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Carla Chávez

English Teacher
Valparaíso,05 Región De Valparaíso

Summary

Head of Secondary with over 17 years of successful experience in teaching and school management. Recognized consistently for performance excellence and contributions to success in academic excellence and well being of school communities. Strengths in working in goal-oriented environments and bilingual programmes backed by training in Leadership, Linguistics, Literature and Well Being .

Overview

13
13
years of post-secondary education
11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

Head of Secondary

Pumahue Curauma
01.2018 - Current
  • Curriculum management. Leading teachers and students to achieve institutional goals.
  • Member of the Welfare committee.
  • Effective work with marking officer to show the advantages of the school.
  • Implementation of online classrooms using Microsoft Teams.
  • Internal training for teachers: Flipped Classroom, Formative Assessment, Project-based Learning, Emotions in the Classroom, among others.
  • Participation in global events among Cognita Schools in Europe and Asia.
  • Tailor-made plans to work with students with special needs.
  • Teachers’ appraisal and feedback using the Let’s Talk model.
  • Design and implementation of campaigns to form digital citizens.
  • Organization of events to reinforce sense of belonging: Music Festival, Open Days, Book Campaign, Healthy Breaks, School Anniversary among others.
  • Leadership of PTU (former PSU) academic and motivational plan.
  • Organization of Cambridge Exams preparation.
  • Monitoring of SIMCE academic and motivational plan (1st place in the region 2019)

Academic Coordinator

The Mackay School
03.2010 - 12.2017
  • Design and implementation of academic projects in Senior School: BYOD, Problem-based learning, interdisciplinary work.
  • Using ICTs to enhance the learning experience. Digital blogs per Department, putting platforms at the service of autonomous learning.
  • Supporting the bilingual programme of the school, working closely with the English Department to achieve institutional goals. (Trinity Exams, English A, Language and Literature, English B).
  • Preparation of teachers to teach with technology: mentoring, managing external training, assessing the effectiveness of new ways of working.
  • Participation in the development and implementation of institutional policies.
  • Design, monitoring and improvement of SIMCE and PSU plans.

Education

Ph.D. - Literature (candidate)

Pontificia Universidad Católica De Valparaíso
Chile
03.2020 - Current

Master - Linguistics

Pontificia Universidad Católica De Valparaíso
Chile
03.2006 - 08.2009

Bachelor of Education - English-as-a-Second-Language Education

Universidad Católica De Valparaíso
Chile
03.2001 - 12.2004

Bachelor's Degree in English Language - Language Interpretation And Translation

Universidad Católica De Valparaíso
Chile
03.1996 - 12.2000

Skills

Collaborative work

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Interests

Running, Knitting, Plant Care, Pet Lover

Timeline

Ph.D. - Literature (candidate)

Pontificia Universidad Católica De Valparaíso
03.2020 - Current

Head of Secondary

Pumahue Curauma
01.2018 - Current

Academic Coordinator

The Mackay School
03.2010 - 12.2017

Master - Linguistics

Pontificia Universidad Católica De Valparaíso
03.2006 - 08.2009

Bachelor of Education - English-as-a-Second-Language Education

Universidad Católica De Valparaíso
03.2001 - 12.2004

Bachelor's Degree in English Language - Language Interpretation And Translation

Universidad Católica De Valparaíso
03.1996 - 12.2000
Carla ChávezEnglish Teacher