). Reflections from China. Hood River New: Kaleidoscope, 105 (2).
Segal, S. (2009). Going Back in Time – A Social Studies Teacher Gets a History Lesson of Her Own.
Today’s Oregon Education Association Magazine, 28 (29), pp. 29.
Notable Accolades
2022 Honored by AVID HRVHS Graduating Senior
2021 Honored by AVID HRVHS Graduating Senior
2016 Civics Scholar, Oregon Classroom Law Project
2015 Oregon History Teacher of the Year
2013 Robert H. Jackson National Social Justice Teacher of the Year
