Nelson Valdivia

Accomplished Spanish Teacher with a proven track record at Lincoln School Providence, enhancing student engagement and cultural awareness through innovative lesson planning and individualized learning strategies. Skilled in technology integration and fostering a positive learning environment, I excel in boosting proficiency levels and collaboration among faculty. Demonstrates exceptional adaptability and communication, ensuring significant student progress and motivation. Bilingual Spanish Teacher experienced teaching both English and Spanish to foreign nationals. Nurtured students struggling to learn foreign language and tailored teaching to best enhance competency. Explained assignments in native language and explained concepts clearly. Spanish Native Speaker experienced in offering positive and nurturing learning environments to foster language development. Dedicated to assisting students in growing, developing and grasping cultural and contextual material. Familiar with group and individual language instructional strategies, recordkeeping and student safety policies. Passionate Teacher provides students with exceptional learning opportunities and support of educational endeavors. Skilled implementer of diverse instruction methods for cultivating fruitful learning environment for all. Positively motivates students with individual guidance and empathetic mentorship.

• RIFLA (Rhode Island for Languages Association)
• MABE (Multistate Association for Bilingual Education - Northeast
• ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages)
• RITELL (Rhode Island Teachers of English Language Learners)
• Coalition for a Multilingual RI

• Certified All Grades World Language Teacher, Grades PK - 12 Spanish. Rhode Island Department of Education. Certificate No: 70913

I want to be a teacher who contributes to society in a meaningful way, specifically, to make an impact by providing education as a tool to succeed, equally, my challenges are to build compassion in all students and willingness to change predetermined attitudes towards the diverse and complex demographic on today's inner-city student body, where I feel that I can be of most help.

I believe and practice the: learn, unlearn, relearn theory. This theory is a cycle of gaining and applying knowledge, discarding out-of-date information, and gaining new information that builds upon and updates the previous knowledge. It involves staying current in the world and reflecting on one's current opinions and beliefs to potentially revise them.

With this in mind, the final, and essential aspect of my teaching practice, forming a core element of my teaching philosophy is reflection. During the school year, I collect evidence through discussions with students, student emails, assessment results, and formal evaluations. I make time to analyze the data, reflect and evaluate the past academic quarters and then I have discussions about the curriculum, the module structure, and assessments with my colleagues, those who co-present the module, and if need be with colleagues in other modules. My goal for the future is to make every lesson plan better than the previous one, join my students in their critical thinking, learn through engagement with them, become more of a facilitator than a lecturer, and continue to learn, plan and develop effective curriculum, unit, and lesson design.