Meet our teachers
Ideal School is committed to hiring only the absolute best & most qualified candidates to teach your child. As a pre-requisite to be hired as a teacher at Ideal School, candidates must possess a minimum of 5 years of classroom teaching experience. This is not a on-the-job training environment. Our teachers are bilingual, qualified, experienced, & dedicated to your child’s success!
· Master’s degree in Technological Education from the Technological Institute of Higher Studies of Monterrey, Mexico (ITESM).
· She has been an English Instructor for more than 15 years, trying to make a direct impact on education by integrating technology and applications in the K-12 classroom.
· She is committed to creating a unique and creative environment to provide students with a meaningful and joyful learning experience
- Master of Education with Emphasis on English Didactics – Universidad Externado de Colombia
- Bachelor of Modern Languages – Universidad Pedagógica Nacional de Colombia
- Graduated as a Teacher of Spanish as a Foreign Language – Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico
- She has more than 12 years of experience as a teacher of English and Spanish for different grade levels (Colombia, Mexico and Costa Rica). During this time, she has honed her pedagogical skills to offer her students an enriching and creative experience, and which can be put into practice in real contexts.
- Bachelor of arts in international business from University of St. Thomas in St. Thomas, Minnesota
- Masters degree in translation and interpreting from University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia
- Taught in the United States for 10 years and in Ecuador.
- Masters degree in English teaching from National University of Cordoba (Argentina)
- Masters degree in translation and interpreting in English from National University of Cordoba (Argentina)
- Possesses 27 years of teaching experience with students from elementary to college level
Bilingual and Bi-Literate
All of the teachers at Ideal School are bilingual and bi-literate in Spanish and English. We actively seek teachers with experience teaching foreign language learners. All have at least a bachelors degree and all have teaching certificates. Most importantly, all teachers at Ideal School love teaching and serving all students!
Three Major Benefits of Dual Language Learning
1- Researchers have found that actively using two languages seems to have a protective effect against age-related dementia.
2- In studies covering six states and 37 districts, they have found that, compared with students in English-only classrooms or in one-way immersion, dual-language students have somewhat higher test scores and also seem to be happier in school. Attendance is better, behavioral problems fewer, parent involvement higher.
3- It turns out that, in many ways, the real trick to speaking two languages consists in managing not to speak one of those languages at a given moment — which is fundamentally a feat of paying attention.
DATA GRAPH OF BENEFITS OF A TWO-WAY DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM
As more and more students in The United States grow up in families that speak other languages other than English, Two-Way Dual Language programs make so much sense. Notice that the research-based graph below clearly shows that Two-Way Dual Language programs are superior to all other programs to helping non-native English-speaking students even surpass their English only-speaking counterparts. We are living in a very diverse world, and being highly proficient in two of the most dominant languages spoken in the world would be a tremendous benefit to your son or daughter’s future!
