2015 to 2019 INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF HO CHI MINH CITY AMERICAN ACADEMY –Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
EAL Specialist & EAL Program Coordinator
· Teach intensive English classes to struggling language learners
· Co-teach, co-plan & co-assess with content teachers (middle & high school)
· Teach advisory class with themes including positive education, character strengths & organizational skills
· Design and update curriculum according to the needs of students and in alignment with content classes
· Evaluate and analyze school achievement data (MAP & WIDA Tests)
· Administer comprehensive language exams and organize and analyze data (WIDA)
· Provide professional development
· Work with admissions department to develop and maintain school entrance procedures
2012 to 2015 USKUDAR SEV ELEMENTARY SCHOOL - Istanbul, Turkey
Language Arts and Main Course (English Grammar) teacher
· 7th grade Language Arts teacher to students with varying language proficiencies
· 5th grade Main Course (Grammar) teacher to students with varying language proficiencies
· 6th grade Extra Help resource for two groups of students in need of pull-out English lessons
· Assist with Junior Model United Nations
· Prepared students for standardized Key English Test (Cambridge English: Key)
2011 to 2012 COLEGIO AMERICANO DE GUAYAQUIL - Guayaquil, Ecuador
7th Grade Language Arts Teacher
· All students were Ecuadorian, Spanish speakers and many of their reading comprehensions were behind grade level
· Created a separate curriculum for two classes that were ability-grouped and not able to comprehend the established curriculum
· Worked with a visiting SPED Professor, Lori Marks from East Tennessee State University, to apply a writing study to language learners.
2009 to 2011 LIBERTY MEMORIAL CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL - Lawrence, Kansas
EAL Specialist
· The first instructor in their new ESOL program
· Worked with pull-out classes of language learners at the intermediate level to provided sheltered content and language support
· Provided support to language learners in Social Studies and Language Arts in push-in lessons
· Co-taught Language Arts ages 12-14 in a mixed class of native and non-native English speakers
· Worked as an advocate for the language learners by holding regular meetings with their content teachers and communicating to the administration
· Prepared students for and administered the KELPA (Kansas English Language Proficiency Assessment)
2009 to 2010 LAWRENCE HIGH SCHOOL - Lawrence, Kansas
EAL Specialist
· A quarter of my hours during the 2009-2010 school year were spent working at Lawrence High School as an ESL resource teacher for high school students.
· Provided sheltered instruction for core-content areas
· Worked with pull-out classes of language learners at the beginner and intermediate levels ages 14-20
· Collaborated with fellow ESL teacher to create a unit to fit the needs of our beginners