This class is taught in English.

The goal is for students to build on foundational Spanish by learning more advanced vocabulary and grammar to set them up for success with future Spanish endeavors.

OUR TEACHERS

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 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 RACHEL
Rachel is going into her junior year at the College of Wooster. She 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. 

Rachel recently studied abroad in France and had the opportunity to teach English as a second language to middle school students. While she was there she also practiced her translation skills. 

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.

TEACHER NIKKI
Nikki is the founder of Skillabration. She has been teaching since 2005. She graduated with a bachelor's in Spanish and a master's in education with a focus in Spanish.

She loves teaching  students ages 8-14 and offers two classes: Spanish I for Middle School and 1-on-1 Tutoring.

In 2016 she shifted from public school teaching to teaching online full-time for more freedom and creativity in her work. She taught ESL online from 2016-2020 and shifted to teaching Spanish on Outschool in late 2020. 

Nikki has had countless experiences traveling to Mexico. She did a cultural exchange for six weeks in Cuautitlan Izcalli in the State of Mexico when she was just 15 years old. She also studied abroad in San Sebastian, Spain for three months the summer before her junior year in college. 

Her teaching certifications include:
K-12 Spanish
K-12 ESL 
5-8 Social Studies
5-8 Language Arts 

Her teaching style is based around the two C's: Connection and Communication. She likes to get to know students and cater the lessons to their interest and learning needs.

Grading
Frequency: Available upon request
Details: If you're a homeschool family and need a referral letter or an estimate of a grade, we can provide that for you. 

Spanish 1 for Middle/High School