Hi! My name is Jennifer Kearns, or some of you might remember me as Jennifer Davis, before I got married this last August! My husband and I had a beautiful wedding at a winery in Sonoma and we just got back from our honeymoon in Italy. "Ciao" (or hello in English) to everyone I haven't seen for so long!
I
grew up in Walnut Creek and went to Las Lomas High School in Walnut Creek
and then I went on to study at California Polytechnic State University
in San Luis Obispo. It's in a beautiful location, on the central coast
of California. My third year there I decided to study abroad in Spain
for one year. What a great experience! I really understand what it's like
to live in a different country where
you don't understand the language very well or the customs!!
I have been teaching English as a Second Language for 10 years now. Wow! I feel so old! I taught for 7 years at Visalia Adult Education and have been here at Loma Vista for about 3 years. I love my job and all the students I get to meet each new term. What an incredible thing to come to school and be in class with students from 10-15 different countries. It's a great way to "travel" and experience different cultures and people. I love it!
In my free
time I like to exercise, spend time with family and friends and practice
my second language, Spanish. (I'm working on my third, Italian! ) Summer
is my favorite season and I love to spend time on the boat, waterskiing
or sunning!
Right now I teach in a multi-level classroom with my wonderful teaching
partner, Marty Campbell. We teach in the mornings at Cambridge Elementry
School on Monument Boulevard. This is a CBET class, Community Based English
Tutoring, where we teach English to parents and also help them work with
their children, so their children can experience success in school. In
the afternoons, I teach ESL on our main campus, Loma Vista Adult Education
Center. I am currently teaching Intermediate Low 2 in room B6. Come say
hi or maybe I'll see you in one of my classes! Bye for now!