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AVID Study Abroad Counselor <br />International experience- After being honorably discharged from the military I became a teacher working in <br />Panama, Iceland and Belgium, I have been an elementary, middle and high school teacher at an international <br />(NATO/DOD) school with students from 32 different countries. My role has been to deliver educational curriculum <br />that will help all students be proficient enough to be successful whether they go on to a U.S. university or back to <br />their home country. I have mentored students in their home country college entrance exams (i.e., Spain's <br />Selectividad). This is also an example of my Problem-solving skills. Helping students to overcome the challenges of <br />adapting to a new environment as well as helping educators, some being a first-time overseas teaching is an <br />important aspect of the ruling take on as acting principal. Being Adaptable to the many environments and countries I <br />have lived its important skill that has increased overtime with the knowledge I have gained from one being in the <br />military and experiencing foreign countries for one perspective and then becoming an educator and experiencing <br />foreign countries provide new and exciting perspective. My travels and the work I have done with students helping <br />increase my language skills. Living in Iceland I've become fluent in Icelandic from attending the University of <br />Iceland. Each year here in Belgium the students are my teachers and helping me to increase my language skills and <br />build my Networking and communication skills <br />5 <br />