Nivedita Owens, M.Ed Email & Phone Number

Dallas, Tx, Us

Dallas, Tx, Us

Richardson, Texas, United States

 Effectively manage classroom of 20+ students by establishing classroom routines, procedures, and behavior management systems using the CHAMPS system. Utilize the target language 90% to 100% of the time when delivering instruction to students at the novice medium to novice high level.  Develop formative and summative assessments for speaking, reading, writing, and listening skills on educational technology applications such as Seesaw, Quizizz, and Flipgrid.  Effectively manage and engage 20+ students in a hybrid classroom setting during the coronavirus pandemic.  Consistently communicate behavior and academic progress to students and parents.  Serve as the intercultural committee co-chair to help coordinate and organize the Lunar New Year Festival.

Grand Prairie, Texas

 Establish and maintain classroom routines, procedures, and behavior management systems.  Plan and deliver lessons in beginning Chinese to 20+ students.  Develop assessments, independent activities, and small-group conversation activities to reinforce Chinese speaking, reading, writing, and listening skills.  Utilize technology such as Google Classroom to maximize student engagement.

Richardson, Texas

Dallas, Texas

• Implemented lesson plans and maintained productive learning environment according to absent teacher's instructions.• Ensured that classroom procedures and instruction are handled according to the school’s policies, goals and objectives

• Analyzed informal and formal assessment data to monitor student progress and plan lessons.• Planned and delivered fifth grade Reading and Language Arts instruction to 50+ students. • Consistently communicated student academic and behavior progress to parents. • Collaborated with campus reading academic specialist to design engaging lessons.

Robert E. Lee Elementary

• Planned and delivered whole group lessons in math and science to increase student learning. • Analyzed student data and addressed learning gaps by planning center activities aligned to student needs. • Reinforced difficult math concepts by developing materials for centers and classroom visuals

Houston, Texas

Citizen Schools (Houston, Texas) Family Student Engagement Lead August 2015-Present• Created bi-weekly newsletters for Citizen Schools at Patrick Henry and translate into Spanish.• Translated in Spanish permission slips, forms, and flyers for events, field trips, and enrollment. • Supported campus attendance by reaching out to Spanish-speaking families of absentee students. • Tracked bi-weekly family phone call data to ensure compliance with 80% bi-weekly outreach goal. • Motivated staff to collectively make 15 positive behavior phone calls to families per week. • Assisted Spanish-speaking parents with general concerns and inquiries about program enrollment and attendance at Patrick Henry Middle School. • Created a list of talking points to support staff members in communicating with families. Citizen Schools National Teaching Fellowship (Houston, Texas) AmeriCorps Teaching Fellow, July 2014—Present • Tutored struggling sixth grade students in one-on-one and small group settings in 2 school-day Reading classes to improve comprehension skills. • Planned and deliver lessons for self-taught writing-based apprenticeships and publish student work. • Co-taught career-oriented hands-on apprenticeships of 18-23 students with working and retired professionals.• Led students to present or showcase products created in apprenticeships at WOW! presentations. • Planned and execute small group guided reading interventions to improve reading fluency, comprehension, and summarization skills and analyze student data for improvement.

San Antonio, Texas Area

• Worked with students in one-on-one and group settings in a kindergarten classroom to develop literacy skills in English. • Facilitated group discussions with kindergarten students about books read in class.• Assisted 1st grade students in Spanish language development.

San Antonio, Texas Area

• Maintained high level of confidentiality when filing student academic information and organize and create files for students applying to study abroad. • Answered basic questions about study abroad process and direct students to study abroad advisor. • Forwarded correspondence by answering phone calls and mailing documents.• Updated and maintain databases of study abroad program providers and programs.• Promoted the study abroad fair and assist in coordinating the fair.

San Antonio, Texas Area

• Organized volunteer tutors and coordinate 2 hour tutoring events per week. • Delivered one-on-one lessons in Mathematics and ELA to adults reading below the 8th grade level with the assistance of Each One Teach One Staff• Designed table tents and recruited new volunteers.• Reviewed and graded student work on individual assignments.

San Antonio, Texas Area

• Created a facebook group of 40+ international students, interns, and staff to address any orientation, logistical, and campus-related concerns of international students.• Led an on-campus tour of 10+ students and parents during international student orientation. • Assisted students and their families with the move-in process and executed events that helped students acclimate to U.S. culture. • Assisted in the coordination of the student information fair during orientation.

Taipei, Taiwan

• Organized grammar lessons using Microsoft PowerPoint on types of sentences and tenses.• Prepared grammar games and activities to motivate four tenth grade English students to speak English.

San Antonio, Tx

1) Contact other student organizations to do a service project or a social event together

Trinity University Coates Library

I manage distribution of books and media borrowed from and loaned to other libraries. I search for requested books and media in the library. I update all books and media loaned to other libraries in the Iliad and Millennium software and ship them. I scan articles on the odyssey software and copy articles from journals. I deliver borrowed books to professors in different academic departments.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Computer Science

Master Of Education (M.Ed.), Education, 4.0/4.0

Bachelor'S Of Arts, Chinese Language And Literature/Political Science, Gpa= 3.707

Activities and Societies: Alpha Phi Omega (February 2012-Present), Outreach Chair (August 2012-December 2012) Voix D'Spirit (2010-2012).

Chinese

I studied abroad in Taiwan through CIEE at their Mandarin Training Center.