About Me

¡Hola!  My name is Candis Grover and I am so honored and excited to have you visit! 

A little history about me…Born and raised in Dallas, I attended Wheaton College and did my student-teaching in a bilingual first grade classroom in West Chicago back in 1997.  After graduation, I moved back home to Texas and worked in two fantastic school districts as a bilingual teacher in the second and third grades. 

In 2006, after completing my Masters in Reading, I was pulled out of the classroom in mid-August to take over as the district's Bilingual Facilitator in charge of staff development and curriculum writing for Bilingual Language Arts in grades PK-6.  Those five years afforded me the opportunity to observe, coach, and model lessons in so many amazing bilingual classrooms as well as attend numerous trainings in perfecting the art and science of language acquisition.

For the past three years, I have been sticking closer to home with two little students that share my last name.  They are by far the most challenging students I've ever had and now I can't blame their parents!  I deeply desire for them to be bilingual and biliterate but find that making it a reality is not an easy endeavor.  May this blog hold me accountable in pursuing bilingualism for my girls!

Throughout the past seven years, I have been a part of an incredible team of educators called EL Saber Enterprises.  As one of their consultants, I have the privilege of occasionally visiting school districts near and far to observe, coach, and model as they strive to implement quality dual-language instruction. Prior to beginning the BB blog, I authored and facilitated the  "I Teach Dual Language" blog and Facebook page.

My most recent venture has been with the bilingual parent engagement resource called ReadyRosie.  It is the perfect blending of my passions as a parent AND my passion for quality education.  I write the literacy activities and direct Spanish filming.  Find out more at http://readyrosiedemo.com/ready-rosie-intro-video/ 

Now, if you read all of that, you are probably thinking, "So you're not really a teacher right now!"  And, for the time-being, I am not in a traditional classroom dealing with all of the factors that position entails (grading, lesson planning, random paperwork, conferences, meetings, more random paperwork, etc.).  However, because I am not doing all of those things, I have the time to do the reading and research that you probably aren't finding the time for.  So, as you use this site, let me know how it works in your "real-life classroom", because we are all always learning and growing and I look forward to the day I am back in the classroom putting into practice the things you have taught me!