JOSÉ R. MONTERO

3649 Military Ave

Los Angeles, California 90034

(310) 202-7098& (310) 384-3236

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

  • Twenty-two years experience in education
  • Seventeen years experience in Second Language Acquisition
  • Four years experience in school management
  • Four years experience in development, implementation and management of government grants and programs
  • A competent, reliable and committed professional combining excellent organizational and interpersonal skills with experience in educational planning, training, and counseling.

EDUCATION

Doctoral Program in Education, Universidad Nacional, Madrid, Spain (1999)

Master of Education, Universidad Nacional, Madrid, Spain (1997)

Bachelor of Arts, Universidad Autónoma, Madrid, Spain (1986)

WORK EXPERIENCE

Teacher Culver City high school, Culver City (1999-present)

  • Teacher of Spanish language, literature and culture: Spanish 1 & 2 and Spanish for Spanish speakers 1 & 2.
  • Chairperson, Department of Modern Languages, 2000-present.
  • Mentor for new teachers under the BTSA Program, 2000-2002.
  • Member of the Culver City USD Strategic Planning Task Force 10 to provide staff, students, and community members the means and resources to become literate in technology.
  • Member of Culver City USD Tolerance Education Program to design and develop a tolerance education agenda to be implemented district-wise.
  • Advisor of several student clubs:
  • Latinos Unidos
  • Student Intercultural Advisory Committee
  • Muslim Student Association
  • Peace Club
  • Organized and implemented school-wide projects and activities:
  • The Peace Garden: An Interfaith Project (2001-2003)
  • Meditation classes: an alternative to detention (2001-2007)
  • Multicultural Retreat (2001-2008)
  • Multicultural Music Video: A Tolerance-based Project (2001-2003)
  • Latinos Unidos Assembly: A Celebration of our Hispanic Heritage (2000-2007)
  • Peace Concert (2004-2007)
  • Cuéntame un Cuento: Sharing our Imagination, Language, and Culture with our little friends: CCHS students visited El Marino Language School to read stories they had written to K-5 students (2000-2003)
  • Researched and formulated proposals for different government grants that were ultimately awarded:
  • Authentic and Culturally Sensitive Instruction in Foreign Languages ($600)
  • Health and Tolerance Grant ($40,000)

Teacher El Marino Language School, Culver City (1990-1999)

  • Teacher of Kindergarten and third grade in the Spanish Immersion program.
  • Mentor for immersion teachers, 1998-1999.
  • Member of the Bilingual, Technology, and Mathematics committees.
  • Coordinated efforts by low-income Latino parents to obtain funding and resources, healthcare services, legal assistance, and after-school programs.
  • Researched and formulated proposals for different government grants that were ultimately awarded:
  • Kindergarten Computer Literacy, ($1,000)
  • The Importance of Plants: Operation Greenhouse ($1,200)
  • Building Gardens ($1,500)
  • Los Nativos Americanos ($750), which earned an award at the California Student Media and Multimedia Festival

Administrator Zaleo Elementary School, Madrid, Spain (1986-1990)

  • Coordinated human resource functions, supervised staff, responsible for decisions concerning budget spending.
  • Oversaw development and implementation of school curriculum to include new national content standards.
  • Developed and implemented intra-curricular lesson plans for teachers.
  • Managed school communications with parents and the community; organized community events and activities.

ADDITIONAL TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Teacher of the Intensive Seminar “Spanish Immersion Strategies,” Bellevue, Washington (May 1999)

Presenter of the lecture “La importancia de las diferencias culturales en la globalización de la enseñanza,” XXIV Annual Convention, California Association for Bilingual Education, Los Angeles (February 1999)

Presenter of the lecture “The use of visual tools in the bilingual classroom,” Culver City USD (February 1998)

Presenter of the lecture “La educación multicultural: una propuesta para el milenio,” XXIII Annual Convention California Association for Bilingual Education, San Jose (February 1998)

