Meet the Board
President:
Ruth Ward
Ruth Ward also joined the FLAGS Board in fall 2007. She teaches Spanish at Natomas High School. Ruth is also a member of the Capital Foreign Language Project and regularly provides professional development to area language teachers. In 2007, she was named a finalist for the California League of High Schools Region 3 Educator of the Year.
Vice President: Inga Templeton
vicepresident@flagsteacher.com Awardschair@flagsteacher.com
Inga Templeton joined the FLAGS Board in fall 2007. She teaches all levels of German at Mira Loma High School. She attends numerous professional development trainings at the local, state, and national levels. In 2005, Inga received the FLAGS Outstanding New Teacher award.
Treasurer, Membership Chair: Christine Lanphere
Webmaster, Advocacy Committee Chair: Nicole Naditz
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Nicole has taught French to grades 3 through 12, including AP French Language since 1993. Nicole is very active in professional organizations. Winner of the 2010 Jane Ortner Educating through Music Award and the 2011-2012 San Juan Teacher of the Year, she serves as webmaster and advocacy chair on the FLAGS board. She serves on the Leadership Team of the Capital Foreign Language Project and she served on the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages interview committees for the first National Foreign Language Teacher of the Year in 2005 and for the Florence Steiner Leadership in K-12 Education Award in 2007. Nicole was invited to join the Subject Matter Advisory Panel for Languages Other than English in 2004. She is the founder of the Read Around the World Program and organizes additional opportunities for students to experience languages and cultures outside of the classroom. She has presented on a variety of topics at local and state workshops since 1999 and has received several grants for study in France and Canada. She was named an Outstanding Teacher by both the Foreign Language Association of Greater Sacramento and the California Language Teachers' Association and was a finalist for the California League of High Schools Educator of the Year in Region 3. In addition, Nicole achieved National Board Certification in 2003 and earned her M.Ed in 2006. She currently teaches French at Bella Vista High School in Fair Oaks. She has been a member of the FLAGS board since 2001. In her spare time, she enjoys figure skating, calligraphy, singing, and crocheting.
Newsletter: Sherida Hendrix
One of the board’s newest members, Sherida joined FLAGS in 2011. Sherida has facilitated the learning of French I, II, and III and has worked at both Bella Vista and Del Campo High Schools in the San Juan School District. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in French with an English minor from Texas A&M University, which she was awarded in 2006.In addition; Sherida holds a Diploma of Profound Cultural Studies (with emphasis on contemporary literature) from the University of Caen, Basse-Normandie in France, which she earned that same year. In 2010, Sherida graduated from the California State University of Sacramento teaching credential program with a Single Subject Credential in French and an authorization for World Literature. Outside the classroom, Sherida enjoys the study and creation of art. She has also served as a judge for the World Language projects at the Sacramento County Fair.
Historian, Secretary: Marie Robb
Secretary@flagsteacher.com
Marie earned credentials in both French and English from San Diego State
University, but her love is teaching French. She started the French program
at Center High School, and has been teaching there for 23 years--so long
that now she is teaching her students' children! In 2003, Marie served as
the local awards chair for the CLTA conference in Sacramento. Her spare
time is devoted to her family, traveling, and scrapbooking--a hobby that
made her a logical choice for Historian. In addition, she has taken on the role of Secretary.
FLAGS Immediate Past President, CLTA Past-President: Tanya Zaccone
Tanya is an experienced teacher of levels from pre-K through adult learners. She has taught Spanish for 21 years, most recently teaching Spanish 3 through AP at Center High School in Antelope. She has been on the FLAGS and CLTA Board for many years, having served FLAGS as Treasurer, Secretary, President and CLTA Rep. She is currently the president of CLTA and also serves on the board of the California League of High Schools, Region 3. In recent years Tanya was named CLHS Educator of the Year for Region 3, Outstanding Alumnus CSUS Arts and Letters, California Foreign Language Teacher of the Year 2004, and achieved National Board certification in 2003. Tanya has presented for FLAGS, CLTA, CLHS, ARC, FLANC, SWCOLT, ACTFL, and other groups, on a wide range of subjects within the teaching profession.