Diana+Vera-Alba

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Sweetwater UHSD Division of Adult Education, National City - from Administrator's Nomination Letter
Ms. Vera-Alba is an evening teacher for us in the ESL program. She is the beginning level teacher and works with Beginning and Low Beginning students. I have observed her making constructive use of the ESL computer lab on a weekly basis with her students. She comes in with a lesson prepared and a learning objective. Being a part time employee has not stopped Ms. Vera-Alba from taking on leadership roles. She has volunteered her time to assist in the CATESOL Regional conference that our Division is co-hosting with Southwestern College. Is the secretary and provides minutes to all members. Within our division we are committed to staying on the cutting edge of technology as much as our budget permits.** As I mentioned our site has a lab dedicated to the ESL program and is used weekly by most teachers. For the next year we will have a class with a smart board installed. This is the area of focus I would like to see Ms. Vera-Alba's project take. With her acceptance into the program, she can become more knowledgeable of the Smart Board and then provide lessons and training to other teachers in our division **

Our division has a strong focus on technology, which we demonstrate with numerous opportunities for paid professional training in hands on settings. We provide labs and computer programs for students to access skills in technology. Within some of our classes we have installed projectors so teachers may use technology in their daily lessons. It is our desire to have our entire staff move into the 21st century with digital skills and the ability to transfer those skills to our students who will need them for jobs.

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