Karina León de Bettino: Ob hom lus EA dhau los ua thawj tus Mexican muaj ntawv tso cai tsev kawm ntawv hauv Minnesota

Thaum Karina León de Bettino tsiv mus rau Minnesota los ntawm Mexico hauv 2017, nws tsis yooj yim. Nws tau ua haujlwm ua tus kws qhia ntawv thiab tus neeg sau xov xwm hauv Mexico, tab sis ua ib tus neeg tsiv teb tsaws chaw uas tsis hais lus Askiv zoo ua rau nws nyuaj rau nrhiav haujlwm thaum xub thawj. Tom qab ntau lub hlis, nws tau raug ntiav ua tus kws tshaj lij kev txhawb nqa kev kawm hauv Minneapolis Public Schools, qhov chaw nws nrhiav tau nws lub siab nyiam rau cov tsev qiv ntawv.

Nyob rau hauv lub tsev kawm ntawv Spanish immersion uas nws ua haujlwm, lawv yeej tsis muaj ib tus kws qhia ntawv uas hais lus Mev. "Yuav ua li cas tus kws sau ntawv tuaj yeem txhawb cov menyuam kawm ntawv kom nyiam nyeem ntawv Spanish yog tias nyeem tsis tau, sau lossis hais lus tsis tau?" nws nco qab xav. Nws kuj tau txiav txim siab lub hwj chim ntawm nws cov tub ntxhais kawm pom ib tus neeg uas zoo li lawv ua tus neeg kawm ntawv hauv tsev kawm ntawv, thiab txiav txim siab rov mus kawm ntawv los ua Library Media Specialist.

Karina txuas ntxiv ua haujlwm ntawm tsev kawm ntawv Mev thaum nws tab tom kawm tiav qib siab, ua haujlwm nrog nws cov xib fwb thiab tsim cov lus qhia hauv tsev qiv ntawv hauv lus Mev. Xyoo 2024, nws tau tuaj rau Saint Paul Public Schools ua tus pab cuam kev kawm ob hom lus ntawm Creative Arts Secondary School thiab Open World Learning Community . Nws kawm tiav qib master los ntawm St. Cloud State University thaum lub Tsib Hlis 2025, thiab nws yog thawj tus neeg ua haujlwm hauv tsev qiv ntawv Mev uas tau txais daim ntawv tso cai hauv Minnesota.

"Kuv ntseeg hais tias kev kawm yog lub hauv paus ntawm ib haiv neeg. Kuv ntseeg tias lub tsev qiv ntawv ntawm lub tsev kawm ntawv yog lub plawv ntawm lub zej zog," Karina hais. "Kuv txoj kev npau suav yog ua kom lub plawv dhia kom kuv thiaj li coj tau tag nrho kuv cov tub ntxhais kawm kom nyiam nyeem ntawv thiab pab npaj lawv rau lub ntiaj teb nyuaj."

Karina yuav pib hauv nws lub luag haujlwm tshiab ua tus kws qhia lus Spanish ntawm Highland Park Middle School thaum lub caij nplooj zeeg.