Teaching career

Spanish as a second language teacher, Education First Málaga, Spain

July 2023

  • Communicative and collaborative method
  • Gamification and immersion method: socialization and city visits
  • Final test correction and individual final feedback meeting with students

2nd Grade Spanish Teacher: Dual Language Immersion, Albany County School District #1, Laramie, WY, U.S.A.

August 2018 – March 2021

  • Instruct, communicate, and establish relationships with students in the target language (Spanish)
  • Event planning and managing with team: Dual Immersion Day
  • Teamwork and constant communication with my English side partner
  • Dynamic, demanding, motivating classroom. Consistent classroom management plan
  • Instruction in Spanish -only 10% of students are Spanish native speakers
  • Know and implement two curricula: Calle de la Lectura, by Pearson; Descubre el español, Santillana, by VHL; offer students a wide reading options with Reading A-Z materials
  • Translate science curriculum ENG > SPA
  • Students learn through general and differentiated instruction
  • Communicate and team play with the second-grade team by working in weekly Professional Learning Community Learning meetings

Spanish Instructor:  Graduate Teaching Assistant, Modern & Classical Languages Department, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, U.S.A.

September 2016 – August 2018

Spring 2018: Only instructor of record for SPAN 2140 (Introduction to Reading – Content course) (28 students)

  • Develop my own syllabus and design lessons
  • Students know and get in contact with a wide range of authentic reading material in Spanish
  • Encourage and focus on group discussions of films and articles
  • Students are immersed in 100% Spanish communicative classroom context
  • Grade assignments, oral presentations, and exams
  • Support students with 3 weekly office hours

Fall 2017: Main instructor of Spanish 2030 (Second Year of Spanish I) (26 students)

Spring 2017: Main instructor of Spanish 1020 (First Year of Spanish II) (18 students)

Fall 2016: Main instructor of Spanish 1010 (First Year of Spanish I) (36 students)

  • Teach and design Spanish lessons. Develop the grading system and assign all grades
  • Implement two curricula: Más, by McGraw Hill & Nexos, by Cengage Learning
  • Create a network with the department by volunteering as a judge for the Wyoming Word Languages Day in March 2017 and 2018
  • Provide students with group and communicative activities. Involve students with Kahoot and Jeopardy
  • Team play with other GA’s to create assessments
  • Support students with 3 weekly office hours
  • Students acquire cultural information given through specific original activities. Students in other sections receive this instruction when I was an occasional “guest speaker” in other Spanish classes to present on cultural topics specific to Spain

Chaperone: Assistant to the Professor for Study Abroad in Argentina Summer Course by University of Wyoming

Buenos Aires, Argentina –  Summer 2018

  • Attend classes and planned activities with students. Accompany students during free time
  • Support professor with travel and daily routine logistics