1. ELIZABETH ACHORN
11 Hinds Rd., Winchester, MA 01890 | 781.301.1582 | achorneg@comcast.net
OBJECTIVE
I am seeking a full time position to teach multiple levels of Spanish, and if needed beginning levels of French,
at a school where I can contribute to the overall life of the community beyond the class room. In addition to
teaching, I am passionate in working with students to develop leadership skills as an advisor to clubs and
student organizations. I endeavor to design lessons that reinforce interdisciplinary learning as well as
supporting the mission of the school.
I teach Spanish in an immersion setting where the students are hearing and using the target language inside
and outside the classroom. My students thrive, and a large number go on to minor in Spanish at the collegiate
level due to their ability to converse easily in the target language.
I am looking for a school environment where my personal commitment to the entire student’s academic and
social wellbeing is supported by a collaborative and collegial faculty.
SKILLS PROFILE
- Prepare creative lessons that engage students in active learning to reinforce cognitive skills.
- Developed, implemented and taught Spanish Language and Culture AP course.
- Provide individual differentiated instruction, as needed, while maintaining the immersion language
setting.
- Evaluate and select textbooks to support education requirements and graduation outcomes.
- Collaborate within department and across disciplines to align lessons, skills and assessments to support
mission of the institution, as well as graduation outcomes.
- Interact as a mentor and as a teacher with students to develop their classroom, social and leadership
skills.
- Inquisitive approach to teaching and to learning, always seeking to improve and enhance the classroom,
the community and myself.
- Dedicated to community professionally and personally by leading and participating on faculty committees,
with student groups, with the campus community.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
ACADEMY OF NOTRE DAME, TYNGSBORO, MA MARCH 2010 – AUGUST 2016
Private Catholic all-girls high school
WESTFORD ACADEMY, WESTFORD, MA OCTOBER 2009 – FEBRUARY 2010
Public high school (long term substitute)
MALDEN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL, MALDEN, MA SEPTEMBER 2008 – AUGUST 2009
Private, Catholic all-boys high school
PEABODY VETERANS MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL, PEABODY, MA SEPTEMBER 2005 – AUGUST 2008
Public high school
WS PARKER MIDDLE SCHOOL, READING, MA SEPTEMBER 2004 – AUGUST 2005
Public middle school

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
-Teach Spanish 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 at both College Prep and Honors level.
-Teach Spanish Language and Culture AP course for 3 years.
-Teach French 1 and 2 for four years.
-Reviewed, recommended and adopted textbooks for both Spanish and French.
-Collaborated with middle school and other world language teachers to vertically integrate language
teaching from middle school through the AP level.
-Collaborated with faculty in other disciplines to create Spanish units on health, nutrition, the
environment, current events and history.
-Develop and implement course level and graduation outcomes which adhere to the mission of the school.
-Developed, enhanced and implemented curriculum aligned to the course level, graduation and mission
outcomes of the school.
-Developed and implemented informal mentoring relationships with new teachers.
-Provided leadership training, guidance and mentoring to student groups and their officers as advisor to
Student Council and sophomore class.
-Participated in NEASC review at two schools – one public, one private religious.
Invited to be member of NEASC synthesis committee to review self-assessment and summarize
recommendations and commendations for final report.
-Worked as a member of NEASC visiting team to a public high school.
-Supported school mission in daily activities in the classroom, in the hall way and in the community on a
daily basis, always leading and modeling by example.
CORPORATE EXPERIENCE
MERIDIAN RESEARCH, NEWTON, MA FEBRUARY 2000-JANUARY 2001
now part of Forrester Research, Inc.
Sr. Analyst – Electronic financial products
BANKBOSTON, N.A., BOSTON, MA OCTOBER 1994-FEBRUARY 2000
now part of Bank of America, N.A.
Vice President – International/Domestic Cash Management
Product Management and Development - Payments

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CORESTATES BANK, N.A., PHILADELPHIA, PA FEBRUARY 1986-OCTOBER 1994
now part of Wells Fargo, N.A.
Vice President – International/Domestic Cash Management
Product Management and Development - Payments
NAVISTAR INT’L TRANSPORTATION CO., CHICAGO, IL NOVEMBER 1989 – JANUARY 1986
formerly known as International Harvester, Co
Supervisor – International Treasury Operations
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE WHICH SUPPORTS A CAREER IN EDUCATION
- Travelled extensively throughout Central and South America conducting business in Spanish.
- Travelled throughout China and Southeast Asia delivering seminars on global payment system risk, global
payment clearing and the USA banking system.
- Passed Certified Cash Management examination earning designation of CCM.
- Invited to be team member on update and re-write of CCM exam learning the philosophy and skills for
exam writing, conducted and over seen by Educational Testing Service.
LANGUAGES
English – heritage language
Spanish – fluent (speaking, reading and writing)
French – low advanced speaking, high intermediate reading and writing
LICENSURE
MA Initial License – License has expired, but can be renewed
PERSONAL EDUCATION
AMERICAN GRADUATE SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT, Glendale, AZ June 1978 - May 1979
Masters of International Management
SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY, Dallas TX August 1974-December 1977
Bachelor of Arts – Spanish Literature
Cum Laude
One full academic year in Madrid, Spain
Ongoing professional education includes summer courses at Northeastern University and Merrimack
University to maintain verbal fluency in French, attending AP Institute for Spanish Language and Culture, plus
additional seminars and workshops.