Second Language M A

AMERICA BARCELO FELDMAN

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OBJECTIVE

To obtain a position as a second language (Spanish) instructor in university, community college, tutoring service and corporations.

EDUCATION

M.A. SPANISH ARTS May 2013

California State University, San Marcos

B.A. JOURNALISM AND COMMUNICATIONS / 1987-May 1992

TEACHER CERTIFICATION May-August 1992

U.N.A.M . (National Autonomous University of Mexico) Campus Acatlan, Mexico

Thesis Presentation and Final Professional Defense (Award Honorific Mention) October 1996

A.A. ENGLISH ARTS August 2005-Dec. 2008

Palomar College, San Marcos. Focus in American and British Literature and English Creative Writing and Reading. Commencement Ceremony May 2009.

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE JOURBALISM AND COMMUNCIATION

“SOL DE YAKIMA”, WASHINGTON STATE January 2016-Current

FREELANCE REPORTER. Duties include research and writing feature articles for a bilingual newspaper. Conducting phone interviews with organizations, persons and government representatives to inquire information that be beneficial to the Hispanic Community in Yakima Valley County in Washington State.

“UNION TRIBUNE / HOY SAN DIEGO”, SAN DIEGO CA Junuary 2015-Current

FREELANCE REPORTER. Duties include research and writing feature articles for a bilingual newspaper. Covering events and issues pertaining to San Diego County Hispanic Community.

“ENLACE”, SAN DIEGO CA September 2011-DEC 2014

FREELANCE REPORTER. Duties include research and writing feature articles for a bilingual newspaper. Covering events and issues pertaining to San Diego County Hispanic Community.

UNIRADIO SAN DIEGO/ LA PODEROSA 860AM Oct. 2013-Feb 2015

RADIO HOST: Talk radio co-anchor, news reporter, producer “Voces Hispanas” ( Live daily broadcasting.)

"EL LATINO NEWSPAPER", SAN DIEGO 2003-2004, 2009 -2011

REPORTER/ EDITOR ASSISTANT. Duties included research, writing and editing feature articles for a bilingual newspaper. Covered numerous events and issues related to San Diego County Hispanic Community.

"SEMANARIO", SAN DIEGO NORTH COUNTY 2004-2005, 2011-2014

FREELANCE REPORTER. Duties include research and writing feature articles for a bilingual newspaper. Covering events and issues pertaining to San Diego County Hispanic Community.

MEDIA ARTS CENTER- SAN DIEGO LATIN FILM FESTIVAL March 2009-2013

MEDIA COORDINATOR. Duties: Attending media requests and coordinating special events prior, during, and post festival. Daily writing of promotional media advisories and organizing media conferences, plus facilitating individual interviews with well recognized cinema figures.

"DIARIO SAN DIEGO" CHULA VISTA 2005–2007, Feb.-Oct. 2008

REPORTER / ASSOCIATE EDITOR. Duties included research and writing feature articles for newly established Hispanic newspaper. Investigative journalism and reporting. Covered various events related to San Diego County Hispanic Community.

KBNT-UNIVISION CHANNEL 17, SAN DIEGO 2007-2008

FIELD PRODUCER / ASSIGNMENTS. Duties included researching and writing news features for events at local TV News production.

PALOMAR COLLEGE 2005-20013

PUBLICITY COORDINATOR:Multicultural Studies Events Publicity Coordinator

UNIRADIO, RADIO HISPANA SAN DIEGO. 2006-2007

TALK RADIO HOST & NEWS ANCHOR “EN VOZ ALTA” (DIARIO SAN DIEGO RADIO BROADCASTING.)

"LA PRENSA", SAN DIEGO 2002-2005; 2008-2009

FREELANCE WRITER. Duties included research and writing feature articles for a specialty bilingual newspaper. Covered events and issues related to San Diego County Hispanic Community.

"IMPACTO INTERNACIONAL", ESCONDIDO May 2000 Dec. 2002

EDITOR /DESIGNER. Duties of editing, writing and marketing. Helped extensively with other responsibilities such as customer service, ad sales, accounting, graphic design, and supervision of newspaper personnel.

WARNER CHAPPELL MUSIC, (MEXICO) Oct. 1999 - March 2000

ASSISTANT MANAGER. Personnel supervision. Coordinated usage of music rights with major media networks; the programming and recording at music studios; desktop publishing, copywriting and public relations.

"COMISION ESTATAL DE AGUA", MEXICO June 1987- Feb. 1992

NEWS ANALYST ASSISTANT. Reporting and daily quality assurance monitoring of newspaper.

"ACCENTO POLITICO" MAGAZINE, MEXICO July 1988 - August 1990

NEWS REPORTER/WRITER. A part-time job as a news reporter and writer, sales and public relations.

PERSONAL PUBLICATIONS

The Bilingual Writers Anthology, San Diego 2010-2011

Bravura (Literature Journal), Palomar College 2006-2007

PROFESSIONAL AWARDS

SAN DIEGO PRESS CLUB, SAN DIEGO, CA October 2007

Third Place in “Daily Newspapers and Websites - Investigative Reporting” article “Viven en Infierno Reos de Inmigracion” that appeared in El Diario San Diego in February 2007.

SAN DIEGO PRESS CLUB, SAN DIEGO, CA October 2006

Second Place in “Daily Newspapers and Websites - General News” article “Acoso en Garita” that appeared in El Diario San Diego in November 2005.

NATIONAL HISPANIC ASSOCIATION, LOS ANGELES, CA April 2004

“Mention Honorific Award” for article: ”Revitalizan Barrio Logan”, appeared in El Latino Newspaper November 2003.

