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About Me
About Me
Personal Background
Personal Background
My name is Ana Guevara, and I grew up in San Jose, California. Daughter to two Salvadoran immigrants, community morals and values have been instilled into me. It was never foreign to me aiding others, even when we may not have the most ample amount of resources ourselves. I have been taught to how to be resilient, while resisting oppressive natures. Ever since I was younger, I knew that the career path I wanted, whichever it may be, must be grounded on the ideals of helping others. Attending UCLA for both my Bachelor's and Master's as a first generation student has been challenging in many different ways, but it has led me to where I am now. Developing as a social justice educator and giving back to the younger generations of resilient, powerful people is what I have and will continue dedicating my life to.
Novice Year
Novice Year
Student Teaching
Student Teaching
I am currently placed in Susannah Hall's 10th grade chemistry classes at STEM Academy of Hollywood for the 2024-25 academic school year! I have spent the past few years of my academic career working with students of different ages and academic needs, so I am excited to share my experience with you as a graduate student in UCLA's Science Teacher Education Program. As you continue to navigate through this website, you will see my growth as an educator, with many resources and insights on my day-to-day life as I continue to develop.
Teaching Philosophy
Teaching Philosophy
As an educator, it is crucial to ground ourselves with core values and teaching strategies to allow for a positive, community-oriented classroom. For one of my final assignments for my first year of graduate school, we were tasked to write our own philosophy. Linked is my final paper for this assignment, which contains my core values, key parent communication startegies, and community building activities I plan to integrate within my classroom.
Resume
Resume
Above is my resume, reflective of some of the most important experiences I have had the opportunity to partake in in the last few years. While this is not all-encompassing of the entirety of my experiences, these are the most relevant that allowed me to progress in my academic journey in a manner that steered me towards my current career path.
Professional Development
Professional Development
Over the weekend of February 8-10th, I was granted the opportunity to attend the CA STEAM Symposium. Over the course of the weekend, I attended many workshops, but the workshop that I personally enjoyed the most was “Inquiry-based Teaching & Multilingual Support Routines: OpenSciEd.” OpenSciEd's curriculum and the flow of the materials has students constantly sit down and talk with others, share what they think just happened, create models, and label, write, and communicate with other students. The multilingual supports within this curriculum are collaborative background building through leveraging cultural knowledge, using visuals to allow time to process, and building off awareness of student experiences, creating a word bank and language frames where students build collaboratively and visually, and accountable talk that integrates opportunities to practice academic vocabulary through partner interactions. What was stressed during this presentation was that we cannot always assume vocabulary, and it is critical to help students, especially multilingual learners, that assumed vocabulary is not always assumed. Scaffolding further the content and vocabulary through this already vocabulary-intensive content provides additional support for language developments.
Following the California STEAM Symposium, I was able to attend the Western Regional Noyce Conference. This conference, although at a smaller scale, was equally rewarding. I was able to engage with other Noyce scholars from around the nation, and attended many different workshops that continued developing my educator abilities. Although I may be a little biased because this workshop was presented by UCLA TEP advisor Jamie Park, my favorite workshop was related to phenomena-based teaching in the math sector. While science already focuses on making education phenomena-based, I can see the difficulty in introducing this into the math field. With that being said, I really enjoyed the interactive portion of this workshop, like many others. It was an honor to attend this conference and learn from so many other passionate educators.
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