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María Teresa Tortajada-Caroe-mail: maitetortajada@yahoo.es

skype: maitetortajadacaro

Summary● My Portfolio .....................................................................................................................................7

● My Résumé..................................................................................................................................25

● My Profile ........................................................................................................................................29

● My Ideas about

Teaching and Learning..................................................................33

Class Management .............................................................................35

New Technologies.................................................................................37

My portfolio

Project Idea: Acquisition of basic concepts of history of Spanish and of itcurrent reality.

Culminating Products: Microsoft Word posters. Exhibition at the schoolcommon areas.

Grade: 2ESO (PK-8)

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La vuelta al español en 20 preguntas

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Project Idea: Producing explanatory texts in digital format bearing in mind thecharacteristics of the recipient. Oral presentation of the elaborated texts.

Culminating Products: Microsoft PowerPoints. Presentation to youngerstudents in the school.

Grade: 2º Bachillerato (PK-12)

Mitos y héroes

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Project Idea: Acquisition of basic concepts around linguistic diversity.

Culminating Products: Preparing posters using Glogsters with multimediaelements. Presentation in class.

Grade: 3ESO (PK-9)

Lenguas del mundo

Project Idea: Producing of explanatory texts using multimedia elements.

Culminating Products: Preparing posters using Glogsters with multimediaelements. Exhibition at the school common areas.

Grade: 2ESO (PK-8)

Te presentamos a...

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Project Idea: Oral texts. Introducing yourself at the beginning of the course.

Culminating Products: Preparing an oral text with personal information.Recording of video. Video edition.

Grade: 1ESO (PK-7)

Hola...

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Hands-on learning

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Use of New Technologies

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Assessment Processes

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Class management strategies

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My own lesson outline

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Making my own materials

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Promoting reading in class

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Learning projects

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My classroom

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Volunteering in Nepal

My résumé

Further Information

Bilingual Teaching

Teaching Experience in Formal Education

Teacher CertificationLanguages

Academic Background

Personal Information

Last name: Tortajada-Caro First name: María TeresaPhone number: 654472276 Skype: maitetortajadacaroEmail: maitetortajada@yahoo.es

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Degree: Spanish Philology

Position School (Level) Start date Finish date City CountrySPANISH TEACHER MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL 05/10/07 07/31/09 BARCELONA SPAINSPANISH TEACHER MIDDLE/ HIGH SCHOOL 09/01/09 08/31/11 SABADELL SPAINSPANISH TEACHER MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL 09/01/11 08/31/14 LLORET SPAIN

Have you ever worked in any bilingual or immersion program? No.

Spanish as a foreign fanguageTeaching experience: Academia Cilce. Valencia.University Qualifications: Certificado de Metodología del Español como LenguaExtranjera. Universidad de Barcelona.

Teaching experience in Middle and High SchoolsSchoolroom Teacher: years 09-10, 10-11, 11-12, 12-13, 13-14.Head of Department: years 12-13, 13-14.Experience in schools with special disciplinary difficulties: Years 09-10, 10-11.

Other informationI have studied MA Science Degree subjects, Major Physics, so I can teach science subjects aswell.

Language LevelEnglish AdvancedItalian IntermediateSpanish NativeCatalan Native

Do you hold a “CAP” or “Máster de Profesorado” diploma? YesAmerican/Canadian TeachingCredential? No

Driver’s License Yes

How many full years of documented teaching experience in primary or secondary educa-tion do you have? By July 2014 6 years, 8 months.

Are you a Public Employee? Yes.

My profile

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• I relish and look forward to new challenges with a positiveattitude.

• I am able to accept and to adapt to new schemes.

• I have a huge amount of determination and motivationregarding work commitments.

• I am trustworthy, reliable and constant.

• I have excellent communication skills demonstrated bymore than 6 years of teaching experience.

• I look forward to managing students and maximizinglearning opportunities in diverse classroom settings.

• I am particularly concerned with accurately assessing,recording and communicating progress to students andparents

• I have proved to be able to work with children of variousintellectual, behavioural and physical challenges

• I am an enthusiastic teacher with a talent for encouragingactive participation and creating a fun environmentproviding relevant course materials for effective learning.

• I enjoy learning new strategies from others and I am alwaysopen to new ideas as well as continually assessing my ownteaching.

• I do not smoke.

• I have a clean driving license.

My ideas about...

Teaching and Learning• A teacher’s role is to actively engage students in the process

of teaching and learning as well as helping them becomeindependent, responsible and well-balanced individuals.

• Learning should take place in a variety of different waysincluding: personal, collaborative and with practical tasksthat contextualize what is being learnt. This offers studentsa selection of learning styles to achieve their goals.

• In my opinion, student evaluation is a vital part of the teachingand learning process. Assessment with clear learningobjectives informs students of the criteria before beginningactivities. It should also include self-evaluation as well as pierevaluation.

• I often use methods and resources that offer variety allowingstudents to work both individually and collaboratively.

• I am aware of the various levels of knowledge and abilitiesthat exist in my classroom and the students with specialneeds and cater for these as necessary, using I.E.P’s(Individual Education Plans).

• Active learning has been proven to be more effective thanpassive learning. Therefore, I design activities to helpstudents learn in an experimental way.

• The main objective of my classes is to enhance thecommunicative competence of students and enabling themto make correct use of the language. I believe P.B.L (ProjectBased Learning) can serve this purpose.

• My target is not to teach Spanish as an abstract subject buthelp my students achieve the best knowledge of the differentskills involved in communication: reading, listening, writingand speaking. In short, I want to prepare my students tocommunicate successfully.

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Class Management● I treat students with the same respect I expect from them.

● I like learning their names quickly and recognize his or herindividual qualities and academic ability.

● I try to be fair, positive, and consistent. I try also to admitmy mistakes and to keep my sense of humor.

● I think is very important to determine jointly with the classwhat is and isn’t acceptable in terms of behavior andachievement. I would have a maximun of five rules anddisplay then in the classroom.

● It is better to have routines to follow each day as studentsenter and leave the room.

● I never threaten or use sarcasm. I do not think it is a goodidea to use threats to enforce discipline, and obviously Inever humiliate a child.

● I try to avoid arguing with students because discussionsabout classwork are invaluable, but arguments can becomeemotional encounters.

● I prefer to move around my class. I usually walk around theroom as students work or respond to instruction.

● I know it is difficult sometimes but I try to let each studentstart each day with a clean slate.

Use of New Technologies

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● Good use of new tecnologies can often enrich the teachingand learning processes.

● Technology, such as the aquisition of ICT skills, is vital tostudents in a modern society.

● The use of Technology allows more productive lessons andless rote learning.

● It also makes it easier to motivate students, using newmedia activities.

● New technologies facilitates mentoring and communicationwith families and the environment.

● The interactive whiteboard provides more resources andopportunities to learn. Students are often more attentiveand motivated. They understand the content of the lessonand participate freely.

● New technologies are a powerful tool enabling students tolearn, but this does not mean we should abandonestablished procedures that have proven theireffectiveness.

● The best use of ICT is to add something to a lesson, for thebenefit of the students.

● I use ICT in a daily basis to comunicate with students inmany different ways: e-mail, Google Drive and GoogleCalendar. I also have a web page and a Blog. I communicatestudent progress or other issues to parents via email if theyagree with the method.

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