Richard Rinella

Hello! My names is Richard and I am a licensed English as an additional language teacher currently working in Minnesota (USA). I am working to continue my career in Spain and thus have been helping as a building substitute at a Spanish Immersion school while I search for employment in Spain. By working at my current place of employment I have expanded my teaching skills to include classroom management for grades Pre-k to 5th grade in addition to my English as an additional language skills.

Teachers on Call – Saint Paul, Minnesota

Riverview Elementary Building Sub September 2022 – Present 

• Co-teaching in a 4th/5th grade classroom as needed for a classroom teacher awaiting their license renewal
• Leading a Kindergarten classroom of 24 while their teacher is out on leave
• Creating a structured school day routine for kindergarten 
• Establishing daily goals and classroom expectations for kindergarteners 
• Teaching primarily in Spanish, while translating as needed between Spanish and English
• Collaborating with various teachers to keep up to date on content and student behavioral school wide

• Manage a classroom of 24 third graders in order to work efficiently 
• Collaborate with ELL teacher, special education teacher, and support staff to ensure all students are receiving services based on level of need
• Prepare and identify strengths and areas of improvement for parent-teacher conferences
• Supply each student with a report that identifies level of comprehension across various areas of learning
• Consistently collaborate with fellow 3rd grade teacher to ensure students are reaching similar target objectives at similar times

• Managed and set classroom expectations for a class of 16 kindergarteners
• Helped identify various behavioral challenges effecting education development
• Collaborated with supporting staff to ensure safety and wellbeing of each student
• Solidified information that was taught during the fall and spring 
• Continued to develop classroom expectations and behavior while in school

• Managed and set classroom expectations for a class of 18 second graders
• Assisted in finding solutions to behavioral challenges that infringed on student learning development 
• Effectively collaborated with fellow second grade teacher on a weekly basis
• Introduced students to their first Science class taught in English
• Began developing writing skills in English

• Worked across various districts 3-4 times a week as guest teacher
• Upheld standards based on each school’s expectation of students
• Communicated with effectively with each staff to understand student behavior and abilities

English Instructor November 2020- November 2021 

• Facilitated lessons geared to help students master skills in reading, writing, listening, and speaking in English
• Taught students at every level of English, from beginner to advanced
• Modified the curriculum to fit the needs for individual students and classes by adding culturally relevant content 
• Created weekly projects based on content of respective lessons as well as the interests of each class

Bachelor of Arts: English as a Second Language

Augsburg University, Minneapolis, Minnesota May 2020

• Licensed to teach English as a Second Language for K-12
• GPA: 3.57

• Spanish
• Sociology 
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• Proficient in reading and speaking Spanish
• ENVoY Seminar
  • Training seminar in Non-Verbal communications and Classroom Management.
• Best Practices: Teaching Students with Disabilities Webinar
  • Focused on how to best approach teaching students with special needs 
• Diverse Classrooms: Implicit Bias Webinar
  • Training webinar focusing on how to teach and work with students on the autism spectrum