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Ms. Diane Chamberlain
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Laramie Senior High School
Class Information:
Students per Class: 80
Class Description:
levels 3, 4, 5, AP Spanish, AP Spanish Literature
Position:
HS Spanish Teacher
Needs:
-ability to film, edit movie projects -ability to take pictures to create digital stories & to edit them -
My Philosophy:
We need to tap into students' interests and motivations, provide real world tasks and challenges, facilitate their creativity, guide them to the tools and training they need to create their projects and then act as aide/facilitator while the magic happens.
Personal Information:
About Me:
Nationally Board Certified Teacher in WLOE 2008; 30 year teaching veteran of Spanish grades 7-14.
College and Degrees:
BA Spanish; MA Spanish; MA Educational Leadership
Activities:
traveling with students, gardening, reading, learning
Favorite Books:
Blood of Innocents, books by Laura Gallego and Carlos Ruiz Zafon, Donna Leon, Michael Dibdin, Carol Drinkwater, Caroline Roe
Favorite Quotes:
21st CENTURY STATEMENT OF TEACHER RESPONSIBILITIES: In order to adequately prepare today's students for their future, teachersmust effectively participate in professional learning networks, share and model the use of current internet tools, lead authentic, integrated project-based learning activities, assiststudents as they establish their own learning networks and digital footprint, learnalongside our students as they create, collaborate, and share, provide sufficient learning opportunities for students to become digitally literate and fluent, while also inspiring each child to be quality, digital, global citizens. -Alex Couros
Interests:
mystery writing; writing for young adults; travel; all things related to Spanish and its relevant cultures; family
Employment History:
ESL -Lang. Institute, Madrid, Spain; fishing town in Oregon 9-12 English &Spanish; northern Wyoming, 9-12 Spanish; university Spanish and Methods Course for Educ. Dept.; southern Wyoming 7-12 Spanish
Why Do I Teach?:
in order to inspire young people to learn about the world, to question what they are told, to make informed decisions as global citizens,
Percent of Students are:
     At-risk: 8 %
     Average: 30 %
     High-achiever: 60 %
     Special Needs: 1 %
Percent of Students are:
     White/Caucasian : 90 %
     Hispanic: 5 %
     African American: 1 %
Average number of students in class:: 20 students
Number of students I teach:: 80 students