Ivette Cerda
Houston,TX
Summary
Bilingual education professional with commitment to delivering impactful teaching and nurturing student growth. Proven ability to adapt lesson plans to accommodate various learning styles and cultural backgrounds. Known for fostering teamwork and achieving educational goals through collaborative efforts and flexibility.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Kindergarten Bilingual Teacher
Pomeroy Elementary School
08.2006 - 12.2008
- Company Overview: Pasadena Independent School District
- Designed and created lesson plans to accommodate the usage of age-appropriate materials
- Responsible for creating resources that kept students actively engaged while accomplishing higher level tasks
- Used students' interests, needs, cultural backgrounds, and real-world instances to make instruction relevant and meaningful to them while allowing them to make real world connections
- Instructional adjustments made based on student needs
- Instruction based on different learning styles (differentiated instruction)
- One on one and small group instruction
- Workstations
- Music integration
- Peer support
- Visuals/role modeling
- Integrate accommodations for students with special needs
- Monitored classroom performance and offered feedback by assigning jobs, one on one conferencing, asking questions, observing, redirecting instruction and discipline concerns, and assigning independent practice
- Dealt with discipline, motivation, and attendance concerns via parent conferences, attendance logs, and CHAMPS behavior management
- Usage of learning tools such as guided reading, literacy centers, and workstations
- Pasadena Independent School District
Pre-Kindergarten Bilingual Teacher
Pomeroy Elementary School
08.2003 - 06.2006
- Company Overview: Pasadena Independent School District
- Designed and created lesson plans to accommodate the usage of age-appropriate materials
- Responsible for creating resources that kept students actively engaged while accomplishing higher level tasks
- Used students' interests, needs, cultural backgrounds, and real-world instances to make instruction relevant and meaningful to them while allowing them to make real world connections
- Instructional adjustments made based on student needs
- Modified and adapted all classroom materials based on TEKS
- Integrated technology
- Small group instruction
- Accommodation such as extended time and hands on resources
- Usage of supporting resources such as word walls, real life visuals, and family and friendship wall
- Peer tutoring
- Created a welcoming environment by greeting each student with a handshake
- Pasadena Independent School District
Coordinator
Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA)
04.2001 - 02.2002
- Company Overview: Secretaría de Agricultura y Ganadería (SAG)
- Short-term consulting—Coordinator from the Competitive Analysis on the Agro-industrial Dairy Chain Activity in Honduras
- Coordinate teamwork activities for the determination and analysis of the Dairy Chain Activity
- Apply the CADIAC methodology for the analysis of the Dairy Chain Activity
- Develop the different phases which lead to the integration and application of the Chain Analysis
- Coordinate and participate in all events related, as well as the presentation and sustentation of the final draft
- Secretaría de Agricultura y Ganadería (SAG)
Operational Manager
Distribuidora de Insumos Agrícolas y Salud Animal S. de R.L. (DIASA)
11.1997 - 12.1998
- Company Overview: Family Owned Business
- Elaboration and analysis of monthly financial statements (balance sheet and revenues), annual budget & cash flow; updating the company's accounting system in coordination with the company's accountant and then submitted to the general manager
- Elaboration of monthly inventory reports which are then submitted to the general manager
- Elaboration of purchase orders to both domestic and international suppliers as well as the coordination of paperwork for customs clearance and their respective payments
- Coordination of monthly meetings with sales department personnel concerning discussion and analysis of marketing and payment issues
- Coordination of pre-scheduled technical visits to clients along with representatives of firms Diasa represents in Honduras with the purpose of providing technical assessment to our clientele when they most need it
- Coordination of oral presentations of 'new' products which will be introduced into the market
- Family Owned Business
Junior Consultant
Agricultural Cooperative Development International (ACDI)VOCA-USAID
10.1994 - 01.1997
- Coordination and analysis respectively of the 2nd Annual Agribusiness Survey with the objective of measuring the impact of the project in producer-owned enterprises (agricultural cooperatives) in areas such as production, value-added, membership and gender labor, and then submitted to ACDI's headquarters in Washington D.C
- Also, recruitment of surveyors and payment for carrying out their field work for accomplishing such task
- Elaboration of Task Orders for contracting expertise (consultants) in specific areas according to each cooperative's needs in order to provide cooperatives focused technical assistance
- Coordination of the Cooperativa Cafetalera Marcalina, Ltda
- (COMARCA) participation at the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA)—8th Annual Reunion and Exhibit in Minneapolis, Mn from 1996 April 18 to 23
