YENNY LUGO

I provide site-based, technical assistance to administrators, faculty, and staff to support effective implementation of the ACPS Dual Language Program.

• Coaching of dual language teachers to support implementation of adopted instructional approaches and best practices (i.e., Project GLAD, biliteracy model), including the modeling, co-planning, and co-teaching of instruction, as well as the mentoring of new dual language teachers.
• Collaborative facilitation of Biliteracy Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) for elementary school dual language teachers.
• Development and delivery professional learning to support program priorities and site-based needs.
• Planning and support of the administration of site-based dual language assessments (i.e., Spanish enrollment testing for transfer students, the STAMP).
• Participation in site-based master scheduling to optimize dual language student outcomes.
• Participation in committee work and decision-making related to dual language implementation in elementary school.
• Development of collegial relationships that support implementation of the vision, priorities, and goals of the Dual Language Program.
• Engagement in the planning and supervision of dual language curriculum writing and revision.

Plan

• Co-plans instructional units and lessons, and develops resources aligned to the dual language curriculum framework and division goals.
• Co-creates and co-adapts assessments to evaluate student learning and support academic excellence in the dual language program.
• Plans ongoing professional learning that aligns with school, dual language program, and division goals.
• Prepares structures and resources needed for ongoing professional learning.
• Gathers, analyzes, and interprets dual language data and collaborates with teachers to guide instruction.

Teach

• Provides embedded professional learning opportunities through various coaching models; co-teaches with a gradual release of responsibility; and provides effective feedback and follow-up.
• Builds dual language teachers’ capacity to utilize research-based instructional strategies that meet the needs of diverse dual language students (i.e., students with IEPs, language learners, gifted students, etc.).
• Supports implementation of professional learning for dual language teachers and administrators in understanding the dual language curriculum framework, program, assessments, data analysis, and other areas of focus.
• Guides dual language staff in selecting, analyzing, and interpreting multiple sources of data to improve instructional planning and delivery.

Assess

• Conducts non-evaluative walk-throughs and provides data-based, descriptive, and constructive feedback that facilitates teacher reflection and growth.
• Collects, analyzes, and uses data to support improvement of teacher practice, and to evaluate its impact on student achievement.

Adjust

• Participates in ongoing professional learning with division initiatives and foundational coaching essentials, including, but not limited to: division procedures protocols, division curriculum and assessments, pedagogy, professional learning communities, equity, and data literacy.
• Engages in self-reflection on the impact of coaching activities on teacher practices and student achievement data.

• 2022/2023 Summer Curriculum Work- Adelante Benchmark Units: Created Spanish Language Arts Curriculum K-5

• Created Spanish Language Arts Phonic Assessments K-2
• Created 70:30 Lesson plan K-2.

• Taught first and second grade in a Dual Language Program (English-Spanish)
• Guided the learning process toward the achievement of curriculum goals and established clear objectives for all lessons, units, projects, and the like to communicate these objectives to students.

• Developed innovative SSL and ESL curriculum to instruct individual students, small groups, and classes of 15+ students
• Identified student's individualism and developed curriculum to accommodate different learning styles, maximizing student comprehension
• Provided instruction of Social Studies to grades 3-12.

• Instructed non-speaker adults to understanding and carrying on basic conversations.

• Instructed and prepared lesson plans using the target language according to the New Jersey State Standards and East Orange World Language Core Curriculum Content Standards.

• Taught first grade at Escuela de las Americas-Escuela de las Americas is an American-International school located in Venezuela accredited by SACS.

• Provided ESL and Spanish instruction as a second language
• Created and designed my own materials including stimulating vocabulary activities such as games and songs.

• Taught Spanish as a second language to grades K-12th.