Jose Cordero Email & Phone Number

Houston, Tx, Us

Houston, Tx, Us

• Oversee procedures for program data reporting and compliance under state guidelines• Maintain HCC guidelines for all PLA participants.• Track and monitor district-wide implementation of PLA• Assist with initiatives to fulfill the goals and objectives established by HCCS for the PLA department • Provide institutional training regarding the PLA process to all who assist with PLA, which include faculty, staff, and stakeholders.• Compile data and generate PLA department progress reports• Organize, categorize, and maintain district-wide files for the PLA department• Maintain up-to-date PLA information on the HCC PLA website, along with the online school catalog and online student handbook. • Hold yearly PLA committee meetings to keep members updated on current events and program plan implementation.

Houston, Tx, Us

• Design and deliver class instruction through the development of instructional plans to meet course competencies and the development of activities, which support lesson objectives• Help students develop talent through a range of exercise readings and discussions• Utilize a variety of technologies and instructional methodologies to keep courses fresh and engaging• Evaluate students to measure their progress of course objectives• Keep accurate student records and submit related reports and forms within requested timelines • Teach courses at a variety of times and locations in response to institutional needs, in both face-to-face and online teaching environments• Provide advice and assistance to students regarding instructional or program-specific issues• Review, evaluate, and revise program curricula and practices to assure compliance with professional standard and state-mandated higher educational guidelines.• Actively participate in department, college, and system committees and meetings.

Houston, Tx, Us

• Design and deliver class instruction through the development of instructional plans to meet course competencies and the development of activities, which support lesson objectives• Help students develop talent through a range of exercise readings and discussions• Utilize a variety of technologies and instructional methodologies to keep courses fresh and engaging• Evaluate students to measure their progress of course objectives• Keep accurate student records and submit related reports and forms within requested timelines • Teach courses at a variety of times and locations in response to institutional needs, in both face-to-face and online teaching environments• Provide advice and assistance to students regarding instructional or program-specific issues• Review, evaluate, and revise program curricula and practices to assure compliance with professional standard and state-mandated higher educational guidelines.• Actively participate in department, college, and system committees and meetings.

Houston, Tx, Us

• Collaborated with students in identifying appropriate educational and career options; analyzed options, possible outcomes, and their implications. • Established academic career goals and action plans for students to explore alternative careers. • Identified options for students to satisfy degree requirements• Monitored students’ academic progress towards degree and/or certificate completion• Assisted students in the acquisition, usage, and evaluation of information including college guidelines, catalogs, and online resources• Monitored caseloads to ensure adequate student progress towards chosen degrees and certificates• Used available technology tools to assess milestone attainment, and respond to “early alerts” of assigned students • Provided information and referrals to students needing tutoring, testing, career entry, counseling, financial aid, and disability services• Informed students of withdrawal, repeating coursework, advanced standing credit, and graduation policies. • Provided transfer planning to universities including, joint admissions programs, articulation agreements, common course numbering system, and transfer plans.• Established and maintained interdepartmental relationships with all students’ services and instructional programs

Houston, Texas, Us

• Designed and implemented units and lessons that promoted active engagement.• Developed lessons accommodating students with special needs.• Developed projects that integrated multiculturalism. • Integrated technology in-class lectures and assignments.• Enabled students’ to use language(s) as a means of practical communication, providing a sound base of communication skills necessary for future study, work, and leisure.• Enabled students’ understanding of the nature of language and the process of total language learning, encompassing the integration of linguistic, cultural, and social components.• Facilitated student development and appreciation for a variety of literary and non-literary texts.• Offered insight into the cultural characteristics of the communities where Spanish is spoken. • Encouraged an awareness and understanding of the perspectives of people from other cultures.• Fostered curiosity, a lifelong interest, and enjoyment in language learning. • Offered tutoring.

Houston, Tx, Us

• Teach English language skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing to Limited English Proficient (LEP) students.• Provide instruction in reading, writing, speaking and comprehending English, and solving quantitative problems, including functional context for Adult Basic Education students (ABE)• Provide comprehensive secondary instruction below the college credit level in reading, writing and literature, mathematics, science, and social studies, including functional context, and instruction for adults who do not have a high school diploma or its equivalent.• Accurately complete, maintain and submit forms as required by the Adult Education and Literacy Program.

Houston, Tx, Us

• Taught classes in all subjects in all grade levels.• Varsity soccer and track coach.

Houston, Tx, Us

• Designed and implemented units and lessons that promoted and encouraged active engagement.• Employed content integration techniques, engaged students in cooperative learning situations, and stimulated learners by incorporating use of multiple intelligences • Developed lessons that accommodated students with special needs• Developed projects that integrated multiculturalism• Created lessons that encouraged growth of students’ moral development.• Integrated technology, including Internet Research, SMART Board, and PowerPoint into the classroom.• Offered tutoring.• Directed the Cinco de Mayo program • Served as Athletic Director • Coached varsity boys and girls basketball teams• Coached varsity track

Houston, Tx, Us

• Conducted scientific investigation and reasoning:• Guided students in laboratory and field investigations following safety procedures and environmentally appropriate and ethical practices• Promoted use of scientific inquiry methods during laboratory and field investigations• Encouraged students in the use of critical thinking, scientific reasoning, and problem solving to make informed decisions• Taught about matter, energy, force, motion, elements, and compounds, and their significance• Taught about Earth, space, solar system, the rock cycle, and plate tectonics• Taught about organisms, environments, and ecosystems• Constructed lessons to accommodate students with special needs• Integrated technology, including Internet Research, and PowerPoint into the classroom• Offered tutoring• Varsity soccer and track coach and varsity girls basketball coach

Education

Master'S Degree, Secondary Education And Teaching

Bachelor'S Degree, Anthropology