I've taught French & German for over 20 years as well as using my language skills in the business world. I work with native-speaking Spanish & Italian teachers for products in those languages.
I like hands-on activities and keeping students engaged through oral practice by circulating and speaking to a variety of partners while filling in a chart with their replies, vocab & grammar games at the board or with a partner at desks, and doing in-class projects that allow learners of all types to shine. Whenever a competition is involved, I find that student interest skyrockets !
Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society; Gifted & Talented Certification ~ ~ ~ The AATG's 'Die Unterrichtspraxis' has published two of my articles on classroom activities ~ 'Writing Across the Curriculum for November Holidays', Spring Issue 2003 and 'Christmas Activity: Create An Advent Calendar', Spring Issue 1992; ~ ~ ~ 'Most Influential Teacher' recognition by a class valedictorian ~ ~ ~ Every personal note or card I have received from a student telling me they loved coming to my class and learning.
B. S. in Ed. cum laude in French & Russian ~ Temple University ~~~ M.A. in German summa cum laude ~ Villanova University
I worked in France & Germany for ten years to perfect my language skills. Most of my products have been proofread by native speakers of the language. I work with native-speaking Italian & Spanish teachers for those products. I've also had the opportunity to travel on four of the seven continents and feel the saying is true ~ ~ ~ ~ "The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one chapter."
5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, Higher Education, Homeschool
English Language Arts, Reading, Grammar, Spelling, Vocabulary, Specialty, Math, Measurement, Science, Biology, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Physics, Social Studies, Civics, Elections - Voting, Government, U.S. History, European History, World History, World Languages, French, Spanish, Latin, Italian, German, Arts & Music, Art History, Visual Arts, Music, Music Composition, Vocal Music, Instrumental Music, Physical Education, Drama, ESL-EFL-ELL, Health, Canadian History, British History, Geography, Religion, Gifted and Talented, Critical Thinking, Literature, Business, Psychology, Economics , Character Education, Family Consumer Sciences, Cooking, Criminal Justice - Law, Forensics, Writing, Asian Studies, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa, Poetry, Halloween, Valentine's Day, Presidents' Day, Black History Month, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Vocational Education, Coaching, End of Year, Engineering, Women's History Month, Hispanic Heritage Month, Social Emotional Learning