Aarti Sharma-Persad

Planned and delivered the Bilingual Language Learning Initiative Project, adapting curriculum for 220 students and achieving significant improvements in test scores. Created assessments and delivered final reports.

Provided accurate translations of medical and legal documents between English, French, and Spanish, ensuring clarity and precision.

Developed and delivered training modules for primary school teachers, focusing on ESL teaching capabilities for migrant children.

Planned and delivered integrated Spanish sessions for preK-5 levels, focusing on interactive activities that enhance listening, speaking, and cultural understanding.

Delivered webinars and teacher training workshops in Spanish for migrant children's educators, creating instructional materials for effective teaching.

Designed ESL-CLIL curriculum for Spanish-speaking migrant children and delivered teacher training workshops, focusing on integrated subject areas.

Developed culturally appropriate content for the New Montserrat Modern Languages Curriculum, integrating Spanish, French, and English across educational levels.

Taught Spanish and French to grades 7-9 using hybrid teaching methods and managed assessments through Google Classroom.

Rewrote and upgraded content for textbooks used in preparation for CSEC examinations, ensuring adherence to project specifications.

Created content for a bilingual workbook for public primary schools, ensuring educational standards and relevance.

Managed schedules and travel plans for academic staff, administrating examinations and maintaining faculty databases.

Developed and instructed a new Degree Enhancement Program for primary school teachers, focusing on Spanish language education.

Lectured and tutored Modern Foreign Language teachers, covering various educational topics and methodologies.

Trained teachers in foreign language pedagogy and mentored student-teachers, creating instructional materials and assessments.

Provided administrative support for English as a Foreign Language courses and the Caribbean Interpreting and Translation Bureau.

Taught French and Spanish to grades 9-12, fostering a student-centered classroom environment and supporting language mastery.

Engaged in postgraduate courses while enrolled in Ph.D. studies, covering fundamentals of educational research, cognition and learning, and curriculum implementation and adaptation.

Completed a certificate in Content and Language Integrated Learning, focusing on teaching language using the CLIL approach through a six-week online training session.

Completed a Master's program focusing on applied linguistics, language learning, and teaching. Final dissertation compared the use and range of oral communication strategies among learners of French as a foreign language.

Grade: First Class Honors

Graduated with distinctions in the Oral Proficiency and Written Proficiency components. Participated in a two-week study exchange in Guadeloupe through Contacts Recherche Caraïbe (CORECA).