- Coordination of designing logotypes, brochures and additional promotional material for cooperatives participating in the First Cooperative Fair in San Pedro Sula, Cortés from 1996 September 11 to 15
- Coordination of six coffee cooperatives participation at the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA)—9th Annual Reunion and Exhibit in New Orleans, LA from 1997 April 18 to 23
- Coordination and analysis of the 3rd
- And last Annual Agribusiness Survey with the objective of measuring the impact of the project in producer-owned enterprises (agricultural cooperatives) in areas such as production, value-added, membership and gender labor before the project's deadline
- Also, recruitment of surveyors and payment for carrying out their field work for accomplishing such task
- Coordination, quotation, legal paperwork, import and installation of radiocommunication system in fixed stations and mobiles with the purpose of installing a coffee price network system among the coffee cooperatives assessed under the project for the harvest season of 1997-1998
Training Assistant
Panamerican Agricultural School
02.1994 - 06.1994
- Short-term consulting - Training assistant
- Center for the Analysis of Agricultural and Environmental Policies; coordination of training events and preparation of materials such as the Teacher's Manual for the Agricultural Policies class
Project Officer
Financiera de Cooperativas Agropecuarias (FINACOOP)
05.1993 - 01.1994
- Assessment in the elaboration of Diagnostics, Business Plan, and Annual Operative Plan
- Monitoring and evaluation of the Business and Annual Operative Plan in the assigned cooperatives
- Monitoring managerial activities in the assigned cooperatives
Training Assistant
Panamerican Agricultural School
07.1992 - 04.1993
- Rural Development Program - Training assistant
- Coordination of courses to professors from agricultural technical schools regionally
- Surveys in technical agricultural schools and observational tours
- Collect data and evaluation on the activities in technical agricultural schools
Computer Lab Assistant
Academic Computer Center
05.1990 - 04.1992
- Coordination of Computer Lab for third- and fourth-year students
Education
Texas Teacher Certification - Bilingual Generalist (EC – 4)
St. Thomas University-Pasadena Independent School District
Pasadena, TX08-2004
MBA - Finance
Catholic University of Honduras
Tegucigalpa, Honduras12-2002
BS - Agricultural Economics & Agribusiness
Panamerican Agricultural School Dba Zamorano University
Valle del Yeguare, San Antonio de Oriente04-1992
AA - Agronomy
Panamerican Agricultural School Dba Zamorano University
Valle del Yeguare, San Antonio de Oriente12-1989
Skills
- Fluent in Spanish
- Fluent in English
- Advanced Excel Proficiency
- Microsoft Office Proficiency
- Proficient in Windows 11
- Internet Proficiency
- Technical Problem Solving
- Application Installation
- Survey Analysis
- Data Tabulation
- Data Analysis
- Agricultural Data Collection
Accomplishments
- 1990, Recipient of the GTZ/EAP Scholarship for B.S. degree at Panamerican Agricultural School.
- 1987, Recipient of the USAID/Honduras Scholarship for AA degree at Panamerican Agricultural School.
Affiliations
ZAMORANO ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, Associate member since 1992
Publications
AVENDANO, I., Análisis de Precios y Políticas Agrícolas para Leche en Honduras desde 1970 a 1990., Thesis, Escuela Agrícola Panamericana, Dept. de Economía Agrícola y Agronegocios, 1992
Courses Seminars Workshops
- Human Relations
- Self-Esteem Seminary
- Workshop on Training Small Business
- Business Management in Small and Medium Enterprises
- The Food Aid and Food Security Analysis System Project
- Honduran Agricultural Situation and its Future
- Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) 8th Annual Reunion and Exhibit, Minneapolis, MN
- Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) 9th Annual Reunion and Exhibit, New Orleans, LA
- Participation in the pre-selection process for the application of scholarship for master's degree at Reütlingen, Germany
Certification
Bilingual Generalist EC-4
Languages
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
English
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Kindergarten Bilingual Teacher
Pomeroy Elementary School
08.2006 - 12.2008
Pre-Kindergarten Bilingual Teacher
Pomeroy Elementary School
08.2003 - 06.2006
Coordinator
Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA)
04.2001 - 02.2002
Operational Manager
Distribuidora de Insumos Agrícolas y Salud Animal S. de R.L. (DIASA)
11.1997 - 12.1998
Junior Consultant
Agricultural Cooperative Development International (ACDI)VOCA-USAID
10.1994 - 01.1997
Training Assistant
Panamerican Agricultural School
02.1994 - 06.1994
Project Officer
Financiera de Cooperativas Agropecuarias (FINACOOP)
05.1993 - 01.1994
Training Assistant
Panamerican Agricultural School
07.1992 - 04.1993
Computer Lab Assistant
Academic Computer Center
05.1990 - 04.1992
Texas Teacher Certification - Bilingual Generalist (EC – 4)
St. Thomas University-Pasadena Independent School District
MBA - Finance
Catholic University of Honduras
BS - Agricultural Economics & Agribusiness
Panamerican Agricultural School Dba Zamorano University
AA - Agronomy
Panamerican Agricultural School Dba Zamorano University
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