My Teaching Experience:

• American School, Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico: 5th grade English-as-a-Second Language Teacher (Spring 1998)
• Mansfeld Middle School: 8th Grade English and Honors English Teacher (1998-2004)
• Pueblo Magnet High School: Freshman and Sophomore English, Honors English, and Pre-AP English Teacher (2004-2014)
• Cholla Magnet High School: IB Prep and IB Literature Teacher (2014-2015)
• Palo Verde Magnet High School: Pre-AP English and AP English Language and Composition Teacher (2015 to present)

Accomplishments:

• 2014: NBPTS Certified in Adolescent/Young Adult English Language Arts (Find out more about the National Board Certification process here)
• 2015-present: National Board Candidate Support Provider for teachers in Tucson Unified School District (Find out more about the process here)
• 2017: Featured in AZK12.org Educational Newsletter: Read Article
• 2017: Awarded Educational Enrichment Foundation Grant for 2017-2018 Project: Slam Poetry for Student Empowerment
• 2017: Wrote curriculum for the Educators Rising teacher preparation program (Engagement and Social Justice lessons)

Trained in:

• Mexican American/Raza Studies Education
• Kagan Cooperative Learning
• Kagan Brain-Friendly Teaching I and II
• Teaching Pre-AP English
• Teaching AP English Language (Both New and Experienced)
• Gifted and Talented Education
• Cognitive Coaching I
• Differentiated Instruction (Practice and Assessment)
• Structured English Immersion
• Elements of Effective Instruction
• Using the EQuIP (Educators Evaluating the Quality of Instructional Products) rubric to evaluate and plan lessons
• Human Rights Curriculum Development: Yale University PIER Summer Institute