VANDREIA MONTANO

Contact: vandreia.s1@gmail.com

CERTIFICATION
SUNY Westchester Community College, Valhalla, NY
Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages - TESOL, December 2013
EDUCATION
CUNY Lehman College, Bronx, NY, expected January 2016
M.S.Ed. TESOL for adult learners
SUNY Westchester Community College, Valhalla, NY
English as a Second Language Coursework, 2012-2013
Special Recognition Award, English as a Second Language. Summer 2013.
Special Recognition Award, English as a Second Language. Summer 2012.
UNOCHAPEC - Universidade Comunitria da Regio de Chapec, Chapec, Santa Catarina, Brazil, December 2011
Bachelors degree in English Language and Literature Education (Licentiate), Overall GPA: 3.71/4.0.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
CUNY-Lehman College, Bronx, NY, December 2014
Student teacher
Tutored 5 adult learners helping to improve their knowledge of sentence structure and punctuation, fulfilling with
the requirements of the M.S.Ed. in TESOL
Applied meaningful mini-lesson developed in collaboration with mentoring professor
SUNY Westchester Community College, Valhalla, NY, December, 2013
Student teacher
Developed interactive lessons to improve adult ESL students language skills
Guided students to successfully apply their language knowledge in different social contexts
Created meaningful lessons contributing to the students professional and academic language development
Consulted with mentor to plan and to adequate lessons
Cultural Care, AU PAIR Exchange Program, January 2012 October 2013
Cared for three children for a family in Larchmont, NY
Specialized childcare for child with Down Syndrome
Developed educational games to improve the childrens critical thinking and social awareness
Engaged in literacy focused activities helping with homework and providing special support to a special need child
Universidade Comunitria da Regio de Chapec (UNOCHAPEC), Chapec, Santa Catarina, Brazil, December 2011
Student teacher
Planned and applied communicative based EFL lessons to approximately 23 elementary and 20 high school
students in Brazil
Encouraged students to learn English as a Foreign Language
Listened to the students concerns and tried to adapt the classes to their needs
Interacted with EFL teachers and learned about their teaching philosophy and experience