HUGO F SANDOVAL

Email: abpcqg@r.postjobfree.com

Address:

City: Lebanon

State: TN

Zip: 37087

Country: USA

Phone: 615-***-****

Skill Level: Any

Salary Range:

Primary Skills/Experience:

As a trained and experienced High School teacher and College instructor, I have developed skills in human communication and management strategies and bring enthusiasm and commitment to the task at hand. Additionally, I offer a wide array of skills in organizing, designing, and executing training and instructional plans. These skills and experiences are supported by my communication skills in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.

Educational Background:

High School Dipolma from Indiana University, Bloomington IN 1/2001 to 8/1972 (Instructional Systems Technology)

High School Dipolma from Indiana University, Bloomington IN 1/2001 to 10/2012

High School Dipolma from Valparaiso University, Bloomington IN 1/2001 to 10/2012

Job History / Details:

Summary

As a trained and experienced High School teacher and College instructor, I have developed skills in human communication and management strategies and bring enthusiasm and commitment to the task at hand.

Additionally, I offer a wide array of skills in organizing, designing, and executing training and instructional plans. These skills and experiences are supported by my communication skills in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.

Core Qualifications

TN Teaching License

Experience managing and interacting with persons with a wide variety of age, gender, socio-economic, intellectual, motivational, and achievement levels

Amenable co-worker and collaborator

Develop positive relationships and atmosphere

Computer proficiency in basic software

Promote positive attitude and achievement expectations

Speak, write, and read English, Spanish, and Portuguese

Eager and quick learner

Widely traveled in Brazil and Spanish-speaking countries, I have first hand experience with those cultures.

Licensed First Class Amateur Radio Operator

Achievements

2010 Rotary Foundation Paul Harris Fellow

Adjunct faculty in Instructional Technology and Spanish at Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, and Nashville State Technical Institute, Nashville.

Member, State of Tennessee Board of Visitors for accreditation of Teacher training programs as well as accreditation for the National Committee on Accreditation of Teacher Education, NCATE.

Reader on the State Textbook Selection Commission in Spanish, 1996.

PENCIL Foundation grantee from the Frist Foundation to study the uses of computers in teaching foreign languages at Brigham Young University, UT.

Member, research group Explorers of Tennessee on the uses of technology in education sponsored by Vanderbilt University and South Central Bell.

Trainee in teleconferencing by Vanderbilt University's Virtual School and Tennessee State University's project DIANE, Diversified Information Network.

Trained and certified by Norte' on IBDN (Integrated Building Data Network) design, engineering, and installation.

Trained The College Board as Pacesetter Spanish instructor.

College Board certified as Pacesetter Spanish instructor in Tennessee

Presenter at the Higher Education Instructional Technology Conference, at the Tennessee State Instructional Technology Conference, and at the National High Conference.

Instructor, consultant and lecturer on instructional technology in Brazil, Colombia, Panama, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and Venezuela.

Prepared Spanish teaching materials for the Me-Up Nashville Credit Recovery Program.

Professional Experience

August 2011 to May 2012

Cumberland University Lebanon, TN

Adjunct Spanish Instructor

Adjunct Spanish Instructor teaching Freshman to Senior students, Spanish 1 and Spanish 2.

August 2005 to May 2011

Cumberland University Lebanon, TN

Adjunct Spanish Instructor

I taught the required Spanish I and II courses to students from all areas and levels, including Medical Spanish.

June 2009 to July 2010

Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN

Non-degree seeking Spanish student

Student at Middle Tennessee State University to fulfill accreditation requirements.

Completed over 20 hours in Linguistics and Spanish.

I took classes on Brain Theories of Language Learning, Assessment and Evaluation of Language Learners, Spanish Literature and Culture, and Conversational Hebrew.

December 1987 to December 2005

Glencliff High School Nashville, TN

Teacher and Coach

Boys' Tennis Coach 1987-2005; Girls' Soccer Coach, 1991-2005

I taught Spanish levels 1, 2, and 3, including Pacesetter Spanish at Glencliff High School in Nashville, Tennessee.

Conducted faculty development workshops on the use of computers in instruction.

Participated both in committees and individually in several instructional technology projects.

Taught Spanish classes to members of the city Police and several local businesses.

Used technology in my own classroom.

Prepared with the Chef and instructor of the Culinary Arts Academy at Glencliff, multi-language CD ROMs to teach several areas in culinary arts.

The CDs are accompanied by pre- post-tests and hands-on exercises.

August 1985 to May 2005

Davidson County-Nashville Board of Education Nashville, TN

Spanish, Psychology, and Sociology Teacher

While my main areas were 9-12th grade Spanish and Psychology, I taught Sociology and, as an Computer Science Endorsed teacher, conducted computer workshops for teachers and students.

