09.2018 -
present
Personal
Sandy RAMIREZ
Teacher
Nacionalidades:Mexico, USA
Permisos Trabajo:Mexico, Europe, USA
Idiomas:Spanish, English
Residencia Actual:Rochester, USA
"Ms. Ramirez' strong work ethic, keen intellectual abilities and pleasant personality demonstrate a vital component of a well-developed persona that reflects compassion and willingness to help others"
Raul Lomeli - Executive Chairman SABEResPODER
Education
10.2012 -
11.2013
Master in Teacher training for Secondary and High School Education with a specialty in English language learning
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
The studies subjects consisted in the methodology related to: CLIL /Society, Family and Education /
Information and Communication Technology / Educational Curricular Design / Organization and Administration of Educational Institutions
Educational Investigation / English Language Didactics / Psychosocial Relations in the Classroom / Society and Culture of the English World
09.2006 -
06.2009
Bachelor of Arts, Political Science with an emphasis in International Relations
University of California Los Angeles
Experience
– Middle School Spanish Teacher, Advisor, and MS Coordinator
– Member of the Harley Diversity Committee, Admissions Committee, Harley Communications Team, Technology Visionaries Committee, and TIG team.
– Managing School Crises: From Theory to Application. Certified by the Trauma, Illness, Grief Consortium (TIG) https://tigconsortium.org. International Critical Incident Foundation.
– Remote Learning Taskforce and Training
– Middle School Mentor for new teachers.
– Teaching grades 5th, 7th, and 8th.
– Initiator of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program in the Middle School.
– Facilitator for AIM Survey Discovery Committee
– Trained World Language teachers across all levels in the use of online language tools and resources.
– Language learning through the communicative approach and TPR methodologies
– Cultural exposure by sharing personal experiences, documentaries, videos, articles, and the use of current events of the Spanish-speaking world.
– Trained in Responsive Classrooms, Pollyanna Racial Literacy Curriculum
– Use of Schoology (education management system), MyBackpack, and BlackBaud.
– SAT/ACT Test Proctor
– Use of technology in the classroom such as Flipgrid, Voki, Duolingo Classroom, Kami, Quizlet, Google Suite. AI Educational Implementation.
- Coordinated a team of 11 English, Spanish, and German translators
- Responsible for the translation of the entire app, its content, fashion merchandising items, marketing, UX.
- Selecting, hiring, training each translator. Started team with two translators and successfully grew the team to 11 in total.
- Setting goals and meeting deadlines for the internationalization process of the U.S./German version of the app.
- Created an efficient workflow system for various departments: Fashion, UX, app, marketing, and tagging.
- Contributed in the translation of legal documents for U.S. market launch.
- Input of ideas for improvement of the mobile app.
- Efficient and constant communication and coordination with other departments as well as management (Supervisors, CEO)
- Promoted leadership and professional training to translators in order to help them learn and become motivated in their everyday tasks. Inclusive in the decision-making processes as a team. High focus on leadership, upward mobility, and professional development.
09.2014 -
07.2015
English Teacher and International Exchange Program Coordinator
Colegio Decroly S.L.
- English teacher for courses 1-4 ESO (Secondary) and 1-2 of Bachillerato (High School)
- Coordinator and project creator for the International Exchange Program as well as the Language Immersion Program.
- Responsible for the implementation of a Skype conference call with students from a Boston secondary School.
- Conducted various translations for the school and the online website
- Creation of a Language Exchange blog called DecrolyFriends
- Extracurricular classes with students from 1-3 of Primary School.
- Participated in the Idea + Innovation program in the school.
- Created dynamic activities in order to engage students.
- Great rapport with students, parents and teachers.
- Excellent relationship with the Directive team.
10.2012 -
06.2014
Language Teacher and Cultural Assistant of the ‘Comunidad de Madrid’
IES León Felipe Getafe Bilingual Institute
- Reinforce the oral skills of the students. 100% spoken English inside and outside of the classroom
- Methodology: Communicative Approach
- Creation of educational materials to increase student learning; use of realia to understand concepts, educational games in support of didactic units, magazine articles and educational blog
- Focus on speaking and listening as well as classroom participation
- Creation of PowerPoint presentations to improve understanding of topics
- Teaching students how to learn: Learning to Learn
- Creating an educational environment focused on leadership and motivation
- Supportive of the Directive team with the translation of educational materials and during meetings with native English-only speaking teachers.
- Supportive of the English Department needs which includes the review of exams in English, correction of English expressions and review of material being used for students in the Bilingual Program.
- Training and support for new Language and Cultural Assistants
- Creation of the promotional video for: IES León Felipe Getafe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omVlV6tO0tQ
05.2011 -
06.2012
Executive Assistant to the President and Vice President
Houska Insurance Services Inc
- Director of the One & Done program which focuses on helping employees solve their insurance claims inquiries.
- Has solved more than 100 cases which has resulted in more than $80,000 in savings for employees
- Excelled in customer service and client retention for California based medical clinics.
- Responsible for four client agendas with more than 300 employees each.
- Worked closely with CEO’s, HR Directors and health insurance carriers (Kaiser, Blue Shield, Cigna etc) to insure that all client discrepancies were addressed and solved in a timely manner.
- Received numerous compliments from clients regarding my timely communication, great work ethic and top of the line customer service.
- Solely responsible for helping Spanish speaking employees with their claims inquiries as well as the creation and production of Spanish benefit booklets.
- Responsible for directing the production of television promos for spots aired on Azteca America channels
- Coordinated travel itineraries for celebrity talent for events held nationwide.
- Planned community events such 30,000 toy-giveaway during Christmas season in the City of South Gate.
- Assisted in the translation and localization specific to the Los Angeles Hispanic market.
- Conducted Spanish voice-overs (V.O.) for the news segments.
- Managed Sweepstakes email account and winner selection for online/television promotions.
- Input orders for television traffic using ATS (Affiliated Television Systems)
- Mastered fast-paced environment and constant communication with national stations in Chicago, Miami, San Francisco, New York, Dallas and Houston.
06.2009 -
04.2010
Assistant Director: Migrant Scholars Leadership Institute (Program held at UCLA)
Saber es Poder Inc
- Trained and supervised a staff of 15 residential assistants.
- Supervised 100 high school students and tutored them during evenings.
- Managed logistics and daily organization of program functions.
- Helped build a positive community of students based on motivation, ambition and leadership.
- Assisted students with personal and academic concerns.
- Led educational based workshops and extracurricular activities/outings.
- Held constant communication with parents regarding the behavior and development of their children during the program.
- Happily devoted to a 12-14 hour workday. This is where my passion for education began.
10.2008 -
06.2010
Vice President of Non lucrative Directive Board
UCHA Directive Board - Los Ángeles CA
10.2007 -
06.2009
James West Alumni Center Membership Representative
University of California Los Angeles
- Helping improve the relationship between the UCLA community and its alumni.
- Contributed in event planning and logistics for Alumni events as well as daily Membership Sales.
08.2006 -
08.2009
