Dr. Bernadette Pilar Zermeño is an Early Childhood Educator with 20+ years of demonstrated success creating, developing and teaching within multiple school levels, especially Transitional Kindergarten Programs. She is passionate about facilitating lifelong learners beginning at the earliest age as a multilingual educator, teaching in PreK-University levels. She is innovative in curriculum creation with expertise in training Pre-K, Transitional and Traditional Kindergarten Teachers, and TK/K Teacher Aides, Teacher Candidates focusing on biliteracy and language development. Bernadette builds open, trust-based relationships with students, caregivers, teammates, and community partners to support all learners, specially dedicated to helping newly arrived students and refugees with foundational social and emotional skills. She currently works within EDvance College and Oakland Unified as a Multilingual Specialist in the ELLMA and Early Childhood department while also supporting teacher candidates at Alder, Chabot, East Bay, Merritt, and Las Positas College.
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