Last updates: December 7, 2019
Christina Jessica Rocha
Christina.j.rocha@gmail.com
Personal Details:
Citizenship: USA/Greece
Mother tongue: English, Greek
Education:
2018- PhD candidate for Applied Linguistics at the Hellenic American
University, Athens, Greece
2002 Master of Arts, Leadership in Teaching, emphasis on foreign language
instruction, College of Notre Dame of Maryland
1999 Bachelor of Arts, International Relations, with a minor in French and
Spanish, Chatham College, Pittsburgh, PA
Additional Courses:
2017- Private lessons in Ancient Greek
Summer 2017 Comparative and Historical Linguistics, Leiden University- Dept of
Languages and Linguistics- Leiden, Holland
2007- Student of advanced Spanish, Cervantes Institute, and Abanico,
Athens, Greece.
2007-2008 Student of advancedGreek, Hellenic American Union, Athens, Greece.
1999-2007 Student of advanced French, Continuing Education Department at
Community College of Baltimore County, Catonsville. Five semesters of
Spanish also completed.
2004 Graduate course in History of Language, Johns Hopkins University,
Baltimore, Md.
2003 Graduate course in Bilingualism, University of Maryland, Baltimore Co.
2002 Graduate course in Cultural Anthropology, American University,
Washington D.C.
EFL Experience:
2009- 2018 English Examiner for the University of Michigan and Cambridge
proficiency exams, through the Hellenic American Union in Athens,
Greece
Oct ‘09-May ‘12 Business English Instructorfor PWC (Price Waterhouse & Cooper)
Academy, Athens, Greece
Work Experience:
2008- Seasonal Tour Director for EF, an educational travel company.
Responsible for:facilitating and leading engaging educational tours in
English and to groups from Canada and the US around Europe.
2007- Spanish Teacher ACS (American Community Schools of Athens) FT
Teaching Spanish all levels from middle school to IB level high school
Students
2006-2008 S.A.T. examinerfor College Board Examinations
2006–2007 Acting chair, Department of Foreign Languages, Pikesville High
School
1999–2007 French and Spanish TeacherBaltimore Public Schools (BCPS)
Taught French levels II, III, IV, Advanced Placement as well as
immersion and Spanish levels I, II to students from elementary
through high school
2003–2007 French and Spanish Instructor,Community College of Baltimore
County/Essex plus satellite schools, part time
Summer 2006 Instructional Immersion Leaderfor GlobalWorks, led high school
students from across the U.S. in community service projects
throughout France
1999–2003 Greek Teacher, Annunciation Cathedral, Baltimore
2nd grade and inclusion classes
Languages: Native English speaker
Proficiency level inGreek, French, Spanish
Teaching Maryland State Advanced Professional Certification for teaching French
k-12
Certification: Maryland State Advanced Professional Certification for teaching
Spanish k-12,
TESOL/TESL International Certification (Oxford seminars)
Activities/ Attended ECIS conference in Copenhagen, 2017 with theme of
“Cultivating Curiosity in Education”
Attended NESA and other educational conferences in Athens since
2007-
Member National Education Association, 1999–present
Special Skills: Member American Association for Teachers of French (AATF)
2000– present
Invited to present at AATF conference in Martinique, 2003,
“Teaching with Music in the Foreign Language Classroom”
Member American Association for Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese
2002-2007
Abroad:
Summer 2017–Dept of Linguistics- Leiden University, Holland
Summer 2011–Spanish language program at Universidad Granada,
Spain
Summer 2009–Spanish language program in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Summer 2002–Scholarship, AATF, Pau, France
Summer 2001–Universite Laval–French Teacher Preparation Course in
Quebec, Canada
Extensive travel throughout Europe, Latin America, Central Asia and the Middle East
My Curious Classes 