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Señora Yolanda Collier started teaching in 1999. She has taught Spanish in the Midland Public Schools ever since. This is her tenth year at Carpenter. Señora Collier also teaches at Chippewassee Elementary. Señora Collier was born in Saginaw and raised in a bilingual family with English as her first and Spanish as her second language. She loves to travel and has been to Chile, Argentina, Peru and Spain. Señora Collier spent the summer of 2002 studying at the Universidad Austral de Chile and the summer of 2003 at the Universidad de Alicante in Spain. She received her Bachelor's Degree from Saginaw Valley State University in 1998 and graduated from Central Michigan University with a Master's Degree in Spanish. She is currently attending Saginaw Valley State University pursuing a Master's Degree in Educational Leadership. x Señora Collier lives in Essexville with her husband, Jeff, who is also a teacher. He is fluent in both French and Spanish. |
Srs. Collier
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Children today learn a foreign language through a different approach than their parents did with instruction being presented in Spanish. Language acquisition is much improved when students are taught in the language through a fun, meaningful and functional approach. A young learner is more apt to make the most of learning a foreign language when pronunciation and flexibility in thinking skills (such as concept learning, problem solving, and critical and divergent thinking) can be developed over time. x The core of Spanish instruction is made up of language skills (listening, speaking, reading, writing and viewing) as well as culture and some connections to the basic skill areas such as Mathematics, Global Awareness, Language Arts, Music, Physical activities, Technology, Art and Science. Activities take into account different learning styles and abilities and include cultural games, songs, rhymes, storytelling, physical expression and drawing.
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