Sergio Tijerina

1142 Deerpath Rd, Aurora, IL 60506

(630) 806-1232 ⎜Sergiotijerina98@gmail.com
EDUCATION LICENSURE
Aurora University, Aurora, IL Pursuing Professional Educator License in Secondary
Degree anticipated May 2020 Education – History
B.A. History & Secondary Education
Overall GPA: 3.86/4.00 ⎜ Dean’s List 2015-Present

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
East Aurora High School, Grade 9, Pre-AP World History and Geography
Student Teacher ⎜ Aurora, IL 60505 ⎜Spring 2020
• Analyzed and interpreted data to plan strategic future instruction within every unit.
• Challenged students to take ownership of their own learning through projects, assessments, and other learning activities.
• Collaborated
TBD. with other teaching professionals to develop and teach content that was engaging and informative.
East Aurora High School, Grade 9, Pre-AP World History and Geography
Practicum Student ⎜Aurora, IL 60505 ⎜Fall 2019
• Developed lessons with effective anticipatory sets on a daily basis to engage students in learning.

• Established a culture for learning by creating positive rapport in teacher to student and student to student relationships.

• Analyzed student data from formative and summative assessments to drive future instruction.

Aurora Central Catholic High School, Grades 9-12, Current Issues

Practicum Student ⎜Aurora, IL 60506 ⎜Spring 2019
! Incorporated discussion questions based on Bloom’s Taxonomy into content based lessons, to encourage higher level thinking
and deep analysis of several, current, societal issues.
! Developed student inquiry through the use of primary and secondary sources.
! Reflected upon pedagogy through various forms of assessment and student feedback.

Mooseheart Child City & School, Grades 10-12, World Cultures and American History
Practicum Student ⎜Mooseheart, IL 60539 ⎜Fall 2018
! Created dynamic lesson plans for small groups and whole-class, utilizing technology within the classroom to connect the
curriculum to culturally-relevant events.
! Communicated with students the expectations that were expected of them before every class, through the classroom
management tool of writing the objective and agenda for the day on the board.

TEACHING RELATED EXPERIENCE

Golden Apple Scholar ⎜2017-Present
! 325 hours of classroom experience and instruction across various school settings, including Chicago and East St. Louis,
Illinois.
! Engaged in pre-teaching seminars addressing concepts such as civic engagement, cultural competency, instructional best
practices, growth mindset, and professional expectations.

ACTIVITIES AND VOLUNTEERING PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES

Feed My Starving Children - Volunteer ⎜2015-2019 -Christina Tammen
Breakthrough High School Club - Mentor ⎜2016-2019 High School Social Studies Teacher
PADS Food Pantry - Volunteer ⎜ 2018 who I've worked with in running after
school clubs and field trips.
Bernie's Books - Volunteer l 2018 Ctammen@sd129.org
Assistant Wrestling Coach at Jewel Middle School - Mentor l 630-452-3055
2019 -Don williams
My Cooperating Teacher for both
Methods and Student Teaching.
HONORS Dwilliams@d131.org
Phi Alpha Theta - The National History Honors Society 630-299-8000
⎜2019 -Anne Beatty
My Aurora University Field
Experience Supervisor at East Aurora.
Abeatty@aurora.edu
630-346-4882
-Terri Martin
My Supervisor during my Golden
Apple Summer Institute.
618-520-8564
-Tammy Hannah
High School Social Studies Teacher and my
Director of Golden Apple Summer Institute.
Tamm210@hotmail.com
618-304-8592
-Todd Jefferson
High School Social Studies Teacher and my
Cooperating Teacher at East St. Louis
Senior High School.
Todd.jefferson@estl189.com
-Dr. Aubrey Southall
My professor and Chair of Secondary
Education at Aurora University.
Asouthall@aurora.edu
630-844-6178
-Jim Dahle
Head Coach of Jewel Middle School wrestling
team who I worked with as an assistant coach.
Jdahle@sd129.org
630-844-6869
630-849-6810