TEACUE TUBACH
FOURTH GRADE TEACHER
CHARTER SCHOOL OF MORGAN HILL
TTUBACH@CSMH.ORG
CURRICULUM VITAE
INTERESTS AND SPECIALIZATION
Project-based learning, educational travel, critical thought, social justice, California history, poetry, Charles Dickens.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts Degree, Philosophy (senior honors) — 2003-2009
University of California, Santa Cruz
Master of Arts Degree, Education — 2009-2012
University of Phoenix
Multiple Subject Teaching Credential — 2012-PRESENT
California Department of Education
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
5th Grade Humanities Teacher, Charter School of Morgan Hill — 2012-2017
Morgan Hill, California
7th Grade Humanities Teacher, Charter School of Morgan Hill — 2017-2023
Morgan Hill, California
4th Grade Teacher, Charter School of Morgan Hill — 2023-PRESENT
Morgan Hill, California
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT HIGHLIGHTS
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History Summer Seminar — 2013
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
San Jose Area Writing Project — 2013
San Jose State University, California
PBL WORLD 201 — 2016
Napa, California
PBL WORLD Coaching Seminar — 2018
Napa, California
WorldStrides Teaching Convention — 2019
Paris, France
Dickens Universe (Faculty/Presenter) — 2021
University of California Santa Cruz, California
WorldStrides Teaching Convention — 2023
Playa del Carmen, Mexico
EF Global Educator Convention — 2023
Chiang Mai, Thailand
Return to Gold Mountain — 2023
Summit Tunnel and China Camp
EF Educator Convention — 2024
San Francisco, California
EDUCATION TOURS
Charter School of Morgan Hill — March 2017
Washington D.C., Philadelphia, Gettysburg
Brownell Middle School — March 2018
Washington D.C., New York City
Charter School of Morgan Hill — March 2019
Washington D.C., Philadelphia, Gettysburg
Charter School of Morgan Hill — June 2019
Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico
Charter School of Morgan Hill — April 2023
Washington D.C., Philadelphia, New York City
Charter School of Morgan Hill — June 2023
Riviera Maya, Mexico
Charter School of Morgan Hill — June 2024
Pacific Coast, Costa Rica
PUBLISHED ARTICLES
How to Use a Play for Project-Based Learning
https://www.edutopia.org/article/how-use-play-project-based-learning
Exploring Social Justice Issues Through PBL
https://www.edutopia.org/article/exploring-social-justice-issues-through-pbl
How Project-Based Learning Can Teach Empathy
https://www.edutopia.org/article/how-project-based-learning-can-teach-empathy
Students at Charter School serve their unhoused neighbors (co-author with student)
https://morganhilltimes.com/students-at-charter-school-serve-their-unhoused-neighbors/
Using PBL to Teach About Homelessness
https://www.edutopia.org/article/using-pbl-teach-about-homelessness
Capitalizing on the Pedagogy of Place
https://www.edutopia.org/article/capitalizing-pedagogy-place
A PBL Unit on Life as a Young Teen
https://www.edutopia.org/article/student-designed-pbl
PUBLISHED INTERVIEWS
Featured in South Korean PBL Documentaries 2015, 2017, 2018
English translations are no longer available
L.A. Times Educational Subscriptions Aid Middle Schoolers in Project on Immigration
https://www.latimes.com/about/pressreleases/story/2021-07-14/l-a-times-educational-subscriptions-aid-middle-schoolers-in-project-on-immigration
Bringing 'A Christmas Carol' to Life in Middle School Classrooms
https://dickens.ucsc.edu/news-events/news-by-year/2021-2022/bringing-a-christmas-carol-to-life-in-middle-school-classrooms.html
"Taking action against homelessness"
http://www.ohmynews.com/NWS_Web/View/at_pg.aspx?CNTN_CD=A0002853260