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Christian Quintero
OBJECTIVE EDUCATION Principal and Instructional Leader of a small school committed to Project-Based Learning, Innovation and Design. CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, LOS ANGELES (CSULA), LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA Principal Residency Network Cohort II, 2010-2011 Master of Arts in Educational Administration: December 2011 Preliminary (Tier 1) Administrative Services Credential: December 2011 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES (UCLA), LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA Master of Arts in Education: June 2006 Single Subject (History) Teaching Credential: June 2005 ITC INTERNATIONAL TEFL CERTIFICATE, BARCELONA, SPAIN Teach English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) Certificate: September 5, 2000. LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE (LSE), LONDON, ENGLAND Joint Bachelors of Science Degree in Economics and Economic History: July 2000. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE LOS ANGELES SCHOOL OF GLOBAL STUDIES (LASGS), LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA Teacher, July 1, 2006-Present Designed and executed project-based learning curriculum for the ninth (Geography), eleventh (American Studies) and twelfth (Political Studies) grade. Member of the LASGS leadership team. Bilingual/Title I Coordinator Monitored English Language Learners through CELDT tests, periodic evaluations and close contact with English Language Arts teachers. Organized School Site Council meetings. PBL Trainer Worked closely with Principal to implement project-based learning training for new LASGS staff members and faculty at other interested high schools. BELMONT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA Teacher, July 1, 2005-June 30, 2006 Taught tenth and twelfth grade history courses. KAIEN ENGLISH TRAINING CENTER, SHANGHAI, CHINA Academic Director, September 23, 2001-July 31, 2004 Responsible for recruitment of new teachers. In charge of scheduling classes for teachers, troubleshooting staff problems and organizing sales reports. Teacher Trainer Responsible for training new teachers and providing them the necessary skills for teaching Spoken English through workshops on classroom management and language acquisition theory. Responsible for evaluating teachers to assist in their development as teachers. Teacher Taught beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels of Spoken English to students of various ages from teenagers to adults. Taught beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels of Business English for various companies, such as, Shanghai General Motors, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Trane(American Standard), and Shanghai Research Institute of Building Sciences(SRIBOS). Also taught IELTS (International English Language Testing System) preparation courses, these classes concentrated on test taking skills for Listening, Reading, Writing, and Speaking. TIANJIN ELITE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, TIANJIN, CHINA Assistant Director-English as a Foreign Language Department, September 23, 2000September 22, 2001 Taught beginner levels of English as a second language to children age six to twelve. Also, taught beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels of English to adults.