She does not speak very much English.

She asked didnt the kids already know the Spanish Language?

She will have classes that range form 30-35 students, and most who did not "ask" to be in Spanish.

The kids are in there b/c they MUST have exploratory classes while reg teachers plan.

I'm really worried for this one.

Ouch! She is going to need a great deal of support.

Is there another Spanish teacher next door to her?

Maybe start off with how to deal with thirty students... she will need management techniques first.

she has never taught in us, barely speaks Eng AND, she is the ONLY foreign lang teacher we have...really questioning princ sanity here

I just plurked about a teacher from the UK that is a Lang. teacher. you might can ask her icpjones for advice. check it out

the key to language classes lies more in interesting task-based activites with lots of variety. Keeping tasks under 15 mins. Jane Willis TBL

students must work in pairs and groups to get some practice using the language. Language classes that are teacher-fronted are deadly.

i know --she barely understand eng-how am i going to translate that? but what u say is TRUE

classes are 60 mins

ask her to join META .. it is second language focused (English) but most of the teachers speak Spanish, can be her PLN metamexico.ning.com

Nings are blocked at school, but will suggest this. She maybe able to connect outsdie of school. Maybe Ill campaign for it with success.

Chris Craft has also chimed in on Twitter as a help. Whew--TG for PLN's!!

Do you speak Spanish? Where is she from? Has she just arrived in the US?

culture can be more of an obstacle than language with students.

she needs to observe classes and be aware of expectation and classroom management issues.

icpjones I couldn't agree more, but my fear is she will be thrown to the wolves