August 1983 to May 1986

Cumberland University Lebanon, TN

Professor of Education and Computer Laboratory Manager

Taught courses in General, Educational, Abnormal, Developmental, and Organizational Psychology.

Taught BASIC Programming, System Analysis and Design, Programming Logic, Introduction to Computers, and Introduction to Computers for Instruction.

Did community outreach in Lebanon and neighboring towns teaching introduction to computers and applications.

September 1981 to February 1982

Hospital Corporation of America HCA The Center f Nashville, TN

Training Manager

Designed, planned, and developed management training programs for hospital administrators and nurse managers.

5/1979 to 11/1981

Meharry Medical School, School of Medicine Nashville, TN

Consultant and Associate Professor of Psychiatry

Designed, developed and conducted faculty development workshops and school-wide activities to increase the use of technology in teaching.

These workshops were aimed at Basic Sciences faculty as well as to incoming students under a Federal Grant to improve minority participation in medicine.

June 1976 to July 1980

George Peabody College of Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN.

Associate Professor and Director Office of Educational Development

Taught graduate courses in the design, production, and utilization of media in instruction including small TV studio production, video and audiotapes, photography, film and other non-print media.

Directed and managed the College's instructional media center.

My functions included the selection, purchasing and maintenance of instructional equipment.

Organized faculty development activities to promote innovative instruction, including an annual Instructional Technology Conference .

March 1974 to April 1976

Florida State University Tallahassee, FL

Research Associate and Assistant Professor

Taught undergraduate and graduate courses on Instructional Technology.

Wrote proposals and conducted training workshops in foreign countries.

Included were local and abroad workshops for Iran, Panama, Colombia, Guatemala, the Dominican Republic and Brazil.

Taught in the Instructional Technology graduate program sponsored by the Organization of American States (OEA).

Taught and directed American and foreign graduate students.

Wrote in Spanish and translated from English to Spanish training materials on the use of technology in instruction.

Conducted faculty development activities with FSU faculty interested in using instructional technology.

August 1972 to February 1974

Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga Bucaramanga, Colombia. S.A.

Associate Professor and Director

Taught undergraduate and graduate courses on instructional media.

Designed and conducted faculty development workshops for university faculty.

Managed the six-person staff of the university's audiovisual center.

Responsible for the purchase and maintenance of all the audiovisual equipment.

Conducted citywide workshops for teachers and higher education faculty on the use of media in instruction.

February 1968 to May 1969

Ministry of Education Bogota, Colombia

National Coordinator of Teacher Training

Served as liaison between the Colombian Ministry of Education and the Presidents of Colombian Universities and Deans of Education in the creation from the ground up of the first seventeen Comprehensive Schools in Latin America.

Designed courses and seminars that for the first time introduced school administration and counseling in the Colombian teacher preparation programs.

Served as Colombian representative and administrator for projects and grants from UNICEF and the U.S. Agency for International Development.

December 1967 to March 1968

Colegio Americano Bogota, Colombia

Teacher and Assistant Principal

Taught Senior High School Philosophy and Psychology courses.

Assisted the principal on special projects such as library modernization and use of audiovisuals in instruction

I left to accept my job with the national government in a World Bank/USAID project to build seventeen Comprehensive High Schools.

Education and Training

1975 Indiana University Bloomington, IN

Ph.D. Instructional Systems Technology

Received the doctoral degree from the Graduate School in Instructional Systems Technology with minors in Comparative International Education, and Social Psychology.

1968 Indiana University Bloomington, IN

Master of Science Education

Received the Masters Degree in School Administration with a minor in Social Psychology

1967 Valparaiso University Valparaiso, IN

Bachelor of Arts Philosophy and Psychology

B. A. Degree in Philosophy with a minor in Psychology

Certifications

Tennessee teaching license in Spanish and Psychology valid until 2021

Amateur Radio Operator Licensee

Community Involvement

Partners of the Americas 26-year member. Current President for projects in Venezuela.

I have traveled to install, visit, and/or inspect water purification filter installations in several Central and South America countries.

I have participated in church missions in several Central and South American countries.

Member of the Wilson County Amateur Radio Club

Affiliations

1987 - Life member Tennessee Foreign Language Teaching Association Member. Past member of the Board of Directors.

1986 - Present Metro Nashville Education Association Member and Board of Directors ex-member.

1986 - Present Tennessee Education Association Member. I have served in several committees.

1986 - Present National Education Association member.

1972 - Present Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) member. I have served in several national committees and offices.

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