Pace University

Sposato Graduate School of Education

Cardinal Spellman HS

St. Lucy's School

Following my interests =) ...and new opportunities

I have been tutoring in various capacities since high school and have since worked with various tutoring centers, agencies, and directly with students. I’m constantly looking to improve my services and network with fellow teachers! 

After volunteering as a tutor during my high school and college years, then feeling underpaid and burned out as a certified full-time classroom teacher for a few years, I decided to teach more independently in '17 and am loving it so far! I am passionate about having work that is flexible, nourishing, and community-focused.

Currently, I tutor both privately ($40-$150/hr) and with referral agencies (Take Note Tutoring ($50-$90/hr since 10/17) and MAIA Education ($60/hr since 2/19). I teach students online, one-on-one, and in small groups within their homes, neighborhood libraries, and tutoring centers (Huntington $14/hr in 2016, now $19 and The Tutoring Center of Bluffton for $20 as a Head Instructor). I am starting to do online work with BookNook ($18/hr) and in-person local substituting with ESS Substitute Teaching ($15/hr). 

Before moving to Bluffton, SC in 2021, I supported students and the community in the Bronx in various ways. For Summer 2022, I taught a summer program with the Beaufort County School District in Bluffton ($25/hr for 4 hours, 4 days a week) in collaboration with Bluffton Community Soup Kitchen. 

My specialties include:
- proactive academic prep for high school, independent school, and higher education
- study and test-taking skills
- supporting Spanish-speaking students and their caretakers through academic struggles
- general academic support: grade 3 to GRE 
- focused academic support: basic to intermediate Spanish, ESOL, mathematics up to Algebra 1, academic application prep from middle to graduate school, and more. 
I'm continually studying to grow this list.

Please don't hesitate to contact me anytime to find out more about my services and current availability. 
*LearnWithLilibeth@gmail.com
*347-644-7475

Learn With Lilibeth

Academic Coaching and Tutor Services

The NEXUS Global Summit is an amazing summit that brings together social entrepreneurs, global philanthropists and impact investors for 2.5 days of talking about how we can change the world. I have supported by checking in participants and speakers, helping to manage break-out rooms, and working with the support team to make sure the summit runs as smoothly as possible! 
June 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, and 2024

NEXUS Global

Event Staff

- 2016 Presidential General Election
- 2017 September Primary Election District 39 Assembly District 80 at PS 89 (my former ED/AD!) 
- 2018 June Primary Election District Election District 78 Assembly District 81 (also my former ED/AD!)

Perhaps being a coordinator is in my future? I was recommended to train to be one while serving for the 2017 Election. 

FYI Generally this poll working role includes 4 hours in the Grand Concourse, a 20 point open book multiple choice test, and then working the election day from 5am to 11pm.  After a training and one election served the pay is $300 ($100 for each training and $200 for each election).

NYC Board of Elections

Poll Worker

Google "Primerica" and I'm sure you'll find out more than you might ever want to know. Over a year after updating my profile with my experience here, I was randomly called and emailed to change what I wrote here because it was not "in compliance" with Primerica.

According to the internet policies of Primerica's Advertising Handbook: All representatives are prohibited from using social media to "Misrepresent the Primerica opportunity as employment or a job"
So I won't... though I do not represent them anymore. 

This experience taught me not to trust financial advice from almost anyone, especially from anyone who is not a fiduciary. I was able to learn more about life insurance, stock market investing, and how MLMs can strain family relationships.

Primerica

Agent

Ranging from 4-100 hours a month, I tutored at this center with students of all ages. My specialties include working with Spanish-speaking families, supporting students behind grade level, math/reading/writing/studying skills, specialized high school/college entrance examinations, and training fellow teachers on Huntington's curriculum.

($15.50 - $21 per hour with a ~.50 raise per year and 401K options) Probably my biggest (pre-pandemic) perk, though, was that I got to work with such interesting people from diverse backgrounds after meeting with my mom who lived nearby and ordering my favorite eggplant sandwich from Ann Clair's Salumeria across the street. The newest perk was that I got to continue to tutor with them remotely from 2020 which I continued to do even after moving from NYC.

Huntington Learning Center

Teacher

Offered employment April 2015

Resigned for health and work environment reasons. Do an online search of "Survivors of Success Academy". I learned not to let people make me work outside of contract hours, skip lunch, or ignore health issues in the name of work.

