https://padlet.com/bluebonnetfields/gcxejxwcce7t Putting my experiences & background in a visual board. en-us 2018-02-19 01:52:54 UTC 2025-11-17 17:22:15 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Folder.png bluebonnetfields https://padlet.com/bluebonnetfields/gcxejxwcce7t/wish/232787869 Something a little different for you.  This year, I'm a 2nd year AmeriCorps member and working towards an objective of utilizing my paralegal certification in a law office (perhaps considering a DOJ Accredited Representative role), while still teaching ESL, Citizenship, and more.  It's been a part of my 5-year plan instated in January 2016, which is indeed a work in progress with determinate steps along the journey.]]> 2018-02-19 02:02:51 UTC https://padlet.com/bluebonnetfields/gcxejxwcce7t/wish/232787869 bluebonnetfields https://padlet.com/bluebonnetfields/gcxejxwcce7t/wish/232788603 High School Diploma - Winston Churchill High School (San Antonio)

Paralegal Certification -- University of Texas (Austin)

Criminal Justice Degree -- Kaplan University (Davenport, IA)

+ numerous webinars, conferences and trainings]]> 2018-02-19 02:08:31 UTC https://padlet.com/bluebonnetfields/gcxejxwcce7t/wish/232788603 bluebonnetfields https://padlet.com/bluebonnetfields/gcxejxwcce7t/wish/232789178 Level 5 Co-teacher at First Baptist Church in Round Rock, Texas (Sp and F 2016) using our own created lesson plans
ESL Tutor at El Buen Samaritano (S. Austin) (Sp and Su 2017) using Pathways Curriculum and literacy toolkits
ESL Level 2 Project Success Instructor (2 classes) at El Buen Samaritano (F through Su 2017-2018) using Pearson's Project Success Curriculum

]]> 2018-02-19 02:12:27 UTC https://padlet.com/bluebonnetfields/gcxejxwcce7t/wish/232789178 bluebonnetfields https://padlet.com/bluebonnetfields/gcxejxwcce7t/wish/232790151 Citizenship Co-teacher at Hope Presbyterian Church in Austin, Texas (Su and F 2016)

Citizenship Instructor at Covenant Presbyterian Church in Austin, Texas (relieving a teacher on a Sabbatical)through Manos De Cristo (F 2016)

ESL Civics (lower level Citizenship students) Instructor at First Baptist Church in Round Rock using an adaptive curriculum plan (F 2017 - current)]]> 2018-02-19 02:20:50 UTC https://padlet.com/bluebonnetfields/gcxejxwcce7t/wish/232790151 bluebonnetfields https://padlet.com/bluebonnetfields/gcxejxwcce7t/wish/232790431 Curriculum writer at The Learning Center in East Austin, Texas (F - Su 2016-2017) through AmeriCorps - focuses on Job Readiness, Soft Skills, Transportation Lesson planning for an ESL curriculum, etc.

Independent facilitator/instructor of an ABE group at the Round Rock Public Library (2018)]]> 2018-02-19 02:23:49 UTC https://padlet.com/bluebonnetfields/gcxejxwcce7t/wish/232790431 bluebonnetfields https://padlet.com/bluebonnetfields/gcxejxwcce7t/wish/232790880 Opportunities that gave me direct experience with teaching through AmeriCorps roles and beyond.]]> 2018-02-19 02:28:22 UTC https://padlet.com/bluebonnetfields/gcxejxwcce7t/wish/232790880 bluebonnetfields https://padlet.com/bluebonnetfields/gcxejxwcce7t/wish/232791116 TESOL(iii)
TCEA
AmeriCorps Alums
Texas State History Association
and more]]> 2018-02-19 02:31:14 UTC https://padlet.com/bluebonnetfields/gcxejxwcce7t/wish/232791116 bluebonnetfields https://padlet.com/bluebonnetfields/gcxejxwcce7t/wish/232791288 Citizenship Drives @ Allen Elemeentary (2016-2017)
Texas History Day Jugge (2003?-current)
Guardian Ad Litem of Charleston County, SC (1995-1997)
CASA of Travis County (1991-1995)
UT Documentation Exchange (1980s)
ProBar of Harlingen (1980s)]]> 2018-02-19 02:33:12 UTC https://padlet.com/bluebonnetfields/gcxejxwcce7t/wish/232791288 bluebonnetfields https://padlet.com/bluebonnetfields/gcxejxwcce7t/wish/232791723 USCIS Citizship (2016-current)
TABE testing
BEST+ & Best Literacy testing
TALAE
COABE
ACC Teacher Inservices
Literacy Texas Symposiums
Technology Symposium
TexTESOL State Conference
TexTESOL District iii
PD Portal TAMU

