As a first-generation Latina-American, I understand the challenges many students, parents and teachers face, and have learned that building mutually respectful and supportive relationships with students, parents and school teams based on trust, communication, and a shared vision is key. My decision to become an assistant principal was inspired by the students, parents and educators I have worked with, and my belief in the transformative power of education.

I have worked in many capacities as an educator: a bilingual Special Education teacher specializing in literacy, ESL teacher, School Cabinet / Inquiry Team / Data Team / Curriculum Development Team member, ELA/10th Grade Team and Special Education Lead and Coach, Teacher Mentor, Adjunct Professor at the City College of New York and Hunter College, and presenter of teacher/parent workshops. I have taught all the core subjects, as well as graduate and methodology courses. I was a New York City Teaching Fellow (2010-2014) and New York Urban League Bethune Fellow (2016-2017), which helped me understand how literacy, language, and education affects familial, educational, societal, and economic realities and inequities relating to minorities, marginalized, and economically disadvantaged populations.

NYCDOE Email: bgonzalezalarco@schools.nyc.gov

Gmail: bgonzalezalarcon@hshcs.nyc

Remind: Text the message @2fc8d39 to the number 81010

Barbara Gonzalez-Alarcon's profile