Experience Summary
I started teaching right after my college graduation from Philippine Normal University. I taught ESL (English as A Second Language in public schools from 1968 - 1985. From 1985 - 1991 I taught at the United States Refugee Program. On October 1991 I was sent by the US Refugee Program to University of Omaha, Nebraska as a guest lecturer on ESL. Then I worked as a tutor in English Business for foreign professionals in Connecticut from December 1991 - 1995. When I toured my professional students in Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut, I was hired there (1995 - 2003
June 1968 - July 1985 : ESL (English as A Second Language) teacher in San Pablo City, Laguna, Philippines
August 1985 - October 1991: ESL teacher, United States Refugee Program
December 1991 - June 1995: ESL Tutor to foreign professionals in Trumbull, Connecticut
July 1995 - 2003: Part time ESL instructor, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, Connecticut
August 2001 - 2003: District wide ESL teacher, Wood Bury Public Schools, Woodbury, Connecticut
August 2003 - June 2004: SPED teacher, Bridgeport, Connecticut
August 2004 - 2005: SPED teacher, Trevor Browne High School, Phoenix, Arizona
August 2006 - 2011: SPED Teacher, Alhambra High School, Phoenix, Arizona
August 2012 - 2014: SPED teacher, District wide SPED, Resource teacher, Washington elementary School District, Glendale, Arizona
August 2014 - 2015: (first Semester)SPED teacher, Mountain View Elementary School, Surprise, Arizona
January 2015 - May 2015: SPED Resource Teacher, Canyon Pointe Academy, Glendale, Arizona
August 2015 - present: K - 5 SPED Resource teacher, P. H. Gonzales elementary School
0 time ESL instructor at the same time I taught in public schools in Woodbury Public School ( 2001 - 2003
| Composition |
 This is one of my top subjects!
Proficiency: Expert
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| In teaching composition writing students need to understand and demonstrate learned concept on different areas of written expression such as: Informative, Persuasive, Narrative, Creative, or Personal composition.
Elements of ideal composition writing should be reflected on student's written expression work such as:
1. Conventions which include: Grammar, spelling, punctuations, and capitalization.
2. Composition format which includes: indentation, beginning statement, body of text using sensory details (sight, hearing, smell, and feeling) and key details, and concluding or ending statement.
3. A composition should focus on topic of discussion and should not include unrelated facts or opinions.
Students are able to learn written expression skills by implementing effective teaching strategies such as:
1. Modeling how to write a specific composition
2. Providing helpful word list
3. Working together in developing a composition
4. Frequent checking for understanding |
| Creative Writing |
Proficiency: Expert
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| I provide students freedom writing to inspire them to develop their own creative written expression. I also provide sample of creative writing, pictures, internet research activity. |
| English |
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| I noticed one of the problems encountered by students in English is knowing and correctly using different parts of speech such as nouns, pronouns, verbs, adverbs, adjectives, etc.
Students also construct run on sentences which are very long sentence that looks like a paragraph. A run on sentence may be corrected by chunking it into two - three sentences thereby making c\constructed sentences clear and accurate. |
| Grammar |
Proficiency: Expert
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| Students encounter incorrect grammar usage such as in referring to first, second, and third person, shifting a noun into a pronoun, and use of tenses (future, present, and past).
Another mistake students demonstrate is usage of adverb of time, manner, and place. Use of conjunctions and interjections are difficult for some students. |
| Language Arts |
Proficiency: Expert
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| Language Arts are composed of Reading, Writing, Grammar, oral and listening among others. |
| Poetry |
Proficiency: Expert
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| Poetry is a very interesting part of literature. It requires the ability to interpret words, group of words, and sentences. some students interpret a poem literally as poems connotes and quotes words that are c\sophisticated and complicated. Students need to learn to identify and distinguish a stanza, rhythm, meter, and timing of a poem. |
| Reading |
This is one of my top subjects!
Proficiency: Expert
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| Areas of reading are: Reading Comprehension, Listening Comprehension,
Oral Expression, vocabulary, and Reading Fluency.
1. Reading Comprehension includes: Inquiring or seeking information, Summarizing and Informing, Comparing and Contrasting, Sequencing/Ordering, Classifying, Analyzing, Justifying and persuading, Solving Problems, Synthesizing, Evaluating, finding Cause and Effect, Differentiating f\Facts from Opinions, and Identifying the Characters, Plot, and Setting. |
| Reading Comprehension |
Proficiency: Expert
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| As stated in Reading. Reading comprehension is an area of Reading. |
| Shakespeare |
Proficiency: Experienced
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| Shakespeare's written expressions, poetry, and drama uses eloquent words, old English terms, and very puzzling words that needs analysis of his message.
Students enjoy Shakespeare's works once they acquired the skills in interpreting his message. some of his stories, poems , and drama are focused on horrible thoughts and justice such as "The Raven", "The Death of a Salesman", and "The Merchant of Venice". |
| Spelling |
Proficiency: Expert
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| Spelling is a part of Conventions required in writing activity. Some students are confused with irregular words, homonyms, antonyms, and synonyms. |
| Writing |
This is one of my top subjects!
Proficiency: Expert
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| Beginners (K - 1 graders) in writing should focus on how to print letter and words legibly. They need to practice the use of appropriate strokes, loops, and lines to form upper and lower case letters. Use of lined or ruled papers are ideal in practicing how to print letters because it has blue and red colors with broken lines in between straight lines.
Writing needs the correct usage of Conventions such as Capitalization, Grammar, Spelling, and Punctuations. Students should use the rules in writing such as when to use Capital letters or upper case letters,
Paragraph writing (which composes a composition) should use indentation and spacing. For more information in writing, please go back to area: Composition which states a lot of information on writing. |