Margaret Echemendia

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area United States

Adjunct Professor at Miami Dade College

Education

I started my career at Flamingo Elementary. I spent 5 busy years there. I taught 3rd and 5th grade. I also was nominated as the ESSAC secretary and served for 2 years. In addition, I took part in a research study on low skilled readers, conducted by the University of Miami. That really opened my eyes to the severe problem some students have in learning the skill of reading, something that came so easy to me. In between all of that, I obtained my Masters in TESOL from Nova Southeastern University. I taught part time in the Adult Education Program as an ESL teacher for Miami Sunset Senior High. In 1999, I went to work at Howard A. Doolin as a language arts teacher for ELL students. I have ...