Ezequiel Dario Gomez Uribe 341 Mineral Spring Road, Darlington, South Carolina, 29532, United States of America

mr.gomezur@hotmail.commr.gomezur@gmail.com

Administrator Philosophy

I do believe that educational leaders have to calling to be the role models that are capable

to create safe and secure learning environments in which the students, as well as the rest of the

school staff feel confident to put all their potential for the benefit others.

As an educational leader, it is also my belief that educational leaders must be able to

create partnerships between the community where we serve as a mean to find the human,

academic, social, and financial support that our students need to succeed.

Involving parents in the students academic process is a task that must be carried out

effectively because it has been proven by research that students with higher academic

achievements are those children whose parents are still involved in their educational activities.

Finally, I do believe that education is such a complex task that it is simply impossible to

be done by passionate educational leaders and teachers; on the other hand, there is a great need

for research-based strategies that involve all the educational community such as school leaders,

teachers, students, parents, and other stakeholders.

Philosophy of Teaching:

Teaching is the wonderful act of gathering with either an individual or a group of people to

exchange a set of ideas, beliefs and principles. The following ideas enclose my own teaching

philosophy:

I believe that the purpose of teaching either a second or a foreign language is mainly to

help the students to have the opportunity to overcome the physical and mental barriers created by

distance.

It is true that globalization has made the world extremely small. Nonetheless, it enlarges

again when people have the limitations of not being able to communicate but in their own

languages. I also believe that as a teacher I have to be aware of all my student's needs, capacities

and abilities at the moment of planning my lessons, if I really want to reach them with what I

want to share with them.

It is also a must to have a clear and solid understanding and mastering of the subject matter

being taught. I strongly believe that I have to implement various strategies in order to be able to

engage my students in an effective learning process.

Textbooks and everything that has been written is extremely important. Nevertheless, I

think that the use of real material and the exposure to my students to the target language and

culture of the languages that they are learning, will give them all the opportunity to learn it and

master it much easier and more effectively.

As a teacher, I strongly defend the need of the contextualization of the teaching process.

Learning becomes a very enjoyable practice when the students find any sort of connection with

what they are learning and their everyday lives.

Now, when the students find that they are able to take what is taught out of their

classrooms in order to fulfill everyday needs, they actually become more appreciative of what

they are learning.

Experience:Spanish Teacher, Darlington High School; Darlington SC, 2011– 2016Duties:

Create in the freshmen students the desire and interest in a foreign language Prepare the students with the components to face the higher levels of the language Give the students the opportunity to come closer to different culture through learning

foreign language

English Teacher, Eafit University; Medellin Colombia – 2009-2010Duties:

Support the university in the outsourcing program of teaching English as a foreign language

Develop in the students the competencies to take the national exams at the end of high school. Create an interest in the students in learning the second language that would improve their

qualifications in a very demanding and competitive society.

Education: American College of Education Indianapolis, Indiana, United States; M.Ed. in Educational Leadership 2014-2016. (Currently waiting on graduation on July 30th , 2016)University of Quindío, Armenia, Colombia South America; Bachelors Degree in Modern Languages (Spanish, English, French)

Skills: Experienced in working with people from multiple backgrounds national and

international. Experienced in teaching English as a foreign language, Spanish as a foreign language,

and English second language. Highly competent in the use of technology as a tool for enhancing the students learning

process.

References: John Pritchett Microbiology professor in Darlington Technical College in Darlington SC(843) 2601470Kate Wright Special Education Teacher and District Teacher of the Year at Darlington High School District.(843) 4965493