For learning to be sustainable, it needs to be fun and easy. An engaged learner needs to be involved in hands-on meaningful activities. The material that is learned is applicable to everyday life experiences.

For learning to be sustainable, it needs to be fun and easy. An engaged learner needs to be involved in hands-on meaningful activities. The material that is learned is applicable to everyday life experiences.

As the owner of STAR, I am committed to bringing a targeted approach to Spanish language learning that will motivate and excite students as skills improve in the classroom setting, testing preparation, or self-enrichment academic goals. 

The STAR approach is focused on the diverse learner that thrives best via a wide range of modes including visual, hands-on, audible, or practice mode.

Elizabeth Pérez Cullen, Ed.D.

Ed.D. Educational Leadership
M.A. Education Administration
M.A. Applied Spanish Linguistics
B.A. Spanish Linguistics and Education
B.S. Psychology
Superintendent Endorsement

College instructor for preservice Spanish teachers

35 years in public education

  • Spanish educator for north suburban high schools

  • Director of World Languages and English Language Learners Departments

  • Assistant Principal

  • Principal

  • Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment

Vision

S.T.A.R. partners with you in the strengthening and the implementation of Spanish language in your life experience. On this journey, S.T.A.R. will provide you with one-on-one tutoring sessions in which together we will identify focus areas, provide a customized learning plan that will serve to address the challenges you encounter in building your communication skills, and reinforce your confidence as you seek to communicate with other Spanish speakers.

Philosophy

Our approach includes:

  • delving into the main categories of interventions most needed to address academic areas of Spanish language learning and assessment,

  • access to real life language materials that allow the learner sustainability communicating in various settings,

  • involvement of the learner by providing hands-on meaningful activities, and

  • individualized solutions that are designed specifically to encourage and reinforce the learner.