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Tatiana Nardy Pimentel

French Teacher
Edison,NJ

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
13
13
years of post-secondary education

Work History

French Teacher

Self Employed
10.2017 - Current
  • Plans student learning and individual achievements based on long and short-term goals, and program objectives.
  • Utilized various teaching strategies to accommodate diverse learning styles and needs within the classroom.
  • Facilitates learning for all students using a variety of instructional methods, resources, and technological tools.
  • Development of new strategies on how to learn remote via online classes.
  • Communicated with students in French to foster oral proficiency.
  • Created reading lists with materials to promote student comprehension of written French.

French Kindergarten Lead Teacher

Tessa International School
08.2018 - 06.2019
  • Developed and implemented a full French curriculum that meets the school's mission and goals.
  • Responsible for ensuring that the school would become a member of the Mission Laïque Française.
  • Developed knowledge and skills essential to effectively teach students in the kindergarten.
  • Communicated and collaborated with peers in English, French and Spanish, sharing student work, methodologies and strategies, as well as coordinating lesson topics with other teachers in order to create a coherent curricular design that would achieved the overall purposes of the bilingual school program.
  • Responsible for the lesson plans, unit planners and biweekly planners of the French kindergarten class.
  • Managed the classroom in a positive manner and kept students on task.
  • Attended, participated, and facilitated team meetings and professional development.
  • Organized trips for students.
  • Selected and requisitioned books, instructional materials, equipment, aids, and maintained required inventory records.
  • Created assessments, executed them and corrected them. Developed new strategies on how to learn basing on the child’s needs and assessments.
  • Evaluated student progress on a regular basis and prepared progress reports in English and French.

French Teacher

Private French Lessons and Home Tutoring
01.2007 - 08.2016
  • Taught French to children, teenagers and adults (all levels) using a variety of instructional methods, resources, and technological tools.
  • Helped students with homework and test.
  • Prepared students for DELF, DALF, TCF and other tests.

French Teacher Substitute and Portuguese Teacher

Lycée Français François Mitterand
09.2015 - 06.2016
  • Taught French and Portuguese to Brazilian and foreign students (Preschool, Elementary and High School).
  • Gave reinforcement classes for foreign students (High School).
  • Development of new strategies on how the foreign students would respect the Brazilian culture and language.
  • Developed and implemented a Portuguese curriculum that meets the school's mission and goals with the responsible for the Portuguese course.
  • Helped organizing trips for students with other teachers and parents.
  • Communicated and collaborated with peers in French and Portuguese, sharing student work, methodologies and strategies, as well as creating lesson topics with other teachers in order to create a coherent curricular design that achieves the overall purposes of the bilingual school program.
  • Planned student learning and individual achievements based on long and short-term goals, and program objectives.
  • Facilitated learning for all students using a variety of instructional methods, resources, and technological tools.
  • Evaluated student progress on a regular basis and prepared progress reports in Portuguese and French.
  • Responsible for different performances.
  • Elaborated and corrected tests.

French Teacher

Brasília University (UnB Idiomas)
01.2015 - 01.2016
  • Taught French to Brazilian students (some from the UnB) using a variety of instructional methods, resources, and technological tools.
  • Elaborated advanced tests.
  • Interns observed classes in order to learn how to teach.
  • Communicates and collaborates with peers in French and Portuguese.

French Teacher and Smartboard Coordinator

Alliance Française De Brasilia
08.2009 - 06.2015
  • Taught French to children, teenagers and adults (all levels) using a variety of instructional methods, resources, and technological tools.
  • Gave private classes.
  • Substituted absent teachers.
  • Interns observed classes in order to learn how to teach.
  • Participated and gave trainings for teachers helping teachers to improve their teaching skills.
  • Communicated and collaborated with peers in French and Portuguese.
  • Collaborated on the development of different curriculum for different levels and ages.
  • Developed and implemented a full French curriculum (with other 2 teachers) that meets the school's mission and goals for the new children course.
  • Collaborated and elaborated all tests levels.
  • Participated and collaborated on the choice of different methods and worked with them.
  • As a certified examiner and scorer, corrected and participated as jury to DELF/DALF exams and to TCF.
  • Collaborated with the TBI team on creating new activities regarding events and the curriculum.
  • Coordinator of TBI – Interactive Whiteboard (01/2011 – 06/2013).

