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Maureen Kuhn-Rojas

Specialist in Multilingual Education
Naperville,IL

Summary

Through advocacy, collaborative partnerships, and conscientious leadership, my career objective is to ensure all students have access to an education that fosters multilingualism and intercultural consciousness. Highly organized and detail-oriented professional with strong work ethic and dedication to achieving goals. Skilled at developing and maintaining documentation systems, managing calendars and preparing reports.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience

Work History

Coordinator of English Learner Programming

Summit School District 104
08.2023 - Current
  • Contributed to student growth by coordinating, designing, and executing monthly professional training for teachers on best practices in biliteracy instruction.
  • Coordinate curriculum resources with district administrators, school administrators, and teachers for EL programming and Dual Language programming.
  • Observe and evaluate non-tenured teachers using the Danielson Framework for Teaching.

Adjunct Professor

Dominican University
08.2011 - Current
  • Instructor for graduate courses: Methods and Materials for Bilingual Classrooms, Methods and Materials for English Language Learning, Foundations of English Language Learning, Literacy for ELLs, Language and Culture
  • Redesign of online graduate course: Methods and Materials for Bilingual Classrooms

Dual Language Instructional Coach and English Learning/Bilingual Coordinator

East Maine School District 63
08.2014 - 07.2023
  • Instructional Coaching for all K-8 EL-endorsed staff: Bilingual & EL Resource, One-Way Dual Language, Self-Contained, Special Needs and General Education
  • Mentoring for new Dual Language teachers
  • ACCESS Coordinator and Administrator
  • Developed and facilitated professional development for teachers and administrators in program model transformation, Literacy Squared, new curriculum pilot and adoption, developing paired literacy units, Spanish Language Arts standards, WIDA ELD Standards, and many more.
  • Facilitated several grade level, dual language, school, and district level teams
  • Co-planned and co-facilitated Bilingual Parent Advisory Councils meetings
  • Summer School Principal: Extended School Year, English Learner, and Ready Set Kindergarten Programs; July 2017 & July 2021

Dual Language Specialist and Network 6 OLCE Specialist

Chicago Public Schools; Office of Language and Cultural Education
01.2013 - 06.2014
  • Developed and facilitated Professional Development Plan for Professional Learning Communities: 175+ Dual Language teachers, 12 Dual Language Lead Teachers, and 12 Dual Language Principals
  • Planned and facilitated Dual Language Leadership Teams to ensure continuous improvement of their school’s DL programs
  • Co-wrote grant to Chicago Community Trust for our Dual Language Professional Development Plan
  • Collaborated with content experts to develop the Interdisciplinary Latin and Latin American Studies Curriculum and introduced the curriculum to CPS community
  • Collaborated with Bilingual and English Learner Specialists to develop professional learning opportunities on instruction, assessment, policy, and curriculum
  • Collaborated with Bilingual Education and English Learner Specialists to develop CPS Action Plan for English Learners per specifications of the Illinois State Board of Education
  • Collaborated with Instructional Support Leaders and Specialists from the IRC to develop quality instructional units for ELs with CCSS and WIDA Standards
  • Collaborated with and provided technical assistance to Network 6 staff to ensure compliance and high-quality instruction for ELs.
  • Completed the CPS Dual Language Education Handbook (includes informational framework and toolkit of documents for implementation)
  • Collaborated with the Bilingual Parent Liaisons to facilitate Bilingual Parent Advisory Committee meetings.

Dual Language Program Facilitator

Schaumburg School District 54
08.2009 - 06.2010
  • Coordination of Dual Language Program Assessment/Evaluation-Data
  • Coordination and Presentation of Staff Development for Dual Teachers
  • Support the Seven Dual Language Schools (Elementary and Junior High) in the Implementation of the English/Spanish and English/Japanese Dual Programs
  • Support 30+ Dual Language Teachers in Scheduling, Curriculum, Lesson Planning, Language Allocation, Content, Assessments
  • Coordination of Dual Curriculum and Materials
  • Coordination of Dual Program Waitlist and Open Enrollment Fair
  • Support Prospective and Current Dual language Parents
  • Participate in district, school, and department level teams

