Joan Castillo

Spanish I, II and AP Teacher, grades 9-12

• Planned and implemented integrated lessons to meet national standards.
• Worked cooperatively with other teachers, administrators, and parents to help students reach learning objectives.
• Kept students on-task with proactive behavior modification and positive reinforcement strategies.
• Supported student physical, mental, and social development using classroom games and activities.
• Incorporated multiple types of teaching strategies into classroom.
• Graded and evaluated student assignments, papers, and course work.

• Prepared and implemented lesson plans covering required course topics in Spanish for grades 6-12.
• Planned, developed and executed successful pen-pal exchange program with students in Barcelona, Spain.
• Explored and implemented innovative use of robotics and Spanish cuisine in language education.
• Kept classroom environments consistent and focused on learning by establishing and enforcing clear objectives.
• Developed lesson plans and wrote course curricula.
• Developed communicative relationships with students and parents to support learning.
• Planned, developed, and executed lessons reflecting high school curriculum and core educational standards.

• Initiated teaching implementing backward design lesson plans and progressed to full-day teaching within six months.
• Assisted lead teacher with planning daily classroom lessons and activities for 120 students.
• Prepared brand new lesson plans to share concepts such as cultural perspectives, products and practices.
• Helped cultivate learning-focused and welcoming atmosphere for students of cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds.
• Developed activities to help students delve into lessons and obtain hands-on experience.
• Observed classes to identify opportunities to back up teacher or help students.

• Performed instruction of Spanish for high school students in grades 9-12.
• Served as Spanish language department head and attended meetings to develop and update course curricula.
• Consulted with teachers in other disciplines to identify and adopt successful instructional strategies.
• Spoke to students in non-native language to challenge students and introduce students to non-native speaking environments.
• Explored and implemented innovative use of technology in language education.
• Reported progress of students and results of testing to principal.

• Managed global market currency risk which resulted in bottom line profits of $2MM - $7MM.
• Accomplished and recognized leadership that resulted in advancement from Vice President to Managing Director.
• Spearheaded successful business development initiatives aligned with company's strategy and core competencies.
• Authorized currency transactions to facilitate hedging of international currency risk exposures.
• Improved banking relationships by conducting round table meetings in Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil and Chile.
• Aligned department vision, goals and objectives with company strategy to achieve consistently high results.
• Provided documentation of processes to comply with regulations and company policies.