Mrs. Patricia Harty (ADMISSIONS AND DEVELOPMENT)

Patricia Salazar Harty, a first generation American, grew up in Fort Worth, TX speaking only Spanish at home and English at school. Experiencing this dichotomy inspired her to delve into the education field to study English language learners and the most effective way to educate them. A product of Catholic education kindergarten through graduate school, she has dedicated twelve years of her career to helping students like herself see that their home language is an asset. Throughout those years she has taught virtually all grades K-5th as well as graduate level courses. She has taught in Washington, DC, Texas, and Santiago, Chile. Her teaching experiences include work in public and Catholic schools, in settings like one and two-way dual language immersion and English as a foreign language programs. For the past year she has worked as the Principal of St. Sebastian School, the second dual language Catholic School in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. Previously she worked as the Dual Language Implementation Specialist for the Archdiocese and prior to that she was a reading specialist in the Onward Readers program serving East Los Angeles Catholic schools. Throughout this time she has taught graduate level courses at the University of Notre Dame as well as undergraduate courses at Loyola Marymount University. She was recently appointed to a three-year term on the Advisory Board for the Alliance for Catholic Education at the University of Notre Dame. She has also worked, as a consultant for Notre Dame, where she taught online courses for the Universidad Sagrado Corazón in Puerto Rico for their bilingual certification program. Currently Patricia and her husband Connor are delighted to be learning how to be the best parents they can to their son Amon Guillermo. 
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Patricia Harty tiene nueve años de experiencia en el ámbito educativo. Durante esos nueve años impartió clases desde kínder hasta cursos universitarios. Ha enseñado clases en Washington, DC, Texas, y Santiago, Chile en escuelas católicas y publicas y con distintos modelos pedagógicos como el programa de lenguaje dual, e Inglés como segunda idioma. Estos últimos dos años trabajó como especialista en lectura con el programa Onward Readers en las escuelas católicas en el este de Los Angeles. Durante estos años, dio clases a estudiantes graduados y fue parte de la facultad clínica universitaria en la Universidad de Notre Dame en el programa de Inglés como Segundo Idioma en La Alianza para la Educación Católica . Después, como consultora, enseñó clases para la certificación en educación bilingüe en Puerto Rico a través del internet. Hora esta emocionada de trabajar en la arquidiócesis de Los Angeles en El Departamento de Escuelas Católicas como Especialista en La Implementación del Lenguaje Dual. ¡Aun que haya nacido en Texas y le encantan los Texas Rangers, también es fanática de los Dodgers!