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Maria Faz

Maria Faz

Education
4911 Tallow Cove Drive Baytown,TX

Summary

Dedicated teacher with 20+ years of experience with expert knowledge in reading instruction, balanced literacy, and individual student learning strategies. Seeking an opportunity to bring further success to an organization through positive student engagement both in group and individual instruction. Committed to creating relationships of trust with community and families to develop strategies, programs, and activities that will build a strong support system for the success of children and their families.

Overview

27
27
years of professional experience

Work History

Community Researcher/Parent Advocate

Babies In Baytown
Baytown, TX
10.2019 - 06.2021
  • Co-Chair of an early childhood collaboration made of organizations and families that work together to improve and create community solutions to better support and serve the mental health and social needs of children and their families.
  • Researched community needs of families with young children ages 0-3.
  • Helped create and administer a community needs assessment to find out the strengths and needs of families in Baytown with young children.
  • Organized, attended community events.
  • Translated organization documents to meet needs of community.
  • Participated and lead community conversation.
  • Built trust, communication, and relationships with parents by listening to their individual needs.
  • Helped families find community resources and services.
  • Worked with community organizations to engage families in social activities, mental health awareness, and early childhood education activities for families with young children.
  • Participated in strategic planning to set goals for future events and resources.
  • Currently mentoring parents to create a support group for mothers with young children.

ESL Tutor/Interventionist/High School

German Consultants
Houston, TX
10.2021 - 05.2022
  • Built and strengthened positive relationships with students, parents and teaching staff.
  • Made classroom observations to learn how to better support students and teacher in the classroom.
  • Created materials and lessons to differentiate instruction to meet the language and writing needs of students.
  • Kept detailed documentation notes of students test scores on district test, TELPAS rating scores, reading levels, running records, and anecdotal notes to help monitor students needs and progress.
  • Conference with students to share observations and levels to help them set goals for improvement.
  • Assisted ESL students in classes to incorporate academic language and vocabulary in the different subject areas.
  • Collaborated with ESL teacher and discuss lessons and needs of students. Shared observations data, running records and teaching strategies.
  • Helped identify students with learning disabilities
  • Worked with student in small groups to work on individual instructional needs.
  • Conferred with specialists to support needs of students with special needs.
  • Modeled higher level thinking questioning strategies and sentence stems at different language levels to promote students classroom participation.
  • Communicated with administration supervisor to give me feedback and suggestions to better serve students.
  • Worked one to one with students with special needs.
  • Helped students with limited English to communicate with teachers in class and through email.
  • Tutor a student one to one to meet graduation requirements.
  • Checked students grades and progress reports and helped them to communicate with teachers to improve grades.
  • Monitor students attendance and motivated them to improve attendance.
  • Used an app to communicate with students through out the day to support newcomers and students at the beginning level.
  • Communicated with parents, teachers, administrators, counselors, and office staff to support ELL's personal and academic instructional needs.
  • Created and developed instructional materials tailored to each student's abilities and needs.
  • Instructed students to record their voice, practice conversations and read aloud to improve pronunciation with emphasis on accent reduction and accuracy.
  • Educated students in use of various comprehension strategies.
  • Instructed classes in various aspects of language learning such as vocabulary development, sentence structure, verb conjugation and other topics related to ESL instruction.

Teacher

Goose Creek CISD
Baytown, TX
08.1997 - 05.2019
  • Instilled the passion for reading in students and motivated them to learn to select the right books and genres of their interest to encourage learning, critical thinking, and to become independent readers.
  • Taught students test taking strategies and techniques to problem solve assessments.
  • Maintained positive classroom environments by reinforcing rules for behavior, relationship-building activities and class building structures.
  • Instructed students individually and in groups, utilizing various teaching methods.
  • Adapted teaching methods and instructional strategies to promote learning in students of differing skill levels.
  • Encouraged positive self-esteem, mutual respect, integrity, and empathy for others while instilling joy of learning and discovery.
  • Tutored 3rd grade students working one or two years below grade level for several weeks and helped them improve their scores and pass the STARR test.

ESL Coach

Alice Johnson Junior High
Channelview, TX
08.2022 - Current
  • Worked directly with emergent bilingual students in a whole classroom setting and in small groups.
  • Provided instruction support, model ESL strategies, lessons, and questioning strategies.
  • Worked with small groups grades 6-8 to provide individual instructional needs for students.
  • Tested all recent arrival students to identify instructional reading, writing, and language proficiency levels.
  • Shared lessons, materials, and ESL strategies with colleges.
  • Participated in district staff development to provide ESL strategies for teachers.
  • Visited classrooms to observe and provide feedback and support for teachers.
  • Analyze student data to monitor progress an insure correct placement of emergent bilingual students.

  • Collaborated with school leaders to design and implement initiatives that support student achievement goals.
  • Attended training related to educational topics such as assessment methods, instructional strategies.
  • Held one-on-one instructional sessions with students in need of additional help.
  • Consistently provided motivation and direction for students and gave feedback when needed.
  • Recommended supplementary books, and other learning materials.

ESL Lead Teacher

Alice Johnson Junior High
Channelview, TX
08.2023 - Current
  • I currently teach emergent bilingual students 6th through 8th grade.
  • I provide whole group and small instruction to recent arrival students 0-4 years in the country.
  • I create lessons to meet individual student instructional needs as well as grade level standards.
  • I collaborate and meet with ELA teams to plan and analyze testing data to provide the best instruction for student success.

  • Assessed student progress and provided feedback to students, parents and administrators.
  • Organized small groups based on student needs for targeted instruction in the areas of reading, writing, listening, speaking, grammar and vocabulary development.
  • Created a variety of resources such as worksheets, activities and games to facilitate learning.
  • Provided guidance to students regarding their academic goals and career aspirations.
  • Established positive relationships with all stakeholders including students, staff members, parents and community partners.
  • Monitored student attendance records, communicate with students and parents on the importance to attend school.
  • Participated in professional development workshops related to teaching English language learners.
  • Supervised classroom activities while promoting respect for diversity among all participants.
  • Adapted existing material according to the proficiency level of each student.
  • Provided one-on-one instruction for non-English speaking students within classroom settings.
  • Customized instructional plans to meet individual student skill levels and learning styles.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Education 1st -8th Grade

Texas A&M University - Kingsville
Kingsville, TX

Skills

  • Culturally-sensitive
  • Experience working with students with special needs and on the autism spectrum
  • IEP writing knowledge
  • Expertise in reading literacy, language instruction and balanced literacy
  • Experience working with bilingual students and families
  • ELL language acquisition strategies
  • Kagan group structures and higher level thinking strategies
  • Knowledge of strategies, activities, and resources to work with at-risk students
  • Bilingual, ESL, and Special Education certification 1-8th
  • Youth, children's ministry, and Spanish children's ministry volunteer for 9 years, currently serving at Lakewood Church

Languages

Spanish
Native/ Bilingual

Timeline

ESL Lead Teacher

Alice Johnson Junior High
08.2023 - Current

ESL Coach

Alice Johnson Junior High
08.2022 - Current

ESL Tutor/Interventionist/High School

German Consultants
10.2021 - 05.2022

Community Researcher/Parent Advocate

Babies In Baytown
10.2019 - 06.2021

Teacher

Goose Creek CISD
08.1997 - 05.2019

Bachelor of Science - Education 1st -8th Grade

Texas A&M University - Kingsville

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