Bernadeta Kaminska
Teaching Experience
EXPERIENCE:
Instructor of German, Modern Languages and Literatures Department, Southwestern University, Georgetown, TX, 2010- 2011, Fall 2013.
German Lecturer, Modern Language Department,
Texas State University, San Marcos, TX, Fall 2009.
Adjunct Professor, German, ACC, Austin, TX, 1999-present
Language Instructor, Continuing Education, ACC, Austin, TX, 1999-2009
Lecturer, Department of Germanic Studies, University of Texas, Austin, Spring 2014, 2015-2016, present.
Lecturer, Department of Slavic and Eurasian Studies, University of Texas, Austin,
2008-present.
German Language Faculty, Concordia University, Austin, TX, 2002-2009.
Polish Language Instructor, Informal Classes at the University of Texas, Austin, TX,
2000-2007.
German Language Instructor, Berlitz Language Center, Austin, TX, 2004, 2005
Language Instructor, Translator, Inlingua, Austin, TX, 1999.
German Instructor, Xtra Education, College Station, TX, 1998.
German Instructor, Community Education, Wrzesnia, Poland, 1988-89.
German Instructor, Translator@Interpreter, Self-Employed, Wrzesnia, Poland, 1988-89.
German Teacher, Kopernik Elementary School, Wrzesnia, Poland, 1987-88.
ACADEMIC AWARDS:
2018 NISOD Excellence Award
2018 Foreign Language Teaching Excellence Award, University of Texas at Austin
2018 Nominated for the Austin Community College Teaching Excellence Award
2017 Texas Spirits Apple Polishing Award, University of Texas at Austin
2006 Teaching Excellence Award, ACC
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE:
Active member of curriculum committee
· Developed curriculum for German I-IV and Advanced German for CE at ACC.
· Developed curriculum for Polish classes at UT and ACC.
Member of Assessment committee
Member of Challenge Exam Committee
· Developed and evaluate Challenge Exams (Proficiency Exams) for German I, II, III, IV
Help as native speaker, Dissertation The Structure and Use of Collective Numeral
Phrases in Slavic Russian, Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, and Polish
by Hyoung Sup Kim, 2009.
Professional Publications
PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS :
2011 The Fifth Biennial Conference for the Association for Women in Slavic Studies, University of Texas at Austin
2011 A Backbone of European East –West Communication, University of Texas at Austin
2011 Southwest Conference on Language Teaching (SWCOLT)
2012 Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
2014 ACTFL
2015 ACTFL, Oral Proficiency Workshop/Training
2015 Panel discussion: Strategies for Building a Successful Polish Language Program, University of Chicago
2017 Presenting Teaching with Authentic Materials at the Workshop for Polish Teachers, University of Michigan
2018 Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Training Standard for Success
2024 The Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
2024 6.June – 22. June Course for Teachers of German, Schwäbisch Hall, Germany
2025 July 21-25 Building Blocks for Intercultural, Pragmatic, and Interactional Competence
Published: August 27, 2025