José Burgos

Passionate and dynamic ESL and Spanish educator with solid international background in language instruction, curriculum development, and educational leadership. Successfully implemented innovative teaching methods to enhance student engagement and learning outcomes. Possesses versatile skills in project management, problem-solving, and collaboration. Recognized for adaptability and proactive approach in delivering excellence.

• COMMUNITY LEADER, LULAC and Lideramos (2025).
• Illinois Professional Educator License with PreK-12 World Language (Spanish) & ESL endorsements (2023)
• COUNTERING MISINFORMATION, RELIAL & Guatemalan Government School (2020).
• DIGITAL MARKETING, International Training Center & Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2020).
• ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND BUSINESS LIFE COACH Certification, Transformational Academy (2019).
• LIFE COACHING Certification, online certificate course by the Academy of Modern Applied Psychology (Achology, 2018).
• TESOL Certificate, School for International Training and Centro Espiral Mana (Costa Rica, 2016).
• BLENDED LEARNING IN LANGUAGE TEACHING, Pete Sharma Associates (2016).
• BUSINESS MANAGEMENT SKILLS Diploma, University Bicentenaria of Aragua (Venezuela, 2016).
• THE SCIENCE OF YOGA Diploma, University of Carabobo & Ashram 1 - GUB (Venezuela, 2013)

• National Education Association (NEA)
• Illinois Education Association (IEA)
• Orion Education Association (OEA)
• American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP)
• League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)

• Presenter, Multilingual Illinois Statewide Conference (2024 & 2025)
• Presenter, Multilingual Illinois Statewide Conference (2023 & 2024)
• Presenter, International Congress for Foreign Language Teachers (UNAH, 2021)
• Presenter, International Conference for Teachers of Spanish (UPNFM, 2020)
• Presenter, 3rd, 4th, and 5th annual Conference of International English Teachers HELTA TESOL (2017-19)
• Presenter, 1st Leadership for Youth Workshops at UNITEC by Educate2Envision (2019)
• Presenter, 3rd International Congress of Foreign Languages Teachers (University of Honduras, 2018)
• Presenter, School for Parents at the Pedagogical University of Honduras (UPNFM, 2018)
• Presenter, School for Parents at DelCampo International School (2018)
• Presenter, XII Conference ‘Teachers Teaching Teachers’ at Escuela Internacional Sampedrana, (2017)
• Facilitator and Mentor of Real LEDGE - Honduras (2018–20)
• Facilitator and Founder, Leadership and Entrepreneurship Program for Youth’ at Empower Honduras - (2017-20)
• Facilitator, ‘Group Activities and Stress Management Workshop’, Empower Honduras - (June 2019)
• Facilitator, ‘Language Methodology Workshop’ at the National University of Honduras - (April 2017)
• Facilitator, English Program for Teenagers, by the US Embassy (292 hours, 2014-16)
• Facilitator, English Phonetics Workshop, The Science of Pronunciation, ASOCIM (2016)

Lideramos Latino Leadership Scholarship (2024). YLAI Fellowship Grant (2020), US Department of States; Simon Bolivar (2018), The Student Councilof DelCampo School, for showing care and inspiring students to fight for their rights; Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund (2018) – U.S. Department of State grant winners, among 1333 applicants worldwide; Outstanding Teacher (2017) –Del Sol Montessori Bilingual School,for an “excellent performance as a teacher and outstanding relationships with students”; Acknowledgment (2017) - Cultural Hibueras, Bilingual School & Institute, for “valuable cooperation in the bilingual educational process” of the school; TESOL Certificate Scholarship (2016), US Embassy of Venezuela. Diploma (2014), Supreme Council of the ‘Great Universal Brotherhood’ for an “outstanding, valuable collaboration in extracurricular activities of the Advanced Diploma in the Science of Yoga”.