Luz Perez
Von Army,TX
Summary
Knowledgeable ESL teacher and customer service representative with strong background in teaching English as second language. Developed comprehensive lesson plans and facilitated engaging classroom activities, fostering significant improvements in student language proficiency. Demonstrated effective classroom management and personalized instruction techniques.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
ESL Teacher
BlingABC
11.2024 - Current
- Educated students in basics of English grammar and conversational speaking.
- Provided targeted instruction on pronunciation, intonation, and accent reduction to enhance students'' overall communication skills in English.
- Enhanced students'' speaking skills through regular practice and focused feedback during conversation sessions.
- Increased student proficiency in English by creating engaging and interactive classroom activities.
- Created and delivered engaging lesson plans to accommodate different learning styles.
- Promoted critical thinking to build subject engagement and interaction.
- Supported students holistically to achieve academic success.
Remote English as a Second Language Teacher
The Language Island
01.2022 - Current
- Delivered English as a Second Language via e-learning instruction to 7-9 students
- Utilized instructional design principles to enhance learning objective achievement through a flipped classroom model, resulting in a 99% success rate for student performance
- Assessed students against defined metrics to determine skill level, areas of excellence, and areas for improvement, thereby personalizing each teacher-student interaction to drive the students' individual developmental needs
- Created engaging activities using Google slides and Zoom video software to drive fun, spontaneous, and creative interactions with learners, resulting in gaining more students by way of word-of-mouth references
- Generated instructional lesson plans to teach groups of 7-9 students from diverse countries using English phonics, grammar and reading
Online ESL Teacher
VipKid/NeuAbc/EF
10.2017 - 11.2021
- Company Overview: Online
- Engage students using total physical response, clear communication, and appropriate expression
- Simplify English immersion curriculum instruction to beginning learners and extend for advanced learners
- Assess students using documents, record classroom data, and type feedback to parents and teachers
- Maintained an above 90% rebooking rate and exceptional mentor teacher feedback
- Provide parents with clear and positive feedback and goals to improve student proficiency
- Online
Educational Diagnostician/Push-in Support/teacher aide/Second Grade Spanish Teacher
Kaleidoscope Education Solutions
09.2019 - 05.2021
- Served the needs of two Bilingual charter schools with caseloads of up to 90+ special education students, to conducting district-wide bilingual (English/Spanish) assessments and assisting in writing and completing IEP's
- Organizing the assessment and ARD calendar for assigned schools
- Select and complete assessments for initial evaluation, and reevaluation of students with learning disabilities, dyslexia, and intellectual disabilities
- Proficient with the use of cognitive and achievement batteries including WISC-V, WJ-IV, Bateria III, KABC, KTEA, CTOPP 2, WISC IV Spanish
- Proficient in use of Cross Battery Assessment techniques
- Participate in staff development for the appropriate assessment and identification of bilingual and monolingual special education students
Substitute Teacher
Advanced Talent Solutions
10.2014 - 01.2015
- Provide extra assistance to students with special needs, such as non-English-speaking students or those with physical and mental disabilities
- Supervise students in classrooms, halls, cafeterias, school yards, and gymnasiums, or on field trips
- Tutor and assist children individually or in small groups to help them master assignments and to reinforce learning concepts presented by teachers
- Enforce administration policies and rules governing students
- Discuss assigned duties with classroom teachers to coordinate instructional efforts
- Instruct and monitor students in the use and care of equipment and materials to prevent injuries and damage
- Observe students' performance, and record relevant data to assess progress
- Present subject matter to students under the direction and guidance of teachers, using lectures, discussions, or supervised role-playing methods
- Prepare lesson materials, bulletin board displays, exhibits, equipment, and demonstrations
Bilingual Translator/proof Reader
Don Pak Immigration law firm
11.2011 - 01.2015
- Follow ethical codes that protect the confidentiality of information
- Identify and resolve conflicts related to the meanings of words, concepts, practices, or behaviors
- Translate messages simultaneously or consecutively into specified languages, orally or by using hand signs, maintaining message content, context, and style as much as possible
- Proofread, edit, and revise translated materials
- Check translations of technical terms and terminology to ensure that they are accurate and remain consistent throughout translation revisions
- Read written materials, such as legal documents, scientific works, or news reports, and rewrite material into specified languages
- Refer to reference materials, such as dictionaries, lexicons, encyclopedias, and computerized terminology banks, as needed to ensure translation accuracy
Education
M.A - Psychology
Ashford University
San Diego, CA02.2022
B.A - English Language Learner Studies
Ashford University
San Diego, CA11.2016
A.A - Early Childhood Education
Ashford University
San Diego, CA11.2014
Skills
- Multi-tasking
- Bilingual
- Typing
- Proof Reading
- TESOL Standards
- Instructional Design
- Teaching
- Translation
- Special Education
- Special Needs
- Research
- Classroom Management
- Tutoring
- Public Speaking
- Experience Working With Students
- Early Childhood Education
- Mentoring
- Behavioral Therapy
- Administrative Experience
- Customer Service
- ManagementTime Management
- Microsoft Office
- Spanish
Certification
- ESOL Certification
- ESL Certification
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
ESL Teacher
BlingABC
11.2024 - Current
Remote English as a Second Language Teacher
The Language Island
01.2022 - Current
Educational Diagnostician/Push-in Support/teacher aide/Second Grade Spanish Teacher
Kaleidoscope Education Solutions
09.2019 - 05.2021
Online ESL Teacher
VipKid/NeuAbc/EF
10.2017 - 11.2021
Substitute Teacher
Advanced Talent Solutions
10.2014 - 01.2015
Bilingual Translator/proof Reader
Don Pak Immigration law firm
11.2011 - 01.2015
B.A - English Language Learner Studies
Ashford University
A.A - Early Childhood Education
Ashford University
M.A - Psychology
Ashford University
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