Education

I have worked for many years to become a Spanish teacher. I love when I am in the classroom. My higher education began at Amarillo College. I earned my Associates of Arts in Teaching. I earned my degree with honors. I had previously changed my degree from radiography. Once I was in the radiography program, I found that the medical field was not for me. I chose on what I had always wanted to do, and that was teaching! I became a teacher's assistant and I loved it. I loved working with the students.

After my graduation from Amarillo College, I attended West Texas A&M University. I received my Bachelors of Applied Arts & Sciences with a minor in education. I had all of those science credits from Amarillo College and I enrolled in the Post-Baccalaureate program to receive my teaching credentials. I interned my first year teaching and I found it to be the best year! I later worked as a first grade dual langauge teacher. I enjoyed it a lot, but the focus was not on teaching the culture and the actual language. It was teaching with the language. I really loved teaching elementary school, but I wanted to become a Spanish teacher. My high school Spanish teacher was a big influence in my life. I decided to take the teacher certification test for Spanish and from there I became a Spanish teacher.

When I found my position as a Spanish teacher, I looked for online masters programs. I chose the MAFLT program at Michigan State University to better preprare me for my role as a foreign language educator. I am so glad I did! I understand more of what I should do in my classroom. It has been wonderful being in the program and teaching my students at the same time. I was able to apply what I was learning from my courses with my own classes. My students also found it interesting when I had homework as well. Some found it comical!

My education has been wonderful. I am very grateful for all of the opportunities I have had.