Monica Bennett Gee, Mat Email & Phone Number

Santa Ana, Ca, Us

Santa Ana, California, United States

Santa Ana, California, United States

Santa Ana, California

San Juan Capistrano, California

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

Fullerton, California

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

Glendale Unified School District, California

(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

Glendale Unified School District, California

(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

Glendale Unified School District, California

(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

Colegio Público De Educación Infantil Y Primaria (Arroyomolinos), Madrid, Spain

∞ 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

Mat, General Education (Elementary Education)

Activities and Societies: Campus Campaign Coordinator for Teach For America and Peace Games (Now "Peace First") Program Specialist.

Bachelor'S Degree, Psychology, Magna Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Joint Educational Project (JEP) Program Assistant for both Spanish and Peace Games (International Relations).