Teaching the English language has been my inspiring and considerate career in Kurdistan, my birth country for years.  This is my 26th  year teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) here in the United States.)  My dedication and commitment have been critical to the success of those English language learners socially and academically.  My extra effort has fostered self and administration that provided English language skills essential to a new life for not only the newcomers but also their own parents since parent involvement has a great impact on the child’s school achievement according to research.

 I have voluntarily accepted to be in charge of meeting with ELs'  parents to encourage and provide them with the research-based teaching and learning tools and resources for both EL children and their parents such as Leap Pad Library, Sed de Saber in addition to my own bilingual books that effectively extend learning in powerful ways.  I assist parents and students to check out such powerful learning tools and bilingual books in my classroom after school hours.  The EL parents appreciate those tools and resources which can enable them to learn English with their children.

As an EL teacher, I did make some home visits in the past after school hours to support parents and children and help them build responsibility and cooperation with schools. I would advocate the importance of schooling and English literacy to them and their children. I would invite them to attend our free night classes of Open Book to literacy (computer program) at Garden Lakes Elementary in 2006-2007.  My few home visits aimed also at encouraging them to avoid as much as possible the absentees or tardiness of their children and finally to let them sign in the state necessary documents.

Additionally, I have been involved in Berry ESOL program for the past years. I have been requested and asked for classroom visits doing PowerPoint presentations, modeling as a multilingual teacher to the graduate and pre-service teachers, and provide them with the necessary materials that help them to be familiar with.

Moreover (as a volunteer teaching English to evacuees and helping in translating many orientation sessions) I had worked with the U.S. Military in the Refugee Camp in Guam Island in Dec 1996-April 1997.