Today’s guest on Who’s Behind the Bulldog is Joel Carda.  Joel is one of our ESL teachers at Arvada and this year teaches ESL English 1, ESL 1 / 2, Lit Accel 2 (Bicycle Maintenance), ESL 3 / 4 and ELL Support.

In our conversation, Joel discusses his history from working in the airlines in ground service to teaching English overseas in Japan and Thailand to becoming an ESL teacher here at Arvada.  He shares about his love for teaching the students at Arvada and why he’s so proud of the music program he has developed with his ESL students.  He describes Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling (TPRS) approach and how this has transformed his teaching.

Joel is an amazing educator and I hope you enjoy today’s episode of Who’s Behind the Bulldog.