Julia Ormachea

PROFESSIONAL/QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE:

• Professional/Qualifications & Experience:

Degrees

• Masters in Education, Framinghan State University, MA

• Bachelor of Science in Early Childhood and Elementary Education, Utah State University, UT

Certifications

• Teaching Certification from the State of Utah (Life-time)

• Teaching Certification from North Carolina, 2000-2006

• Teaching Certification from Virginia, 1987-1999

Professional Training and Experience

• Fifth Grade Teacher, 13 years (ACS)

• Third Grade Teacher, 12 years (ACS)

• Second Grade Teacher, 2 years (ACS)

• First Grade Teacher, 8 years (Arlington, VA)

• Early Childhood (Newborns - Age 5), 2 years (YWCA, Dunn Loring, VA)

• Literacy Head of Department, 2017-present

• Social Studies Head of Department, 2003-2009

• School Improvement Team 2014-2017

• School Improvement Team Coordinator for Curriculum and Assessment, 2008-2014

• Curriculum Team, 2001-2005

• Character Education Team, 2000-2004

• Google Educator Certification Level 1

• Differentiated Instruction Made Practical, Harvard University Graduate School of Education

• Teacher's College - Writing Project, Columbia University, NY

• Destination Imagination School Coordinator and Manager, training in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2003.

• Curriculum Development Training, 2001-2003

FUN FACTS:

I was born and raised in La Paz, Bolivia. I graduated from ACS Calvert in 1979, a proud Cougar. I am the mother of four kind, beautiful, and hard-working children: Alexandra (35), Nicholas (33), Mikaela (30), and Sofía (22) who are also proud Cougars.

During my free time, I like to garden, cook, and read. My favorite holidays are Thanksgiving and Christmas when I get to prepare wonderful meals and share the warmth of my home with family and friends.

Ever since I was five years old I knew I wanted to be a teacher. I would gather the neighborhood kids and teach them the alphabet or we would make crafts together. Education flows through my veins; my great aunts were the first women to be trained as teachers in Bolivia. My grandfather was the Secretary of Education and president of the UMSA for twelve years, and my father was the first Bolivian to teach English at the CBA.