Experience

Herbert Hoover High School

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• High School Spanish Teacher

  • Aug 2014 - Present

  • Teach Spanish 1-2• Teach Immersion Level 5-6 (Foreign Language Academies of Glendale)• Honor class time and maintain a positive rapport with students, with high expectations• Creatively facilitate learning to address all modes of communication and assess in various modalities• Include history, art, and literature in the curriculum• Provide student support via tutoring, and bridging opportunities• Bring current community topics and events into the classroom, such as Armenian Genocide Commemoration, Human Rights, cultural celebrations such as Day of the Dead• Organize trips to theatre with other colleagues (Man of La Mancha, Bodas de Sangre) Show less

• Advisor, Ascencia Service Awareness Program

  • Aug 2017 - Present

  • Advise student club that works with Ascencia, a non-profit organization assisting homeless families and people in Glendale and Burbank• Assist in the interview process of officers for the student organization

• Department Chair, World Languages

  • Jan 2017 - Dec 2019

  • Coordinated the yearly meetings dates• Gathered agenda topics• Hosted monthly meetings• Liaisoned with Professional Development Team• Liaisoned with Curriculum Studies Committee for World Languages, district-wide• Addressed curriculum, program, student learning • Participated in district-wide textbook selection and adoption process• Attended the Professional Learning Communities at Work Institute



Glendale Unified School District

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Chair of Curriculum Studies Committee, World Languages

  • Feb 2017 - Dec 2019

  • Planned, coordinated, conducted meetings • Reviewed curricula and textbooks for the various languages in the district • Facilitated approval for the UC approval of the Honors German Course • Addressed concerns from the various school sites • Planned, coordinated, conducted meetings • Reviewed curricula and textbooks for the various languages in the district • Facilitated approval for the UC approval of the Honors German Course • Addressed concerns from the various school sites



Crescenta Valley High School

• United States
• 1 - 100 Employee

• High School Spanish Teacher

  • Aug 2011 - Jun 2014

  • Taught levels 1-2 and 3-4 • Developed lessons and performance tasks • Modified assessments to address Common Core standards • Offered tutoring • Taught levels 1-2 and 3-4 • Developed lessons and performance tasks • Modified assessments to address Common Core standards • Offered tutoring