Damon Bennett Email & Phone Number

Media, Pa, Us

Philadelphia, Pa

• Ensure all English learners are appropriately placed, monitored, and assessed in accordance with PA guidelines.• Facilitate classes for middle and high school English learners that develop academic language skills in listening, reading, speaking, and writing.• Coordinate and implement push-in and pull-out instruction for students.• Lead professional development for content teachers on how to best serve English learners.• Organize and proctor the annual ACCESS for ELLs exam.• Serve as a Spanish-English translator for parent conferences.

Los Angeles, Ca

Specialization: Marketing, Sales, Big Tech, Education, Copywriting, Management, Logistics, Real Estate

Philadelphia, Pa

• Co-coordinated the Newcomer Learning Academy, ensuring all English learners were appropriately placed, monitored, and assessed in accordance with PA guidelines.• Led classes for English learners focused on developing academic language skills in listening, reading, speaking, and writing.• Facilitated the Senior Capstone Seminar aimed at preparing seniors for life after high school.• Organize and proctor annual exams such as ACCESS for ELLs, PSAT, and Keystones.• Served as a Spanish-English translator for parent conferences.• Taught a weekly yoga and meditation club for students of all grades.

Philadelphia, Pa

• Led individual and group classes for English learners at every proficiency level.• Taught six Level I classes geared toward mastering the basics of Spanish.• Provided sheltered instruction in content-area subjects.• Conducted professional development for content teachers on how to best serve English learners.• Proctored annual exams such as ACCESS for ELLs, PSAT, and Keystones.• Served as Spanish-English translator for parent meetings and IEP meetings.• Led after-school yoga classes for the athletics department.

San Francisco, Ca

• Provided job coaching and community-based training to adults with developmental disabilities.• Co-facilitated job skills classes, drumming groups, and music therapy sessions.• Assisted clients with life skills such as banking, budgeting, food shopping, and health advocacy.

Lima, Peru

• Led small-group English classes for executives, employees, and engineers in various national andglobal industries.

San Francisco, Ca

• Assisted lead teacher by working with at-risk teenagers in all content area subjects.• Facilitated classes, wrote lesson plans, and implemented IEP goals as a long-term substitute.

Esl Program Specialist (K-12)

Instructional I English (7-12)

Master Of Arts - Ma, Applied Linguistics

150-Hour Tefl Certificate, 2009, Teaching English As A Foreign Language (Tefl) And Business English

Bachelor Of Arts, Communications