March-April 2019 – Europass Teacher Academy

Instructor of Teachers’ professional development

Design and teaching of 2 one-week intensive courses for European teachers as part of the Erasmus Plus KA1 actions. The courses were on Project Based Learning and on soft skills for teachers.

 

August 2018-October 2018- Flinders University

Lecturer in the Master of Education

Design and teaching of the master topic Visualising FL with two cohorts, one fully online and another face to face using flipped classroom and group work.

 

May 2018 –Flinders University

Workshop presenter

Design and teaching of a 2 hours workshop on PBL for Master students of Education at Flinders University.

 

May 2018 –Spanish Association of Teachers of South Australia (STASA)

Conference presenter

Design and teaching of a 2 hours workshop on PBL for teachers of Spanish as a foreign language during their annual conference.

 

March 2018-May 2018. Flinders University

Spanish instructor

Casual teaching of University students of Spanish language at intermediate level, also correction of composition and exams.

 

February 2017-Ongoing. Connected Minds Teacher Academy

CEO and Education Consultant

Workshop presenter and school curriculum consultant about Project Based Learning and new technologies for professional training of teachers in South Australia.

https://carocastro2000.wixsite.com/connectedminds

 

January-December 2017. Flinders University

Conference co-organizer

Co-organization of WHIP Conference at Flinders University, mindfulness workshop for PhD students and outreach activities during the year. Graphic designer for the conference poster and web designer for the main website: https://flinderswhip.wixsite.com/conference

 

May-October 2016. Flinders University

Spanish Language Instructor

Design and teaching of Spanish language course using Project Based Learning for year 2 Higher Education students.

 

October 2016. Flinders University

Workshop Instructor

Two workshops on my research about Project Based Learning for Second Languages with new technologies to students of the Master in Education for Teaching Foreign Languages.

 

June 2015-June 2016. Nomad Garden

Translator

Translation from Spanish into English of historic/artistic text to be used in an app.

 

October-December 2015. Canberra Language School

Spanish tutor

Design of material and tutoring in Spanish for a civil servant of the South Australian Government.

 

February 2015-September 2019. 

Flinders University

PhD student awarded with a FIPRS scholarship.

 

June 2014-September 2014. UNIR. Universidad de la Rioja

Online Teacher of new technologies applied to learning for university professors of Paraguay.

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Nov. 2011- June 2012. English teacher. Colegio San Francisco de Paula, Seville.

​English Teacher for PYP and MYP levels, IB programme. Teaching of English to Primary and Secondary students and also coordination of international project course for bilingual gifted students designing a Virtual Learning Environment in the Oracle platform Thinkquest.

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August 2004-May 2005 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA

Teaching fellow of Spanish language 

Teaching basic and intermediate Spanish to University students.

 

March 2004-August 2004. European Commission IPTS Seville

Secretary/Editor/technologies advisor

Organizing agendas, taking minutes during meetings, organizing department events, revising and editing English scientific documents in Word and Excel mainly about global environmental issues, solving technical problems related to editing software like Microsoft Word and EndNote.

 

June 2003-March 2004. University of Seville

International Student Advisor

Assisting international students arriving to the University of Seville with issues related to accommodation, visa, academic paperwork and emotional problems.

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