Last November, I began teaching English at Sierra View School. The program is CBET – Community Based English Tutoring – with 32 instructional hours. Mostly I teach the parents of students at the school, although anyone in the community may attend. If a class takes places after school, childcare is also provided.
Sierra View is the school I retired from 11 years ago, so it’s fun to come back. Especially when I can visit with old friends like Joann, the school secretary. Joann and I first met when she was my #1 parent volunteer at Westside Charter School. Then I hired her to be our school secretary and essentially “my right arm.” We were a great team.
Today, we had a little party for Valentine’s Day and Yvette Medina, a program specialist from the district office, was our guest.
I love teaching this class and I’m learning lots of Spanish. I have 3 pages of vocabulary words to study. I’ve learned the word for great grandmother is “bisabuela” and great great grandmother is “tatarabuela.” And, while cats in the United States reportedly have 9 lives, in Mexico they only have 7.
In January, I began teaching at Woodlake School
followed quickly by Del Paso School. In total I have mostly Hispanic women. At Del Paso, I also have (one each) Laotian, Pakistani, and Iraqi ladies. Soon I will add another school site but serving two schools, Hagginwood and Castori. Four schools but just 12 hours/week. A great part-time job.
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