About the teacher

Mr. Jordan Elliott

Hi Everyone!

For 2024-2025, I'm at MacDonald Drive Junior High!  This year I am teaching LFI Français 8 and 9.  It's my first full year at MDJH, however I was a regular substitute teacher here in the 2018-2019 school year. 

My background is in Pure Mathematics, Physical Sciences, French, and Technology.  I have been a teacher for 8 years and I'm still having fun.   

In previous years, I have taught Adult Basic Education (high school level) Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry at Keyin College and was also a substitute across the Northeast Avalon where I taught a little bit of everything, but mostly French Immersion Math and Science.  During my internship, I taught junior high Science and Math at St. Paul's Junior High.

Although I am bilingual now, when I was in school, I was not a French immersion student; I took Core French!  The key to getting better at a language (like most things) is practice.  Learning a language in school will set you up with vocabulary, grammar rules, and sentence structure, but spending time with native speakers or in a milieu where people speak the language is how you become fluent.  There are more experiences beyond the classroom to look forward to and if you want to become fluent in your second (or third) language, it all starts with putting in an honest effort in school, no matter how difficult it seems... it gets easier!

Recently I completed a Master's of Education in Educational Technology at Memorial University. This program has taught me about many new ways of integrating technology into our classroom to make our learning environment better for everyone.

I am married to Melissa, and together we have a Yorkshire terrier, named Rocky, and a calico cat, Zoey.