My Story

 I have enjoyed designing curriculum for,  and teaching Spanish to 5th-

 8th graders at Our Savior's for the past 10 years.  This year, I will be

teaching only 5th and 6th grade, and thankful  to be able to  return part time

after a brief maternity leave.

My Philosophy

While the curriculum is designed to prepare students for high school Spanish 2, my hope is for  my students to  have fun learning Spanish and to be able to use it to communicate in real life situations.

Communication is not a passive thing. Language is best learned by using it. It is for this reason that  all students in my classes are encouraged and required to actively participate in class activities.  This often involves speaking, listening for understanding, singing, dancing, drawing,  creating,and acting out conversations , stories and dramas during class time. 

  I think that learning a foreign language and then finding opportunity to use it, is ONE way to show God's love to someone who needs to be heard, helped, understood, or ministered to in a way that  he or she can receive.

My Favorite Bible Verse

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart and lean not unto your own understanding. In all thy way acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy path.  (Proverbs)

My History

• B.A. College of St. Rose, Albany, NY 1992
• Major: Spanish / Secondary Education
• MA - Spanish / Education State University of New York at Albany
• Teacher at Our Savior's School since 1999
• Home Instruction for South Colonie Schools from 1998-2008
• part time teacher  at Sand Creek Middle School 2004-2005
• Teacher at Coxsackie Athens Middle School from 1992-1996

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