After this, I traveled for months and decided to do more flexible community-focused teaching work professionally after some nudges from supportive parents/guardians of my former students. 

Salaried at $60k

Success Academy Charter Schools

Lead Math Teacher Grade 6

During Match Next's pilot year, I taught 5th-grade math and reading through our blended learning model which included daily direct instruction in small groups of 1 - 6 students utilizing various educational tech to support a student-centered curriculum.  Our work there was massive and incredible. My dear hard-working 5th graders scored in the top in the state for growth and absolute measures in math. 

For the summer, I welcomed the incoming 5th graders for Match Next Summer Academy through sessions on our strong school culture and math skills. 

Throughout the year, I got to practice my newfound Spanish skills by serving as the translator for letters, calls, and publications for family members and the school community which was awesome.

Match Next Employee of the Month: October 2014

The bullet points:
• Taught five 5th graders in two small group math classes Mondays through Thursdays
• Collaborated with master teacher and math tutors to implement rigorous math curriculum and support student growth
• Implemented the use of educational tech. such as Khan Academy, Goodreads, Google apps, and Kindles 
• Created daily individualized review materials based on data collection from tests and interim assessments
• Led an independent reading class for one hour daily for six 5th graders
• Earned $8/hour then $12/hour OT (after 40 hours/week) with subsidized rent and tuition toward a master's

Match Education

Match Teacher Residency Cohort VII

After completing 2 weeks of training (focused on pedagogy, Argentina culture, and English language learning) provided by Connecting Schools to the World and ABS International in Buenos Aires, I supported Instituto Stratford in Misiones as the resident native English speaker during the March to July semester as I studied to become more fluent in Spanish. 

My classes included those ranging from the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) levels of A1 to C2. Specifically, my weekly schedule included planning and/or supporting secondary students: a one on one PET class, a first year FCE class, an advanced FCE class; as well as mixed age / adult students: pre-intermediate professionals, upper-intermediate professionals, and the institute's Advanced CAE class. 

Apart from my classes, I supported the institute as the 'human dictionary' and through speaking/listening activities with all classes. I also had a blast and learned so much about humility, how much I enjoy teaching, and South American economics/culture.

http://www.connectingschools.com.ar/eng_about_us.html

The bullet points: 
• Partnered with Connecting Schools to the World to teach English while studying to reach Spanish level B2
• Planned and supported classes of all levels of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages

Connecting Schools to the World

Resident Native English speaker & teacher at Instituto Stratford

For most of the time, I was inactive, but was still in the system. I supported schools in various capacities (up to $155 per diem) from September 2013 to February 2014, then again in 2017.   
Bronx:
- Mott Hall Community School
- Bronx Green Middle School (Extended substitute position teaching 8th grade English for 11/13 - 1/14)
- P.S. 132 Garret A. Morgan
- PS 59 The Community School Of Technology 
Brooklyn:
- John Ericsson Middle School 126

I then substituted with a neighborhood charter school and a private school that aren't in the typical DoE SubCentral system - Amber Charter School ($20/hr. $140 per diem 12/18-03/20) and Ethical Culture Fieldston School ($175 per diem 03/19-03/20). Sub-roles ranged from all K-12 subjects to extracurriculars such as music and Spanish. 
I also partnered with Amber Charter School (Kingsbridge Elementary in the Bronx) to tutor 3rd-graders in math twice a week with focused small-group interventions throughout the day.

NYC Department of Education

Substitute Teacher

Led a team of City Year corps members in the first and only Diplomas Now MS partnership in City Year New York (John Ericsson Middle School 126K in Greenpoint, Brooklyn)

The bullet points for my two CYNY years: 
• Led two teams totaling 26 corps members for a full-time service year with Newtown HS and MS 126K, respectively
• Collaborated with and onboarded partners from Communities in Schools and Talent Development through the Diplomas Now school reform model 
• Guided corps members daily through quality assurance of service including classroom support, targeted ELA, math, and attendance interventions, school events and initiatives, and varied afterschool programs 
• Directed the planning team of 'YOUth for Queens', a community service day in April 2012 that engaged over 200 students, families, and community partners through 20 community service projects (such as creating posters, murals, benches, garden arrangements, PSAs, & care packages for educational & artistic use) as well as a school-wide talent showcase which became an annual event

City Year

Senior Corps Member - School-Based Team Leader

Led a team of City Year corps members in one of the first Diplomas Now HS partnerships in CYNY (Newtown High School in Elmhurst, Queens)

$18,396 plus Americorps Segal Education Award (which paid off my student loans two years after college, woop woop!)

