Perla M.

Fernndez
Perla.Fernandez47@gmail.com (617) 642-9937
OBJECTIVE
To obtain a position in an elementary school where I can maximize my potential as a teacher, continue learning from expert
teachers, and provide students with an engaging and challenging learning environment where all students feel comfortable to
push themselves to the next level of his/her education.

LICENSURE & MTELS

Elementary Education
Communication and Literacy
Foundations of Reading
General Curriculum: Math Subtest
General Curriculum: Multi-Subject
Foreign Language: Spanish (K-6)
English as a Second Language
Sheltered English Immersion
Moderate Disabilities

| Passed - 05/15
| Passed - 09/15
| Passed - 11/15
| Passed - 03/16
| Expected - 04/16
| Expected - 06/16
| Expected - 06/16
| Expected - 07/16

EDUCATION
Teach Next Year, Teaching Residency Program, UMASS Boston, Boston, MA
Ed.M. (Curriculum and Instruction Department)

| Expected Jun. 2016

The BPS Accelerated Community to Teacher Program, Boston, MA

| Jan. 2015-Jul. 2015

Wheelock College, Boston, MA, Bachelor of Science Degree

Human Development (Counseling Psychology), Juvenile Justice and Youth Advocacy

| May 2014

Fluent in Spanish

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Roger Clap Innovation School, Boston, MA
| Aug. 2015-present
Teacher Resident
Aid instruction in a 3rd grade classroom of 23 students
Collaborate with mentor teacher and interventionist to plan and implement tiered math instruction and to provide
students with cognitively demanding math tasks
Develop and teach social studies themed units within 2 guided reading groups
Develop and implement morning meetings designed to support social, emotional and academic learning within the
classroom
Analyze data gathered from ANet assessments to create and implement a plan to refine curricula and teaching
practices to better serve students needs
Active member of the Instructional Leadership Team
Attend and participate in all professional development alongside teachers; work closely with Dr. Maria Brisk to plan
writing units using Systemic Functional Linguistics theory
Substitute teacher as needed
City Year, Boston, MA
Corps Member, John F. Kennedy STEM Innovation School
| Aug. 2014-Jun. 2015
Extended Day Coordinator: supervised and supported 9 Corps Members by creating schedules, enforcing deadlines,
and editing lesson plans
Provided intense small group literacy support to 9 students reading below grade level, contributing to end-of-year
assessment improvement in all F&P levels ranging from 3-6 levels

Provided 4 hours a week of push-in tutoring to 2 students with communication disorders utilizing multiple teaching
methods and strategies to increase access to the curriculum
Used assistive listening devices and aided the implementation of a strict behavior management system to support
student with a hearing impairment throughout the school day and during after school in compliance to the IEP
Coached 5 students on school attendance by setting goals and using multiple incentive based strategies, resulting in
an average of 7% increase in attendance
Bridged communication gap between Spanish speaking families and partner teacher/City Year by translating and
interpreting communications to and from parents/guardians

OTHE WORK EXPERIENCE

Episcopal Diocese of MA/St. Stephens Youth Programs, Boston, MA
Ubuntu Arts Facilitator, B-READY
| June 2014-May 2014
Designed and executed a curriculum around the Sub-Saharan African philosophy of Ubuntu for a group sixteen
youth, twelve through nineteen years old, utilizing the positive youth development model
Served as a mentor for youth by creating a safe space where they felt comfortable to discuss difficult and sensitive
topics with adults and each other, topics included discrimination, violence, drugs, death, peace and social justice
Motivated youth to design and create an artistic production to be displayed at the Wheelock Colleges Towne Art
Gallery which qualified to be displayed at the State House for the annual Violence Transformed exhibit
Episcopal Diocese of MA/St. Stephens Youth Programs, Boston, MA
Community Organizing and Youth Leadership Intern, B-READY
| Sept. 2014-Jan. 2014
Designed and implemented leadership and community organizing curriculum for a group of 10 teens between the
ages of fourteen and nineteen
Supported the youth in preparation of their roles in the Episcopal Dioceses of Massachusetts Martin Luther King
Day of Service, including the formulation of trainings to be given by the youth to adults

REFERENCES
Danielle Aucoin, Teach Next Year Mentor Teacher
Roger Clap Innovation School
daucoin@bostonpublicschools.org
Patricia Paugh, Teach Next Year Professor
UMASS Boston
patricia.paugh@umb.edu
Lisa Gonsalves, Teach Next Year Director
UMASS Boston
lisa.gonsalves@umb.edu
MacKenzie Foster, Program Manager
City Year Boston
msudol@cityyear.org
Christina Kipriotakis, Partner Teacher (City Year)
John F. Kennedy STEM Innovation School
ckipriotakis@bostonpublicschools.org