"Él que lee mucho y anda mucho, ve mucho y sabe mucho."
-Don Quijote de la Mancha por Miguel de Cervantes
A little bit about me...officially, I am Mr. Cameron Stephen but my students call me Profe (a title used with teachers and those with a Master´s degree in Spanish-speaking cultures) and I coach so many of my students now call me Coach Profe, you can too. I teach at Cy-Fair High School in the Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District located in Cypress, Texas. I have taught there since 2000 and have served as the department chair of Foreign Languages since 2009. I have taught Pre-AP Spanish and AP Spanish Language since his first day in the classroom at Cy-Fair. I was responsible for re-starting the Native Speakers program at our school in 2001 and started the AP Spanish Literature program in 2002. Interestingly enough, when I started at Cy-Fair, only 3 students had participated in the AP Spanish Language exam. Now, our school regularly has more than 70 students that participate in AP Spanish Language & Culture and more than 20 that participate in AP Spanish Literature & Culture on a yearly basis.
Originally, I am a product of the AP Spanish program at Kearns High School in Salt Lake City, Utah where I took Spanish every year in high school and I took the AP Spanish Language exam in 1993. My passion for teaching was born while serving a mission for my church, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, to the Dominican Republic from 1994 to 1996. Upon returning home, I graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Spanish Literature from the University of Utah in 2000. Later, I completed a Master of Arts degree in Spanish Literature from the University of Houston in 2009.
In addition to my work at Cy-Fair High School, I have served as a reader for the AP Spanish Literature exam since 2005, a Table Leader since 2009, as a Question Leader since 2015, and as an Exam Leader in 2020. I have been a College Board Consultant since 2011, conducting workshops and summer institutes all over the country (literally from the east to the west coast) and virtually online. From 2012-2019, I was a member of the College Board’s Test Development Committee for AP Spanish Literature & Culture serving as the high school co-chair of the committee from 2015-2019. In 2016, I was very blessed to receive the prestigious Outstanding Teacher of the Humanities award from Texas Humanities, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
In 2018, I was blessed with the opportunity to become the assistant coach for Cy-Fair High School's aquatics program coaching swimming, diving, and water polo. In 2019, we won both the 6A Region 5 District 17 men's and women's swimming championships. In 2020, we won the 6A Region 5 District 17 women's swimming championship. Looking forward to winning many more in the near future.
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Originally, I am a product of the AP Spanish program at Kearns High School in Salt Lake City, Utah where I took Spanish every year in high school and I took the AP Spanish Language exam in 1993. My passion for teaching was born while serving a mission for my church, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, to the Dominican Republic from 1994 to 1996. Upon returning home, I graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Spanish Literature from the University of Utah in 2000. Later, I completed a Master of Arts degree in Spanish Literature from the University of Houston in 2009.
In addition to my work at Cy-Fair High School, I have served as a reader for the AP Spanish Literature exam since 2005, a Table Leader since 2009, as a Question Leader since 2015, and as an Exam Leader in 2020. I have been a College Board Consultant since 2011, conducting workshops and summer institutes all over the country (literally from the east to the west coast) and virtually online. From 2012-2019, I was a member of the College Board’s Test Development Committee for AP Spanish Literature & Culture serving as the high school co-chair of the committee from 2015-2019. In 2016, I was very blessed to receive the prestigious Outstanding Teacher of the Humanities award from Texas Humanities, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
In 2018, I was blessed with the opportunity to become the assistant coach for Cy-Fair High School's aquatics program coaching swimming, diving, and water polo. In 2019, we won both the 6A Region 5 District 17 men's and women's swimming championships. In 2020, we won the 6A Region 5 District 17 women's swimming championship. Looking forward to winning many more in the near future.
Publications:
- Recursos didácticos para la enseñanza de la primera crónica europea de Texas: La relación por Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca. Houston, 2009. (Master's Thesis available through the Library of Congress and the Department of Hispanic Studies at the University of Houston)
- Las sociedades en contacto: perspectivas del imperialismo. New York: The College Board, 2012. (Professional Development Curriculum Module)
- AP Spanish Language & Culture: Changes in the Natural Environment. New York, The College Board, 2017. (Service Learning Curriculum Module)
- AP Spanish Literature & Culture Course & Exam Description. New York, The College Board, 2019.
Professional Affiliations:
- American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese
- American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages
- Texas Foreign Language Association
- Texas State Teachers Association
- National Eagle Scouts Association
Some Fun Facts:
Some of my favorites:
Some of my Bucket List items:
- I am an Eagle Scout.
- In high school, I was on the varsity swim team and water polo team. I was captain of both teams my senior year.
- I lettered in swimming, water polo, and academics.
- I have volunteered in many capacities (e.g. baseball and basketball coach and Assistant Scoutmaster). Currently, I serve frequently with my church doing numerous projects around our community and work with the 14-15 year old boys.
- I have missed fewer than 10 Cy-Fair football games since 2001.
- Currently reading: The Hunger Games
Some of my favorites:
- TV shows: America's Got Talent, Pardon the Interruption
- Movies: The Sandlot, Top Gun, Lion King, Star Wars (yep! everyone of them...), Man of La Mancha, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Karate Kid, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
- Sweets: fried golden rings of joy (plain glazed donuts), peanut butter M&Ms, and Diet Mountain Dew.
- Vacation spots: any beach (preferred beaches are in the Dominican Republic, Florida, and California...the Great Salt Lake or Galveston do not count...), Utah, Disney (land or World mattereth not), and Washington DC
- Musicians: Imagine Dragons, Juan Luis Guerra, Maná, Linkin Park, Green Day, Will Smith, Beach Boys
- Teams: Utah Utes (football and basketball), Astros, Texans, and Utah Jazz
- Athletes: Michael Jordan, Lance Berkman, John Stockton/Karl Malone, JJ Watt, and Donovan Mitchell
Some of my Bucket List items:
- Coach a state swim, dive champion
- Win a state water polo championship
- Learn to play guitar
- Learn to fly
- Visit Spain, again but with my family, and Scotland
- Visit every MLB stadium (currently I have been to 23)
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