Alexandro Nino Email and Phone Number

Created the Solid English ESL program available at solidenglish.comMaintain and update the Solid English PlatformProvide weekly live online practice and instruction to students of the Solid Foundations in English courseProduce video lessons of the free Conversational English course

Produce ESL videos for aprendolibre.com, which are used in public schools in Mexico, Chile, Ecuador and ColombiaWrite and edit standardized ESL test items for the PAA exam used in Puerto Rico, and Pruebas Saber in Colombia

Community service: Teach a weekly live English for Construction and English for Business ESL class at facebook.com/texhca

o Implement national ESL curriculum and planned online lessons for groups of 25-30 undergraduate students of two- and three-year technical and technological programso Adapt curriculum and learning activities according to students’ needs and diverse proficiency levelso Utilize my ICT background to raise students’ awareness about the need for a second language in their field, motivating them to practice and develop their communicative skills beyond the classroom settingo Receive… Show more o Implement national ESL curriculum and planned online lessons for groups of 25-30 undergraduate students of two- and three-year technical and technological programso Adapt curriculum and learning activities according to students’ needs and diverse proficiency levelso Utilize my ICT background to raise students’ awareness about the need for a second language in their field, motivating them to practice and develop their communicative skills beyond the classroom settingo Receive training and train teachers in the use of the 5 LMSs and platforms that SENA has used for online instruction since 2011o In 2013 collaborated in team of 14 technical-pedagogical experts who set the foundation for the current ESL national program at SENA Show less

o Designed lesson plans to engage students in developing all language skills and critical thinking in the target language using authentic literary texts in a bilingual settingo Provided differentiated instruction to groups of 14-20 students with various proficiency levels using the Whole Language approacho Prepared struggling ESL students to succeed in the TOEFL iBT exam, and trained new teachers to maintain the school’s 80% minimum bilingual certification rateo Built an LMS in… Show more o Designed lesson plans to engage students in developing all language skills and critical thinking in the target language using authentic literary texts in a bilingual settingo Provided differentiated instruction to groups of 14-20 students with various proficiency levels using the Whole Language approacho Prepared struggling ESL students to succeed in the TOEFL iBT exam, and trained new teachers to maintain the school’s 80% minimum bilingual certification rateo Built an LMS in Moodle with procedures, level-appropriate materials, along with planning, evaluation and report tools, integrated with Google’s cloud-based security and storage, which facilitated and optimized the implementation of the school’s English curriculum throughout Elementary, Middle, and High Schoolo Participated in creative extracurricular activities, usually performing as the leading actor in the school’s musical play production Show less

o Prepared and delivered daily instruction to groups of 24-32 students in the levels Spanish I, II, III and AP Spanish, using district’s World Languages curriculum and procedures, adapting instruction to meet group and individual needs based on the results of ongoing assessmento Offered after-school and home-based instruction, and served as interpreter in parent-teacher and counseling conferenceso Developed a set of interactive slides for each unit in all the levels taught in which I… Show more o Prepared and delivered daily instruction to groups of 24-32 students in the levels Spanish I, II, III and AP Spanish, using district’s World Languages curriculum and procedures, adapting instruction to meet group and individual needs based on the results of ongoing assessmento Offered after-school and home-based instruction, and served as interpreter in parent-teacher and counseling conferenceso Developed a set of interactive slides for each unit in all the levels taught in which I modeled pronunciation and used PowerPoint developer’s tools to promote participation in individual and group activitieso Participated and presented in district and school level professional development events, sharing best practices of instructional methodology and productivity tips with fellow teacherso Maintained accurate student records and created a school-wide spreadsheet with a macro that automatically analyzed students’ grades and identified those who needed reinforcement, saving hundreds of man hours at the end of every 9 weekso Received the Above and Beyond the Call of Duty award Show less

Tenured professor of the Department of Foreign LanguagesTaught Advanced English in the Modern Languages programAcademic Coordinator of the Modern Languages Program

o Created lesson plans and led instruction in the target language in the levels Spanish I and II, selecting the most effective teaching approaches to improve students’ communicative skillso Implemented school-wide classroom behavior management policies and procedures to maintain a sound, pleasant learning environmento Served as a cultural and native Spanish-speaking role model for students and the school communityo Worked cooperatively with other teachers to create a… Show more o Created lesson plans and led instruction in the target language in the levels Spanish I and II, selecting the most effective teaching approaches to improve students’ communicative skillso Implemented school-wide classroom behavior management policies and procedures to maintain a sound, pleasant learning environmento Served as a cultural and native Spanish-speaking role model for students and the school communityo Worked cooperatively with other teachers to create a conversation-item strategy to promote, assess, and evaluate speaking in the target language, which I have optimized and applied in my teaching practice up to this dayo Wrote a computer program in Microsoft Visual Basic which facilitated the practice and evaluation of speaking skills Show less

Tenured professor of the Department of Foreign LanguagesTaught Advanced English in the Modern LanguagesTaugh ESP in undergraduate programsCoordinated the Translation Unit and ESL Center

Taught Spanish 102 and Spanish 201 to undergraduate students in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese

Taught ESL in Grades 6-11

Taught ESL in Grades K-5, and French in Grades 10-11

Taught all areas in Grades 1-4(My very first teaching job right after graduating from Normal Jose Eusebio Caro in Popyán, before starting my BA in English and French Teaching)