My name is Margaret Ford. I am an immigrant who came to the US at the age of 17. I am the product if a catholic school where language was emphasized. My first teaching assignment was as an ESL and bilingual teacher at the middle school level. I taught citizenship and English at adult school. Most of my career was at the high school level. I was a foreign language teacher in the public schools for 32 years. I taught ESL, French and Spanish. I have experience with all grades K-12 and adults. I am respectful, gregarious and use a soft touch in the classroom. I am dedicated to practice and learn more about language methods. I