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Rosaline Fernández

Lawrence,NY

Summary

Student-focused world language and ESL teacher with hands-on instructional experience and multicultural knowledge. Demonstrated ability to adjust lesson plans and provide extracurricular individualized support, ensuring that all students can become proficient in Spanish and succeed in class. Actively engage students; incorporate fun activities to cultivate a well-disciplined and highly motivated learning environment. Skilled in motivating and mentoring students of all ages and learning levels.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

ESL Teacher in Adult Education

New York City Department Of Education, New York
02.2024 - Current
  • Developed activities and integrated technology to diversify instruction.
  • Developed and taught ESL curriculum to improve students' conversational abilities.
  • Educated over 32 students at a time in basics of Spanish grammar and conversational speaking.
  • Gave one-on-one attention to each student while maintaining overall focus on entire group.
  • Attended multiple workshops to learn about student motivation and engaging learning activities.
  • Modified curriculum plans with colleagues to meet changing student needs.
  • Supported more than 100 students holistically to achieve academic success.
  • Set weekly assessments to measure student progress and identify growth opportunities.
  • Encouraged all students to deepen knowledge with additional learning opportunities.

Foreign Language Teacher (Spanish)

NYC Department of Education
09.2018 - Current

Developed and implemented comprehensive lesson plans aligned to the NYS common core standards and the ACTFL standards to accommodate all levels of learners

  • Incorporate educational activities that engage students in meaningful learning experiences
  • Select and modify resources to meet student’s diverse needs
  • Integrate weekly multicultural units, and grammar resources to vary lessons and consolidate concepts
  • Offer extra help to groups of students to reinforce and review concepts, topics
  • Effectively selected appropriate teaching strategies based on individual developmental levels; provided one-on-one, as well as large and small group instruction
  • Run after school clubs such as cooking, tutoring and mentoring

Language Tutor (English & Spanish)

Private Tutor
09.2013 - Current
  • Assist students and adults in Spanish language acquisition by providing extra help, practice work and assessments at the beginner and intermediate levels
  • Design individualized strategies for students' skill levels to help them study
  • Tutor students in Spanish grammar, vocabulary, and writing skills

Culinary Instructor

Partnership with Children/Compass Program
10.2017 - 06.2022
  • Serve as a teacher and role model, teaching key skills and inspiring participants to cook healthy, inexpensive meals at home
  • Teach High school students the basics of food and kitchen safety, food preparation, and making healthy choices and substitutions when cooking
  • Choose recipes that demonstrate key nutrition, food budgeting, and food preparation lessons each week
  • Recipes provided by The Compass program or chefs can supply their own, provided they adhere to Compass’ criteria (healthy and low-cost)
  • Assign participants kitchen tasks, which allow each individual to gain hands-on practice and improve their cooking skills
  • Supervise participants in the kitchen, encouraging proper technique and gently correcting as needed
  • Facilitate class discussions on each cooking or food safety message, allowing participants to brainstorm how they might put new behaviors into action, discuss barriers to adopting new behaviors, and share ideas with their peers for overcoming barriers

Foreign Language Teacher (Spanish)

Rockaway Collegiate HS
09.2013 - 06.2018
  • Developed and implemented comprehensive lesson plans aligned to the NYS common core standards and the ACTFL standards to accommodate all levels of learners
  • Incorporate educational activities that engage students in meaningful learning experiences
  • Select and modify resources to meet student’s diverse needs
  • Integrate multicultural units, and grammar resources to vary lessons and consolidate concepts
  • Offer extra help to students to reinforce and review concepts, topics
  • Effectively selected appropriate teaching strategies based on individual developmental levels; provided one-on-one, as well as large and small group instruction
  • Run after school clubs such as cooking, tutoring and mentoring

Spanish Student Teacher (7-12)

Scholars Academy
01.2012 - 05.2012
  • Developed and implemented comprehensive lesson plans that accommodate all level of learners
  • Incorporated educational activities to engage students in meaningful learning experiences, modified resources to meet students’ diverse needs and Integrated multicultural units, and grammar worksheets to vary lessons and consolidate concepts
  • Extra help offered to students to ensure that each student could grasp the materials and become fluent in Spanish
  • Effectively selected appropriate teaching strategies based on individual developmental levels; provided one-on-one, as well as large and small group instruction

Education

Master of Science - English to Speakers of Other Languages

Touro College
New York, NY
08.2021

Bachelor - Spanish/Secondary Education

York College, the City University of New York
Jamaica, NY
02.2013

Associates - Liberal Arts & Science

Nassau Community College
Garden City, NY
05.2006

Skills

  • Fluent in written and verbal Spanish
  • Type 45 wpm
  • Strong organizational skills
  • Strong analytical skills
  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • All Windows operating systems
  • Microsoft Word
  • WordPerfect
  • Excel
  • PowerPoint
  • Publisher
  • Access
  • Classroom management

Completed Coursework

  • English to Speakers of other languages (CST 116)
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences Test (LAST)
  • Assessment of Teaching Skills- Written (ATS–W)
  • Spanish Content Specialty Tests (CST)
  • Certificate in School Violence Prevention and Intervention
  • Certificate in Identifying and Reporting Child Abuse and Neglect
  • Lessons plans in the format of the Backward Design, the eight stages of intelligence and five E’s Learning Cycle

Certification

  • Secondary Education Teaching License (New York) Department of Education.
  • Master of Arts in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (MATESOL) - Various accredited universities.
  • Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Certificate - TESOL International Association.

Languages

Spanish
Full Professional

Timeline

ESL Teacher in Adult Education

New York City Department Of Education, New York
02.2024 - Current

Foreign Language Teacher (Spanish)

NYC Department of Education
09.2018 - Current

Culinary Instructor

Partnership with Children/Compass Program
10.2017 - 06.2022

Language Tutor (English & Spanish)

Private Tutor
09.2013 - Current

Foreign Language Teacher (Spanish)

Rockaway Collegiate HS
09.2013 - 06.2018

Spanish Student Teacher (7-12)

Scholars Academy
01.2012 - 05.2012

Bachelor - Spanish/Secondary Education

York College, the City University of New York

Associates - Liberal Arts & Science

Nassau Community College
  • Secondary Education Teaching License (New York) Department of Education.
  • Master of Arts in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (MATESOL) - Various accredited universities.
  • Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Certificate - TESOL International Association.

Master of Science - English to Speakers of Other Languages

Touro College
Rosaline Fernández