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Susan Di Donato

Indian Trail,NC

Summary

Organized and detail-oriented individual with proven ability to effectively manage and motivate student learning. Collaborates with fellow professionals to promote stimulating learning environment. Offers strong organizational and student engagement skills.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Substitute Teacher

Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools
08.2022 - Current
  • Uphold classroom routines to support student environments and maintain consistent schedules.
  • Repeatedly requested as substitute teacher by teachers based on excellent past referrals and trusted performance.
  • Follow classroom plans left by class teacher to continue student education and reinforce core concepts.
  • Monitored student performance and provided feedback to inform instruction.
  • Implemented classroom management techniques to maintain positive learning environment.
  • Maintain accurate and current attendance records and assignment sheets to maintain file compliance.

Spanish Teacher

South Mecklenburg High School
02.2022 - 06.2022
  • Taught a Spanish II and two Spanish I classes with 85 students total in grades 9-12.
  • Created teams in each class to promote positive interdependence and individual accountability.
  • Attended department meetings to collaborate with other teachers and plan student evaluations such as benchmarks.
  • Created and implemented engaging lesson plans that follow NC state and ACTFL guidelines to incorporate all learning modalities.
  • Developed and implemented instructional strategies, such as scaffolding, to meet diverse needs of students.
  • Provided positive reinforcement to help keep students on task, such as giving verbal and nonverbal praise while they worked and provided feedback to students after assessments prescribing actions for improvement.
  • Provided guidance and mentoring to students regarding academic, social and emotional issues.

Student Teacher

David W. Butler High School
01.2019 - 04.2020
  • Year-long Internship in a classroom with students in Spanish I and II in grades 9-12.
  • Collaborated with teacher in planning, preparing, organizing thematic units, and hosting live online sessions.
  • Developed lessons, exercises, and activities to encourage learning and retention of material.
  • Employed a variety of teaching techniques to meet the needs of visual, kinesthetic, and auditory learners to encourage all students to develop understanding of content knowledge.
  • Assisted teacher with assessing students and grading assignments; observed parent-teacher conferences.
  • Integrated digital instructional technologies in daily lessons.
  • Assisted with management of classroom rules, procedures and expectations to instill discipline and observance of conduct code.

Teacher Assistant/Secretary

Oaklawn Language Academy
08.2011 - 06.2012
  • Assisted with data entry of confidential records and files.
  • Responded to the needs and concerns of visitors and students in the front office.
  • Translated bi-weekly newsletter as well as other documents from English to Spanish.
  • Served as a substitute teacher and Spanish/English interpreter for parent/teacher conferences as needed.
  • Created and maintained bulletin boards in the teacher's work room.

Education

Bachelor of Arts in Spanish - Literature and Culture

University of North Carolina At Charlotte
Charlotte, United States
05.2020

Associate of Arts Degree -

Central Piedmont Community College
Charlotte, United States
12.2016

Skills

  • Canvas
  • MS Windows
  • Promethean board
  • Lesson Planning
  • Video Conferencing
  • Differentiated Instruction
  • Cultural Awareness
  • Student assessment
  • Group and individual instruction
  • Parent Communication

Certification

  • North Carolina Teaching License, Spanish K-12, ESL K-12, 07/2020
  • Hispanic Literary Studies, 05/2020
  • ACTFL OPI 12/2019

Languages

Spanish
Native or Bilingual
Italian
Professional Working

Timeline

Substitute Teacher

Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools
08.2022 - Current

Spanish Teacher

South Mecklenburg High School
02.2022 - 06.2022

Student Teacher

David W. Butler High School
01.2019 - 04.2020

Teacher Assistant/Secretary

Oaklawn Language Academy
08.2011 - 06.2012

Bachelor of Arts in Spanish - Literature and Culture

University of North Carolina At Charlotte

Associate of Arts Degree -

Central Piedmont Community College

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