French Teacher

Wizard Brasilia
03.2006 - 06.2008
  • Taught French to Brazilian students (teenagers and adults) using the Wizard method.
  • Wrote reports cards in French and Portuguese.
  • Corrected tests.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - French Language And Its Respective Literatures

Universidade De Brasilia
Brasilia, Brazil
06.2011 - 12.2015

Bachelor of Arts - Advertising And Marketing

Centro Universitario IESB
Brasilia, Brazil
07.2003 - 12.2007

Specialization - Portuguese As Heritage Language - PHL

Brasil Em Mente
New York, NY
01.2019 - 07.2020

High School Diploma -

Lycée Français François Mitterrand – Baccalauréat
Brasilia, Brazil
07.2000 - 06.2003

No Degree - Comprehensive English Program

New York University
New York, NY
05-2017

No Degree - Comprehensive English Program

Hunter College
New York, NY
04-2018

Skills

  • Technology knowledge: Interactive Whiteboard, Word, Power Point, Internet, Photoshop, Corel 12 and Illustrator Enjoys self-learning and reading
  • Presentation skills: Capable of turning complex concepts into easy to understand
  • Communication skills: Excellent communicator, focused on teaching, listening and understanding students’ needs, able to understand and be understood
  • Did several NLP (Neuro Linguistics Programming) courses to increase communications capabilities
  • Empathy with students and coworkers (Teamwork)
  • Multi-cultural experiences, due to her father’s career, lived in Brussels (Belgium) for 3 years; in Bogota (Colombia) for 3 years; in Washington DC (USA) for 6 months Elementary School and High School attended in French schools in Belgium, Colombia and Brazil

Accomplishments

  • Wrote a book for the course Academic Skills at Hunter College (2018).
  • Coursed Real Life English (Crossing borders) at NYU (Fall 2016). Under the guidance of an ALI instructor and a highly-experienced elementary-school teacher, worked with young native speakers at an elementary school on E. 3rd Street.

Certification

  • Advanced French (DALF) - C1 and C2.
  • Certificate of Pro FLE (French Foreign Language) – CNED.
  • Certificate of “trainer of trainers” of DALF and DELF, examiner and scorer of DALF, DELF and TCF - Brasilia.
  • Certificate of Practitioner in NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming)
  • Certificate of French-Portuguese-French Translation.

Languages

Portuguese
Native or Bilingual
French
Native or Bilingual
English
Full Professional
Spanish
Full Professional

Summary

Tatiana Nardy is a highly qualified and experienced French language educator with over 15 years of teaching experience across various educational settings. Born in Brazil and fluent in Portuguese, French, English, and Spanish, she brings a multicultural perspective to her work. Tatiana holds a degree in French Language and Literature from the Universidade de Brasília, where she graduated cum laude.

Tatiana's professional background is complemented by her ongoing commitment to professional development, as evidenced by her participation in numerous training programs, seminars, and conferences. Her skills in technology, presentation, communication, and empathy make her a versatile and effective educator capable of creating engaging and inclusive learning environments.

Timeline

Specialization - Portuguese As Heritage Language - PHL

Brasil Em Mente
01.2019 - 07.2020

French Kindergarten Lead Teacher

Tessa International School
08.2018 - 06.2019

French Teacher

Self Employed
10.2017 - Current

French Teacher Substitute and Portuguese Teacher

Lycée Français François Mitterand
09.2015 - 06.2016

French Teacher

Brasília University (UnB Idiomas)
01.2015 - 01.2016

Bachelor of Arts - French Language And Its Respective Literatures

Universidade De Brasilia
06.2011 - 12.2015

French Teacher and Smartboard Coordinator

Alliance Française De Brasilia
08.2009 - 06.2015

French Teacher

Private French Lessons and Home Tutoring
01.2007 - 08.2016

French Teacher

Wizard Brasilia
03.2006 - 06.2008

Bachelor of Arts - Advertising And Marketing

Centro Universitario IESB
07.2003 - 12.2007

High School Diploma -

Lycée Français François Mitterrand – Baccalauréat
07.2000 - 06.2003

No Degree - Comprehensive English Program

New York University

No Degree - Comprehensive English Program

Hunter College
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