Constanza Jaramillo Cathcart
Chapel Hill,NC
Summary
To bring proficiency-based learning and design post-AP advanced world langauges curriculum.
To dedicate my twenty years of experience teaching languages in leading a world languages department toward a proficiency-based model.
Overview
30
30
years of professional experience
Work History
Teacher
Durham Academy
Durham, NC
08.2008 - Current
- AP French language: School years: 2017-2023
- AP Spanish Literature: School years: 2019-2023
- ADV Spanish Literature teacher (The Golden Age and The Latin American Boom).
- ADV French teacher
- Francophone News and Stories
- Faculty advisor (2006-2024)
French and Spanish Teacher
Poly Prep Country Day School
Brooklyn, NY
08.2006 - 06.2008
- Beginning and intermediate French and Spanish teacher
- Upper-school advisor
Spanish Teacher
Saint Hilda's and Saint Hugh's Middle School
New York, NY
08.2002 - 06.2006
- Middle school Spanish teacher
Senior Editor
Starmedia
New York, NY
01.1995 - 01.2002
Editor
Revista el Buen Vivir
Bogotá, Colombia
- Oversaw the production and publication of the magazine.
- Managed editors and writers.
Managing Editor
BP Today
Bogotá, Colombia
Education
Masters - Communication
Universidad De Los Andes
08-1996
B.A - Liberal Arts, Comparative Literature
Davidson College
06-1995
Skills
- World Language Proficiency Based Curriculum Design
- Writing
- Translation
- Editing
- Publication oversight
- Online publication production
- Internet media resources for education
Languages
- Fluent in English
- Fluent in French
- Fluent in Spanish
Publications
- Fifteen Candles Anthology, Harper Collins, 2007
- The Brooklyn Rail Fiction Anthology, Hanging Loose Press, 2006
- Entre Líneas, Editorial Hijos del Hule, Barcelona, 2010
- Féminas: Antología de infidelidades y mentiras, Ars Communis, 2021
- Kienyke online magazine, Monthly column (Book reviews)
- Críticas Magazine, Book reviews
- IBL News, Weekly column about technology
Conferencesandprofessionaldevelopment
- Latina/o Utopias: Futures, Forms, and the Will of Literature, Spring 2015, CUNY New York City
- POCC NAIS People of Color conference, Fall 2013, Washington DC
- ACTFL: American Council of the Teaching of Foreign Languages, 2009/2018
- Aula de Escritores, Barcelona, Spain, The short story, the novel, fiction writing
- FLANC: Foreign Language Association of North Carolina, Fall 2019, Fall 2021, Fall 2023
Presentations
- NCAIS 2017: Organizing a World Languages Poetry All School Celebration
- ACTFL 2018: Ditch the textbook and let’s get talking!
- FLANC 2021: Moving your Department into a proficiency-centered World Languages Program
- FLANC 2023: Strategies for learning language with language differences strategies
- Durham Academy Advanced curriculum task force, 2021-2023
Affiliations
- I enjoy creative writing.
- I enjoy playing tennis on a regular basis.
Languages
Spanish
Native/ Bilingual
French
Native/ Bilingual
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Teacher
Durham Academy
08.2008 - Current
French and Spanish Teacher
Poly Prep Country Day School
08.2006 - 06.2008
Spanish Teacher
Saint Hilda's and Saint Hugh's Middle School
08.2002 - 06.2006
Senior Editor
Starmedia
01.1995 - 01.2002
Editor
Revista el Buen Vivir
Managing Editor
BP Today
Masters - Communication
Universidad De Los Andes
B.A - Liberal Arts, Comparative Literature
Davidson College