Laia TenaGirones Dietz
Language Teacher
Certificate on Online Teaching by University of Colorado Denver; MA on Linguistic Mediation by Fundació 700 Aniversari; Certificate on Teaching by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain, BA & MA on English Philology (Foreign Language and Literature) by Universitat de Lleida, Spain
SVHS Teacher since 2016; New to SVVCS!
I was born and raised in Lleida, Catalonia, Spain. After spending 3 months working in London, UK and studying a full year of college in Germany, I started teaching in 2004 English and Spanish as foreign languages in Spain. Then, in 2008, I came to the USA through the Visiting Teacher Exchange program to teach face-to-face and through Interactive TV in south west Kansas. Since 2016 I have been teaching at Smoky Valley USD400, and since 2017 as an adjunct at Bartonline and Barton Community College. I am self-motivated, positive and goal oriented. I have a love for exercising, other languages and cultures, live music, traveling the world, and learning while having fun. I enjoy taking up challenges, getting out of my comfort zone, and working as a team with my colleagues in order to improve professionally and personally.
I enjoy using technology with the purpose of learning in order to engage students and foster better learning experiences in which students get creative. I mostly use Genially, Quizlet, Blooket, Canvas LMS.
Laia TenaGirones Dietz
SVVCS Language Teacher