Valorie Arrowsmith

Background

Licensed K-12 English as a Second Language teacher, in Rush City, Pine City, Hinckley/Finlayson, and East Central Schools through the St. Croix River Education District, Rush City, Minnesota.

Licensed K-12 Swedish teacher, at Concordia Language Villages, Bemidji, Minnesota; the Braham Event Center, Braham, Minnesota, and other community groups.

MA ESL Hamline University, St. Paul, MN.

M Ed Second Languages and Cultures, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

CARLA Advanced Practices in Second Language Teaching Professional Development Certificate, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.

Perpetual student of second languages

Sometimes motivation to work on another language is because I want to learn more about the first language of students I serve, sometimes it is because someone says, "Oooh, this is such a hard language", and I think, "Well, how hard can it be?"

The list so far:

For college credit: Spanish, German, French, Swedish, Finnish, Old Norse, Arabic, Hmong, Ojibwe, ASL

Immersion experiences through Concordia Language Villages: Finnish, Norwegian, Italian, Spanish, German

Community conversation groups and study circles: German, Spanish, Finnish, Swedish

Community-based classes: Ancient Greek, French, Russian, Danish, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish

Contact

work email: vsarrowsmith@scred.k12.mn.us