I am a New Jersey Certified Teacher of French and Italian with 26 years of classroom teaching experience, in middle school and high school.
I love to teach interactive lessons, which are personalized and fun! Since I teach in a 1:1 eLearning district, I have been able to enhance world language learning with innovative technology.
FLENJ (Foreign Language Educators of New Jersey) Best Idea Award - 2000 NECTFL (Northeast Conference of the Teaching of Foreign Language)- Organizer Assistant, New York City -1999, 2000
I have a BA in French and Secondary Education (1996) as well as a MAT in Italian (2013) from Rutgers University, in New Brunswick, New Jersey. I earned a MA in French (1999) while living in Paris from Middlebury College, based in Middlebury, Vermont.
I actively participate in professional development as well as being a member of professional teaching organizations, including FLENJ (Foreign Language Educators of New Jersey) , AATF (American Association of Teachers of French), ITANJ (Italian Teachers Association of New Jersey).
4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool, Staff, Not Grade Specific
Social Studies, European History, World Languages, French, Italian, Arts & Music, Music, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Gaeilge