Highlights:Foreign Languages teacher with effective communicative abilities and connoisseur of teaching strategies and organization of learning situations. Compromised with the acquisition of new knowledge and able to integrate and adapt it in different education environment. I possess a high sense of responsibility and commitment in the development of educational processes, seeking to encourage my students.

Skills:

Goal:Seeking a new and enriched teaching experience abroad and a Master in Teaching English as a second language where knowledge and skills will be further developed and utilized.

Certification:• ESL teacher volunteering at Esperanza Center in Baltimore, MD. • Ambassador of Colombian culture through Global Awareness program of Au pair in America, making oral presentation to girl Scouts of Rockledge Elementary School.

AU PAIR (nanny) 06/2013 - current
Kathy Lawley, Bowie, Maryland United States
Babysitter of 2 little girls (2 and 7 years old)
• Organize and manage children’s schedule. • Organized creative projects and provided arts and crafts activities for children. • Plan and implement activities for Spanish class. • Develop proper educational and outdoor activities with the children • Assist children with homework and assignments • Implementing every day routines--
Kindergarden English teacher 01/2011 - 06/2013
Liliana Cortes, Barranquilla, Atlantico Colombia
Kindergarden English teacher
• Classroom management • Planning, preparing and delivering lessons to a range of classes and age groups • Preparing and setting tests, examination papers, and exercises; • Marking and providing appropriate feedback on oral and written work; • Devising, writing and producing new materials, including audio and visual resources; • Organizing and getting involved in social and cultural activities such as sports competitions, school parties, dinners and excursions; • Attending and contributing to training sessions; • Preparing information for inspection visits and other quality assurance exercises; • Freelance teaching on a one-to-one basis; • Basic administration, such as keeping student registers and attendance records. • Organize and manage children’s activities in class. • Organized creative projects and provided arts and crafts activities for children.--
elementary English teacher 08/2011 - 12/2012
Fausta Quintero, Barranquilla, Atlantico Colombia
Elementary English teacher management of children between 7 and 10 years old.
• Classroom management • Planning, preparing and delivering lessons to a range of classes and age groups • Preparing and setting tests, examination papers, and exercises; • Marking and providing appropriate feedback on oral and written work; • Devising, writing and producing new materials, including audio and visual resources; • Organizing and getting involved in social and cultural activities such as sports competitions, school parties, dinners and excursions; • Attending and contributing to training sessions; • Preparing information for inspection visits and other quality assurance exercises; • Freelance teaching on a one-to-one basis; • Basic administration, such as keeping student registers and attendance records. • Organize and manage children’s activities in class. • Organized creative projects and provided arts and crafts activities for children.--

Universidad del Atlantico 08/2008 - 12/2013
Barranquilla, Atlantico, Colombia
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major:Teaching in foreign languages
Bachelor's degree in Teaching English and French

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