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Welcome to Warrior EDU, Episode 13 with Andy Hiller, MCHS French Teacher & Theatre Director

Andy’s Teacher Story

Always wanted to be a teacher

Loved the big steps on the bus - synonymous with being in the school environment

Foreign language in HS, knew he wanted to teach French

Doing music at the same time

Went to France, stayed for a year

Went back to ISU and got his degree -

France - elementary school

Libertyville Middle School

Gets along with stricter teachers

Open up the idea of possibility

Explore after high school!

Leah’s Wedding Dress

Sewing - out of the blue told Leah that if she needed someone to make her wedding dress for her, he would do it.

Almost ruined it attaching the ribbon by hand - pricked his finger, got blood on the ribbon, had to re-do the ribbon!

Theatre

Always enjoyed productions and theatre, studied a lot of opera

Staging of productions

Worked with a theatre group in France, staged productions

Applied here knowing that he could do theatre

Very difficult to do, so much to do

Working with students on a monologue

Challenge Faced in the Trenches

Why still teach French?

Language education is not an extra, shouldn’t be an elective

Opens your mind to see what jobs are out there and possible

We should all experience this as human beings

Break down the barrier of “core vs. elective”

They all have a place at the table

HOPEFUL

Right now - COVID related.

Long Term - A change in education, a broadening of perspectives.

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Leah Pelletier

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Leah Pelletier