Our team
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Lisa Bartels, M.Ed., NBCT
FOUNDER & CURRICULUM DESIGNER
Foreign Language Assoc. of NC
2023 Teacher of the YearI believe innovative curriculum design can address the most challenging aspects of classroom instruction, and I love sharing my resources with other teachers.
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Claire Wentzel
CREATIVE CONSULTANT | Red Rose Studios
I design and write with an artist’s eye and an editor’s mind, applying goal-centric strategic thinking to all my work. If you have a project you would like to bring into bloom, too, let’s start a dialogue!
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Rong Zhang
CHINESE LANGUAGE SPECIALIST
Chinese is spoken by about one-fifth of the world’s population, and its culture cannot be simply ignored. Kids will benefit from learning the Chinese language and culture, as they grow up and need to interact with Chinese-speaking people.
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Shelby Cole, M.A., NBCT
SPANISH & ELL SPECIALIST
WCPSS 2023 Teacher of the Year Finalist
I started my journey of learning Spanish in middle school and have worked, struggled, failed, and pursued my goal of being bilingual. 25+ years later, I am still on that journey and I love inspiring others to start their own journey of learning another language.
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