GRACIELA MARLENE AGUILAR-NAHAS
Bethesda,MD
Summary
Native speaker from El Salvador, MD/ DC certified teaching professional with more than 18 years of instructing foreign language expertise. Recipient Archdiocese of Washington Golden Apple Education Award 2017, Our Lady of Victory Golden Apple Education Award 2010. Magna cum laude graduate, University of the West Indies, Saint Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago. Fluent in English, French and basic North African Arabic.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Spanish Teacher/Department Chairperson
St. Johns College High School
08.2018 - Current
- Spanish 4 Honors (Pre-AP) and Spanish 2 Heritage Speakers of Spanish. Grades 11-12.
- Member of the school academic council. Leading and supervising the modern and classical language department. Communicating to the department the policies and procedures of SJC, advocating for the department members. Developing appropriate curriculum classic and modern languages and alignment with ACTFL standards. Managing the department budget, hiring and evaluating instructors (Danielson). Liaison person with honor societies.
- Incorporating a task base approach in foreign language instruction using authentic cultural reading materials. Developing for heritage speakers of Spanish literacy and writing skills maintaining the target language, cultivating critical thinking and promoting bicultural identity.
- Member of Amigos de las Americas supporting SJC student youth volunteering abroad and Spanish immersion program. Collaborating actively with non-profit organizations - The Pulsera Project promoting compelling cultural education to Central American artisans.
- Participating on SJC- ADW community service projects.
Collaborator and Facilitator
Archdiocese Of Washington
01.2015 - 08.2018
- All about Embedded reading.
- New evaluation tool for teachers .Charlotte Danielson teacher evaluation tool.
- Coordinating Blay Ray and training TPRS Foreign Language Teachers.
- Catholic Identity in Catholic Curriculum and Beyond.
- Student Engagement with Technology.
- Regional Conference: Reinforcing Standards and Increasing Student Engagement in the Foreign Language Classroom Using Total Physical Response: Storytelling, Songs, and Games.
Spanish Teacher
Our Lady of Victory
08.2007 - 07.2018
- Successfully improved student participation in the classroom through integration of visual, auditory, and kinesthetic techniques.
- Use instructional language that promote social and academic growth using Responsive Classroom.
- Implemented reading and writing to increase student literacy and supported school reading programs using Teaching Proficiency through Storytelling (TPRS) Introduced special outreach programs to department chair in effort to increase institution's interest in community service, for example the Pulsera Project to empower Nicaragua communities for education and education.
- Collaborated with a team of faculty to develop an integrated cross curriculum supporting multicultural education.
- Improved scores on the Spanish National Exam and high school upper level acceptance.
- Coordinator special subject teachers (Art, Music and Physical Education).
- Coordinator Catholic School Week
Spanish Teacher
Escuela Argentina de
02.2007 - 07.2007
- Working areas Grades 9-11.
Spanish Teacher
The Academy of the Holy Cross
01.2006 - 06.2007
- Working areas Grades 9-10.
Education
No Degree - Community-Based Heritage Language At American Univ
American University
Washington, DCNo Degree -
No Degree - Center For Advanced Research On Language Acquisiti
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN06-2019
M.Phil - Spanish Literature
The University of The West Indies - St. Augustine Campus
Trinidad And Tobago, W.I2010
Bachelor of Arts - Latin American Studies
The University of The West Indies - St. Augustine Campus
Trinidad And Tobago, W.I2002
Bachelor of Arts - Communication Science
José Matías Delgado University
1994
Timeline
Spanish Teacher/Department Chairperson
St. Johns College High School
08.2018 - Current
Collaborator and Facilitator
Archdiocese Of Washington
01.2015 - 08.2018
Spanish Teacher
Our Lady of Victory
08.2007 - 07.2018
Spanish Teacher
Escuela Argentina de
02.2007 - 07.2007
Spanish Teacher
The Academy of the Holy Cross
01.2006 - 06.2007
Bachelor of Arts - Communication Science
José Matías Delgado University
No Degree - Community-Based Heritage Language At American Univ
American University
No Degree -
No Degree - Center For Advanced Research On Language Acquisiti
University of Minnesota
M.Phil - Spanish Literature
The University of The West Indies - St. Augustine Campus
Bachelor of Arts - Latin American Studies
The University of The West Indies - St. Augustine Campus
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