Dual Language/ELL/Bilingual Teacher

Naperville Community School District 203
08.2008 - 06.2009
  • Third Grade Dual Language Self-contained classroom teacher; Beebe Elementary

Academic Director and Adult English Teacher

McLean Consultores
09.2005 - 06.2008
  • Conducted one and one and small group English classes to business executives
  • Hired, Trained, and Coached English teachers
  • Coordinated Student and Teacher class schedules
  • Developed corporate and individual English Program Goals and coordinated materials

English Program Consultant for Private School Pre-K-12

Colegio Carampangue

Program Coordinator

Chicago State University

Tutor/English/Spanish Teacher

Logan Square Neighborhood Association

Dual Language Teacher

Inter-American Magnet School, Chicago Public Schools

Elementary Teacher

Haugan Elementary School, Chicago Public Schools

Elementary Teacher

Riley Elementary School, Berkeley School District 87

Education

Educational Leadership program -

North Central College
Naperville, IL
06.2014

Master of Science in Bilingual/Bicultural Education - Special Education

Chicago State University
Chicago, IL
05.2002

Bachelor of Science in Education -

Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL
05.1994

Licensures

  • Illinois Standard Elementary Type 03 (K-9)
  • Illinois Administrator Certificate Type 75

Endorsements

  • Language Arts
  • Social Science
  • Spanish (Upper Elementary/Junior High)

Approval

Bilingual/ESL

Professional References

  • Erin Sterling, Director of Multilingual Services, East Maine School District 63, (847) 299-1900, esterling@emsd63.org
  • Barbara Marler, Former Director of Multilingual Services, Skokie School District 68, (847) 987-7208, barbaraemarler@gmail.com
  • Debra Vinci-Minogue, Associate Professor, Director of Teacher Development Programs, School of Education, Dominican University, (708) 524-6595, dminogue@dom.edu
  • Patricia Chow, Assistant Principal, Valley View Community Unit School District 365, (312) 403-0448, pchow@vvsd.org

Activities

  • Trained in Literacy Squared, Kathy Escamilla, et. al. through ISBE cohort, 2015.
  • Trained in The Art of Coaching and The Art of Coaching Teams, Elena Aguilar, 2020.
  • Trained in Student-Centered Coaching, Diane Sweeney, 2020.
  • Trained in Sheltered Instruction Operation Protocol (SIOP) Foundations & Train the Trainers, Center for Applied Linguistics, 2020-21.
  • Trained in BeGLAD: English course 2021, Spanish course 2022.
  • Trained in English Learners and Effective Multi-Tiered Systems of Support, CAL, 2022.
  • Trained in Illinois Performance Teacher Evaluation, West 40 ISC, 2023.

Timeline

Coordinator of English Learner Programming

Summit School District 104
08.2023 - Current

Dual Language Instructional Coach and English Learning/Bilingual Coordinator

East Maine School District 63
08.2014 - 07.2023

Dual Language Specialist and Network 6 OLCE Specialist

Chicago Public Schools; Office of Language and Cultural Education
01.2013 - 06.2014

Adjunct Professor

Dominican University
08.2011 - Current

Dual Language Program Facilitator

Schaumburg School District 54
08.2009 - 06.2010

Dual Language/ELL/Bilingual Teacher

Naperville Community School District 203
08.2008 - 06.2009

Academic Director and Adult English Teacher

McLean Consultores
09.2005 - 06.2008

English Program Consultant for Private School Pre-K-12

Colegio Carampangue

Program Coordinator

Chicago State University

Tutor/English/Spanish Teacher

Logan Square Neighborhood Association

Dual Language Teacher

Inter-American Magnet School, Chicago Public Schools

Elementary Teacher

Haugan Elementary School, Chicago Public Schools

Elementary Teacher

Riley Elementary School, Berkeley School District 87

Educational Leadership program -

North Central College

Master of Science in Bilingual/Bicultural Education - Special Education

Chicago State University

Bachelor of Science in Education -

Northern Illinois University

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