Maria Goodnight

77 Orchard St. * Watertown, MA 02472 * (206 779-­­2202)

mariaquiz@gmail.com * mariaggoodnight.weebly.com
CAREER OBJECTIVES
To develop a love of the Spanish language and Latinx culture in all students.
To support, encourage, and push all students to believe in themselves and their futures.

EDUCATION
Highly Qualified under NCLB

Certification: Massachusetts Initial License (Spanish 5-12) July 2018

Bachelor of Arts, Spring Arbor University May 2016

• Certification: Michigan Secondary Provisional
• Major: Spanish (Code: [FF] #PV0000000915229)
• Major: Social Studies (Code: RX)

Academic Semester Abroad: Antigua, Guatemala Spring 2015

15 Weeks immersed in Spanish language & cultural experiences including one-on-one classes
daily

First Aid & CPR Child & Adult Certification Fall 2015

TEACHING SKILLS
Pedagogy Technology
• Understanding by Design • Microsoft Office
• Restorative Practices (Justice & • Apple Technology
Conversations) • Weebly Web Design
• Living Through History • Prezi
• Marzano 9 High-Yield Instructional • Blackboard
Strategies • PowerSchool
• Nurtured Heart Approach • Schoology
• Love & Logic • IMPACT
• Wong’s Classroom Management • Kahoot!
• Differentiated Instruction

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Spanish Teacher: Richards Career Academy, Chicago, IL Fall 2016-Spring 2018
Principal Ellen Kennedy
• Designed original Spanish I & II curriculum & lessons in alignment with Illinois Language
Learning Standards
• Differentiated curriculum to meet the needs of advanced Heritage Spanish speakers
• Member of the Instructional Leadership Team, Professional Personnel Leadership
Committee, Professional Problems Committee, and Professional Learning Communities
 Professional Teaching Semester: Western High School, Parma, MI Feb - May 2016
Principal Sue Van Riper
• Mentor teachers: Kelly Mayotte, Spanish; Erika Sponsler, U.S. History
• Designed curriculum-based original lessons in Spanish in alignment with MIWLA
Standards & Benchmarks
• Learned and applied Living Through History curriculum with original additions
• Created and applied objective-based formative and summative assessments
• Contributed to departmental Professional Learning Communities
• Identified a struggling student and developed and completed RTI plan to improve
academic success

EDUStaff Substitute Teacher, Michigan Fall 2015-Spring 2016

English Teacher, Antigua, Guatemala Feb 2015-April 2015

Executive Secretary Sury Rodríguez
• Worked in partnership with the Cámara de Turismo
• Designed original lessons, multiple forms of application, and formative and summative
assessments of student progress

Spanish Tutor, Spring Arbor, Michigan June 2015-Jan 2016

Servant Leader Intern, CDF Freedom Schools, Seattle, WA Summer 2014

Garfield Nishioka, Community Development and Outreach Director
• Engaged elementary scholars with culturally relevant and self-empowering literacy
program
• Planned and led music enrichment activities
• Participated in a daily Professional Learning Community
VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
Bible Quiz Coach, Spring Arbor Free Methodist Church 2012-2016
• Taught memorization and study strategies for Scripture, mentored secondary level girls

Volunteer, Casa Jackson, The God’s Child Project, Antigua, Guatemala Spring 2015
• Visually and physically stimulated malnourished infants and toddlers through song,
dance, play, and medical care

Translator, Una historia de las escuelas de español de Antigua Spring 2015

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS & DEVELOPMENT
Michigan World Language Association (MIWLA) 2014-2016
• MIWLA Conference, Lansing, MI November 2014
Michigan Council for the Social Studies 2014-2016
CDF Freedom Schools Ella Baker Child Policy Training, TN June 2014
REFERENCES

Ms. Ellen Kennedy

Principal, Richards Career Academy
5009 South Laflin Ave.
Chicago, IL, 60609
773-535-4945
emkennedy@cps.edu

Mr. Kim Bowen

World Language Department Chair, Spring Arbor University
106 E. Main St.
Spring Arbor, MI 49283
517-­­750-­­6787
kbowen@arbor.edu

Mrs. Kelly Mayotte

Spanish Teacher, Western High School
1400 S Dearing Rd.
Parma, MI 49269
(517) 841-­­8200
Kelly.Mayotte@wsdpanthers.org

Mrs. Erika Sponsler

U.S. History Teacher, Western High School,
1400 S Dearing Rd.
Parma, MI 49269
(517) 841-­­8200
Erika.Sponsler@wsdpanthers.org