Karel Cuenca Ricardo
Portland,OR
Summary
Progress-oriented, responsible, hard-working, creative, cooperative, hands-on professional with 12+ years’ experience and a successful record of accomplishments in the field of Foreign Language Education in English, French and Spanish as a foreign language. Passionate French Immersion Teacher known for high productivity and efficient completion of tasks. Specialize in curriculum development, classroom management, and bilingual communication techniques. Excel in fostering student engagement, encouraging critical thinking, and promoting cultural understanding. Leverage patience, adaptability, and empathy to enhance learning experiences and support diverse student needs.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
French Immersion Teacher
Atlas Immersion Academy
Portland, OR
09.2024 - 11.2024
- Planned and organized student-centered activities that reinforced their comprehension of French language and culture.
- Encouraged a positive classroom environment conducive to successful learning outcomes for all students.
- Collaborated with other teachers and administrators to ensure that all students have access to quality instruction in the French language.
- Assessed students' progress and created reports for parents, administrators, and other teachers.
- Provided a safe learning environment where children could explore their creativity.
- Organized activities that promoted physical, mental and social development.
- Integrated music, art, drama, literature, science, math into lesson plans for hands-on learning experiences.
- Created and maintained safe learning environment for students.
- Coordinated conferences with parents to discuss student progress and establish goals for improvement and advancement.
Oral English Teacher
Royal International English
Xi'an, Shaanxi
09.2023 - 07.2024
- Provided individualized instruction to meet the needs of each student.
- Employed various teaching methods including lectures, role-playing exercises, games, multimedia presentations and field trips.
- Encouraged students to participate actively in class discussions.
- Created activities to help students practice their speaking and listening abilities in a variety of contexts.
- Organized small group activities for language practice and discussion of cultural topics.
- Organized supplementary materials in English for all students.
TRAINING CENTER ENGLISH TEACHER
AMERICAN BABY INTERNATIONAL ENGLISH
Luoyang, China
12.2018 - 01.2020
- Teach English to children in cooperation with local teachers providing a complete educational step-by-step experience towards learning and engaged in demo lessons and extracurricular activities related to the school vision
- Provide assistance to local teachers and students in doing the learning follow-up, and tutoring extra homework and activities
- Create teaching materials and resources to improve the teaching-learning process of the teaching stuff and guarantee the quality of lessons
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE COMMUNICATION
UNIVERSITY OF HOLGUÍN
Holguín, Cuba
09.2008 - 10.2018
- Teach and lecture students at intermediate and advanced levels in French and English respectively
- Provide advanced language instruction and preparation in communicative, labor market-oriented topics as well as assessment and evaluation to guarantee the intended results
- Tutor students doing their term or diploma paper research
- Participate in board of examiners specific to the communicative language subjects
- Write and publish papers related to applied linguistics and foreign language didactics
- Supervise, control and organize tasks as section head and teaching department head
SPANISH LANGUAGE ASSISTANT
LYCÉE GEORGE DE LA TOUR
Metz, France
10.2011 - 05.2012
- Teach Spanish as a Foreign Language at different secondary schools according to the French levels in education
- Teach communicative Spanish to several classes in cooperation with the designated class teacher following a sociocultural and a task-based learning approach
- Provide students with content-specific materials to develop their linguistic and communicative competence in Spanish
ENGLISH TEACHER
LIDIA DOCE SÁNCHEZ JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Holguín, Cuba
09.2006 - 07.2008
- Teach English to students aged 12-15 and support other teachers in pedagogical assistance
- Teach and educate students by creating a cooperative atmosphere with the help of the teachers responsible for each class
- Update and improve teaching approaches and guarantee proper lesson planning, assessment and evaluation
- Encouraged self-expression among learners through oral presentations or role plays.
Education
Master's Degree - Teaching of Spanish as a Foreign Language
UNIVERSITY OF HOLGUÍN
Holguín, Cuba07.2013
Bachelor of Education - Bachacelor of Education, specialty: English
UNIVERSITY OF HOLGUÍN
Holguín, Cuba07.2006
Skills
- Experience in teaching at different educational levels
- Excellent communication skills
- Adaptability
- Effective writing
- Planning
- Research
- Good team player
- Supportive co-worker
- Ability to create teaching materials and resources
- Experience in teaching children
- Experience in teaching adolescents
- Experience in teaching young adults
- Teaching strategies
- Project-based learning
- Writing instruction
- Lesson planning expertise
- French language fluency
- Language skills development
- Classroom management
- Student-centered learning
Certification
- TESOL certificates (children and advanced certification)
- DALF C1 certificate (Issued by the Alliance Française de Cuba, Santiago de Cuba)
- TKT certificates (Cambridge University, facilitated by the British Council in Havana, Cuba)
Languages
Spanish
Native/ Bilingual
English
Full Professional
French
Full Professional
Timeline
French Immersion Teacher
Atlas Immersion Academy
09.2024 - 11.2024
Oral English Teacher
Royal International English
09.2023 - 07.2024
TRAINING CENTER ENGLISH TEACHER
AMERICAN BABY INTERNATIONAL ENGLISH
12.2018 - 01.2020
SPANISH LANGUAGE ASSISTANT
LYCÉE GEORGE DE LA TOUR
10.2011 - 05.2012
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE COMMUNICATION
UNIVERSITY OF HOLGUÍN
09.2008 - 10.2018
ENGLISH TEACHER
LIDIA DOCE SÁNCHEZ JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
09.2006 - 07.2008
Master's Degree - Teaching of Spanish as a Foreign Language
UNIVERSITY OF HOLGUÍN
Bachelor of Education - Bachacelor of Education, specialty: English
UNIVERSITY OF HOLGUÍN
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