Rocio Garcia
Summary
Experienced educator and leader with strong focus on fostering collaborative environments and driving student success. Skilled in curriculum development, staff mentoring, and conflict resolution. Known for adaptability, reliability, and commitment to meeting evolving needs of both students and faculty. Equipped to make significant impact through effective team management and strategic planning.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Grade/Team Leader
NYC Department of Education
09.2023 - Current
- Led team meetings to align goals and improve communication among staff.
- Develop plans and modify curriculums to provide culturally relevant material and content.
- Developed training materials to enhance staff knowledge and performance.
- Attend Professional Development that supports school goals and vision.
- Mentored junior team members, fostering professional development and growth.
Teacher Mentor
NYC DOE
09.2020 - Current
- Lead mentorship for new bilingual educators by analyzing student work, guiding data-driven inquiry protocols, and co-developing instructional action plans.
- Observe and provide feedback on home language and ENL-integrated lessons to strengthen instructional rigor and language acquisition outcomes.
- Design and facilitate weekly coaching sessions, modeling high-impact strategies and fostering reflective teaching practices.
- Contributed to improved multilingual learner performance data
- Collaborated with administration to align bilingual and ENL instruction
- Developed instructional resources for bilingual programming.
Teacher
NYC Department of Education
09.2011 - Current
- Designed and implemented engaging lesson plans aligned with curriculum standards.
- Facilitated classroom discussions to enhance student participation and critical thinking skills.
- Design and deliver culturally relevant lessons to cultivate engagement and mastery among multilingual learners.
- Implement data-informed instruction based on formal and informal assessments to advance student achievement.
- Integrate social-emotional learning (SEL) curriculum to support student well-being and self-regulation.
- Maintain consistent communication with families and school staff to collaborate and support students’ academic and social-emotional development.
Bilingual Facilitator
NYC DOE: NYC STEP Program
09.2018 - 01.2024
- Lead mentorship and professional learning for aspiring and new bilingual educators, facilitating coaching cycles that include student work analysis, data-driven inquiry protocols, and targeted instructional planning.
- Conduct classroom observations to identify, model, and elevate best practices in bilingual education, home language instruction, and ENL-integrated strategies.
- Design and facilitate virtual and in-person professional development sessions aligned to NYC DOE bilingual education initiatives and language acquisition frameworks.
- Advocate for equitable instructional practices for multilingual learners across content areas.
Education
M.S. Ed - Educational Leadership SBL/SDL (CLASS Track) w/ A Special Leadership Focus for Multilingual Learners
Hunter College, CUNY
New York, NY06-2023
M.S. - Early Childhood Education w. Bilingual Extension
Lehman College, CUNY
Bronx, NY06-2011
Skills
- Passionate, reflective, and collaborative educator with a positive impact on student learning
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with a commitment to diversity and equity in education
- Proficient in the use of technology, ability to analyze data, identify trends and implement plans to address data
- Knowledge of the educational needs of English Language Learners
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Problem-solving
- Attention to detail
- Team motivation
- Work Planning and Prioritization
- Coaching and mentoring
- Goal setting
- Mentoring
- Leading team meetings
- Coaching
- SMART goals
Current Teams
School Culture Team, Bilingual Team, Math and ELA Team, School Leadership Team, Inquiry Team, SEL/BrainPower Team
Languages
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Grade/Team Leader
NYC Department of Education
09.2023 - Current
Teacher Mentor
NYC DOE
09.2020 - Current
Bilingual Facilitator
NYC DOE: NYC STEP Program
09.2018 - 01.2024
Teacher
NYC Department of Education
09.2011 - Current
M.S. - Early Childhood Education w. Bilingual Extension
Lehman College, CUNY
M.S. Ed - Educational Leadership SBL/SDL (CLASS Track) w/ A Special Leadership Focus for Multilingual Learners
Hunter College, CUNY