Lauren Teplin

EDUCATION
Loyola Marymount University May 2018
Master of Arts in Bilingual Education & Multiple Subjects Credential
Royal Scholar
• Scholarship from the Center for Equity for English Learners(CEEL)
• Trained in professional developments directed by the Sobrato Early Academic Language (SEAL) Model to
develop Rigorous Opportunities for Young children to Accelerate Language and Literacy.

University of California, Irvine June 2012

Bachelor of Arts in Sociology, Minor in Spanish
• Dean's Honor List

EXPERIENCE
El Marino Language School/Playa Vista Elementary School, Los Angeles January 2018-Present
Student Teacher
Curriculum and Unit development
• Planned cross-disciplinary lessons by consulting CCSS and NGSS to increase engagement and
understanding
• Assessed students using formative and summative assessments in order to make necessary adaptations to
ensure student progress.
• Adapted curriculum by providing opportunities for multiple means of representation and giving individual
attention to those who need it to increase proficiency.
Classroom Instruction and Management
• Cultivated a positive classroom environment by rewarding good behavior and consistently following
classroom procedures and agreements.
• Facilitated restorative justice circles to provide a space for students to have a voice to address issues that are
meaningful to them.
Los Angeles Galaxy: Department of Education, Carson September 2017 – November 2017
English Tutor
• Taught English classes to international athletes from the LA Galaxy until the end of the soccer season.
• Tailored lessons to meet personal needs and interests with a focus on pronunciation and grammar for
everyday communication.
Citizens of the World Mar Vista, Los Angeles August 2016 – June 2017
Teaching Associate
• Collaborated with lead teacher to implement inquiry based projects, SEL curriculum, and hands on learning
to address students with varying academic and behavioral needs.
• Led small group instruction in both math and literature circles to emergent learners and advanced learners
by implementing scaffolding to promote critical thinking and mastery of standards.
• Trained and experienced in accommodating students with IEPs to succeed in their goals.
IES Américo Castro/CEIP Padre Manjón, Granada, Spain November 2015 – June 2016
North American Language and Culture Assistant
• Co-Taught with teachers in grades second to eleventh to deliver target lessons in English in order to develop
multi-level dynamic and interactive science and history lesson plans.
• Focused on building confidence in speaking and understanding of the thematic unit in their second
language.

Move Your Class, Granada, Spain

Private English Tutor (3-11 years old) November 2014 – June 2016
• Based classes on project-based learning filled with writing movie scripts, acting, and other creative
opportunities by using a student centered approach to help foster and facilitate growth in their acquisition of
the English language.
• Mentored new teachers about how to motivate students and reflect on their own teaching practices, as well
as creating an electronic shared resource bin filled with creative lesson plans.

Linwood E. Howe, Culver City November 2013 – June 2014

Teaching Assistant
• Conferenced with students to improve writing by utilizing strategies to visualize the essay as it progresses
through the different stages of composition.
• Scaffolded teaching for students who needed additional instruction in math by providing manipulatives and
other educational tools in order for them to achieve lesson objectives.

UCLA Challenge Course, Los Angeles November 2013 – October 2014

Co-Facilitator
Facilitating Reflection
• Directed team building and self-reflective activities through the use of games and challenges to get
participants to evaluate their actions, thinking process and communication skills.
• Supervised safety of participants in the Ropes Course through 360 feet of obstacles and 45 feet in the air, in
order to be able to reflect and debrief on the ground in order to guide clients to attain new meanings of trust,
teamwork, confidence, communication and problem solving skills.

VOLUNTEERING
NGO Giordano Liva Del Cusco, School for Peace, Cusco, Peru
After School Instructor February 2013 – August 2013
• Organized daily after-school activities, focused on implementing a curriculum based on non-violence,
gender equality and sustainability to encourage the importance of community and education.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Languages
Spanish (full professional proficiency)

Certifications
• CPR Certification
• LCC Teaching English as a Foreign Language Certification