I am a seasoned veteran with a 34+ year background in teaching and administration. I teach ENL, French and Italian Pre K-12. I am well- traveled, well read and well cultured. Currently teaching Italian grades 7-8 in a New York suburban public school with a multicultural urban population. Also teaching K-1 FLES Italian and ENL K-7 in private programs.
My approach to teaching and learning is very eclectic.I incorporate interpretative, interpersonal and presentational communicative activities in the target language in all of my lessons. My lessons are infused with culture/Culture from the target language such as music, art, literature etc. I am very hands on and like to play games as review lessons. I am an avid technology user. Adore playing Kahoot too!
Publications: AATF National Bulletin TITLE: Integrating Contemporary Algerian R & B music in the French Classroom Poetry Publications in Italian
BA Double major in French and Italian SUNY Stony Brook MA Italian Language and Literature New York University DA Second Language Aquisition (ABD Status) SUNY Stony Brook
New York State Permanently Certified Teacher in: ESL K-12, French 7-12 and PreK-6 Extension, Italian 7-12 and PreK-6 Extension and School Administration and Supervision (SAS)
PreK, Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool, Staff, Not Grade Specific
English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Writing-Expository, Reading, Grammar, Spelling, Vocabulary, Specialty, Math, Basic Operations, Numbers, Science, Earth Sciences, Social Studies, Ancient History, Civics, Native Americans, U.S. History, European History, World History, World Languages, French, Spanish, Latin, Italian, Other (World Language), Arts & Music, Art History, Visual Arts, Graphic Arts, Other (Art), Music, Instrumental Music, Other (Performing Arts), Physical Education, Special Education, ESL-EFL-ELL, Health, Geography, Religion, Critical Thinking, For All Subjects, Literature, Classroom Management, Character Education, Cooking, Short Stories, Writing, en francais, Oral Communication, Reading Strategies, Writing-Essays, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Thanksgiving, Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa, Poetry, Autumn, Halloween, Winter, The New Year, Valentine's Day, Presidents' Day, Black History Month, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Spring, For All Subjects, Summer, Informational Text, Test Preparation, End of Year, Women's History Month