Paola Gardea

10627 Candlewood Ave.| El Paso, TX 79935| (915) 328-3680|paolagardea11@gmail.com

E-Portfolio:
Certifications: TExES Content Exam Passed Sep. 2020
TExES PPR Exam Passed Oct. 2020
TExES BTLPT Exam Passed Aug. 2020
TExES Bilingual Supp. Exam Passed Nov. 2020
TExES STR Exam Passed Feb. 2021

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Applied Learning and Development in EC-6 Bilingual Generalist Education

The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP)
Anticipated Graduation Date: May 15, 2021 Overall GPA: 3.55/4.00

Honors and Awards:

Dean’s List: Fall 2018, 2020 and Spring 2019, 2020
Graduation Honors: Cum Laude

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

Eastwood Knolls International School El Paso, TX

Student Teaching Internship, First Grade;19 Students, Dual Classroom 01/04/21 - 04/23/21
 Integrated Promethean Board technology and other multimedia aids such as Google Classroom, Nearpod, and
Brainpop in the classroom for all academic areas
 Adapted teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students’ individual needs and learning styles
 Collaborated weekly with 4 Elementary facilitators virtually and in-person to create lessons
 Devised interactive and creative strategies to teach virtually and in-person social skills, safe practices, basic math
strategies, and guided reading

Alicía R. Chacón International School El Paso, TX

After School ProgramTutor/Day Time Tutor 1/06/19 – 12/14/20
 Provided new resources for a group of 5 to 6 bilingual students who were falling behind in their schoolwork
 Developed interactive lesson plans based on students reading levels and grade
 Assisted teachers with help preparing their guided reading binders and 9weeks exams
 Administered admission exams and running records for the students entering the dual program

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

Book Buddy Program- Ysleta Elementary School El Paso, TX

After School Tutor 09/18/19 – 10/18/19
 Improve students reading skills by providing lessons and resources to encourage and improve their fluency
 Created engaging and interactive activities to enhance writing skills and reading comprehension
 Promoted reading and writing by reading to a monolingual student

After School Tutoring- Alicía R. Chacón International School El Paso, TX

Tutoring Sessions 09/24/19 - 03/13/20
 Promoted reading and writing skills by reading to 2 bilingual students at individual times
 Improved students reading and writing skills in Spanish by creating interactive and engaging lesson
 OTHER CERTIFICATIONS

Rise Workshop Certification Passed: 12/08/2020

 Learning about explicit, systematic, and sequential phonics method such as decoding, spelling, and pronunciation
of English words
 Applying decoding, spelling, and phonics methods into our lessons of reading and writing

SKILLS

Bilingual in English and Spanish Proficient in Google Docs, and Google Slides
Basic knowledge of Google Classroom Proficient in MS Office Word, Power Point, Excel