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Welcome! ¡Bienvenidos!

My name is Dr. Thomas Pratz and I am a Spanish teacher in Southern New Jersey. I have defended my dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership at Rowan University. My dissertation title is: Educators’ Perceptions of World Language Curricular Models, Curriculum Coherence, and Student Achievement in High School Spanish Programs.

I graduated from the Universidad de Salamanca with a Master's Degree in Spanish Language & Cultures and from Rowan University with Bachelor's Degrees in Spanish, Education (K-12), and Modern Languages & Linguistics.

My goal is to be an exceptional educator and an expert in World Language education and instructional leadership. I aim to use the experience and knowledge that I have gained in my graduate and undergraduate programs as well as my teaching positions to provide the best education to my students. In this online portfolio, I have provided relevant information to any employer in the education field.

AP Spanish Program Study

The objective of this qualitative student paper was to determine how Spanish teachers who are part of an AP Spanish program can better serve AP and AP-track students. In this paper, I interview 2 AP Spanish teachers and 2 non-AP Spanish teachers to analyze teachers' knowledge of AP Spanish curricular goals and objectives and identify effective instructional design to aid students in an AP Spanish program. In addition, I provide a list of appropriate assessment methods from Spanish 1 to Spanish AP based on interview data and current World Languages research from the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL).