Teacher Training

PROFILE

. English as a Second language instructor with twenty years of

experience in education and professional training.

. Knowledge of ILR scale of language proficiency.

. Great experience applying teaching skills and methodologies in one-on-

one and large group classes.

. Excellent communicator who is both diplomatic and assertive in dealing

with different people and ethnic groups.

. Demonstrated expertise in supporting and advising students and

Feedback.

. works effectively with wide range of cultures and personalities.

EDUCATION/TRAINING

. Master's in Latin American Studies, American University.

. Certified Medical Interpreter.

. Certificate in Spanish Translation at American University.

. Master's Degree in the Teaching of English as a Foreign Language.

. Certificate American Field Service as a Visiting Teacher in Iowa, USA

. Bachelor's Degree in The Teaching of English as a Foreign Language,

Escuela Normal

Nacional Abraham Lincoln, Argentina.

LANGUAGE ABILITIES

Spanish (Native Speaker)

English (Near Native Speaker)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Multilingual Solutions, April 2013- Present

Spanish language Instructor

. Teach Spanish to US State Department diplomat using the ILR method.

Classes are one-on-one instruction.

. Use various material to support communicative language teaching

including text books, movies.

. Incorporate various technologies in the classroom.

Montgomery College, February 2008- Present

ESL Part-time Adjunct Faculty Member

. Teach Reading and Writing 2, Reading and Writing 3 Intermediate

Writing, Creative Writing, Reading and Writing 4, and Communication

Skills I, II, and III to metropolitan area adult ESL students at the

Rockville and Takoma Park Campuses.

. Work closely with American Sign Language interpreters to conduct class

to allow reading and discussion of topics. Teach Workplace English I,

II, and III, and Workplace Spanish on-site at area businesses. Develop

curricula, instruct, and assess students for all courses, on campus

and off. Provide facts in the areas of language, culture, & regional

awareness for the foreign language being taught.

. Employ various materials to support communicative language teaching

including text books, realia, and internet sources.

. Incorporate various technologies into the classroom for homework

assignments.

. Promote "Beyond the Classroom learning by motivating students to

participate in cultural activities and advising students about

different activities to practice language outside their classroom.

Accomplishments:

. 100% of students met or exceeded their final learning objectives when

tested at the end of their semester.

Lazos de Amistad, Washington, DC March 2003- Present

Spanish instructor/coordinator

. Teach Spanish at all levels. Develop foreign language curriculum as an

instructor/coordinator in a formal classroom setting to train other

instructors in the teaching field. Help instructors develop activities

to assess students in their oral competencies.

. Monitor instructors to ensure new techniques in the teaching of

foreign languages are used in the classroom.

. Train instructors to use various teaching methods to increase student

proficiency in written and oral foreign language proficiency.

. Monitor instructors to prepare free-discussion activities so that

students have a clear and concrete stimulus to get started and keep

going.

. Provide written feedback to faculty related to their performance.

. Provide facts in the areas of language, culture, & regional awareness

for the foreign language being taught.

. Develop instructional guides and course assessment materials to

include new subject matter materials.

. Teach cultural subjects such as: traditions, family, values, beliefs,

customs, and ethnic characteristics of a foreign region to enhance

foreign language teaching.

. Conduct classroom observations and provide feedback to identify

improvement needs for faculty.

. Review and revise existing curricula to incorporate new or current

subject matter material.

. Assess the oral competencies of foreign language students.

. Plan and complete projects to ensure operational success.

. Conduct foreign language teacher education needs assessments.

. Design and/or develop foreign language teacher education courses.

. Review and analyze foreign language teacher education curriculum to

ensure it meets program objectives.

. Facilitate foreign language faculty development courses to ensure the

use of current training techniques.

. Facilitate instructional technology courses for foreign language

teachers using face-to face formats.

. Develop instructional guides for foreign language teacher education

courses.

. Adapt and tailor existing teacher education course materials to meet

the needs of faculty.

. Research and implement emerging technologies in foreign language and

teacher education.

. Integrate current technology into teacher education courses and

workshops.

. Use current available software for the development of authentic

foreign learning materials.

. Use face-to-face blended formats to design and develop foreign

language teacher education courses.

. Integrate current and emerging technologies into existing courses to

ensure appropriate materials are being

. Utilized.

. Develop instructional guides for foreign language teacher education

courses.

. Perform diagnostic assessment to develop academic plans for the

improvement of student language proficiencies.

. Evaluate culture curriculum effectiveness of language

material.

. Ensures their integration into a mission-responsive and

effective language.

. Coordinate the appropriateness of material used by

individual instructors for course requirement satisfaction.

