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Spanish 1 for Middle School - 2 Times Per Week
Class Experience
US Grade 6 - 8
Beginner Level
This is a level one Spanish class for absolute beginners. This is an ongoing subscription for students to learn the basics with vocabulary and grammar in Spanish. Some of the topics will include school, telling time, adjectives, activities, food, etc. OUR TEACHERS: Please see the section on "Teacher Expertise" for details about each of our teachers. CLASS STRUCTURE - introduce new vocabulary or grammar with notes (We make sure to engage students while note-taking by adding group practice...
TEACHER DIANE Diane is a veteran Spanish teacher living in South Carolina. She has experience teaching all levels of high school Spanish (1 to Advanced Placement) as well as college level. She has worked as a public and private school teacher since 1992 and has been tutoring privately for a few years. She spent her junior year of college at the Universidad Complutense in Madrid, Spain. She also studied in Cuernavaca, Mexico. She has attended multiple comprehensible input workshops and seminars. She has been an AP Grader for the past ten years and has been a table leader for the last four. She offers Spanish I Middle School group classes of up to 10 students. Students say she is passionate about languages, especially Spanish, and loves presenting information in a comprehensible way. TEACHER JAMIE Jamie has a Bachelors in Spanish and Elementary Education and a Masters in Education with a focus on Literacy studies. Over the last 18 years she has taught in a in a wide variety of educational settings including public school, private school, and homeschool co-ops, as well as educating her own children. She has taught Spanish or taught other class content IN Spanish using a variety of styles, including full Spanish Immersion, Spanish as an enrichment course, Middle School Spanish, as well as Spanish 1 and 2 for High School. She loves sharing her love for the Spanish language with children of all ages and seeing their joy as their proficiency and self-confidence grow! TEACHER LAURA Laura holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Foreign Languages and a Graduate Certificate in Spanish Language Education. Originally from Colombia, she has been teaching English, French, and Spanish as a second language both in the USA and her home country since 2018, across various educational levels from kindergarten to adult in private and public schools. She is very creative and passionate about languages and cultures, Laura strives to immerse students in the Spanish language while sharing her Latino cultural traditions, customs, and holidays alongside those of other Hispanic countries. TEACHER VAL Valerie has experience teaching Spanish to ages 3-18. She has over seven years of experience working with students from all over the world both as a school teacher and an online teacher. She grew up speaking both English and Spanish in Texas. She has lived overseas in Madrid, Spain teaching ESL to students from kindergarten to adults. Through this experience, Valerie has adapted to the Spanish teaching culture and learned new ways to approach student learning. Students love working with her because she is kind, engaging and a warm listener. TEACHER NIKKI Nikki worked as a public school teacher from 2005-2016 teaching a variety of subjects ranging from high school Spanish I, II, and III, and middle school dual language. She decided to start teaching online in 2016 to establish more freedom and creativity in her classroom. Students say she is patient and engaging, and she breaks down information in a comprehensible way. TEACHER RACHEL Rachel is a pre-service teacher at Wooster College going into her junior year. Rachel is pursuing a double major in French and Spanish with a double minor in Russian and German. On top of that, Rachel speaks Hebrew and knows how to communicate in American Sign Language. She has many experiences teaching languages to children because in 2019 she started her own language program. She helped children learn American Sign Language, French, Spanish and Russian. She has a passion for foreign languages because she enjoys being able to communicate with people. She grew up surrounded by different languages, which increased her curiosity in language learning. She brings that curiosity and passion to the classroom. Rachel adores working with children because she loves seeing them excited to learn! She is kind, engaging and a very good listener so she is able to cater to different learning styles and make students comfortable.
Grading
Frequency: available upon requestDetails: If you're homeschooling and you'd like a letter or recommendation or a grade for the class, we can provide that for you. We do not formally grade anything, but we can provide a grade based on class performance.
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
Sometimes we use Nearpod during the lesson. This website provides interactive practice for the student where they can drag and drop, type answers or do matching activities. We will provide the link to students during class in the Zoom chat box, learners do not need an account. We will share the screen of our Google Slides presentation. You don't need a gmail account.
Teacher expertise and credentials
6 teachers have teaching certificates
Illinois Teaching Certificate in Foreign Language
South Carolina Teaching Certificate in Foreign Language
Wisconsin Teaching Certificate in Foreign Language
Non-US Teaching Certificate in Foreign Language
Illinois Teaching Certificate in Foreign Language
South Carolina Teaching Certificate in Foreign Language
3 teachers have a Graduate degree
Master's Degree in Education from DePaul University
Master's Degree in Foreign Language from University of Missouri
Master's Degree in Foreign Language from University of Northern Iowa
7 teachers have a Bachelor's degree
Bachelor's Degree in Foreign Language from Loyola University Chicago
Bachelor's Degree in Foreign Language from University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
Bachelor's Degree in Foreign Language from University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire
Bachelor's Degree in Spanish Language and Literature from Sam Houston State University
Bachelor's Degree in Education from The Open University of Hong Kong
Bachelor's Degree in English from The Open University of Hong Kong
Bachelor's Degree in Foreign Language from University Of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Bachelor's Degree in Foreign Language from Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia
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Group Class
$30
weekly ($15 per class)2x per week
25 min
Completed by 3 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 11-14
2-13 learners per class