María Josefina Ferrari Risler
Rodriguez Peña ****, Home: 01154911 44495117
Buenos Aires, Argentina Email: ***********@*******.***
Objective
A rewarding position teaching Spanish and Portuguese classes.
Summary of Qualifications
Accomplished teacher with eighteen years in education.
Firm, positive leader with excellent rapport among faculty, administration, students and parents; hardworking and dedicated role model, knowledgeable in all subjects’ areas.
Skilled in selecting and adapting best teaching materials for classroom use, with unique mix of experience and knowledge to help students be attentive and life-long active learners.
Developer of multisensory lessons plans that increase student performance and love of learning. Able to bring student lesson subjects to real-life situations.
Personable and empathetic, with great sense of humor and ability to bring out the best in others.
Professional Experience
Lingua Brasil, Director 2006 – Present
Teaching Spanish and Portuguese to a whole - group, small groups or individually.
Collaborate with fellows teachers to share ideas and solutions as well as to train teacher aid in classroom management skills; plan and supervise.
Design and implement curriculum and multisensory lesson plans for all subject areas and technology; assess student development; participation in evaluations.
Recruit and select teachers for different positions.
Training and Organizational Development.
Preparing special booklets.
Teaching Portuguese and Spanish in different companies.
IBL, Corporate Coordinator and Portuguese Teacher 2004 – 2006
Collaborate with fellows teachers to share ideas and solutions as well as to train teacher aid in classroom management skills; plan and supervise.
Taught Portuguese in different companies.
Contemporary Studies, Portuguese Teacher 2004 – 2005
Taught Portuguese in different companies.
Universidad de Buenos Aires, Portuguese Teacher 2003 – 2005
Taught Portuguese classes.
Developed supplemental lesson activities using technology to enhance the course curriculum.
Provided tutoring to students with learning difficulties.
Lexis, Portuguese Teacher 2003 – 2004
Taught Portuguese in different companies.
Worldwide Language Services (USA), 2000 – 2003
Spanish and Portuguese Teacher
Taught Spanish and Portuguese to a whole - group, small groups or individually.
Inlingua (USA), Spanish and Portuguese Teacher 2000 – 2002
Taught Spanish and Portuguese in different companies.
Vista Languages (USA), Portuguese and Spanish Teacher 2000 – 2002
Taught Spanish and Portuguese in different companies.
Escuelas Lincoln, Portuguese Teacher 1999 – 2000
Taught Portuguese classes.
Developed supplemental lesson activities using technology to enhance the course curriculum.
Lexis, Portuguese Teacher 1998 – 2000
Taught Portuguese in different companies.
Education
Spanish Teacher, Buenos Aires 2005 - 2008
Portuguese Teacher, FUNCEB ( Buenos Aires) 1997 – 2000
Administration Studies, UADE (Buenos Aires) 1994 – 1997
Languages
Spanish
Portuguese
English
French
Professional Workshops
“Strategies for Teaching Spanish and Portuguese Language Learners in Content
Classes.”
“ Reading/Writing for Multilingual Students”.
III Congreso Internacional Transformaciones culturales: Debates de la Teoría, la Crítica y la Lingüística,
Management Educational
Coordinating Successfully I, II
Congress for Teachers of PLE and ELE