. Provide career development al assistance through mentoring

of faculty members.

. Coordinate with CE Academic Support Center to identify

student strength and weaknesses.

. As a translator: in charge of editing different types of

translated documents into Spanish.

Permanent Mission of Argentina to the Organization of American States

March 2003- March 2008

Executive Assistant to the Ambassador

. Responsible for planning of Ambassador's daily agenda

including individual visits.

. Main Contact for OAS related visits of high ranked

government officials, including Minister of Foreign Affairs and

his delegation.

. Briefed the Ambassador on items of importance and ensured

that he was current and well-prepared with materials in advance

of meetings or engagements.

. Effectively managed extremely complex calendars, made all

travel arrangements and created transport schedules.

. Ensured that all security clearances were in place for

visiting protection officers, diplomatic over flight clearance,

and port clearance for VIPs.

. Maintained 24/7 availability to Ambassador at all times.

Freelance Consecutive Interpreter

Embassy of Canada, Washington DC (Royal Mounted Canadian Police)

2007- Present

. Deposition crime against humanity

Medical Interpreter for Georgetown University Hospital 2007-

Present

. Provide interpretation from Spanish to English to Hispanics patients

George Washington University (Legal Clinic) 2008-Present

. Immigration issues- Deposition

Icon Linguistics 2010-Present

. Deposition Social Security Fraud

. Freelance Interpretation for DC government Depositions

2010- Present

Freelance Interpretation for Planet Depot Depositions

2011- Present

Freelance Interpretation for Language Innovation 2011-

Present

. Various topics including immigration, pre-court cases, depositions,

. Consecutive interpretation on Energy issues & Safety Instructions and

Regulations.

. Voiceover services

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Public Television (MPT), Owings Mills, DC February 2006- July

2006

Bi-lingual Producer & Editor

. Served as the Bi-lingual Producer and Editor for the MPT show, Motor

Week.

The Centech Group, Washington, DC February 2002-2006

Translator

. Provided translation, proof reading and editing of

100,000+ word document for the Department of Homeland Security

System.

SED Center, Washington, DC September 2001- December 2007

English as a Second Language Instructor

. In charge of providing oral feedback as well as written to students in

regards their performances.

. Monitored instructors to ensure new techniques in the teaching of

foreign languages were used in the classroom.

. Requested by the SED Center to train instructors to use various

teaching methods to increase student proficiency in written and oral

foreign language proficiency as well as monitored instructors to

ensure new techniques in the teaching of ESL courses were used in the

classroom.

. Analyzed and revised curriculum before meeting with other instructors

to ensure that the ESL language course material met program

objectives.

. Prepared written material for supplemental course materials and

coordinated work efforts among other faculty members.

Present National Geographic Society, Washington, DC September

2002- Present

Translation Coordinator

. Assist Translation Department in overseeing translation approvals for

various international channels.

. General Belgrano Cruiser Documentary by National Geographic Society,

Washington, DC, 2002-2003

. Coordinated and supervised all transcriptions and translations from

Spanish to English

General Belgrano Cruiser Documentary.

. As part of the Translations Department with the National Geographic

Society, I am responsible for proofreading and editing television

scripts that have been translated from English into Spanish for

broadcast in Latin America and Spain. This job requires the highest

level of proficiency in both Spanish and English across an extremely

wide range of topics. I have also completed translations projects of

varying nature, from video games to legal documents.

. Responsible for proofreading and editing television scripts that have

been translated from English into Spanish for broadcast in Latin

America and Spain. I have also completed translations projects of

varying nature, from video games to legal documents and projects

dealing with sensitive information

CULTURAL QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE

Being a native speaker of the language has allowed me to carefully

integrate the teaching of culture in my foreign language instruction

classroom. Since its carefully incorporated into my lesson plans, helps

enrich and inform the teaching content of the foreign language, Spanish, in

my case. By incorporating authentic sources that suits the age and language

proficiency level from the native community, it helps to engage students in

authentic cultural experiences. Some of my cultural activities include

integrating role-plays to establish the culturally appropriate form of

addressing it. Cultural contextualization by introducing objects that

belong to the particular culture is an effective way to enable students to

function effectively in another language and society. My extensive

experience has taught me that students are successful in speaking a second

language only if cultural issues occupy an inherent part of the curriculum.

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OTHER QUALIFICATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL SKILLS SETS

. MS Office (Word, Excel, Power Point, and Access)

. HTML

. Social Media

. Numerous Seminars and Training Courses in English Language and Methods

of teaching.

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TRAVEL TO ARGENTINA/SPAIN

. Born and raised in Argentina. Travel to Argentina and other Spanish

speaking countries two or three times a year.

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