Experience

• University of Houston

  Teaching Fellow and Research Assistant

  Taught introductory and intermediate Spanish courses, advised students on second language acquisition techniques,Interned in M.D. Anderson library as a Special Collections archives assistant, studied preservation and archives techniques, assisted library patrons with research and collections materials, organized and prepared comprehensive and detailed inventories of archival material, organized archival material and prepared it for inclusion in the archive, cataloged and assigned keywords to Hispanic texts in recovery in the Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Heritage Project, evaluated and selected materials for digitization as part of the Women's Archives collection,

• Self Employed

  Spanish Tutor

  In 2011 served as a private A.P. Spanish Literature Tutor, Both students received a score of 5 on their A.P. Literature;
  In 2014 began working with distance education students using instructional technology to provide language instruction for non traditional learners.

• San Jacinto College South

  Spanish Adjunct Professor

  Taught Spanish 1411, 1412, Intermediate Spanish 1 and 2.
  o Graded quizzes and assignments, developed assessments
  o Developed Intermediate Spanish 2 as a conversational/composition capstone.
  o Managed online learning platform
  o Volunteered to advise and sponsor students for Honors program projects
  o Served as part of the textbook search committee for Intermediate Spanish

• San Jacinto College South

  Spanish Visiting Faculty

  Temporary Full Time/Visiting professor, San Jacinto College South; Taught introductory Spanish 1 and 2, integrated online and lecture
  o Co-director of the campus 5 year program review of instructional success
  o Committee member for developing American Sign Language as part of the college modern languages
  curriculum
  o Co-committee member of the book search committee, focusing on integrated and flipped technique textbooks
  o Completed training in Student Success techniques course at San Jacinto College (2012)
  o Completed training in ACAdemic, a 6 week course for distance education and technology course design (2012)
  o Completed training in Quality Matters, a course in online and blended course delivery (2013)
  o Completed training to become a Quality Matters colleague/peer course reviewer
  o Implemented a year long self-directed study of flipped classroom technique in the second language classroom during the 2012-2013 school year, saw 18% improvement in student retention

• The Galloway School

  Middle School Spanish Teacher

  o Selected a new interactive textbook for the Middle School
  o Negotiated with book company for the school to be awarded status as a Pilot Program and receive textbook access free of charge for all students
  o Integrated into the program at mid-year and worked with existing teacher who was stepping down to easily transition students into a new program and finish out the last year of the middle school program at The Galloway School.
  o Assessed student performance and divided class into an accelerated and regular pace course, differentiating for each class set and managing two class levels in one class setting.
  o Only left position because the school was cancelling middle school level program to focus on K-5 instruction.

• Lutheran South Academy

  Spanish A.P Language teacher

  Taught 8th grade Pre-AP, 9th and 10th grade, pre-ap and regular, and 12th
  grade A.P. Language
  o 32 hours of AP Training
  o Assistant Director of the high school musical, 2007 and 2008
  o Director of the student Spanish Club
  o Taught middle school enrichment, after school course for 6th
  o Volunteered as teacher chaperone on Sophomore week long retreat