Gwendolyn Olvera Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Il, Us

-Author rigorous, backwards-designed Social Studies units utilizing LDC's Real Works Curriculum Framework, proven to close a full year of student achievement gap.-Align units to Common Core State Standards and C3 Framework Ensure fundamental college and career readiness skills are interwoven throughout units.-Create end-of-unit writing performance task utilizing assessment rubrics normed and calibrated by Stanford University's Stanford Center for Assessment, Learning and Equity (SCALE). -Ensure complete alignment of instructional tasks, enduring skills, readings, writing performance tasks, and rubrics to ensure rigor and equity. -Share modules via Literacy Design Collaborative website for nationwide educator use, reaching over 940 districts and 2.4 million students.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

-Efficiently manage program coordination tasks to ensure compliance with state mandates and seamless administration of assessments, including WIDA Screener and ACCESS testing. -Coordinate and deliver professional development sessions and support staff participation. -Actively engage in instructional support by providing guidance to teachers, facilitating curriculum alignment, and promoting differentiated instruction for English Learners (ELs). -Offer advisory services by providing placement recommendations, fostering family engagement, and facilitating the establishment and operation of Bilingual Advisory Parent Committees.-Collaborate with special education staff to ensure appropriate services for students with legally-binding Individual Education Plans (IEPs).-Facilitate accurate data entry and timely distribution of relevant documentation to stakeholders.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

-Ensure student progression of English Language Proficiency by incorporating language supports and strategies in the classroom, utilizing student ACCESS scores to tailor classwork to meet individual student need (modify and/or translate classwork, assignments, and assessments). -Co-lead after-school partnership with Lewis University for EL students, which includes speaking activities, book clubs, and community field trips with various community organizations. -Assist in the acclimation of newcomer and migrant student population, including securing donations when needed, assisting with paperwork translation, and communication with families.-Collaborate with EL team to coordinate state ACCESS testing, which includes ordering materials, securing testing location, and ensuring all aspects of test planning are accounted for.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

-Create, plan, and attend events that help combat social inequities on the Southside of Chicago in the areas of education, physical health, and mental health, including a holiday toy drive, food drive, summer social-emotional learning classes, and year-round free dance classes for communities.- Lead the planning and execution of Youth Leadership Mentoring Program, which fosters leadership skills in youth and helps secure summer employment. - Supervise group of university student interns through partnership with Adler University. - Assist with providing mutual aid efforts to families in need struggling with food insecurity and housing instability.-Gather donations and secure sponsors and partnerships for community events.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

-Responsible for culturally-relevant English content teaching to 100+ 9th Graders. -Backwards-planned units aligned to Common Core State Standards for Multicultural Literature and African American Literature, integrating related content areas, such as Civics, History, and Social Science.-Differentiated lessons to make content accessible to all; modified according to student reading level -Monitored students for progress towards grade-level reading mastery utilizing formal and informal assessments. -Utilized data from informal and formal assessments, including online platforms such as Achieve 3000, to drive instruction and create heterogenous and/or homogenous learning groups. -Incorporated elements of trauma-informed teaching focused on the whole child. -Advised 28 9th Grade students in Homeroom, which included monitoring student GPA, communicating with families, and providing college/internship guidance.

Villa Park

-Taught English Language Arts to 90+ students, utilizing CCSS-aligned teacher-created thematic units, incorporating cross-curricular learning in the Social Sciences. -Collaborated with colleagues for lesson and assessment creation using a backwards-design approach. -Piloted new literacy curriculum and gathered data around its implementation -Differentiated instruction to meet student academic need, using informal and formal data (NWEAP, IAR) data to drive instruction and create student learning groups. -Provided enrichment and re-teaching activities to keep students challenged and engaged.

Villa Park, Illinois, United States

-Taught English Language Arts to students whose first language was not English, providing native language support as needed. -Co-taught in core subjects (Science, Social Studies, Math) to ensure equity and student access to curriculum. -Modified lessons, assignments and assessments to meet student academic and linguistic need, which included pre-teaching vocabulary, modifying lesson readability, re-teaching in native language as needed, etc. -Incorporated 4 domains of language into lessons: reading, writing, speaking, and listening, to increase students' English language proficiency.-Provided consultation for colleagues needing to meet the needs of English Language Learners in their classroom; offered feedback on lessons and assessments using a language proficiency lens.-6th Grade Dual Language Teacher: Planned, designed, and taught first-ever Spanish Language Arts class, based on the Biliteracy Framework. Integrated cultural elements and Latinx History into curriculum.

Melrose Park, Illinois, United States

-Utilized Sheltered English learning model to teach all subjects in students' native language (Spanish) in a self-contained setting. - Incorporated activities within the 4 domains of language (Reading, Writing, Listening, and Speaking) to increase student English proficiency. -Pre-K: Created lessons through play, which focused on vocabulary attainment through social interaction. -Collaborated with colleagues, parents, and other stakeholders to ensure student achievement.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Melrose Park, Illinois, United States

Certification, Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General

-Completed coursework for DePaul University's Human Resources certification program.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, English, Elementary Education

Education record

Activities and Societies: National Honors Society, Graduated Top in Class