Episode 026 - Señora Zulaica Konz-Gonzalez a.k.a. Mistakes Are OK If You Learn From Them

LeeCoSchools Edcast (Lee County, Alabama)

Show Notes: In this episode, we chat with Señora Zulaica Konz-Gonzalez who is a Spanish Teacher at Smiths Station High School. She is Smiths High’s 2018-19 Teacher of the Year and Lee County’s 2018-19 Secondary Teacher of the Year. She shares her teaching philosophy, her experiences learning English, and gives us a glimpse of the magic that has earned her 3 Teacher of the Year honors from 2 different school systems without giving away too many state secrets. Colorín Colorado, a bilingual site for educators and families of ELL students: http://www.colorincolorado.org/ Duolingo: Learn Spanish, French and other languages for free: https://www.duolingo.com/ The Power of the Telenovela - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/the-power-of-the-telenovela Telenovelas Provide Platform for Public Health Messages - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/encrucijadas-public-health-and-telenovelas-at-a-crossroads Soap Operas as Teaching Tools - https://www.theglobalist.com/soap-operas-health-aids-teaching-tools/ 4 Ways to Support Beginning Teachers - http://blog.nassp.org/2018/08/07/4-ways-to-support-beginning-teachers/ 8 Ways New Teachers Want (and Need) You To Support Them - https://teach4theheart.com/8-ways-new-teachers-want-need-support/ Intro and Outro music: Sunny Day by Audiobinger is licensed under an Attribution-Noncommercial License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode). Transition music: Trebek's Lament by Learning Music is licensed under an Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/legalcode).