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Permanent Address: Rua Senador Vergueiro, 157/906
Flamengo – Rio de Janeiro – RJ – Brazil
CEP: 22230-000

Nationality: Brazilian – Birth Date: May 15, 1957
Telephone #: +55–21–2552 7141 or +55–21–2551 3881
Mobile phone: +55 – 21 – 9449 6067
E-mail: fessora@terra.com.br

 

Telma Castro

 

Objective

To secure a position that challenges me professionally and personally and allows me the opportunity to grow and develop.

Skills

 

·   Goal-oriented, self-starter with the ability to work and produce under pressure.

·    Excellent public relations skills with the ability to work with people in stressful and difficult situations.

·   Ability to design, develop and deliver a variety of teaching techniques as well as to communicate and teach people from a wide variety of cultural backgrounds.

·    Ability to design and deliver teaching programs for special education students.

·    Ability to design and develop school curriculums and teaching materials for special distance learning programs.

·    Fluent in Portuguese (mother tongue) and English; able to read and write in Spanish and French; basic knowledge of Tetum language.

·   Savvy in Computer Sciences and HTML, Java and C++ program (please refer to http://www.oocities.org/fessorra ).

 

Latest Work Experience

 

2005            UNTL: Universidade Nacional Timor Lorosa’e                 Hera – Timor Leste

International Educational Advisor

·     Member of the Training Teachers Program in East Timor sponsored by the Brazilian governmental agency CAPES (Coordenação de Apoio ao Pessoal de Nível Superior) fulfilling an agreement between Education Ministries of Brazil and East Timor.

·    Acted as educational leader and facilitator in the development of Engineering Course's programs and in the attainment of faculty improvement and performance plan goals.

·    Responsible for providing support through various means for administrators, teachers, teacher-librarians and library assistants.

·    Ensured the continuing implementation of engineering course curriculum.

·    Responsible for instruction of trainees to teach basic Mathematics to freshmen students.

 

 

 

2000                             Temple University                 Philadelphia, PA – USA

Teaching Assistant

·    Taught Pre-Calculus and Algebra.

·    Designing course outline.

·     Responsible for teaching students in college.

·    Responsible for all examinations and grading.

 

 

1999–current              FAETEC: Fundação de Apoio à Escola Técnica          Brazil

Teacher I

·    Instructed Mathematics in a position gained by merit through competitive public examination.

·    Developed new identification procedures and curriculum for Math program.

·    Designed, developed and delivered Math subjects to be taught as part of Computer Science and Accounting courses for high school and college students.

 

 

1995–2005                       Colégio Princesa Isabel                      Rio de Janeiro - Brazil

Mathematics Teacher

·    Instructed Mathematics for students from grades 9-12.

·    Expanded math enrichment curriculum to cover 9-12 grades.

·   Designing course outline.

·    Responsible for all examinations and grading.

 

 

1993–1998                     CEL: Centro Educacional da Lagoa         Rio de Janeiro – Brazil

Mathematics Teacher

·   Instructed Mathematics for students from grades 9-12.

·   Designed and implemented curriculum for Distance Learning Program and Special Education classes.

·   Supervised regular and Special Education teachers at elementary, middle, and high school level.

 

 

1992–1993     UERJ – Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro      Rio de Janeiro - Brazil

Assistant professor

·   Taught Calculus in the Department of Mathematical Analysis.

 

 

1988–1992                    Universidade Santa Úrsula                     Rio de Janeiro - Brazil

Assistant professor

·    Taught Calculus, Mathematical Analysis and Linear Algebra.

·    Responsible for students’ preparation and implementation of individualized education plan and adaptation of curriculum.

1988–1996       UFRJ: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro         Rio de Janeiro - Brazil

Evaluation Advisor

·   Committee member of the Evaluation Committee in the public annual undergraduate school admissions exam.

 

 

 

Education

 

2006                  Secretaria Especial dos Direitos Humanos – SEDH                      Brazil

·    Human Rights Advisor (finished on September/2006).

2000                             Temple University                  Philadelphia, PA - USA

·    M.S. in Mathematics (unfinished).

1997           IMPA: Instituto de Matemática Pura e Aplicada          Rio de Janeiro - Brazil

·    Summer Course – Mathematical Analysis.

1982        EEPE (Escola de Ensino e Pesquisa em Educação)       Rio de Janeiro - Brazil                                

·    Training in Special Education.

1981                             Universidade Santa Ursula                    Rio de Janeiro - Brazil

·    B.S. in Mathematics and Teaching (Summa Cum Laude).

1976                             Universidade Gama Filho                      Rio de Janeiro - Brazil

·    Engineering Course (unfinished)

1975                             Colégio Princesa Isabel                        Rio de Janeiro - Brazil

·     Middle and High School

 

Volunteer and Community Service

 

·    Volunteer reader in the Benjamin Constant institute for visually impaired students. Designed and delivered teaching aids for the visually impaired.

·    Volunteer work with children and youths from needy communities in Amazonia who have a variety of disabilities by using various techniques to promote learning.

·  Math instructor at the "Projeto Favela Pereira da Silva ", geared to provide special skills and training for low-income and disadvantaged students in order to allow them the chance to improve future prospects through the application of mathematics in daily activities.

 

References

 

E-mail addresses:

· Inacio F. Moreira

moreira_tecnica@yahoo.com

· Toshiaki Oshiba

oshiba_toshiaki@yahoo.co.jp

· Gabriel António de Sá

gabrielbytu@yahoo.co.in