my name is david aleman, and i am currently a bilingual teacher at cleveland elementary. to tell you a little bit about myself and why i'm in education, my parents were immigrants from mexico, and they were migrant workers. i come from a family of 15 children. my parents knew the value of an education, and they didn't want that life for us, being a migrant worker. so they ensured that all 15 of us graduated from the same high school. 15 kids. now, eight of my siblings are either in education or teachers. two are principals, so the value of education is something that my family truly, truly knows, and i try to instill that into my students. so i've been at cleveland since 2011, first as a bilingual paraprofessional, and then as a third grade teacher. this is my third year as a third grade teacher. in all my time at cleveland, i've never been the subject of disciplinary actions. as a first year teacher, my students' writing scores were the highest of three third grade level classes. furthermore, the third grade team that i'm a part of, they've seen progress in their math sc