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Spanish for teachers offered
Spanish
for Teachers, an intensive two-week course, will be
offered by Southwestern Community College at two locations
in June.
The course will provide formal skills for teachers to
assist them in the communication process with Spanish
speaking students in their classrooms. Content will
focus on classroom management and building team skills
with student/teacher activities. In addition, participants
will develop cultural understanding of the Hispanic
community within western North Carolina.
"The goal is to help the teacher become comfortable
using some Spanish when leading their students, meeting
parents and communicating assignments, directions and
effective teaching techniques for the classroom,"
Susan McCaskill, vice president for Extension Education
and Economic Development, said. "We're providing
a low pressure, fun and informal setting in which teachers
can develop these skills. At the same time, they will
be earning six valuable CEUs."
Ydo
Yumart |
Fernanda
Zermaglio |
Spanish for Teachers will be offered Monday through
Friday, June 19 through 30 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in
two locations: Macon Middle School in Franklin and Fairview
Elementary School in Sylva.
The
course at Fairview Elementary will be taught by Ydo
Yumart who worked for 15 years as a high school teacher
in Cuba. She holds degrees from Prazy Institute in Miami,
Trinity College of Natural Health in Warsaw, Indiana,
and the University of Havana in Cuba.
"I feel confident that my commitment, unique life
experience and skills as an educator will bring a perspective
that will enhance each teacher's participation in the
course," Yumart said.
The class at Macon Middle school will be taught by Fernanda
Zermaglio. Zermaglio also took the lead in developing
the course's content, activities and a wide variety
of teaching tools with the assistance of Yumart and
Keith Corbeil, SCC Business and Industry Training coordinator.
Fernanda, a native of Argentina, holds a BS degree from
the University of Texas at Austin and has worked with
a number of training projects with NATO (North Atlantic
Treaty Organization). She is also a doctoral candidate
at the University of California at Davis.
For more information or to pre-register, contact the
SCC Business and Industry Center at 828.488.6413.
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