and many more!]]> 2018-02-19 02:38:14 UTC https://padlet.com/bluebonnetfields/gcxejxwcce7t/wish/232791723 bluebonnetfields https://padlet.com/bluebonnetfields/gcxejxwcce7t/wish/232793033 Spanish @ ACC (2018-current)
TEFL (May 2018)
Immigration Law @ UT (Su/Fall 2018)]]> 2018-02-19 02:52:06 UTC https://padlet.com/bluebonnetfields/gcxejxwcce7t/wish/232793033 bluebonnetfields https://padlet.com/bluebonnetfields/gcxejxwcce7t/wish/232793469 * Teacher Training, Coaching & Manuals
* TechHire
* Coordinating Best+ training for testors (Jan'18)
* Meeting of the Minds - Phonetics/Pronunciation
* Meeting of the Minds - Technology in the Classroom
* Conversation In Action Days (March'18)
* Literacy In Action Days (April'18)
* 4H AmeriCorps Legacy (Technology in ESL) Project Mentor (Sp 2018)
* Utilization of tech tools - Smore, Schoology, TechEd, Remind, Doodle & More
* Google Classroom & Hyperdoc Explorations

]]> 2018-02-19 02:56:33 UTC https://padlet.com/bluebonnetfields/gcxejxwcce7t/wish/232793469 bluebonnetfields https://padlet.com/bluebonnetfields/gcxejxwcce7t/wish/232794015 Phonetics/Pronunciation]]> 2018-02-19 03:01:20 UTC https://padlet.com/bluebonnetfields/gcxejxwcce7t/wish/232794015 bluebonnetfields https://padlet.com/bluebonnetfields/gcxejxwcce7t/wish/232794165 Technology in the Classroom (in progress)]]> 2018-02-19 03:02:48 UTC https://padlet.com/bluebonnetfields/gcxejxwcce7t/wish/232794165 bluebonnetfields https://padlet.com/bluebonnetfields/gcxejxwcce7t/wish/232795290 Best ways to contact me are via email address (bluebonnetfields@gmail.com) OR phone number (512-662-5453)! Look forward to hearing from you soon, if we are fitting into the "Grand Scheme of Things..." and similar paths!]]> 2018-02-19 03:15:14 UTC https://padlet.com/bluebonnetfields/gcxejxwcce7t/wish/232795290 bluebonnetfields https://padlet.com/bluebonnetfields/gcxejxwcce7t/wish/232796852 * Domestic Violence/ Sexual Assault Advocate
* Victim Advocate
* Child Abuse/Neglect Advocate
* Patient Advocacy
* Anti-Bullying Responsiveness in the Community
* Texas Crime Victims' Rights Week

]]> 2018-02-19 03:29:07 UTC https://padlet.com/bluebonnetfields/gcxejxwcce7t/wish/232796852 bluebonnetfields https://padlet.com/bluebonnetfields/gcxejxwcce7t/wish/232798062 * AISD Substitute Teacher (including filling in for a 12-week Art Teacher's Sabbatical at Pease Elementary and Barrington Elementary schools) subbing in elementary grade levels (mid-1980s)
* AISD SNAP-TOO! (Students Need Artists & Performers, Too) through teaching Calligraphy to Austin area AISD elementary schools (1980s)
* ROUND ROCK COMMUNITY SCHOOL teaching Calligraphy to adults (1980s)
* WESTWOOD COMMUNITY SCHOOL teaching Calligraphy to adults (1980s)
* ELIZABET NEY MUSEUM teaching Calligraphy to school-aged students (1980s)
* PFLUGGERVILLE HOBBY SHOP teaching Calligraphy to Adults (1980s)]]> 2018-02-19 03:37:13 UTC https://padlet.com/bluebonnetfields/gcxejxwcce7t/wish/232798062 bluebonnetfields https://padlet.com/bluebonnetfields/gcxejxwcce7t/wish/232801751
National Domestic Violence Hotline - answered over 50,000 calls on the hotline fielding many crisis scenarios and aiding in some creative and critical crisis intervention and safety planning on the overnight shifts. (2006-2012)

Southwestern Bell - 5-State OSP Manager, which included the GPS & Tech-Of-The Future rollouts, Technician Productivity statistics, and 5-State Director Productivity statistics (1997-2002)

Various Law Offices - Legal Secretary to Paralegal Roles (Mostly Family Law) (for approximately 15 years from late-1980s to mid-2000s in San Antonio TX, Austin TX, and Charleston SC); Paralegal Internship with the City of Austin where I helped draft many ordinances, but also was pivotal in finding a critical piece in a real estate mediation that saved the City of Austin nearly $500,000 in 1991/2.

