Grand Canyon University

Master's of Education, Secondary Education - Humanities

2021 - 2023

Concordia University Nebraska

Bachelor's of Arts, TESOL, Spanish, World and Intercultural Studies

2016 - 2021

ESOL Teacher

Confluence Academies

Aug 2021 - present

Services over 60 English language learners in grades 6-8 in push-in and pull-out formats to develop ... English proficiency and make content area information accessible Advocates for ELL students Administers ACCESS Test Department lead duties performed beginning in 2023read more

Curriculum Development Coordinator

Kindness Begins with Me

Nov 2023 - present

Develops curriculum to fit a group of nonliterate adult English language learners to fit class that ... meets once a week for one hour.read more

ESL Mentor

Concordia University Nebraska

Jan 2020 - Mar 2020

Collaborated with ESL Coordinator to create the best possible action plan to help the ESL student in... the Intensive English Program Guided a Vietnamese student in speaking, reading, and listening activities and gave critique on writing assignmentsread more

Student Researcher

Concordia University Nebraska/ Buena Vista Concordia International School

Jul 2019 - Jan 2020

Developed consent forms, assent forms, a 12 question survey, and an action format to carry out resea... rch Surveyed 24 Chinese elementary school students and 18 American elementary school students to research if knowledge of American popular culture had effect on ability to use idioms and Western culture specific responses to situational questions Concluded that from the research done, that there was no correlation and called for more research to be done with a transition groupread more

Summer Camp Teacher

Concordia University Nebraska/ Buena Vista Concordia International School

Jun 2019 - Aug 2019

Taught thirteen first-grade Chinese students English grammar structures, working with both beginning... and intermediate level English learners within the same classroom Taught seven fourth-grade Chinese students English grammar, writing practice, reading comprehension and speaking skill development, as well as cultural comparisons and relations Instructed over ninety Chinese students a day in physical education classes where students were taught news sports and played games while developing coordination skills and vocabulary specific to sportsread more

ELL Tutor

Concordia University Nebraska/Seward Public Schools

Feb 2018 - May 2018

Assisted a fourth-grade Sudanese refugee student on homework twice a week through an ELL pull-out pr... ogram established by the school, reviewed writing assignments and assisted in reading comprehension through providing examples to create connections between content and the real world Developed an organization process to ensure the student had everything necessary when going home, including homework, extra resources, and notes for parents Built a better communicative relationship between the student and their primary teacherread more