Jennifer Hernandez
Director, Office of World Languages and ESOL
Vacant
Coordinator, Office of World Languages
Ashley Beemer McCarthy
Supervisor, Office of World Languages
Sara Aiello
Specialist, Office of World Languages
Stephanie Gerhold, Resource Teacher, Office of World Languages
Kerline Lubin, Resource Teacher, Office of World Languages
Lisa Myers
Administrative Secretary III, Office of World Languages
Julie Kinkel
Office Assistant
Jefferson Building, 3rd Floor
105 W. Chesapeake Ave.
Towson, MD 21204
443-809-6756
Fax: 410-494-4575
Mission
Objectives
Continue to design and revise World Languages curricula and integrated performance assessments to align with national, state, and common core standards using digital content and authentic resources, and create a tiered structure that will support non-leveled courses in grades 6-8.
Fully implement the elementary Passport program in grades 4 and 5 to support students becoming proficient in a second language.
Continue to provide ongoing, job-embedded, high-quality professional learning for administrators, elementary Spanish teachers, and elementary classroom teachers in Passport Schools.
Continue to provide support to teachers on current research-based strategies to implement a proficiency-based curriculum focused on the goal of effective communication in a second language.
The Office provides instruction in Chinese, French, Japanese, Latin, and Spanish. It supports world language magnet programs at Sudbrook Magnet Middle School and Deer Park Magnet Middle School