Lady J. Alvarado Santis

• Full time Spanish Specialist Teacher grades Kinder to Fifth.
• Collaborate with Specialist teammates and staff to develop and nurture positive relationships with students and colleagues.
• Facilitate communication between school staff and Hispanic families in order to effectively convey information, strengthening the family and school connection.
• Create collaborative environment in classroom where students from different backgrounds work together to support everyone's language learning.
• Create and develop lesson plans to meet students' academic needs.
• Explore and implement innovative use of technology in World Languages Education.

2007 – 2012: Full time English Teacher.

• Collaborate with administrators to create the Elementary Language Proficiency Levels: Basic, Intermediate and Advanced.
• Develop and implement full English curriculum to meet school mission and goals.
• Conduct foreign language exams to determine fluency and comprehension.

2013 – 2018: Full time English Dual Immersion Teacher

• Collaborated with administrators to create the Pre-school Bilingual program to implement school Bilingualism.
• Designed curriculum to meet learning institution requirements and instill comprehensive knowledge of English language and culture in students.
• Instructed Elementary students in Math, Science, Reading, Phonics and ELA.

• Collaborate with teachers and department heads to create the ESL Program for Middle and High school students.
• Develop and implement full English curriculum to meet school mission and goals.
• Conduct foreign language exams to assess and classify students into proficiency levels: Basic, Intermediate and Advanced.
• Educated students in basics of English grammar and conversational speaking.

• Full time teacher of general French and English, Science, Social
• Contribute to team collaboration and planning to instruct young learners: Ages 8 – 16.
• Manage paperwork and data in order to effectively use that information to increase student performance in classroom.
• Engage in community events that focus on strengthening the family and school connection.