Providing distance (online) tutoring in Spanish to students in 5th-9th grades

Adjunct Lecturer in the College of Education, Department of Elementary and Bilingual Education. Supervisor of dual immersion Teacher Candidates.

(Benjamin) Franklin International Foreign Language Magnet School∞ Synthesized district-adopted curriculum and developed original Spanish-immersion curriculum as the grade’s founding Spanish-immersion teacher at Franklin∞ Planned and facilitated Spanish dual-immersion lessons guided by California Common Core State Standards for 30 fifth grade students and English-language mathematics lessons for a separate class of 30 students for 20% of each school day ∞ Blended class with the aide of Google Apps for Education and EDpuzzle∞ Implemented social constructivist behavior and classroom management in a cooperative learning environment with the aide of ClassDojo∞ Provided differentiated instruction during class, as well as individualized weekly tutoring following the school day for 2-10 students∞ Served on the district Common Core Instructional Leadership Team, trained staff in district implementation of Common Core State Standards∞ Served on the district Curriculum Writing Team as lead for 5th grade Mathematics∞ Served as school technology leader∞ Presented at educational technology conferences∞ Trained staff in use of iPad apps and websites for education

(Benjamin) Franklin International Foreign Language Magnet School∞ Synthesized district-adopted curriculum and developed original Spanish-immersion curriculum as the grade’s founding Spanish-immersion teacher at Franklin∞ Planned and facilitated Spanish dual-immersion lessons guided by California Frameworks for 21-23 third grade students for 70% of each school day, and English lessons for a separate class of 23 students for the remaining 30% of each school day ∞ Implemented social constructivist behavior and classroom management in a cooperative learning environment with the aide of ClassDojo∞ Taught district Spanish-immersion 3rd grade academic summer school and Benjamin Franklin Elementary Foundation’s Spanish-immersion arts and cooking summer course (summer 2011)∞ Provided differentiated instruction during class, as well as individualized weekly tutoring before and after the school day 2-5 students per school year∞ Served as school technology leader, attended technology conferences and trainings ∞ Trained staff in use of iPad apps and websites for education∞ Served as the school’s teacher representative on the Glendale Unified School District’s Common Core State Standards Cadre to aid the transition to the national standards over the course of 3 years ∞ Served as a member of the school’s Instructional Leadership Team and on the Focus-on-Results district team to improve academic achievement at the school and district levels (’12-'14)∞ Trained in Kagan Cooperative Learning Structures, Project GLAD, Depth and Complexity∞ Familiar with, and undergoing training in, Dr. Frank Rodriguez’s RISE/TESS brain-based teaching model

(Benjamin) Franklin International Foreign Language Magnet School∞ Planned and facilitated Spanish dual-immersion lessons guided by California State Standards for 26 first grade students and English-language mathematics lessons for a separate class of 30 students for 20% of each school day (’10-'11)∞ Implemented social constructivist behavior and classroom management in a cooperative learning environment∞ Provided differentiated instruction during class, as well as individualized weekly tutoring before and after the school day 2-5 students per school year (’10-11)∞ Served as school technology leader, attended technology conferences and trainings and aided staff in building class websites (’10-12)∞ Trained in Kagan Cooperative Learning Structures, Project GLAD, Depth and Complexity

∞ Planned and facilitated English Language Arts and science (in English) lessons to 40 fifth grade students and 40sixth grade students∞ Built and developed class website of original teacher and student resources in English∞ Provided weekly after-school tutoring to 6 students in grades 1, 4, 5 and 7∞ Produced and directed the fifth grade English-language stage production of Peter Pan