Tanya Wood serves as an English Learner (EL) teacher at Ypsilanti Community Schools, specifically at Erickson Elementary and Y.I.E.S. (Ypsilanti International Elementary School). She has dedicated her career to education since graduating from Eastern Michigan University in 2001. Ms. Wood holds a Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education and has recently obtained a Master of Arts and Graduate Certificate in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) from Eastern Michigan University in the Winter Semester of 2023. Furthermore, she has been an active member of the Rising Leaders ML Team since the Fall of 2024.

Ms. Wood possesses a strong passion for engaging with individuals from diverse cultural backgrounds and is enthusiastic about working with students from various cultures within YCS. She values the exchange of diverse cultural perspectives that takes place within her educational groups. Ms. Wood takes great satisfaction in interacting with students, assisting them in adjusting to a new cultural environment within the school, and supporting their understanding of and mastery over their academic coursework.

A fun fact: I was at a wedding that Salena Gomez and Benny Blanco attended.

I speak some Spanish, a little Farsi, and a little Italian/Sicilian.

email: twood7@ycschools.us

Erickson: 734-221-1600

YIES: 734-221-2400