I began teaching Spanish at a small high school in rural Northwest Georgia in 2010, and in 2014 moved to a larger, slightly less rural school. I take a proficiency and CI-based approach to teaching, with lots of comprehensible input, some TPRS-style stories, I can goals, authentic audio resources, and level-appropriate readings. I want to use this blog to share lesson ideas and reflect on teaching successes & failures.
My first year blogging I taught all Spanish 1 on a traditional year-long schedule. Lately I’ve been teaching a mix of regular and honors Spanish 1 and Spanish 2 (regular) on a 4×4 block schedule. In the future I would love to pick up a Spanish 3 or AP course, or maybe even switch to primary school. For now, I’m loving working with my high school babies. 🙂
I love to travel, dance, work out, and speak Spanish. I was born in Illinois to Yankee parents, but I’m a Georgia girl at heart. My feedly is packed out with teaching blogs, and you can catch me on Twitter from time to time @andrearoja.
Ms. Brown Spanish 
I am hoping you might be able to attend and/or help spread the word about our first Cascadia CI Conference in Portland, OR June 29-30. 🙂
P.S. I grew up in Macon GA and my mom lives in Monroe and my sister in Savannah. 😀
We have an amazing lineup so far:
Keynotes/Sessions by Dr. Beniko Mason and Dr. Stephen Krashen
Sessions by Mike Peto, Annabelle Allen, Ben Slavic, Tina Hargaden, Jillane Baros, and Jacqueline Miller-Perry and Jon Cowart on CI for Equity, and a couple more surprise folks in the works.
Model Language Classes by Wade Blevins (modeling in Cherokee), Adam Ziad (modeling in Arabic) Janet Kyong (modeling in Korean), Kristen Noelle Donoghue Wolf (modeling Elementary Spanish), and TBD modeling in Advanced French.
Evening coaching with Ben Slavic till 11 PM or later!
Optional pre-conference workshop with Ben Slavic and Tina Hargaden June 26-27
Visit https://comprehensiblecascadia.org/ for details.
Thanks for your blog. I have stumbled upon it when looking for resources. Are you still using Realidades? I am also, and I’m looking for ways to make the vocab and grammar flow better together. I teach Yr. 1 middle school.
Hi,
I’m the Community Manager with Anagram Interactive, where we specialize in connecting established brands with prominent bloggers. We are currently running a campaign for one of the top online stationery brands that you and your readers might find very interesting.
Please let me know if this is something you’d be interested in and I’ll show you how to get started. Please kindly write to me at helen@anagraminteractive.com
¡HOLA! I am just up the road in Rome, GA!