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| Ana Fernandez anacf71@gmail.com Sweetwater Elementary School Miami-Dade County Public Schools |
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| My Philosophy
Education is essential to the development of each learner. Education opens doors and provides opportunities to achieve greatness. An educator’s responsibility is to unlock that door and map out a clear path for students. To set that path, it is important to create an environment where students become enthusiastic about learning and understanding the subject matter and consequently integrate the content into their way of thinking. To achieve this I use a variety of methods such as small group instruction, pair and share, role playing and more. I use data to gain an insight into my students’ abilities, target areas of need and capitalize on their strengths. My role as an educator is to facilitate instruction and guide my students through the learning process using resources. To achieve this I keep current with teaching strategies, issues and trends. I see myself as a lifelong learner in the ever evolving field of education and plan to continue devoting time to learning in order to improve the quality of my teaching.
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| My Community I work in a Title I school in Miami Dade. The majority of my school's population is of Hispanic background. Many of the students are second language learners. I feel that vocabulary exposure is important for these students. I expose my first graders to a rich print environment. | |||||||||
| My Roles and Responsibilities I am a first grade teacher. In 2009, I achieved National Board certification in Elementary Literacy.
Additional Professional Work
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| Cynthia Sistek-Chandler, EdD cchandler@nu.edu National University Program Director for Masters of Science in Advanced Teaching Practices |
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| My Philosophy I am passionate about technology integration. I teach and coach adult students who are teachers or administrators how to integrate technology into their educational practice. Learning to to teach and teaching to learn is a reciprocal process. | |||||||||
| My Community As a staff developer, trainer and professor of educational technology, my path guides me to working with school sites and with cadres of learners at National University and at the San Diego County Office of Education. Since 1998, I have primarily taught online, EdTech courses that are required for the California Clear Credential. | |||||||||
| My Environment National University has 27 physical campuses but since 1999, I primarily teach online. My adult students are typical working individuals who are pursuing a Masters of Education in Technology or who are clearing their credential. I take great pride in supervising Masters thesis development for my students. | |||||||||
| My Roles and Responsibilities At National University I am part of a development team working in the area of Advanced Teacher Practices and Advanced Digital Literacy. Over my career, I have worked with the PK-20 community as a professional development coach at San Diego County Office of Education where I have trained over 500 school administrators in integrating technology into their practice.
The courses I teach are in the following programs: Masters of Science in Educational and Instructional Technology
Masters of Science in Advanced Teaching Practices
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