Karla Rodriguez
League City,TX
Summary
An educator, leader and lifelong learner with a passion to develop and implement successful strategies to ensure the success of all students. Dedicated to continuous professional development and providing relevant course materials for effective and fun learning. Personable and outgoing with skill in building rapport with diverse cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
EL Instructional Coach
Clear Creek ISD - League City Elementary
League City, TX
08.2017 - Current
- Coach teachers to improve practices through professional development and modeling instructional strategies.
- Meet diverse student population needs by planning with teachers to implement lessons with wide variety of sheltered instruction strategies.
- Collaborate with teams and individual teachers to support planning, implementation and reflection of effective instruction designed to meet needs of all learners.
- Build and maintain positive relationships with students, parents, colleagues and administrators.
- Provided guidance and structure to all teachers
- Facilitate LPAC meetings on campus multiple times per year
- Administrates language proficiency assessments for student placement.
- Assist with TELPAS administration duties to our 300+ EL students.
- Coordinates dual language program at campus level by facilitating parent meetings, testing, and assisting teachers.
Literacy Interventionist
Clear Creek ISD - League City Elementary
League City, TX
08.2015 - 06.2017
- Developed interventions for students currently struggling or at risk of falling behind.
- Gathered, organized, and analyzed data on student needs and progress.
- Taught literacy skills to individual and small groups.
- Integrated variety of instructional strategies and provided additional assistance with reading comprehension.
- Planned with teachers weekly for small group instruction.
- Facilitated LPAC meetings on campus multiple times per year.
4th Grade Bilingual Teacher
Clear Creek ISD - League City Elementary
League City, TX
05.2014 - 06.2015
- Gave one-on-one attention to each student while maintaining overall focus on entire group.
- Attended workshops to learn about student motivation and engaging learning activities.
- Improved instruction methods by using various assessment tools and strategies.
- Built positive relationships with parents to involve families in educational process.
- Taught lessons encompassing skill-building activities in speaking, writing, reading and listening.
- Implemented classroom management improvements to enhance class morale and engagement.
- Drove student learning by establishing clear classroom plans and group objectives, as well as actionable strategies to achieve each goal.
- Improved student test scores on state reading and writing assessments by 30% in one-year period.
4th Grade Bilingual Self-Contained Teacher
Dickinson ISD - K.E. Little Elementary
Dickinson , TX
08.2012 - 06.2014
- Educated students in basics of English grammar and conversational speaking.
- Developed and taught highly engaging lessons in all content areas.
- Developed appropriate behavior strategies to promote student engagement.
- Established and maintained positive relationships with students, parents and colleagues.
- Improved student testing scores in reading, math and writing with 90% of EL students passing state assessments.
3rd Grade Bilingual Self-Contained Teacher
Dickinson ISD - Silbernagel Elementary
Dickinson , TX
08.2011 - 05.2012
- Developed engaging lessons in all content areas.
- Gave one-on-one attention to each student while maintaining overall focus on entire group.
- Attended workshops to learn about engaging learning activities.
- Met regularly with students and parents to discuss academic progress.
- Provided differentiated instruction to meet individual student needs in all content areas.
- Improved student testing scores in reading and math with 100% of EL students passing state assessments.
Pre-Kindergarten Teacher
Dickinson ISD - Silbernagel
Dickinson, TX
08.2007 - 05.2011
- Monitored students' academic, social and emotional progress and recorded in individual files.
- Fostered reasoning and problem solving through active exploration games and activities.
- Observed children to identify individuals in need of additional support and developed strategies to improve assistance.
- Educated students in foundational concepts such as shapes, numbers and letters.
- Maintained well-controlled classrooms by clearly outlining standards and reinforcing positive behaviors.
Education
Master of Education - Educational Administration
Lamar University
Beaumont, TX05.2020
Bachelor of Science - Interdisciplinary Studies EC-4
University of Houston - Clear Lake
Houston, TX05.2007
Skills
- Building Confidence through Positive Reinforcement
- Organization and Planning Skills
- Dependable and Responsible
- Establishing Learning Goals
- Differentiated Instruction
- Student Evaluation and Needs Assessment
- Building Rapport and Trust
- Positive Role Model
- Written and Verbal Communication
- Encouraging and Motivating Students
Leadership Experience
- League City Elementary Leadership Team and Hiring Committee
- Organize, design and implement curriculum study days, data-driven days and PLs based on teacher and students needs
- Facilitated learning at district for bilingual teachers (ELD and Bridge)
- Presented professional learning for CCISD's Grow 360
- Serve as part of Student Success Team
- Supported campus testing coordinator in STAAR and TELPAS administration
- Facilitate faculty sheltered instruction learning at campus
- District textbook adoption committee
- District Curriculum ELD writing committee
- Implemented the dual language program
Professional Learning
- TABE
- Region 4 Bilingual/ESL Conferences
- Seidlitz Sheltered Instruction Trainings
- PLC at Work
- Teaching for Biliteracy
- TEaching for Biliteracy - Bridge
- Seidlitz 7 Steps to a Language Rich Interactive Classroom
- Elizabeth Martin Conferring with Readers and Writers
- Conscious Discipline
- Love and Logic
- CCISD Coaching Academy participant
- GT 30 hour training
- CCISD Dual Language trainings
- Reading Academy
- Cognitive Coaching
- Personalized Learning with ED Elements
- Leadership Development Sessions
- Virtual Cultivating Leadership
- CCISD Bilingual Institute
- Boosting Achievements for Under Schooled Students
Timeline
EL Instructional Coach
Clear Creek ISD - League City Elementary
08.2017 - Current
Literacy Interventionist
Clear Creek ISD - League City Elementary
08.2015 - 06.2017
4th Grade Bilingual Teacher
Clear Creek ISD - League City Elementary
05.2014 - 06.2015
4th Grade Bilingual Self-Contained Teacher
Dickinson ISD - K.E. Little Elementary
08.2012 - 06.2014
3rd Grade Bilingual Self-Contained Teacher
Dickinson ISD - Silbernagel Elementary
08.2011 - 05.2012
Pre-Kindergarten Teacher
Dickinson ISD - Silbernagel
08.2007 - 05.2011
Master of Education - Educational Administration
Lamar University
Bachelor of Science - Interdisciplinary Studies EC-4
University of Houston - Clear Lake