About me
Bertha Jimenez is a high school teacher with 23+ years in the education field. Her experience includes a focus on multilingual learners, special education population and at-promise youth. She started her career as a tutor for various programs such as AVID and Gear Up & worked as a paraprofessional for the elementary and high school districts in Escondido, CA. As a teacher, she has held several leadership roles including department chair, curriculum design team, and instructional coach. Special recognitions include the Valley High School Teacher of the Year & Biliteracy Leadership Award. She currently supports her site as Senior English Department Chair, Multilingual Instructional Coach (EL TOSA), Responsibility Training Program Teacher, CSU Expository Reading and Writing Curriculum Teacher, College and Career Co-Advisor and Summer Bridge Coordinator.