Teacher of the courses “Understanding & Learning a New Educational System,” “Lesson Plans, Discipline & Management, School Policies and Classroom Set-up,” “Integrating Curriculum & Content at Different Levels of Learning, Parts I & II,” “Teaching Reading to Bilingual Students,” & “Teaching Writing to Bilingual Students,” Spanish Resource Center, University of Southern California (August 1998)

Presenter of the lecture “El aula multicultural,” XXII Annual Convention California Association for Bilingual Education, Los Angeles (March 1997)

Presenter of the lecture “Imagen, Fantasía y Lenguaje,” XIII Annual Convention, Advocates for Language, Detroit, Michigan (February 1996)

Presenter of the lecture “Los Medios Audiovisuales en la Enseñanza de las Lenguas,” XX Annual Convention, California Association for Bilingual Education, Anaheim, California (February 1995)

Presenter of the lecture “El Lenguaje de las Sombras,” XII Annual Convention, Advocates for Language Learning, Detroit, Michigan (February 1995)

Director of the workshop “El cómic: su explotación en el aula bilingüe,”XXIII Annual Conference, New Mexico Association for Bilingual Education, Albuquerque, New Mexico (April 1994)

Presenter of the lecture “A Reading Experience: Bibliotecas de Aula,” XVIII Annual Convention, California Association for Bilingual Education, Anaheim, California (February 1993)

Presenter of the lecture “Los Medios Audiovisuales en la Inmersión al Español, en la Enseñanza Temprana,” IX Annual Convention, Advocates for Language Learning, Marina del Rey, California (February 1992)

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE RELATED TO EDUCATION

Designed, developed and implemented the cultural activities carried out by the Office of Education of Spain in Los Angeles, including seminars, workshops, presentations, lectures and cultural events (1991-1999)

Wrote, edited, and reviewed assessments for reading and for grammar and usage passages for the Spanish version of the California Test of Academic Standards, School Research and Service Corporation, Aliso Viejo (1994-1997)

Wrote, edited, and reviewed articles for the two magazines specialized in Spanish resources edited by the Office of Education, Embassy of Spain, Los Angeles (1992-1997)

Designed, developed and implemented the language development project, “Bibliotecas de Aula,” Office of Education of Spain, Los Angeles (1993-1997)

Design, developed and implemented the language development project, “Materiales Didácticos,” Office of Education of Spain, Los Angeles (1993-1997)

Helped organize the Spanish Film Series/ Ciclo de Cine Español that took place at the University of Southern California, Office of Education of Spain in Los Angeles (1996)

Designed, implemented, and supervised the Bilingual Classroom Library project to donate libraries to bilingual classrooms in public schools to promote reading and literacy in Spanish language, Office of Education of Spain, Los Angeles (1992-1994).

Designed and developed the National Curriculum for Elementary Education, to include new guidelines and standards approved by the National Education Reform of 1985, Ministry of Education and Science of Spain, (1985-1988)

ADDITIONAL TRAINING

  • Conflict Transformation by Peaceful Means, Transcend Peace University, Romania (2002-2003)
  • Intensive Programme in Multicultural Education, University of London (1999)
  • Review of the California Teaching Standards for Support Providers in the BTSA Program, University of California, Los Angeles (1998)
  • Beginning Teachers Support and Assessment, Pepperdine University, Los Angeles (1998)
  • Classroom management for BTSA teachers, University of California, Los Angeles (1998)
  • Curriculum Design, Theory and Practice, University of Southern California (1996)
  • Language Development and Beyond, West Los Angeles college (1990)
  • Natural Acquisition of Language, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (1990)
  • Animación Teatral, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (1988)

PUBLISHED WORKS

El Proyecto Educativo en la Escuela Infantil (1998)

Educar a los Tres Años, “Unidad Didáctica: El Agua” (1988)

De par en par nº 2“Construcción de Piñatas” (1993)

De par en par nº 3“La historia de Edgardo” (1994)

De par en par nº 4“La Rueda” (1994)

De par en par nº 9“Tren: Una palabra muy larga” (1997)

De par en par nº 11“Historia de piratas” (1998)

ADDITIONAL DATA

Currently writing the dissertation for an Ed.D in Multicultural Education.

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