OBJECTIVE:
To provide one-to-one tutoring for students (K-12, Adults) in order to facilitate individuals with instruction in any area of difficulty, particularly, reading, language arts and mathematics.
EDUCATION:
Florida International University - 6 credit hours - Diagnosing and Remediation of Reading - to renew my teacher certification in the State of Florida - Summer 2003
University of Miami – Masters of Science in Education – degree conferred in December 1997 with Honors; Specialization: Emotional Handicaps and Learning Disabilities
Corpus Christi State University – Bachelor of Arts in Psychology – degree conferred in 1984
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
May 2000 - Present - Private tutoring for nine students mostly in Elementary School Language Arts (specifically Reading), but I have also tutored in the following subject areas as well:
Math, High School English, Biology, Theology, Spanish and ESOL.
Grade range: 2nd grade through 10th grade and Adult.
January 1998 – June 1999.... Miami Southridge Senior High, Miami, Florida – Special Education Teacher in High School Setting – taught English, Algebra 1, Earth Science, Life Management Skills to students with learning disabilities and emotional handicaps.
INTERNSHIP:
Miami Senior High School – student teaching for L.D. English I, II and III (regular diploma students); Supervising Teacher: Ms. Barbara Garcia – October – December, 1997
Emerson Elementary – August – October, 1997 – student teaching in Resource Room setting classroom for Varying Exceptionalities – Language Arts and Math; Supervising Teacher: Dr. Flor Hernandez
FIELD EXPERIENCE:
William J. Bryan Elementary School – Spring 1997 – 20 hours teaching 2nd Grade Gifted Math; Supervising Teacher: Ms. Lucy Pekoc
Tutorial Services – informal testing and implementation of reading program for individual student - Spring 1997; Supervising Teacher: Dr. Marjorie Montague
Camp Hope – Teenage Counselor at Weekend Retreat for bereaved children – Nov. 14-16, 1997
Greater Bethel Headstart – Parent Support Program, volunteer working with parents of Headstart children
Volunteer Tutor, Saturday School, Lillie C. Evans Elementary School. Biweekly tutoring of 4th graders in reading and writing
Volunteer Sunday School teacher, Christian Life Mission Church, August 1991 – August 1993. Worked with children aged 6-12, preparing lessons, activities and special performances for parents.
Volunteer, Food Ministry, Restoration Church, 1991. Weekly food bank for indigent or needy. Included assistance in translation for Spanish-speaking.
Volunteer, Adopt-A-School Program, 1986-1989. Weekly tutoring for first grade ESOL students.
SPECIAL SKILLS AND AFFILIATIONS:
Certified Teacher in Georgia - Sp Ed Behavior Disorders P-12, Sp Ed Learning Disabilities P-12, Sp Ed Social Science Cognitive Level P-12
Certified Teacher in Florida – work with Learning Disabilities, Emotional Handicap, ADD/ADHD and Special Needs
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Holland & Knight, LLP, Miami, Florida, January 1995 – August 1998. Legal Secretary.
Law Offices of Manual R. Morales, Jr., P.A., Miami, Florida, August 1992 – July 1994. Legal Secretary/Administrative.
Greenberg, Traurig, Miami, Florida, June 1991 – August 1992. Legal Secretary.
Strasburger & Price, Dallas, Texas, December 1990 – May 1991. Part-time freelance legal secretary
Winstead, Sechrest & Minick, P.C., Dallas, Texas, February 1986 – October 1990. Legal Secretary/Floater.
Mark Hulings, P.C., Corpus Christi, Texas, August 1984 – February 1986. Legal Secretary.
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