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Cherice Montgomery

Associate Professor
Spanish and Portuguese

3177 JFSB
701 E University PKWY
Provo, Utah 84602-2401

Biography

Cherice Montgomery holds a PhD in Curriculum, Teaching, and Educational Policy with an emphasis in Learning, Technology, & Culture from Michigan State University.  Her research explores the potential of design-based pedagogies, 21st-century skills, and social technologies for affecting change in world language teacher education and professional development.

Cherice’s professional endeavors have included the design and facilitation of a variety of grant-funded summer institutes and webinars aimed at helping world language educators to develop skills in mentoring, leadership, pedagogy, project-based language learning, and technology.  She has also served as co-chair of the ACTFL Pimsleur Research Award Committee, as an advisory board member for several different Language Resource Centers, and as a member of the New Visions in Foreign Language Education Task Force and as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Critical Inquiry Into Curriculum & Instruction.

Her work is informed by a diverse array of K-16 teaching experiences, and she has been honored with several awards for excellence in teaching, including the ACTFL-NYSAFLT Anthony Papalia Award for Excellence in Teacher Education, the Brigham Young University Faculty Women’s Association Teaching Award, the Kansas Foreign Language Teacher of the Year Award, and the U.S.D. 259 Good Apple Award.

Cherice currently coordinates the Spanish Teaching Major Program at Brigham Young University, where she teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in assessment, language teaching methods, literacy development, and technology.  Her current projects include extensive pedagogical work in literacy development and scaffolding, and grant-supported research in four different immersive language learning environments:  (1) Dual Language Immersion (DLI), (2) Foreign Language Student Residences (FLSR), (3) online, Playable Case Study simulations (PCS), and (4) Project-based Language Learning (PBLL).

Commonly Taught Courses

FLANG 276:  Exploration of Teaching Foreign Languages
FLANG 302/TELL 435:  Biliteracy Development in Dual Language Immersion Classrooms
SPAN 378: Spanish Teaching Methods 2
SPAN 380: Practicum in Teaching Spanish
SecEd 476R/496R: Secondary Student Teaching/Internship
SPAN 477: Techniques of Spanish Instruction
SPAN 671/SLaT 601:  Principles of Teaching Foreign Language
SPAN 672/SLaT 610: Media & Tech in Foreign Language Instruction
SPAN 676/SLaT 604: Principles of Testing Foreign Language Skills/Assessing Language Skills

Education

  • PhD, 2009, Curriculum, Teaching, & Educational Policy with an emphasis in Learning, Technology, & Culture
  • MEd, 2002, Curriculum & Instruction
  • BA, 1992, Spanish

Research Interests

  • Creativity, design-based pedagogies, experiential learning, and project-based language learning
  • Literacy, transliteracy, biliteracy, and 21st century skills development
  • Curriculum development, professional development, and teacher preparation
  • Mentoring, leadership, and change in world language education

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Research Interests

My research interests focus on the intersections of:

* Arts-informed education: Creativity, design-based pedagogies, play, and visual cognition

* Immersive learning environments and experiences: Dual language immersion (DLI), experiential learning, foreign language student housing (FLSR), Playable Case Studies (PCSs), and project-based language learning (PBLL)

* Literacy development: Curricular models, instructional pedagogies, and scaffolding for fostering biliteracy development, multiliteracies, and 21st century literacies in variety of settings

* Teacher learning: Facilitating change in world language education through mentoring, leadership development, professional learning, and teacher preparation

Teaching Interests

I am interested in capacitating students to become mentors, leaders, and change agents in world language education.

Education

  • PhD in Curriculum, Teaching, & Educational Policy, Emphasis in Learning, Technology, & Culture , Michigan State University (2009)
  • Master of Education, Curriculum & Instruction , Wichita State University (2002)
  • Bachelor of Arts, Spanish , English, Wichita State University (1992)

Honors and Awards

  • Brigham Young University Humanities Center 3-year Faculty Fellowship, Brigham Young University College of Humanities (2023 - 2025)
  • Southwest Conference on Language Teaching (SWCOLT) Teacher of the Year Nominee for the State of Utah, Utah Foreign Language Association (UFLA) (2024 - 2024)
  • Douglas K. Christensen Teaching & Learning Faculty Fellowship , Brigham Young University (2021 - 2024)
  • Best of Utah Foreign Language Association (UFLA) Award 2023, Utah Foreign Language Association (UFLA) (2023 - 2023)
  • Utah Foreign Language Association Higher Education Teacher of the Year Award, Utah Foreign Language Association (UFLA) (2023 - 2023)
  • Best of Utah Foreign Language Association Conference (UFLA) Award 2021, Utah Foreign Language Association Conference (2021 - 2021)
  • BYU COVID-19 Unsung Hero Award, Brigham Young University (2020 - 2020)
  • ACTFL/NYSAFLT Anthony Papalia Award for Excellence in Teacher Education , American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages & the New York State Association of Foreign Language Teachers (2018 - 2018)
  • BYU Faculty Women’s Association Teaching Award 2016, BYU Faculty Women’s Association (2016 - 2016)
  • Best of Utah Foreign Language Association Award 2013, Utah Foreign Language Association (UFLA) (2013 - 2013)
  • Good Apple Award , Wichita Public Schools (USD 259) (2000 - 2000)
  • Kansas Foreign Language Teacher of the Year, Kansas Foreign Language Association (1999 - 1999)
  • Good Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching, Wichita Public Schools (USD 259) (1998 - 1998)
  • Best of Kansas Award, Kansas Foreign Language Association (1996 - 1996)

Memberships

  • Southwest Conference on Language Teaching (2013 - Present)
  • National Association of District Supervisors of Foreign Languages (NADSFL) (2012 - Present)
  • Utah Foreign Language Association (UFLA) (2008 - Present)
  • American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) (1998 - Present)

Professional Citizenship

  • Board Member, National Foreign Language Resource Center (2022 - 2025)
  • Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Foreign Language Annals (2024 - 2024)
  • Conference-Related Role, 9th International Conference on Immersion & Dual Language Education Executive Planning Committee Member (2023 - 2024)

Courses Taught

Publications

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Presentations

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