All of our teachers are native Spanish speakers and the overwhelming majority of them has a minimum of 10
years of experience teaching Spanish as a second language. Teachers regularly attend training
seminars and short courses in order to improve their teaching methods and
grammatical knowledge of Spanish.
Collectively, our teachers have instructed hundreds of students
in the Spanish language using the one-to-one system, which has proven to be the most rapid and
effective way to learn Spanish.
Patricia has over 20 years of experience teaching intensive Spanish to foreigners. She is our Academic Director and as such is responsible for
developing and maintaining our intensive language program. She also provides instruction to advanced students.
Patricia is the principal author of "Español del Mundo", the primary text used in our program. She has conducted numerous training workshops
and seminars on teaching Spanish as a second language.
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE:
Professor of Spanish. Centro de Español Vida Verde. Quito, Ecuador. 2000 - present.
Professor of Spanish. Academia de Español Equinoccial. Quito, Ecuador. 1994 - 2000.
Professor of Spanish. Academia de Español Quito. Quito, Ecuador. 1990 - 1993.
Professor of Language and Communication. Colegio Nacional Nocturno "Federico González Suárez".
Professor of Language and Communication. Colegio Tecnológico "Sucre".
Teachers
Elena Corral
Education: Degree in Education
Elena has over 21 years of experience teaching intensive Spanish to foreigners.
She enjoys reading
Arturo Castillo
Education: University Degree in Civil Engineering
Arturo has 15 years of experience teaching intensive Spanish to foreigners.
He enjoys playing sports and travelling
He is also married and enjoys spending time with his family
Gustavo Vaca
Education: University Degree in Education- Literature and Castellano (Spanish)
Gustavo has over 21 years of experience teaching Spanish.
He enjoys listening to latin music
He also enjoys reading
Patricia Ochoa
Education: University Degree in Education- Specialization in Spanish as a second language
Patty has 15 years of experience teaching intensive Spanish to foreigners.
She enjoys reading and teaching people from other parts of the world
She is married and loves spending time with her 3 kids
Martha Vaca
Education: Degree in Education- Specialization in Cultural development
Martha has 16 years of experience teaching Spanish to foreigners.
She enjoys teaching spanish and relating to people from different parts of the world
She also enjoys travelling
Hipatia Alarcón
Education: University Degree in Education- Specialization Grammar & Literature
Hipatia has over 20 years of experience teaching Spanish to both foreigners and Ecuadorians at the university level.
She enjoys spending time with her 2 children
She enjoys dancing, hiking, and reading
Mercedes Proaño
Education: Superior psychology in the university "Católica" in Quito
Mercedes is one of our Spanish online-teachers here in the school and has instructed students for more than 6 years.
Furthermore, she is the manager of Casa Vida Verde and is currently writing her exam in psychology.
Writing and reading as well as travelling are part of her leasure time.
Edith Ochoa
Education: Degree of the University "Católica" in Quito - Specialization in Spanish as a second language
Edith has over 7 years of experience teaching Spanish to students.
Moreover, she likes to meet people from all over the world.
In her free time she travels in Ecuador, reading and dancing
Administration
Rosa Proaño
Rosa is the Administrative Director and a co-founder of the Vida Verde Spanish Center.
She has over 19 years of experience in language school administration and working with international students.
Rosa insures that everything at the school runs smoothly and is available to help
students with whatever thay may need. This includes everything from airport pickup to classes in traditional cooking.
Jacqueline Henggeler
Jacqueline from Switzerland is the Student Coordinator at Vida Verde and the "information bridge" between administration, teachers
and students in the school. She organises and runs the activities of the school, attends to the registrations and enquiries,
carries out different marketing tools and finally is solely responsible for the Vida Verde website and blog.
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Lic. Patricia M. Calderón
Education: Masters Degree in Castellano (Spanish Language) and Literature. Universidad Central del Ecuador.