Language Coaching by Amy Lenord
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West Texas - Home of the most beautiful skies I know!
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My Alma Mater - Go Tech!
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LHS Golden Tornadoes
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Biography

I was born and raised in West Texas where you can see from horizon to horizon, everyone is friendly and helpful and where the red dirt creeps into every nook and cranny of everything. I was raised by extremely talented, artistic and resourceful parents who taught me how to see something not for what it is, but what it could be. I attribute all of my success to them. They were not rich people, but if it had not been for their amazing gifts and their need to always create something wonderful from very few resources, I would not be the teacher I am today. 

From my elementary years I was surrounded by Spanish speakers and I begged everyone I could to teach me Spanish, but classes weren't offered until high school. I heard Spanish everywhere! It fascinated me that people could make such different sounds and understand each other, but I could not. So, I waited, very impatiently I might add, until the end of my 8th grade year to write Spanish down as my first choice in my course selection. I remember clearly getting to pick my Spanish name, who sat next to me and the smoker's voice of my first Spanish teacher, Mrs. McMahon. I was the kid in the class who was writing down words she looked up in the dictionary and conjugated verbs even when I did not have to! Obviously, I am a complete Spanish nerd!

Education & Association

  • Bachelor of Arts, Spanish and English - Texas Tech University
  • Post Graduate Studies - Instructional Technology - University of Houston - Clear Lake
  • Member - ACTFL
  • Member / Board Member - TFLA
  • Member - SWCOLT
  • Moderator - #Langchat

Accomplishments

  • Texas Foreign Language Association - Best of Show   2011
  • Southwest Conference on Language Teaching - Best of Show   2013
  • Texas Foreign Language Association - Vice President    2013
  • Texas Foreign Language Association - Teacher of the Year   2013
  • Texas Foreign Language Association - President-Elect     2014
  • Texas Foreign Language Association - President   2015

Presentations

2014
  • SWCOLT - The Authentic Lesson Cycle

2013  
  • TFLA - Novices Can, Too!
  • TFLA - How Social Media Revolutionized My Instruction with Bonnie Flint
  • TFLA - Intentional Proficiency with Shelli Brown, Jane Shea and Gregory Shields
  • ACTFL - Novices Can, Too!
  • SWCOLT - Novices Can, Too! - Best of Show
  • SWCOLT - Intentional Proficiency with Shelli Brown, Jane Shea and Gregory Shields
2012
  • TFLA - Amazing Authentic Resources
  • SWCOLT - Language Coaching
  • Plano ISD LOTE Staff Development - Language Coaching
  • Lamar Consolidated LOTE Summer Workshop - The Path to Performance
2011
  • TFLA - Language Coaching - Best of Show
  • South Plains Foreign Language Collaborative - Diary of a Language Coach
2010
  • TFLA - PBA's Need TLC
  • Houston Area Teachers of Foreign Language - Language Coaching Strategies
2009
  • TFLA - If You Let THEM build it the Learning Will Come
  • Fort Bend ISD New Teacher Talk - Protecting Your Sanity
2008
  • Houston Area Teachers of Foreign Language - Technology for LOTE
  • Fort Bend ISD New Teacher Orientation
  • TFLA Spring Conference - De-cluttering My Teaching
2007
  • Fort Bend ISD Staff Development - Responsive Instruction
  • Fort Bend ISD Staff Development - August - Cool Tools for LOTE

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