ADDITIONAL EDUCATION

IMMIGRATION COVERAGE TRAINING PROGRAM April 2007

International Center for Journalists, Washington, DC

ENGLISH SECOND LANGUAGE (ESL), Palomar College 2001 – 2003

English as Second Language, Intensive writing and reading programs

A.I.T. Advanced Institute of Technology, San Diego 2000 - 2001

Training on Software Quality Assurance, SQL, Winrunner, Unix System, Intro Java/Visual Basic

U.N.A.M. FOREIGN LANGUAGE CENTER 1991-1998

English: Complete Program (Proficient)

French: Basic Program (Intermediate level)

Portuguese: Reading Program (Beginning II)

COMPUTER SKILLS

Computer - PC; Macintosh / all Windows operating systems. Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Access, Power Point, Microsoft Publisher, InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Corel Draw, Corel-8; Basic design, managing and updating websites.

EDUCATION/ TEACHING RELATED EXPERIENCE

PARENT INSTITUTE FOR QUALITY EDUCATION (PIQE) Ausgust 2021 – Present

PARENT WORKSHOPS FACILITATOR AND COORDINATOR. Presenting parent workshops to ensure parent involvement in their students’ education through different Family Engagement programs such as: Social-Emotional Learning and Parent Engagement in Children Education at levels: Elementary, Middle and High School. Courses are 8 to 9 weeks for Parent Involvement in Education. Workshops conducted Online in Zoom platform with participation in Real Time of parents and tutors in different schools.

UNIVERSITY OF SAINT KATHERINE August 2020 - Present

SPANISH ADJUNCT PROFESSOR Teach Spanish; Instruction of college level classes twice a week, 1 hour and 20 minutes each class. Prepare, administer and grade exams, quizzes, and assignments to gauge students' learning curve. Regularly tutor students individually during office hours. Teaching experience in both Asynchronous and Synchronous classes.

Courses: Spanish 100 (Level I), Spanish 105 (Level II), Spanish 200 (Level III) Face to Face, Hybrid, Online Anytime and Online Real Time (Zoom class)

MT. SAN JACINTO COMMUNITY COLLEGE August 2015- Present

SPANISH ADJUNCT PROFESSOR Teach Spanish; Instruction of college level classes twice a week,

2 hours and 30 minutes each class. Prepare, administer and grade exams, quizzes, and assignments to gauge students' learning curve. Regularly tutor students individually during office hours. Teaching experience in both Asynchronous and Synchronous disciplines.

Courses: Spanish 101 (Beginning I), Spanish 102 (Beginning II), Spanish 202 (Intermediate I) Face to Face, Hybrid, Online Anytime and Online Real Time (Zoom class)

LANGUAGE BIRD LLC July 2020 – March 2021

SPANISH ONLINE TUTOR Teach Spanish; Instruction of High School and Middle School students of all levels, and open to all ages separate instruction of Online classes of 1 hour each up to 20 hours a week. Prepare, administer and grade exams, quizzes, and assignments to gauge students' learning curve. Prepared special sessions for Summer and Winter Culture camps’ workshops focusing on Culture, Literature and Hispanic customs and History. Regularly teach and tutor students individually online using Microsoft Work Teams. Teaching experience in both Virtual and Real Time classes.

PALOMAR COMMUNITY COLLEGE August 2013- January 2019

SPANISH INSTRUCTOR Teach Spanish; Instruction of college level classes twice a week, 2 hours and 30 minutes each. Prepare and grade test, quizzes, assignments to gauge students' learning curve. Regularly tutor students individually during office hours.

Courses: Spanish 101 (beginning I), Spanish 102 (Beginning II), Spanish 201 (Intermediate I) Spanish 202 (Intermediate II)

PALOMAR COMMUNITY COLLEGE UPWARD BOUND January 2014- December 2015

SPANISH INSTRUCTOR Teaching Spanish for Upward Bound program; instruction of high school students for emergence in college level classes. Prepare and grade test, quizzes, assignments to gauge students' learning curve. Regularly tutor students individually during office hours.

Courses: Spanish Beginning II, Spanish Intermediate IV, Spanish Advance

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY SAN MARCOS August 2011-May 2013

SPANISH INSTRUCTOR. Teach Spanish; 2 classes daily, 50 minutes each. Prepare and grade test, quizzes, assignments to gauge students' learning curve. Regularly tutor students individually during office hours.

Courses: Spanish 101 (beginning I), Spanish 102 (Beginning II)

ESCONDIDO SCHOOL DISTRICT (OAK HILL ELEMENTARY) Nov. 2008-Sept. 2013

PARENT LIAISON - BILINGUAL: Engage parents on education and facilitate parent involvement with school activities. Translate and interpret parent-teacher conferences, coordinate numerous events and workshops. Provide outreach and education on community resources for low-income families.

"QUIXOTE INSTITUTE” SAN DIEGO Feb.–Nov. 2005

SPANISH INSTRUCTOR: Taught beginning, intermediate, and advanced Spanish language to professionals in different companies who managed contracts and international business affairs with Latin America. Focused on conversational Spanish and technical Spanish writing.

U.N.A.M CAMPUS ACATLAN (MEXICO) 1993-1999

PROFESSOR. Courses: Mass Communication Theory I, II and III, Journalism Techniques, TV and Radio Production, Script adaptation techniques.

INSTITUTO FRANCO AMERICANO (MEXICO) 1994- 1996 and 1998-2000

HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER. Courses: Spanish writing composition levels 1, 2 and 3, Creative Writing, and Latin-American and Spain Literature History.

UNIVERSIDAD MEXICANA (MEXICO) 1994-1996

PROFESSOR. Taught theory of communication for high education courses: Mass Communication Theory I, II and III, Creative Writing, Organizational Communication, Creativity in Media.

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