Eileen Hawkins
Natick,MA
Summary
Professional Summary
Highly qualified Spanish educator with 23 years of experience designing inclusive, proficiency-based instruction that supports the success of all learners. Engages novice through advanced students using authentic resources and real-world contexts to build meaningful language skills. Maximizes target language use through immersive, Spanish-only instruction and consistently high levels of comprehensible input. Experienced in leveraging 21st-century technology to create interactive, student-centered learning environments in both in-person and online settings.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Spanish Teacher
Wellesley Middle School
08.2012 - Current
- Designed interactive, engaging lessons for in-person and online environments.
- Fostered active student participation and maximized comprehensible input in synchronous and asynchronous classrooms.
- Evaluated student performance with the ACTFL proficiency rubric, providing constructive "glow and grow" feedback and action steps.
- Engaged in ongoing collaboration with colleagues to design a proficiency-based curriculum centered on authentic resources.
- Co-presented on the benefits of proficiency-based teaching at the MaFLA Fall Conference and MaFLA Summer Institute.
- Since embracing proficiency in 2015, 90% of my students consistently meet or exceed proficiency targets.
- A strong majority of my eighth grade students scored Intermediate Low or Intermediate Mid on consecutive administrations of the AAPPL test.
Spanish Teacher
Wellesley High School
08.2007 - 06.2012
- Developed engaging lessons for students in Spanish II, III and IV.
- Enhanced students' understanding of Spanish language and culture by embedding authentic resources into all levels of instruction.
- Implemented differentiated strategies to accommodate diverse learning styles and needs.
- Cultivated passion for my novice to advanced learners by integrating music, art, and literature into all of my courses.
Spanish Teacher
Medfield High School
08.2003 - 06.2007
- Demonstrated a the ability to effectively adapt instruction to all levels in my Spanish II, III, IV and V classes.
- Produced engaging lesson plans and activities to help all students master learning objectives.
- Co-chaperoned a student trip to Madrid, Spain.
- Participated in a variety of professional development opportunities that helped me grow as a new teacher.
Education
Master of Arts - Teaching
Boston University
Boston, MA06-2003
Bachelor of Arts - Spanish Language And Literature
University of Maryland
College Park, MD06-1997
Skills
- Google Workspace
- PowerSchool SIS
- Canvas
- Blackboard
- Zoom
- Nearpod
- Padlet
- Edpuzzle
- ChatGPT
- Diffit
- Claude
- MagicSchoolAI
Professional Development
- Completed 60 graduate credits beyond those applied to my Masters Degree.
- Recent content area coursework includes: Accelerate Your Students' Communicative Proficiency, Practical Activities to Strengthen Your Students' Proficiency in Spanish, 101 Best Strategies for Teaching World Language, Powerful Strategies for Maximizing Comprehensible Input in the Target Language and Using AI Tools and Strategies to Advance Target Language Proficiency.
- Additional recent professional development centered on cultural competence, effective strategies for special needs students and motivating disengaged learners through a combination of executive function support, organizational techniques and dynamic lesson planning.
Affiliations
Massachusetts Foreign Language Association (MAFLA)
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)
Northeast Conference for Teachers for Languages (NECTFL)
Certification
Massachusetts Professional Licensure Teacher of Foreign Language (5-12)
Languages
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Spanish Teacher
Wellesley Middle School
08.2012 - Current
Spanish Teacher
Wellesley High School
08.2007 - 06.2012
Spanish Teacher
Medfield High School
08.2003 - 06.2007
Master of Arts - Teaching
Boston University
Bachelor of Arts - Spanish Language And Literature
University of Maryland