Michelle Rodriguez
Lombard,IL
Summary
Multilingual Coordinator with valid Illinois teaching certificate with training, endorsements and demonstrated competency in language proficiency methodologies. Instructs students and manages behavior to facilitate educational strategies. Strong knowledge of curriculum and instruction to encourage digital-age work and student learning outcomes.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
English and Communications Instructor
ITT Technical Institute
08.2014 - 05.2015
- Developed and implemented lesson plans to fulfill requirements of district curriculum program and reflect accommodations and modifications for individual student needs.
- Planned and incorporated instructional and learning strategies, activities, materials, equipment and technology to exhibit understanding of student learning styles.
Multilingual Coordinator
Fenton High School
08.2006 - Current
- Help organize and create events for the Diversity Committee.
- Organize ACCESS state testing.
- Collaborate with counselors to create student schedules for multilingual students
- Work with the Multilingual Director for school grants
- Create new course courses including: Bilingual Spanish Literacy, Latino Studies, Summer Matters Newcomer Program, and EL Summer Bridge.
- Participate in workshops and in-service meetings to enhance personal growth and professional development for staff members.
- Evaluate operational practices and identify improvement opportunities to develop revisions for systems and procedures with other school coordinators and division leaders. (Serve as a member of ILTPlus that helps build and support school initiatives.)
- Develop teacher schedules with considerations of the growth of multilingual program.
- Collect and analyze data to prepare reports and presentations for district initiatives. Work with Data Specialist to update state data for the Multilingual department.
- Hire, manage, mentor staff, establish and monitor curriculum goals, and collaborate with division leader on performance reviews.
- Delegate tasks to multilingual support staff to support teachers and students.
- Oversee appointment scheduling and itinerary coordination for both clients and personnel. Collaborate with feeder districts for placements and course recommendations.
- Build highly-efficient administrative team through ongoing coaching and professional development opportunities.
- Organize PLC meetings for department and coordinate support systems for teachers, counselors, and support staff.
ESL/Bilingual Teacher
Fenton High School
08.2006 - Current
- Instruct the following list of courses: ESL 4, CARE 1, CARE 2, CARE 3, CARE 4, ESL/Bilingual Health, ESL/Bilingual Explorations in Algebra and Geometry, ESL Algebra 1, ESL/Bilingual Consumer Education, ESL Study Skills, English I, English 3 Survey, English 2 Plus, Academic Literacy II
- Collaborate in the restructuring of ESL 4 and CARE 4 including the curriculum introduction of textbook series for ESL 4 class and ESL program
- Establish current writing program following CER format with the English department.
Spanish Teacher
Willowridge High School
08.2005 - 05.2006
- Teach Spanish levels I and II
- Contribute in ARD meetings to examine and discuss IEPs
- Participate in District Assessment of Curriculum Committee for Spanish II
- Sponsor for Spanish Honor Society.
Education
Masters in Education - Curriculum and Instruction
Loyola University
Chicago, IL05.2008
Bachelor of Arts Degree in English - English with sequence in Education
Illinois State University
Normal, IL05.2005
Skills
- Interpersonal Communication
- Cross-Cultural Communication
- Curriculum Development
- Critical Thinking
- Leadership Development
- Instructional Design
Involvement At Fenton High School
- Serve as a proctor for the following school and state assessments: ACCESS, MAP, PARRC
- Case Manager for ESL 1, 2, 3 and 4
- Construct ESL Career Fair
- Volunteer for the ESL Homework Club
- Work with the Village of Bensenville in developing an adult ESL program for the community of Fenton High School.
- Help facilitate and attend Bilingual Parent Meeting during Curriculum Night
- Attend and present for Padres Unidos
- Collaborate in Tomlison Professional Development for English I restructure
- Active member of the Assessment Learning Team
- Contribute to Google classroom pilot that consisted of experimentation and familiarization of the different aspects of Google classroom.
- Actively participate in the formation of Newsela pilot including gathering data and report out class progress by using Newsela.
- Continuously participate in instructional coaching to assist with classroom instructions and techniques such as: Formulating a writing rubric for ELL students, Mastery Manager, and differentiation
- Initiate Google 1:1 Professional Development
- Google Presenter
- Help department members in transition with Google
- Early 1:1 adapter
- Serve on StamPD Committee
- Equity Committee Presenter/Facilitator
- Continuously participate and construct Teacher Institute Days
- Representative for department in the Discipline Committee
- Representative for department in the Resource Committee
- Establish the Freshmen Focus program for Bison Time
- Help design Senior Mentor program
- Participate in training for Robert J. Marzano instructional strategies. (Involved in the second year mentor program of incorporating Marzano strategies in the classroom.)
- Participate in C.R.I.S.S. (CReating Independence through Student-owned Strategies Project)
Timeline
English and Communications Instructor
ITT Technical Institute
08.2014 - 05.2015
Multilingual Coordinator
Fenton High School
08.2006 - Current
ESL/Bilingual Teacher
Fenton High School
08.2006 - Current
Spanish Teacher
Willowridge High School
08.2005 - 05.2006
Masters in Education - Curriculum and Instruction
Loyola University
Bachelor of Arts Degree in English - English with sequence in Education
Illinois State University
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