Various Retail and Seasonal Work -- including Cactus Communications, Oak Dell Pharmacy, MCI, Harte Hanks, Evins Personnel, Addecco Personnel, Foley's, IRS, University Coop, etc (late-1970s to mid-1980s)]]> 2018-02-19 04:03:37 UTC https://padlet.com/bluebonnetfields/gcxejxwcce7t/wish/232801751 bluebonnetfields https://padlet.com/bluebonnetfields/gcxejxwcce7t/wish/232839041 2018-02-19 08:43:46 UTC https://padlet.com/bluebonnetfields/gcxejxwcce7t/wish/232839041 bluebonnetfields https://padlet.com/bluebonnetfields/gcxejxwcce7t/wish/232839465 Platorm for survivors to share their voices in their own words]]> 2018-02-19 08:45:20 UTC https://padlet.com/bluebonnetfields/gcxejxwcce7t/wish/232839465 bluebonnetfields https://padlet.com/bluebonnetfields/gcxejxwcce7t/wish/232840077 2018-02-19 08:47:40 UTC https://padlet.com/bluebonnetfields/gcxejxwcce7t/wish/232840077 bluebonnetfields https://padlet.com/bluebonnetfields/gcxejxwcce7t/wish/232843471 2018-02-19 09:02:11 UTC https://padlet.com/bluebonnetfields/gcxejxwcce7t/wish/232843471 bluebonnetfields https://padlet.com/bluebonnetfields/gcxejxwcce7t/wish/232844835 (2012)]]> 2018-02-19 09:08:29 UTC https://padlet.com/bluebonnetfields/gcxejxwcce7t/wish/232844835 bluebonnetfields https://padlet.com/bluebonnetfields/gcxejxwcce7t/wish/232845574 2018-02-19 09:12:14 UTC https://padlet.com/bluebonnetfields/gcxejxwcce7t/wish/232845574 bluebonnetfields https://padlet.com/bluebonnetfields/gcxejxwcce7t/wish/232848781 (working on a 2nd Edition)]]> 2018-02-19 09:26:23 UTC https://padlet.com/bluebonnetfields/gcxejxwcce7t/wish/232848781 bluebonnetfields https://padlet.com/bluebonnetfields/gcxejxwcce7t/wish/232850140 2018-02-19 09:31:58 UTC https://padlet.com/bluebonnetfields/gcxejxwcce7t/wish/232850140 bluebonnetfields https://padlet.com/bluebonnetfields/gcxejxwcce7t/wish/233673739 Traveled by Amtrak to Washington DC's Capitol Hill to push for the Lymphedema Treatment Act, a Bill to an act of Congress to include a billing code to help pay for compression garments as part of the lymphedema treatment. (2014) I have been a part of that grassroots effort since 2006 and to this day. Currently, we nearly have the sponsors we need to have the Bill passed. It's so close now that those who have been an active role in this push can allllmost taste that victory.]]> 2018-02-21 11:03:25 UTC https://padlet.com/bluebonnetfields/gcxejxwcce7t/wish/233673739 bluebonnetfields https://padlet.com/bluebonnetfields/gcxejxwcce7t/wish/233682130 In response to the 8th death of a student in Cedar Park in a single year (after decades of history of teen suicides plaguing the Leander School District), Emily Carter (a former AmeriCorps person from Oklahoma) and I created the task force and held community town hall meetings for students, parents and teachers from March - June 2017.  It all started with the comment left on the NextDoor site by the parent of that child.  Sameer joined in the movement to help facilitate the conversations. We got a lot of press and we (and, most importantly, the teens) were heard by the Leander ISD Superintendent and Board; some changes were made in the district.  BTW, did you know that Texas leads in the number of teen suicides - many of which are attributed to some form of bullying among their peers?]]> 2018-02-21 11:39:10 UTC https://padlet.com/bluebonnetfields/gcxejxwcce7t/wish/233682130 bluebonnetfields https://padlet.com/bluebonnetfields/gcxejxwcce7t/wish/233688116 We coordinated many of these events in the Spring of 2017.]]> 2018-02-21 12:02:44 UTC https://padlet.com/bluebonnetfields/gcxejxwcce7t/wish/233688116