Esteban Lara
La Puente,USA
Summary
I am able to provide quality instruction centered on mutual understanding and respect, cultural awareness, empowerment and life-long learning to serve all students. Moreover, I am able to assist with implementing curriculum based on critical thinking, effective communication, community building, diversity, and shared decision making. Lastly, I present recent experience of establishing a relational style of instruction in an order to help academic and career success for all students at the college and university level.
Professional educator well-versed in English literature and composition, prepared to deliver high-quality educational experiences. Proven capability to enhance student engagement and comprehension through creative lesson plans and interactive teaching techniques. Reliable team collaborator with solid focus on achieving educational goals and adapting to dynamic classroom needs.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Adjunct English Instructor
Fullerton College
01.2023 - Current
- Ability to engage student interest by implementing a variety of culturally responsive pedagogy.
- Demonstrated ability to develop a variety of culturally awareness techniques to promote effective communication to over 100 students.
- Experience with delivering curriculum that is student-focused to create a campus-wide climate based on an appreciation of diverse cultures and human experiences to promote innovative, inclusive, and equitable learning.
- Foster collaboration in the classroom to promote equity and accountability with evidence-based research to ensure that each student has the opportunity to succeed.
- Participate in professional development orientations to maintain and develop current strategies to support students.
- Collaborate with college faculty to ensure alignment by providing writing composition to high school for implementing dual enrollment.
Adjunct English Instructor
Mount San Antonio College
01.2023 - Current
- Teach assigned courses in accordance with course outline of record to over 100 students.
- Instruct and support students with diverse backgrounds utilizing culturally relevant and responsive pedagogy, careful preparation of course materials, informed critical feedback on assignments and discussions, student learning outcomes, and support a philosophy of instruction focusing on critical thinking, creativity, and empowerment.
- Implement advanced technology that promotes quality instruction and prepare students for life beyond the classroom.
- Collaborate with individuals from diverse backgrounds and contribute to equity-minded learning devoted to enriching student’s academic, personal, and professional lives through engagement and customized student support.
- Establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with all employees.
- Deliver college-level course, such as writing composition, to high schools in order to provide support and guidance to high school students.
Program Facilitator
EMERGE
01.2022 - Current
- Provide social, emotional, and educational instruction to young men and men of color.
- Offer effective incentives and compensation for participation from black and brown youth.
- Devise program and curriculum development for non-profit organizations to promote college and professional readiness to foster contextualized and collaboration-based learning.
- Developed, revised, and established interview protocol to hold interviews to over 15 mentors at this current time.
- Work collaboratively to recommend and maintain policies and processes that align with diversity which does not limit academic freedom.
- Prepare young men and men of color for future job opportunities.
- Provide Writing Workshops to Foster Youth to strengthen community.
- Help to coordinate and organize further poetry writing workshops to help foster youth develop their own voice.
- Responsible for preparation time.
- Process and hire over 20 mentors, family liaisons, and staff members.
Adjunct Writing Professor
California State University, Fullerton
01.2022 - 01.2022
- Facilitated class instruction to over 50 students.
- Emphasized writing, textual analysis, and critical thinking.
- Partaken in the evaluation, revision, and development of the evidence-based processes to respond to the needs of all students.
- Provided academic support and personal support and enhance the ability of each and every student to think critically, communicate clearly, and develop personally and professionally.
- Experience in university teaching, particularly in freshman compositions and inquiry-based techniques.
Education
Doctoral Degree - Educational Leadership
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Pomona, CA01.2024
Master’s of Arts - English
California State University, Fullerton
Fullerton, CA01.2021
Bachelor’s of Arts - English-Literature, English-Creative Writing
California State University, Long Beach
Long Beach, CA01.2017
Associate of Arts - English-for-Transfer, English
Rio Hondo College
Whittier, CA01.2016
Skills
- Able to meet the needs of students by promoting an educational atmosphere of mutual understanding and respect
- Creative writer about literary topics
- Communicate ideas clearly, logically, and creatively
- Exhibit knowledge and expertise about culturally sustaining techniques and instructional practices to promote cultural awareness and equity
- Reflect on instructional and relational practices to effectively engage each and every student
- Provide an environment conducive to effective learning
- Fluent in Spanish
- Efficient at time management and meeting deadlines
- Skilled at communication, mediation, and negotiation
- Expertise in English and writing Knowledge
- Foster a learning community where all students are recognized to fulfill diversity values and goals
- Ability to modify diverse, equitable, and inclusive pedagogical approaches to fulfill academic objectives to meet the needs of all students
- Online teaching
- Educational technology
- Collaborative learning
- Problem-solving abilities
- Critical thinking
- Assessment tools
- Cross-cultural communication
- Curriculum development
Accomplishments
- Spring 2025 Selected participant in 2025 AERA Annual Conference
- Winter 2024 Online Teaching Certificate for Fullerton College
- Spring 2021 Selected participant in “Crossroads: The Risk in Making Choices” 2021 Acacia Conference
- Spring 2020 Selected participant in “Threshold, Borders, and Boundaries” 2020 Acacia Conference
Certification
- Online Teaching Certificate, Fullerton College - Winter 2024
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Adjunct English Instructor
Fullerton College
01.2023 - Current
Adjunct English Instructor
Mount San Antonio College
01.2023 - Current
Program Facilitator
EMERGE
01.2022 - Current
Adjunct Writing Professor
California State University, Fullerton
01.2022 - 01.2022
Master’s of Arts - English
California State University, Fullerton
Bachelor’s of Arts - English-Literature, English-Creative Writing
California State University, Long Beach
Associate of Arts - English-for-Transfer, English
Rio Hondo College
Doctoral Degree - Educational Leadership
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona