Para el curso 2023-2024, contamos en nuestro colegio con los profesores nativos de conversación de Inglés y de Alemán. Ayudan a nuestros alumnos a mejorar su expresión oral a través de juegos y actividades divertidas.
Aquí os presentamos a los auxiliares de inglés:
I came to Spain the first time in 1991 with the university when I was studying Spanish. I have been here many times since then.
I have been a language assistant for the last few years in a number of different schools. I enjoy sharing my language and culture. I love working with children. They say exactly what they think! It is wonderful to see the children´s faces without masks after the past few years.
I like animals and in the US I enjoy helping at an animal refuge. In my free time here in Madrid I like the terrazas and good conversation. I also enjoy reading and playing Chess.
I graduated from Indiana University where I studied Environmental Management and Spanish, but my passion is teaching!
After graduating, I got my TEFL Certification and moved to Thailand for a year where I taught English at a secondary school. I also taught in a primary school in the United States before I moved to Madrid to be an English assistant. This is going to be my third year living in Madrid and it feels like a second home!
In the classroom, I focus on making English exciting and fun for students. I use interactive activities and games, music, references to popular culture, all while tailoring my approach to what interests the students to make English fun for students.When I'm not teaching, I love traveling (I've been to 20 countries and counting!), cooking, reading, and trying new restaurants with friends.
I have a degree in Teaching with a specialization in English Literature and History from Seattle University. This will be my sixth school year in Madrid.
Over my several years teaching I have taught nearly every age, but I love teaching in Primary!
Education is my passion and I hope to encourage all students to find their own love of learning. I love to leverage multiple intelligences in the classroom to engage students and reinforce subjects and concepts. School should be fun and I hope to foster a fun and inclusive environment for all students so they not only feel successful in their English acquisition, but enjoy their learning journey as well!
Outside the classroom, I love to travel. I also enjoy photography and publish my own travel books with the photos taken during my holidays. I'm a big reader and voracious movie watcher. I love to cook and I also love spending time with my husband and son exploring Madrid and enjoying all the city has to offer.
I have been a conversation assistant at El Porvenir since 2012, having before worked for the public school system here in Madrid. I moved here from San Diego, California, where I taught English classes to refugees at the International Rescue Committee. I have also taught English in the business district of São Paulo, Brazil. I have a Bachelor´s degree in English with an emphasis in Linguistics from Northern Arizona University and a TEFL diploma from the University of California, San Diego. I am an official Cambridge Speaking examiner and have a Band 4 result in the Cambridge University Teaching Knowledge Test. My hobbies include travel writing, photography, reading, language studies, cooking and sailing.
I graduated in May 2022 from Emporia State University where I studied Spanish Education.
After graduating, I moved to Kansas City where I taught High School. During college, I also was a substitute teacher for Emporia Middle School. My passion is teaching and I hope to motivate and encourage students to find what they feel passionate about. I am hopeful and looking forward to reinforcing the student’s English skills and teaching them the importance of being proficient in more than one language.
Besides my passion for education, this is my first year living abroad, so I am excited to travel and discover cultures. My hobbies are cooking and dancing salsa.