My Teaching Philosophy:

           I love to make Spanish classes a fun and exciting experience for my students with interactive and hands-on lessons and plenty of communicative activities and cooperative learning.  Our goals in the department are to improve reading, speaking and writing comprehension levels throughout the course of the year and to be able to demonstrate growth. Proficiency level is key to improving in the language!  While it is important that the students learn the language, it is equally as important to learn about the Hispanic culture to gain awareness and insight into a culture that may be different from their own.  My goal is for students to find something they find exciting about learning the language and culture and to be proud of themselves for seeing growth and improvement!

         My expectations for students reflect skills and characteristics required to succeed in the real world such as punctuality, responsibility, organization, respect, fairness, working with others, etc.  Therefore, I firmly believe that it is not only my job to teach the subject matter at hand, but also to enforce and apply to students the daily values and standards in accordance with the BHS Mission Statement to prepare them for future pathways and to be productive members of society.