An enthusiastic and passionate teacher with 30 years of experiences effective at providing quality instruction for children with different reading and writing needs and fostering a positive learning environment for all students.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
Elementary Teacher
Education
Cicero, IL
08.2001 - 06.2010
10 years as an elementary teacher teaching first grade.
Bilingual Interventionist
Cicero District 99
Cicero, IL
08.2010 - Current
My duties include help students improve specific reading skills such as letter-naming, initial sounds, phoneme segmentation, comprehension strategies and improve writing skills, diagnosing disables readers, selecting the appropriate material for students with different needs, implementing corrective measures and new learning methods.
Education
M.D. - Reading
NORTHERN Illinois University
2011
Master of Science - Social Studies
National University of Nicaragua
1988
M.D. - Elemetary Education
Nothern Illinois University
2004
Skills
Illinois Teaching Certificate, Reading Specialist Master with Bilingual Education endorsement
Affiliations
I have participated as Summer School Teacher for the last 10 years, as Adult Education Instructor, as parent Liaison, Parent University presenter, and Community Center Committee. This involvement has been the most valuable experience that I have had to support education through an effective collaboration with this amazing learning community.