Bethany Brown taught Spanish to kindergarten through eighth graders at St. Joseph St. Elizabeth School in Fort Wayne, Ind., after obtaining her degree from Huntington University. All of her classes include students with varying exposure to Spanish, and that requires Bethany to do a balancing act.
“I have been diligently trying to come up with curriculum for the beginner students, and the advanced students,” said the 2007 alumna. “I have a class with a couple students who don’t even know what the word ‘the’ is in Spanish, and then I have students who can understand a great deal of Spanish.”
In addition to her full-time position, Bethany volunteers two nights a week teaching English as a Second Language classes for adults.
She appreciates the practical experience she received both at Huntington and abroad.
“I think those four months were the best in my life,” Bethany said of her semester in Seville, Spain. “I gained confidence in my Spanish ability, learned leadership skills and met many wonderful people.”
“My Huntington University education has helped me in many ways,” she said. “I feel like I was very prepared for teaching because I had wonderful student-teaching experiences. I appreciate how we were required to be in schools starting our second year of college. We were continuously immersed.”
Bethany says she valued her professors reinforcing faith as a foundation for learning.
“They shared new insights in Scripture where Jesus was a teacher and ways He taught and really challenged us as educators to follow Jesus’ example.”
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