[dynachrome]

Also, she is a science teacher who has LIMITED computer skills!

[rawhide]

The day is coming where English-only speaking teachers will be out of a job, in some parts of this country. Either you are bilingual (IOW, speak Spanish) or you are gone.

[VeniVidiVici]

If they want a Mexican, positive role model, I suggest they try about 1000 miles south. I’m sure they’ll find a few.

[CAluvdubya]

Sounds like some of my kid’s college profs/asst. in the good ol’ UC system!

[contemplator]

The question is how much responsibility the school district has in helping these exchange teachers to succeed.

Answer: There should be minimum qualifications for a teacher to qualify for the exchange program. Minimum qualifications should be the ability to speak conversational English and at least enough techno-savy to be able to be able to post grades online etc.

The question in my mind at least is what the point of the classes being taught in Spanish are. I am fine with 'immersion' programs where native english speakers are taught in a foreign language environment in order to broaden their horizons, in fact I love those kinds of programs. If they are doing this as a backdoor way to provide classes to non-english speaking students in their own language then I think these types of programs provides a crutch which will slow down or in some cases impede the process of learning English for non-englsih speaking Americans.

[WellyP]

If the teachers were certified by the State then they should not be fired, except for policy violations set forth in their contracts, no matter what their language skills are. If they are not certified or accretided for a particular teaching roll then fire them.

[Maceman]

Some Hispanic parents question whether an English-speaking teacher who struggled with Spanish would be treated the same way.

I'm guessing she would in Mexico.