Angela Pieniaszek

224 Laverne Ct

W ORK E XPERIENCE
Walnut Grove High School Spanish Teacher Foreign Language Department head D UTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Work with department members to develop goals Loganville, GA Fall 2009-Present

Winder GA 30680 706-224-2990 Angela.Pieniaszek@walto n.k12.ga.us

C E R T I F I C AT I O N
T-4 GA Certification Spanish k-12 ELL k-12 Gifted k-12

for the FL Department Represent FL department at School Improvement Team Meetings Assess needs and maintain inventory for the department Conduct regular department meetings Review department member lesson plans Guide department in curriculum development and Instructional practice Observe department members and provide feedback To develop curriculum and exams Teach Spanish Grades 9-12 (levels 1-4)

E D U C AT I O N
University of Georgia BS Education Foreign Language Education University of West Georgia M.Ed. In Media (with an emphasis in instructional technology) EGD: 5/2012

Loganville High School Spanish Teacher D UTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Teach Spanish Grades 10-12 Work with other Spanish teachers To develop curriculum and exams

Loganville, GA Fall 2007-May 2009

L ANGUAGE
Spanish: Fluent

WR Coile Middle School Athens, Georgia Lead ESOL Teacher January 2004-May 2007 D UTIES AND R ESPONSIBILITIES: Teach ESOL grades 6-8 (2 classes per grade level) Administer entrance and exit testing for ESOL program Lead meetings to decide placement of students in ESOL program Support Faculty with strategies and information to improve ELL student achievement Maintain student folders and state records Trained, certified, and administered ACCESS test Trained and certified to administer W-APT assessment

O BJECTIVE
To attend Graduate School and complete Ed.D in Curriculum Studies.

COMMITTEES

AND HONORS Co-Recipient of 21st Century Classroom Grant Co-Author of Clarke County School District ESOL Middle School Curriculum Co-Chair of technology committee at WR Coile Middle School Mentor to new teachers High School ELOST Technology Committee 2007 Textbook adoption committee 2009-10

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Modeled strategies for Classroom teachers to differentiate for ESOL students Attended Scaffolding for ELL students conducted by Virginia Rojas Attended National Association of Multicultural Education Conference Attended ETTC technology conference 2007 Trained by representative from NEGA RESA in Learning Focused strategies

Angela Pieniaszek

TECHNOLOGY
S OFTWARE Smart Notebook Software, Creation of webquests, Classroom
Performance System, Podcasting for the classroom, Vodcasting for the classroom Microsoft Excel, Word, Publisher Operating systems Windows XP, Mac OSX Web Browsing (Multiple browsers) Pagemaker Audio Video Equipment Audiacity and other audio recording and editing software Various Web 2.0 tools, including wikis, weeblys, google sites, google docs, glogster, and many others Dreamweaver Windows Media Player, iMovie, iPads Digital Storytelling (multiple formats)

L ANGUAGES
Fluent in Spanish Knowledge of French

I N T E R N AT I O N A L E X P E R E I E N C E S
Studies Abroad, University of Salamanca Salamanca, Spain Expanded Knowledge of Spanish language and culture Traveled throughout Spain and other countries in Europe Traveled throughout Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico Tutored ESOL students (adults and students ages 5-50) Volunteered for Catholic Social Services and taught ESOL to adults Leading Student groups on Study Abroad excursions, Summer 2011 and 2012

R E L AT E D E X P E R E I E N C E
Student Teaching Jan2003-April 2003 MACHS Monroe, GA Taught Spanish 1 and Spanish 3/4 Practicum Sept-Nov 2003 Whit Davis Elementary School Athens, GA Taught 5th grade Spanish lesson 2 times a week Practicum Feb-May 2001 Fowler Drive Elementary Athens, GA Observed ESOL classes k-5 Assisted teacher in instruction and supervision Day Care Assistant Young World Learning Center Cared for children 6 months-5 years Nov 2000-Feb 2001 Athens, GA

Summer Camp Counselor June 1992 Camp Timbers West Branch, MI Directed Activities, organized events, taught boating and various other classes