Eileen M. Bossone
Bala Cynwyd,PA
Summary
Accomplished educator with twenty years of experience at all levels of high school and community college Spanish, including 12 years teaching Advanced Placement Spanish Language and Culture. Motivated students to excel in Spanish by using teaching methods such as exclusive communication in Spanish, immersive instruction, in addition to written and verbal assessments that reflect current best teaching practices and standards according to ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages). Used performance reviews and literacy tests to gauge competency. Nurtured students struggling to learn Spanish and tailored teaching to best enhance their competency. Currently working in the field of interpreting.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Spanish Interpreter
Cypher Language Services; Cetra
03.2023 - Current
- Provide cultural input to speakers to help parties who did not speak similar languages communicate with and understand one another.
- Maintain message content, tone and emotion as closely as possible.
- Attend student educational meetings to provide accurate consecutive translations of conversations between members.
- Maintained message content, tone, and emotion as closely as possible.
- Provided cultural input to speakers to help parties who did not speak similar languages communicate with and understand one another.
- Interpreted conversations between foreign language-speaking clients and others.
Spanish Interpreter
Language Services Consultants, Inc.
03.2023 - Current
- Provide cultural input to speakers to help parties who did not speak similar languages communicate with and understand one another.
- Maintain message content, tone and emotion as closely as possible.
- Stay current on new expressions and cultural changes impacting language translation.
- Attend student educational meetings to provide accurate consecutive translations of conversations between members.
- Provided cultural input to speakers to help parties who did not speak similar languages communicate with and understand one another.
- Maintained message content, tone, and emotion as closely as possible.
- Interpreted conversations simultaneously to help both parties conduct business, handle medical needs or manage personal concerns.
Spanish Medical Interpreter
Phoenix Language Services
05.2022 - Current
- Serve as in person medical interpreter for patients and staff clinical encounters by delivering accurate, skilled interpretations to facilitate effective communications.
- Follow ethical codes to protect confidentiality of patient medical information.
- Interpret services to families during process of scheduling initial visit and coordination of ongoing treatment.
- Translate documents about treatment directions and helped non-English speaking and LEP patients fill out medical forms.
- Verify understood medical information for patients by simplifying any jargon.
- Equip healthcare providers with cultural information to promote appropriate provision of health services.
- Maintain message content, tone and emotion as closely as possible.
Spanish Interpreter
Quantum Incorporated
05.2022 - Current
- Serve as in person interpreter in primarily medical settings for patients and staff clinical encounters by delivering accurate, skilled interpretations to facilitate effective communications.
- Follow ethical codes to protect confidentiality of patient medical information.
- Interpret services to families during process of scheduling initial visit and coordination of ongoing treatment.
- Translate documents about treatment directions and helped non-English speaking and LEP patients fill out medical forms.
- Verify understood medical information for patients by simplifying any jargon.
- Equip healthcare providers with cultural information to promote appropriate provision of health services.
- Maintain message content, tone and emotion as closely as possible.
Upper School Spanish Teacher
William Penn Charter School
05.2013 - 08.2022
- Spoke to students in non-native language to challenge students and introduce students to non-native speaking environments.
- Conducted foreign language exams to determine fluency and comprehension.
- Developed and wrote curricula in both Spanish and English, often sharing curriculum with other teachers.
- Consulted with teachers in other disciplines to identify and adopt successful instructional strategies.
- Completed performance reviews and remained up-to-date on required certifications and continuing education credits.
- Created engaging lesson plans, fostered culture of discovery and provided well-organized classroom structure to help students succeed in program.
- Planned, developed and executed lessons reflecting high school curriculum and core educational standards.
- Utilized curriculum which reflected diverse educational, cultural and linguistic background of student body.
Spanish Teacher
Middlebury Interactive Languages
06.2013 - 07.2013
- Conducted advanced Spanish course exclusively in target language to highly motivated and talented high school students.
High School Spanish Teacher
Merion Mercy Academy
08.2001 - 06.2013
- Language Department Chairperson: May 2012-June 2013
- Spoke to students in non-native language to challenge students and introduce students to non-native speaking environments.
- Developed exams to determine fluency and comprehension.
- Consulted with teachers in other disciplines to identify and adopt successful instructional strategies.
- Completed performance reviews and remained up-to-date on required certifications and continuing education credits.
- Spanish-speaking community service coordinator: September 2008-May 2013
- Explored and implemented innovative use of technology in language education.
Adjunct Spanish Professor
Montgomery County Community College
05.2001 - 05.2013
- Taught Spanish 101, 102, 201, and 202 (in-person and online)
- Conducted classes for adults desiring to learn foreign language.
- Facilitated positive learning environment by using enthusiastic and energetic instructional strategies and consistent classroom management.
- Created supportive learning environment for students to nurture budding language development.
- Followed and adhered to rules and regulations concerning education of students.
- Consulted with teachers in other disciplines to identify and adopt successful instructional strategies
- Attended department meetings to develop and update course curricula
- Helped students develop important learning skills and good study habits useful in trade school or college education
- Explained concepts and assignments in both native and non-native languages
- Explored and implemented innovative use of technology in language education
Education
MBA - Spanish Language And Literature
Middlebury Language Schools
Middlebury, Vermont; Madrid, Spain06.2000
Bachelor of Arts - Spanish Language And Literature
Rosemont College
Rosemont, PA05.1999
Skills
- Curriculum Development
- Technology integration
- Common core standards
- Multitasking Abilities
- Differentiated instruction
- Educational leadership
- IEP design
- Planning and Coordination
Company Name
EBossone LLC
Certification
- Certificate of Completion: HIPAA for Health Care Workers- March, 2022
- Certificate of Completion: 100-Hour Core Medical Interpreter Training, The National Institute for Coordinated Healthcare - October, 2021
Affiliations
- Member: American Association of Interpreters and Translators in Education
- Member: American Translators Association
- Member: Delaware Valley Translators Association
- President: Philadelphia Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese. May, 2011-May, 2016
- Executive Board Member: Pennsylvania State Modern Language Association. September, 2011- May, 2016
- Executive Board Member: Philadelphia Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese. September, 2001- May, 2016
Continuing Education
- Advanced Simultaneous Interpreting Strategies for Interpreters (180 minutes), American Translators Association- November, 2023
- Mental Health & Trauma Informed Interpreter Training (6 week course), Nationalities Service Center- October, 2023
- Collaboration Between Speech -Language Pathologists and Interpreters Workshop, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia- July, 2023
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Spanish
Full Professional
Timeline
Spanish Interpreter
Cypher Language Services; Cetra
03.2023 - Current
Spanish Interpreter
Language Services Consultants, Inc.
03.2023 - Current
Spanish Medical Interpreter
Phoenix Language Services
05.2022 - Current
Spanish Interpreter
Quantum Incorporated
05.2022 - Current
Spanish Teacher
Middlebury Interactive Languages
06.2013 - 07.2013
Upper School Spanish Teacher
William Penn Charter School
05.2013 - 08.2022
High School Spanish Teacher
Merion Mercy Academy
08.2001 - 06.2013
Adjunct Spanish Professor
Montgomery County Community College
05.2001 - 05.2013
MBA - Spanish Language And Literature
Middlebury Language Schools
Bachelor of Arts - Spanish Language And Literature
Rosemont College
- Certificate of Completion: HIPAA for Health Care Workers- March, 2022
- Certificate of Completion: 100-Hour Core Medical Interpreter Training, The National Institute for Coordinated Healthcare - October, 2021
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