Lauren Usma, M.Ed Email & Phone Number

PDSO-Recruit international students and guide them through the Admissions process-Advise students through the F1 visa and immigration processes, including CPT and OPT-Utilize enrollment data and student feedback to improve the international student program and increase retention

• Advising students interested in the ESOL Program, Adult High School and GED programs.• Expertise with enrolling international students and immigrant visa holders.

Longwood, Fl

• Direct and coordinate both GED and ESL programs• Manage a team of 30 volunteer teachers, a full-time AmeriCorps assistant, and maintain database records for almost 200 students.• Develop curriculum, choose books and materials, create lesson plans, and substitute teach as needed• Conduct evaluations, track spending and plan budgets, recommend and implement changes and improvements to meet departmental goals and organization standards

- Teach adult English language learners through a virtual conferencing platform. - Provide technical support and assistance to students learning to use the interface.- Record student progress and provide individualized recommendations to each client.- Review, edit, and revise student writing as well as provide explanation of each error corrected. - Answer questions regarding English language, vocabulary, and grammar.

Copan Ruinas, Honduras

• Create engaging and interesting lessons to teach multiple grades English as a foreign language• Use age-specific language and communication relevant to working with teenagers• Develop a method of student evaluation, review and grade assignments and projects. I also created an Excel spreadsheet to track and calculate final grades.

Copan Ruinas, Copan, Honduras

- Use English to teach all core subjects to a class of first grade students, including lesson preparation and execution. - Host parent/teacher conferences in parents' native language (Spanish) to communicate each child's strengths and weaknesses and discuss plans to help each student succeed.- Oversee the English component of the school curriculum by hosting teacher workshops to improve non-native speakers ability to teach English more accurately and effectively.

Copan Ruinas, Honduras

• Develop lesson plans that actively engage elementary students while coinciding with standards and school expectations• Understand age-appropriate child development and identify children with special needs or learning disabilities• Create individualized education plans for students.• Maintain constant and productive communication with parents

Master Of Education - Med, Educational Leadership - Higher Education Administration, 4.0

Bachelor Of Arts, Spanish, Music, Religion

Activities and Societies: Resident Advisor, Orientation Leader, President of TZeDek, President of Spanish Club, Co-Founder of Taste & See.