Teacher's Assistant/ Interpreter - December 2011 - May 2012 - San Bernardino, CA.
Interpreted in the San Bernardino County for Deaf children in the educational interpreting setting; worked to maintain communication in ASL and English and sometimes Spanish in the classroom; interpreted Math, History, English, and P.E. classes.
English Teaching - June 2008 – 2012 - Montclair, CA.
Taught a class of 15-25 seniors and 15-20 students of Kindergarten-12th grade sector, English as a second language from a Spanish speaking perspective; created my own lesson plan that targeted individual challenges to each student, implemented power points with lots of visual aids, used music, poetry, Walt Disney films, cartoons, anime, art, songs, conversations and theater to inspire a creative learning environment for each student no matter what age; encouraged students to read in English by using music lyrics for kids and magazines, newspapers, and for the seniors who had grandchildren, i created goals for them to achieve by first learning to read books to their grandchildren with an approved list i compiled; used a call and response method for teaching because it kept students excited, alert and happy to participate; also compiled oral and written tests for students that was different for each student's level
English Tutor - December 2008- 2012 - Los Angeles and San Bernardino County, CA
For a little over four years I have tutored all ages in American Sign Language and English; from infants and their parents, school age children, students with special needs, to college students. Taught ASL and English vocabulary, simple sentences, one-word communication for infants, then more complex paragraphs with proper ASL and English grammar and ASL stories.
French Tutor – 2009-2010 – Taught Online Using Skype
By referrals from students, I was able to tutor college students in elementary to intermediate French. It was all conversational practice for these students and I gave immediate feedback on pronunciation, verb tense accuracy, vocabulary and provided homework help in their current classes in French.
Site Coordinator July 2009 - July 2011- Rancho Cucamonga CA.
Have 2 years' experience as working in this leadership position, oversaw and managed 5 program staffers, worked within a budget, filed paperwork in line with our grant agreements (it was a non-profit organization that provided after school programs to culturally diverse communities and at risk youth),bought snacks bi-monthly, attended trainings, and created trainings for our literacy program alongside 2 other coordinators, created lesson plans, recruited instructors for our program in various after school activities, hosted family fun nights, fun raised, and got school partnership/support for our program, networked with schools and other programs to assist high school seniors with community service hours for graduation, met paperwork deadlines, kept supervisors aware of any issues and or successes, kept daily attendance logs and incident reports, made CPS calls, filed paperwork with CPS, mediated for conflicts with staffers, and secured an overall safe environment for our students from troubled areas; can provide references by means of two letters of recommendation from my former employer.
Options for Youth - High School, 2006 - 3.85 G.P.A., Honor Roll
Associates Degree (A.S.) in Sign Language Interpretation, 2011
