Hello! 👋🏼
Thank you for visiting my profile. I have been teaching for over 20 years and it is still one of my great passions. I'm excited to offer classes through this platform that showcase my love for teaching & languages through a variety of engaging curriculum I have designed. Here is a list of my current offerings so you can see the span of courses you have to choose from. These courses have been created to meet the needs of my students during the 5 years I have been teaching on the platform. I trust you will be able to find the right fit for your learner's interests and level. Please reach out to me if you have any trouble or with specific scheduling requests. I look forward to meeting your learner!

📑Class Offerings:
Pre-K
https://outschool.com/classes/my-spanish-spot-semi-private-weekly-spanish-story-club-o78CIs3e?sectionUid=c139e9f1-f4a1-4bba-bd16-ef4c0bbfa5cf&showDetails=true&usid=FEuuytca&signup=true

Reading 
https://outschool.com/classes/spanish-spot-semi-private-lessons-with-focus-on-reading-qTjlq1sn?usid=FEuuytca&signup=true&utm_campaign=share_activity_link

Grammar 
https://outschool.com/classes/spanish-spot-spanish-reading-grammar-component-4-students-max-per-group-ROPHpOzv?usid=FEuuytca&signup=true&utm_campaign=share_activity_link

Listening Comprehension
https://outschool.com/classes/spanish-spot-spanish-through-immersion-drawing-SgJIEhP4?usid=FEuuytca&signup=true&utm_campaign=share_activity_link

Advanced Beginners/ Intermediate
https://outschool.com/classes/spanish-spot-reading-immersion-for-advanced-beginners4-students-max-group-VTNurbyh?usid=FEuuytca&signup=true&utm_campaign=share_activity_link

Writing
https://outschool.com/classes/spanish-writing-making-short-stories-together-PoGNeukr?usid=FEuuytca&signup=true&utm_campaign=share_activity_link

Conversation
https://outschool.com/classes/my-spanish-spot-advanced-conversational-spanish-5-student-max-per-group-yI9y6LLQ?usid=FEuuytca&signup=true&utm_campaign=share_activity_link

Immersion
https://outschool.com/classes/conversational-spanish-with-arts-and-crafts-conexin-creativa-SoTTSoqJ?usid=FEuuytca&signup=true&utm_campaign=share_activity_link

https://outschool.com/classes/spanish-spot-spanish-immersion-reading-writing-and-discussion-mtOBiLLn?usid=FEuuytca&signup=true&utm_campaign=share_activity_link

Private One-on-One
https://outschool.com/classes/spanish-spot-monthly-private-lessons-individual-or-siblings-v2avtTHa?usid=FEuuytca&signup=true&utm_campaign=share_activity_link

Book Clubs (*These can be offered in 1:1 format as well.)
https://outschool.com/classes/full-immersion-spanish-book-club-el-soador-by-pam-muoz-ryan-jkzuR1B5?usid=FEuuytca&signup=true&utm_campaign=share_activity_link

https://outschool.com/classes/immersion-spanish-novel-study-el-len-la-bruja-y-el-ropero-i5zL2Y27?usid=FEuuytca&signup=true&utm_campaign=share_activity_link

💗 A little about me:
Other than art and landscape photography, I have a passion for nutrition, translation and simultaneous interpretation, serving others through child/senior care, reading, crafting, hospitality and Christian ministry/theology. 
My calm, kind and friendly personality is sure to appeal to a variety of students. I have been described as " a natural encourager" and work hard at creating a positive learning environment in order to promote student participation. I promise to always treat your learner with the respect and love they deserve. 
I hope to see you and your child soon in one of my classes.  "Let's enrich each other's lives. Join me in a class"-Zia

🎓My Qualifications:
-Bachelor’s Degree in Education
-Associate degree in Architectural Drafting
-TESOL certification
-Outschool ACE Educator Badge
-Variety of course certificates in early childhood education from the  Child Care Education Institute
-Psychology courses with Harvard Medical School
-Child Nutrition courses with Stanford University 
-homeschooling parent

📚 Where I have taught: 
I have been teaching on Outschool for 5 years but have also had the opportunity to work in person with a wide range of ages from toddlers to highschool students and even adults pursuing their GED. I have also had the privilege to own a daycare center/preschool academy. This has formed a special place in my heart for early childhood education.  I have hosted a variety of workshops and classes in Spanish for couples, families and leaders at church as well.  Currently, I homeschool my own child and I run two private book clubs; one for adult women and one for bilingual teens. I also host private virtual crafting parties and volunteer my time for digital design with a non-profit.