Katrina Dohn

Background

About Katrina Dohn

My passion: supporting children and families of diverse ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds Personal strengths Relationships: able to build relationships with people from a variety of backgrounds and experiences Connections: build connections between people and groups to share resources in order to meet needs Persistence and perseverance: able to tackle a project or goal, and stay with it until it is accomplished Flexibility: able to roll with unexpected occurrences or challenges Organization: able to create systems to organize processes, things, or steps of a project Warmth and friendliness: able to build personal realtionships and convey warmth, acceptance, and encouragement Work Teacher - grades 1-2, grades 4-5 Sp. Ed, grade 5 Instructional Coach/Interventionist Summer School coordinator Adjunct professor - Bilingual Ed. dept- Heritage Univ. Volunteerism Founder, director - Tukwila Children's Clothing Bank Co-founder, Vice-President - Tukwila Children's Foundation Strategic Plan Committee - City of Tukwila Facilities Review Committee - City of Tukwila Homestay Coordinator - MeySen Academy, Sendai, Japan Foster Parent - WA State DSHS Board Member - Kids Without Borders Founder and director - CARE Night - family outreach and clothing give-away Coordinator - Vacation Bible School - Kent Covenant Travel Nepal - ran a youth program for orphaned Nepali youth Vietnam - traveled with Kids Without Borders, delivered goods and supported orphanages throughout Vietnam Japan - visited MeySen Academy - observed and learned about their ELL instruction, examined ELL curriculum used there and in other countries Awards Teacher of the Year - Tukwila Reporter Best of Tukwila Awards 2018 FBI Director's Community Leadership Award for Washington State - 2017 Volunteer of the Year - Tukwila Reporter Best of Tukwila Awards 2013 Partners in Education - Tukwila School District - 2010 Treasures of Tukwila - City of Tukwila - 2008 Who's Who Among American Teachers -