Carlos Lopez

About Carlos Lopez

I am an accomplished educator with a full stack web developer expertise and a passion for creating and lifelong learning. I thoroughly enjoy the problem solving process while tinkering with and making and breaking apps across the entire stack spectrum. I tend to gravitate towards front end development but love being kept on my toes with backend data challenges and solutions. Ultimately, I’m just addicted to the excitement and magic of making functional, useful, and engaging apps for the web. My strengths lie where my education background and web development experiences intersect. My familiarity with teaching and learning new languages and cultures makes me comfortable adapting to varied teams’ needs and environments. Combine that with my bootcamp experience at UT Austin, which absolutely required fast paced technical proficiency growth for success, and I feel well positioned, technically and mentally, to grow with any demands and industry. My strengths include: HTML, CSS, Javascript, jQuery, Node.js, Express.js, Mysql, MongoDB, Responsive Design, and making the best out of any situation. I have experience with Sass, React.js, Laravel, PHP, Angular, and making pizza from scratch. Check out my portfolio at: https://clo2go-portfolio.herokuapp.com/

Experience

1. Teacher

   Austin Independent School District

   Oct 2015 — Present · Austin, TX, US

   As an information technology CTE educator, I facilitate IT learning that provides student experiences in in physical and virtual computing, computational thinking with computer science principles, while students self discover and grow their industry certifiable skills in a variety of emerging technologies. I have instructed web development, Information Technology, Intro to Networking, Intro to cybersecurity, and dabbled in whatever technology necessary to provide relevant and current learning experiences. Along with my classroom teaching experience, I have also been designated with various campus leadership positions such as Campus Device Manager, Campus Innovation Coach, Newcomer Teacher Mentoring, Professional Pathways for Teachers (PPfT) liaison (Teacher Appraisals), and lead teacher for after school Twilight tutoring/ credit recovery program. After school activities include Varsity Assistant Baseball and Soccer coaching, Cambio Club sponsor (Hispanic/Latino/ LatinX heritage club), and USAF Cyberpatriot Cybersecurity Competition sponsor. Working on getting eSports started in 2023. Educator recognition includes recipient of the Martha Quiat travel study scholarship in Madrid, Spain, The Eloise Roach Award for Language Educators, Teacher of Promise for first year educators in Austin ISD, 2 Year completion of AISD\'s Leadership Pathways for Transformative Technology Academy, and various campus teamwork and leadership awards.

Education

• Wayland Baptist University

  B.B.A., Information Technology Specialization

  1999 — 2003

• Concordia Portland Alumni & Friends

  Master's degree, Distance Learning/ Instructional Technology

  2014 — 2016

• The University of Texas at Austin

  Full Stack Web Developing Bootcamp, Front & Back End Web Development

  2016 — 2017

• Texas Tech University

  Studied Spanish Language and Literature

  2002 — 2002

Skills

• Back-End Web Development
• Team Leadership
• Differentiated Instruction
• Front-End Coding
• Tutoring
• Teaching
• Ajax
• Literature
• Node.js
• Express.js
• Mysql
• Customer Service
• Spanish
• Classroom Management
• Front-End Development
• Javascript
• Mongodb
• Educational Technology
• Educational Leadership
• Heroku
• Teacher Training
• Angularjs
• Social Media
• Teamwork
• Html5
• Public Speaking
• Lesson Planning
• Research
• Special Education
• Curriculum Design
• Front-End Design
• Cascading Style Sheets (Css)
• Jquery
• Curriculum Development
• Event Planning
• Sass
• Handlebars.js
• Firebase
• Classroom
• React.js