PHILOSOPHY
Articulate, defend, and enact a personal philosophy of education, connecting this philosophy to the development of an equitable and responsive learning environment and demonstrating knowledge of diverse learners.
Learning Outcome Four and Field Experience Competency A.
STUDIES
Patrick Mullin is a senior-year English and education student, receiving teaching certification​ in secondary-level education. He will graduate with a bachelor's of arts from Moravian College, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in 2021.
He holds several fulfilled academic and workplace experiences in language education. He is passionate about literature, grammar and theoretical linguistics, and foreign language.
ENGLISH I & ENGLISH II | 2017 - 2018
These two courses were introductory level courses in reading collegiate literature and rhetorical analysis and its writing.
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SHAKESPEARE | 2018
This course case-studied William Shakespeare on eleven of his Shakespearen plays, including those from his comedies, tragedies, and histories.
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CULTURE, COMMUNITY, & DIVERSITY |​ 2019
This course and its dual field experience allowed Patrick to study inclusion practices, through readings and research, while co-operatively student teaching at Bethlehem's Donegan Elementary School.
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WRITING ARTS | 200 | 2019
​This course studied common tropes in modern writing practices. This course partially required Patrick to film himself writing and analyze the films to observe which tropes he practices. It also encompassed a research project on community discourse, for which Patrick interviewed five plurilingual Moravian College students and faculty on their English and Arabic usages with a focus on their written intersection online through Arabish, a text-based script.
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MODERN DRAMA & THEATRE | 200 | 2019
​This course studied twentieth-century dramatic literature.
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20TH CENTURY BRITISH LITERATURE | 300 | 2019
​This course case-studied modern eight novels of British literature, especially within their language rich content and symbolic importances.
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20TH CENTURY AMERICAN LITERATURE | 300 | 2020
This course studied the modernist artistic movement in American literature through novels, novellas, short stories, essay collections, and poetry collections.
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LITERATURE AND THE WAY WE LIVE | 200 | 2020
This course studied ethical situations in classic and modern world literature to contemplate literature's conversations with philosophy, notably the systematization and defense of arguments in philosophy.
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EDUCATION HISTORY | 2018
This course studied the history of education as an institution and home of belief in the United States, with especial attention to its roots in Puritanical religion.
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EDUCATING ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS​ | 2019
​This course studied the importance of teaching English language learning students, and considered the theory and teaching strategies for those cultural and linguistic backgrounds.
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INCLUDING STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES | 200 | 2020
This course will be taken during the spring semester of 2020. I will describe its study when provided the syllabus at a later date.
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COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOM | 2020
This course will be taken during the spring semester of 2020. I will describe its study when provided the syllabus at a later date.
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STUDENT DEVELOPMENT & INSTRUCTION DESIGN | 2020
​This course will be taken during the spring semester of 2020. I will describe its study when provided the syllabus at a later date.
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LINGUISTICS | 200​ | 2018
​This course studied language form and context, practical lexicography, theoretical lexicography, and phonetics and phonology.
SPANISH I & SPANISH II | 2019 - 2020
These two courses have provided me a strong understanding of Spanish, both in written and spoken conversation. Additionally, the courses have expanded my abilities to communicate in the global Spanish-speaking discourse community.
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ARABIC I AND ARABIC II | 2019 - 2020
These two courses have allowed me a strong understanding of the Arabic alphabet and house of grammar. It has also allowed for conversation building, through their memorization of vocabulary, of which I continue to grow in skillset.
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EARLY FIELD EXPERIENCE
DONEGAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | September 2019 - December 2019​
Patrick completed more than forty hours of early field experience at Donegan Elementary School in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, where he co-operatively taught an English as a Second Language class for both fourth and fifth-grade students, as well as assisted in art and math fifth-grade classes.
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EARLY FIELD EXPERIENCE II
FREEDOM HIGH SCHOOL | February 2020 - March 2020
Patrick completed three weeks of early field experience at Freedom High School in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, interspersed between the February and March that preceeded 2020's springtime quarantine. He co-operatively taught English literature for a ninth-grade class, encompassing short story-reading, from Rudyard Kipling, Shirley Jackson, Saki, and Richard Connell, as well as the first nine chapters of To Kill A Mockingbird.
Skills
Writing and Editing
Analytical Review
Rhetoric
Newsletters
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Microsoft Word
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft PowerPoint
Camerawork and Recording
Languages
English | Native Proficiency
Spanish | Professional Working Prof.
Levantine Arabic | Limited Working Prof.
DELTA TAU DELTA - THETA TAU CHAPTER
Director of Communications | 2019 - 2020
Chapter Editor | 2019 - Present
Community Outreach | 2020 - Present
Philanthropy Chair | 2020 - Present
Patrick was the Director of Communications and, therein, Secretary of Moravian College's Delta Tau Delta social fraternity for students with the highest GPAs. He recorded and managed communication and the fraternity's schedule, as well as its meetings, both Chapter and executive board meetings. He is now its editor.
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EL CLUB DE ESPAÑOL
Treasurer | 2020 - Present
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Patrick is the treasurer for the language club El Club de Español. He supports the club in receiving its funding and fundraising in the greater Lehigh Valley-area for local Latinx community organizations.
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UNITED STUDENT GOVERNMENT
Government Representative | 2019 - 2021
Member of Operations & Outreach Committee | 2019 - 2021
Member of Counseling Center Subcommittee | 2019 - 2021
Presenter for President's Council for Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (DEI) | 2019 - 2021
​Patrick was a Representative of the United Student Government, the student government of Moravian College, where I voice on behalf of the student body to the school, its administration, faculty, and staff. I am a member of its Operations and Outreach Committee, which appeals to the school's public relations, proposals, and initiatives.
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KAPPA DELTA PI
National Honor Society of Education | 2019 - Present
Patrick is a member of Kappa Delta Pi, the international honor society in education, where I participate in meetings and activities, all of which aiming to support students in the education department.
CIRCLE SPEECH SERVICES | 2019 - Present
​Patrick interned for the main office of a private practice speech-language pathologist in Doylestown, Pennsylvania.
- Fulfilled marketing work.
- Fulfilled organizational work within the office.
- Contacted health, educational, and insurance facilities within the Doylestown and greater Philadelphia-area.
patrimull.wordpress.com
Written Work & Poetry | 2019 - Present
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To read my writing, please explore my WordPress. There, you will find personal pieces, academic, as well as rhetorical analyses and poetry, too.
JUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH FUND | 2019 - Present
Patrich volunteers for this organization through his social fraternity, Delta Tau Delta, in participating in fundraising efforts and hosting its campus events. He works as his Chapter's Philanthropy Chair.
CENTER FOR CHAMPIONS TUTORING | 2017 - 2018
Patrick volunteered in tutoring for this organization throughout 2017 and 2018, tutoring students in Harrisburg in reading and math.
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THE MALALA FUND | 2015 - Present
Since high school, Patrick has actively participated in not only raising public awareness of the Malala Fund's goal in achieving education equality, but have also fundraised efforts and hosted events for the personally important organization.