SUNNY CHAVEZ
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER
(949)373-6385
CALIFORNIA CONNECTIONS ACADEMY | CAPISTRANO
sunnychavezusa@gmail.com UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT | OCTOBER 2020-PRESENT
• Plan and teach synchronous lessons using CLASS.com
112 Avenida San Diego, San Clemente CA 92672 and California curriculum.
KINDERGARTEN STUDENT TEACHER AND SUBSTITUTE
EDUCATION KINOSHITA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | CAPISTRANO UNIFIED
SCHOOL DISTRICT | JANUARY 2020 – May 2020
MASTER OF ARTS IN TEACHING UNIVERSITY OF
• Plan and teach asynchronous and synchronous distance
CALIFORNIA, IRVINE
learning lessons using Google Classroom, Google Meet,
JUNE 2020
and Screencastify.
• Plan and teach differentiated instruction in math using
BACHELOR OF ARTS IN
homogenous groups and CGI strategies.
SOCIOLOGY (MINORS: SCIENCE AND MATH EDUCATION
•
& APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY) Led ELA lessons using Wonders curriculum while
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA focusing on letter recognition and word blending.
JUNE 2019 • Taught ELD lessons using sentence frames and anchor
charts for building vocabulary and language
development.
CERTIFICATIONS FOURTH GRADE STUDENT TEACHER
SB2042 MULTIPLE SUBJECT PRELIMINARY CREDENTIAL R.H. DANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | CAPISTRANO UNIFIED
WITH ENGLISH LEARNER SCHOOL DISTRICT | AUGUST 2019 - DECEMBER 2019
AUTHORIZATION • Responsible for planning and teaching bi-weekly science
JUNE 2020 lessons using Foss curriculum.
• Integrated ELD into the math curriculum by using choral
counting strategies.
• Coordinated a school-wide yoga event with a local yoga
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY studio.
My education as a student and my teaching experiences
have given me different perspectives that greatly CAPTAIN OF RESEARCH TEAM
impact my professional work and further my professional POWER OF PLAY | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA
development. I have deep experiences with educational BARBARA | 2018 – 2019 • Facilitated and promoted
and social inequities, and am focused on remediating pro-social behavior, cognitive competence, conflict
these issues. I also have a focus on English Language resolution, and healthy psychosocial adjustment of
Learners and have worked on ELD interventions with children at school.
these students. I have developed many lesson plans that • Engaged in activities with TK-six grade students.
follow UDL guidelines and use UDL strategies for grades •
Facilitated problem solving strategies to support
K-5. Lastly, with my recent experience in distance
conflict resolution. • Led weekly research team meetings
learning, I have learned that there needs to be more
where theory, research, and practical strategies were
emphasis on socio-emotional learning when the natural
discussed.
social aspect of school is taken out and am looking
forward to implementing these findings.
EXPERIENCE CONTINUED…
VOLUNTEER TEACHER AIDE
PRE-PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM OF THE GEVIRTZ SCHOOL
SKILLS OF EDUCATION | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA
BARBARA | JANUARY 2019-JUNE 2019
PROFICIENT IN THE FOLLOWING
•
Observed the fundamental aspects of K- 12 teaching
ONLINE RESOURCES FOR DISTANCE LEARNING- GOOGLE and learning in the public school setting
CLASSROOM, GOOGLE MEETS, GOOGLE FORMS, ZOOM, • Volunteered 30 hours per quarter
SCREENCASTIFY, FLIPGRID, SEESAW, PEARDECK, PADLET, •
Led lessons and assisted mentor teacher with lessons in
EPIC!, ETC
a third grade classroom
CLASROOM VOLUNTEER
SCITREK | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA |
JANUARY 2019-JUNE 2019
• Promoted synergy between science inquiry, language
arts, and the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS).
• Partnered with local schools to teach 4 week lessons.
• Lead small groups with guided experiments and lessons.
VOLUNTEER TEACHER AIDE
CALTEACH MATH | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA
BARBARA | APRIL 2018-JUNE 2018
• Observed mentor teacher teach math lessons in a
second grade classroom. • Assisted and taught small
groups in math.
