NAME:
Aida Castillo
SCHOOL:
Cedar Valley
CLASS:
Espanol I
SCHOOL E-mail:
aida_castillo@roundrockisd.org
Teaching Experience:
--26 years in the profession, with experience in Bilingual Education,
Spanish and English as a Second Language, Regular Education and many years
in Gifted Education
--22 years in Round Rock I.S.D., 4 years in West Texas school districts
--Research Associate at University of Texas Center for Reading and Language
Arts
---Languages Other Than English Department Chair 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09
--Site Based Advisory Committee Member Cedar Valley MS 2007-08, 2008-09
---National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Candidate 2007-08
Awards:
--2009 Certificate of Achievement:Honor & Distinction-Round Rock ISD
--2008 Commended Teacher of the Humanities Award by Humanities Texas
--Nominated Excellence in Education Awards 2007-2008 sponsored by HEB Stores
--Nominated Teacher of the Year Cedar Valley Middle School 2008-09;2007-08;
2005-06
--State Finalist: The Governor's Award for Environmental Excellence
April 1998, April 1997 and April 1996 Texas Natural Resources Conservation
Commission
Professional:
--Bachelor Degree of Arts-Spanish University Texas of the Permian Basin
--Texas Educator Certification: Gifted and Talented; Generic Special
Education; Spanish; Bilingual/ESL
--College Board Pre-AP Training
Personal:
Spanish is my first language, I am a native speaker! Raised in West Texas,
family of 6 siblings, married to a West Texan. My three musketeers: Megan,
a recent college grad with a B.S.N.; Matt, a freshman at U.T. Austin, College
of Natural Sciences; Max, a 7th grader in Leander ISD.
Two family dogs, Scooter (blue heeler) and Rileigh (weimaraner). I enjoy
trial and error with recipes from Around the World, home decor,
sewing/designing, exercise, golfing, reading, and nature walks/hikes.