New York City, N.Y. 684-476-4422 er1d4280@westpost.net 11/08 - Present Tutoring Tutoring of Spanish and E.S.L. Completion of homework and test preparation, inc luding Spanish Regents exam, Advanced Placement tests, TOEFL and Spanish Honor c lasses. 9/01 - 6/08 Norman Thomas High School Teacher of Special Education Responsible for instruction in English literature inclusion class, implementing graphic organizers to simplify content. Coordinated lessons and implemented exa ms in content areas for teachers using a weekly team setting for subjects taught in common. Responsible for implementation of modifications in curricula for Sp ecial Education students. Maintenance and updating of I.E.P.'s taught subjects parallel to the mainstream curricula: including English, Environmental Science, Earth Science and Resource Room. Updated curricula. 2/01 - 6/01 Norman Thomas High School Teacher of Spanish Instruction of Spanish to Native, Near Native and Anglophone populations. Inclu ding levels 1-8, teaching to the N.Y.S. Standards: reading, writing, listening, & speaking with emphasis on critical thinking skills. Writing of curricula. 9/00 - 2/01 Richard R. Green High School Teacher of Spanish Instruction of first and second year spanish, grammar , conversation and writing in heterogenous groups. Port folio assessment of students. 9/98 - 6/00 Norman Thomas High School Teacher of Spanish and E.S.L. Instruction of Spanish to Native, Near Native and Anglophone population (includi ng heterogeneous population.) Instruction included grammar, speaking and writin g. Levels 1-6. Preparation for N.Y.S. Spanish Regents Exam. Instruction of E. S.L. grammar, written composition, literature and conversation. E.S.L. Instruct ion level 3. 6/94 - 6/98 Norman Thomas High School Teacher of Special Education Instruction of Learning disabled (MIS I), and emotionally handicapped (MIS II), Spanish dominant bilingual students (BIS I), and English dominant (BIS II) bilin gual Special Education students. implemented dual language methodology during i nstruction. Adaptation and implementation of Spanish, native language arts, bio logy and global history curricula parallel to mainstream courses. Preparation o f course outlines. Maintenance and update of I.E.P.'s . 2/94 - 6/94 P.S. 162 (Citywide Middle School) Chapter 1 Teacher Grades 5 - 9 Responsible for start-up and implementation of Chapter 1, remedial reading progr am at SIE VIII school. Responsible for selection of age appropriate reading mat erial. Student's ages 9 - 14.9 yrs. Old. Providing instruction in whole groups , small groups and individually to students using a 'whole language' approach. Maintaining student portfolios. Testing, and assessing of student's literacy, l istening, speaking and writing skills (traditional methodology and portfolio ass essment) recorded each student's progress. Responsible for $4,000 annual budget.
9/93 - 2/94 School of the Future
Teacher of Spanish Instruction of first and second year Spanish: grammar, conversation, and writing within heterogenous groups. Portfolio assessment of students. 9/90 - 6/93 Norman Thomas High School Teacher of Special Education Instruction of (MIS I), (MIS II), (BIS I) and (BIS II), Special Education studen ts in courses parallel to the mainstream curricula. Remedial instruction includ ing: organizing notebooks, introduction and review of study skills, use of libra ry materials, table of contents, dictionaries. Preparation of course outlines a nd supplemental instructional (bilingual) materials, in major content areas. Pr eparation, maintenance and updates of student's I.E.P.'s. 9/92 - 6/93 Norman Thomas High School Teacher of Special Education Resource Room Teacher (Per Session) Remedial instruction of learning disabled, mainstreamed students on an individua l and small group basis, in major content areas. Review and instruction of stud y skills, and use of library materials, resource materials and content books for reference. 9/90 - 6/93 Norman Thomas High School Teacher of Special Education and Resource Room Teacher (Per Session) Remedial instruction of learning disabled mainstreamed students on an individual and small group basis, in major content areas. Review and instruction of study skills, use of library materials, resource materials and content books for refe rence. 9/89 - 6/90 W.C. Bryant High School Teacher of Bilingual Special Education Instruction of learning disabled (MISI) and emotionally handicapped (MISII) stud ents. Instruction of Spanish dominant (BISII) students. Preparing and coordina ting individualized Educational (IEP) forms, thus complying with state requireme nts for Special Education students, adaptation and implementation of: Art, Span ish, Native Language Arts and Bilingual Science curricula parallel to mainstream courses. Preparation of course outlines. 3/89 - 6/90 Manhattan Center of Science and Math Teacher of Spanish Instruction of first year Spanish: grammar, con versation and reading. Ninth grade. Degrees M.A. - Hunter College, 1992 B.A. - Hunter College, 1975 Adelphi University- Par. Certif.- 1990 Licenses SPANISH, E.S.L. & SPECIAL EDUCATION (N.Y.S. issued k-12) REFERENCES FURNISHED UPON REQUEST ***MICROSOFT WORD DOC. PROVIDED UPON REQUEST.