Carolina Duncan

About Carolina Duncan

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all. –…

Experience

1. District Dual Language Esl Instructional Specialist Coach

   Hays Cisd

   Aug 2017 — Present · Buda, TX, US

   See previous work at Hays CISD, plus:• Completed the 5-Day Gómez and Gómez Dual Language Enrichment Model (DLE) Training Institute.• Participated in monthly district led instructional coaching training and collaboration meetings.• Attended a Lucy Calkins Writing Units of Study training for campus instructional coaches/district coaches of the workshop model.• Designed, planned, coordinated and delivered successful district-wide, campus, PLC groups, grade level, and 1:1 PD from K-12th grade in the areas of dual language acquisition/biliteracy, the Dual Language program and implementation (monthly), Guided Reading and Balanced Literacy 1:1 and through video coaching, DL Writing, Math/Science/Social Studies in a Dual Language Classroom, language/biliteracy intervention, English as a Second Language (ESL) instruction, English Language Proficiency Standards (ELPS), Sheltered Instruction, IPT testing, TELPAS Manual, Elementary/Secondary Hays CISD Teacher Academy, plus teacher and parent LPAC procedures trainings,• Supported and assisted Dual Language Kinder – 5th grade teachers during campus, PLC groups, grade level, and 1:1 TEKS Resource lesson planning.• Revised and improved the DL Model curriculum Guidance Documents for the DL/ESL department.• Created and executed a weekly a DL/ESL email communication system with thirteen campuses.• Reviewed, revised, and translated the district interims for all content areas.• Assisted five Dual Language campus administrators with testing data analysis, LPAC decisions, and classroom follow-ups. • Completed data analysis for eight ESL campuses in collaboration with ESL campus coaches to form a comprehensive instructional/intervention plan for K-5th grade ESL students.• Provided evening parent workshops, each year, to teach parents literacy and problem solving strategies.• Completed training and received my Level 1 Google Certification.

Skills

• Early Childhood Education
• Educational Leadership
• Curriculum Development
• Classroom
• Teacher Training
• Staff Development
• Tutoring
• Public Speaking
• Elementary Education
• Instructional Design
• Curriculum Design
• Teaching English as a Second Language
• Literacy
• Classroom Management
• Educational Technology
• Language: Native Spanish Speaker
• Esl
• English as a Second Language (Esl)
• Lesson Planning
• Teaching