Meet Wayland High School’s new teachers

How many years have you been teaching in general? This is my third year of teaching history, but I've worked in schools as an assistant since 2017. My first year, I worked at a school in Madrid and I was an English language assistant. It was more so just talking to kids in English and working on their language skills. I also worked in social studies, and then technology classes. Then I actually worke...

How many years have you been teaching and where did you teach before Wayland? Before Wayland, I taught in Medway for 24 years, and prior to that, I was in Oxbridge for two years. And before that, I had little ones. I was working part time in Millis, then I worked in New York, then I worked in Poughkeepsie and then Pine Plains. Why did you choose Wayland? It was really weird because I wasn't eve...

How many years have you been teaching in general? This is my first year teaching, but I spent at least five years tutoring and at least eight years coaching. I started [tutoring] when I was in high school here at Wayland High School, and I tutored chemistry, math and a little French. I also coach soccer, so I've been coaching with the same program for the past eight years. We work a lot with young...

Why did you choose Wayland? I had been working at another high school library and needed a change. Wayland has a very good reputation, and when Ms. Mizoguchi and Ms. McGillis interviewed me, I got a good feeling from both of them about how happy they were to be at Wayland High School. It gave me confidence that I made the right decision in taking the position. Do you do (or hope to do) anything...

How long have you been teaching and where? I've been a full time teacher for six years, but previously, I was a learning assistant at Wellesley Middle School. After that, I was a teacher at Weston High School for six years. Why did you choose to come to Wayland? Honestly, it seemed like a really great environment. I actually had some friends who graduated from Wayland High School years ago and...

Updated March 9, 2023 How many years have you been teaching in general? I’m from Taiwan, so I taught in Taiwan for three or four years. I also taught in Needham for one year and in Lexington for four years. So the total is nine years [of teaching experience.] Why did you choose to come teach at Wayland? It’s close to my house. I live in Sudbury, so it is only a seven minute drive. I also...