Erika Flores

Experience

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  REACH Business English

  Aug 1997 - Jun 2001

  Business English Teacher

  Taught English to business professionals.

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  Colegio Himalaya Monterrey

  Aug 2001 - Jun 2002

  Teacher

  Taught Science, English, and Art for 1st, 2nd and 3rd graders

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  Lewis Carroll School

  Jul 2002 - Jun 2003

  Pre-school and Kindergarten Teacher

  Montessori early childhood educator.

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  Learning Logic Corporation

  Apr 2003 - Jun 2004

  Educational Test Designer

  Assistant creator of Learning Logic’s adaptive cognitive testing software products for children. Analyzed research data to support the design of these programs.

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  Network School of English

  Jun 2004 - Dec 2006

  Academic Director

  Design and implementation of the educational program, teacher training and management.

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  Jane Addams Hull House Association

  Sept 2007 - Feb 2008

  Literacy Assessor

  Assessed young children’s emerging literacy skills. Collected and analyzed data.

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  University of Virginia

  Aug 2008 - Jun 2011

  Researcher

  Head Research Assessor in Chicago and Spanish Assessor for the National Center for Research on Early Childhood Education (NCRECE) at the Center for Advanced Study of Teaching and Learning (CASTL) of the University of Virginia for a major national study on Professional Development for Early Childhood Educators.

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  DePaul University

  Sept 2009 - Sept 2014

  Adjunct Instructor - Early Childhood Education

  Instructor for graduate and undergraduate courses in the Department of Education. Courses: Assessment in Early Childhood Education; History and Philosophy of Early Childhood Education; Art, Music and Movement in Early Childhood Education; Second Language Acquisition and Early Literacy Development

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  Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning

  Jan 2011 - Jan 2011

  Consultant

  Consulted CASEL during their large national K-12 policy research program.

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  Teachstone

  Jun 2011 - Feb 2017

  Responsible for large-scale implementation of Teachstone’s products, services, and resources to ensure clients have high quality support as they improve teacher-child interactions.Trained, coached, and supervised MyTeachingPartner (MTP) coaches and specialists.Served as Teachstone’s state liaison for California, Illinois, and Texas. Developed and sustained relationships with key stakeholders at the state level as well as with leading organizations. Public speaker and presenter at major national and state-level conferences.National and international expert trainer for the Classroom Scoring Assessment System (CLASS) Train the Trainer (TTT), Toddler, Pre-k and K-3 tool. K-12 Introduction to CLASS trainer. Show less

  • Client Relations Director

    Sept 2014 - Feb 2017

  • Client Implementation Manager

    Jun 2011 - Sept 2014
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  ChildrenFlow, LLC

  Feb 2017 - now

  Founder, CEO

  Founder of ChildrenFlow, an organization that empowers the development of children by improving quality early childhood education. Supports educational organizations improve quality through professional development, training, coaching, assessing, and strategizing.