Led a group of 15 8th-grade boys through two hours of enrichment and academic support for two hours four days a week in PS 214 in the Bronx. This PAZ (Peace from A to Z) program focused on social and emotional learning.

Training for this program (led by facilitator Marieke van Woerkom) was very impactful for me in terms of learning how to build a community-minded learning environment and how to teach social-emotional learning (SEL). The Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility continues to inspire and inform my teaching through its content. 

$10/hr for 12 hours a week

Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility

Afterschool Group Leader

• Implemented plans left by absent classroom teachers, teacher aides, and staff members specifically for grades 5 through 12
• Extended substitute positions assisting library staff and implementing testing/class accommodations for students with special needs


$95 per diem 
NYSTRS member

Pleasantville Union Free School District

As a Peer Leader, I worked alongside the UNV 101 professor (Jesse Valiante-Colvin) to plan lessons and activities for first-year Pace University undergraduate students. I helped with course registration and their transition to university life.

$400 stipend for the semester

UNV 101 Peer Leader

• Served as co-director of the sole Bronx site of Let's Get Ready NYC (Hostos Community College site) 
• Directed and coached for a group of college volunteers to provide about 40 rising seniors & juniors with free college counseling and SAT tutoring. 
• Managed budgets, staff meetings, practice exams, and monitored progress within the LGR Math, English, and College Prep curriculum.

$1,750 for the summer

Let's Get Ready

Site Director

• Supported library users with educational technology such as SMARTboards, software applications, and research
• Circulated electronics such as laptops, cameras, camcorders, voice recorders and calculators
• Assisted librarians with projects, programming, book requests, and room reservations
• Worked with a bomb staff including the lovely Feyls who let me do my copious amounts of homework, read, play with tech, and host game nights all during "work"! Yay for work studies. 

$7.15 - $7.25/hr

Pace University Mortola Library

Student Technical Help Assistant

• Trained in and used basic counseling, administrative and leadership skills in residence hall
• Created a positive and constructive sense of community within Dow Hall including freshmen football team members and Honors College residents 
• Planned and implemented varied programming for student residents and the Pace University community
• Responsible for security of building, health, and safety of about 200 residents
• Worked with Resident Assistant team and Res. Life staff to understand, uphold and enforce University regulations and document noncompliant individuals for any violations
• Facilitated meetings and distributed information from the Office of Residential Life to the residents
RA of the Month: November 2007 & September 2008]

Tuition remission of 6 credits per semester and waiver of a single room payment

Resident Assistant

Off-campus, Jean-Jacques was my second home during my freshman year. I felt lucky to get the job through a friend (along with one of my best friends!) and I learned about coffee, French pastries, and the behind-the-scenes of a small cafe/restaurant. The owning family was super sweet to me. Once I even took Marth Stewart's order! I loved working here, eating here, and spending a lot of time here. They're an enduring business for a reason!  http://www.jean-jacques.com/cafe-and-patisserie.aspx

$8 to $8.24/hr

Jean-Jacques Culinary Creations, Inc.

Barista

Working at A&J's (currently a Foodtown) was my first job at 16 years old. It was across the street from my house and specialized in Italian food imports. I walked in, asked if they were hiring, and started the next day. It became my second home besides high school. Johnny at the deli made me the best sandwiches and (further) inspired me to learn Spanish as an adult as he learned English as an immigrant from Italy. I learned about persimmons, kale, and broccoli rabe for the first time there. Good times. Side note: I saved all of my first few months of minimum wage paychecks ($6 - $6.75/hr) to buy a roundtrip flight to Guayaquil, Ecuador - twice - and it was very worth it.

Angelo and Joe's Grocery

Team Member

A good friend of mine that I met in Buenos Aires jokingly 'employed' me enthusiastically after I edited/translated his website to English. I don't have the heart to take this off Linkedin even though it's fake. 

I'm pretty sure 'Cacique Productora' means Chief Producer and apparently they don't care about child labor since I worked since birth. 

Vos sos lo mejor, Javi =)

Lilibeth R.