MY FAVORITE QUOTES

"Learning never exhausts the mind."

   Leonardo Da Vinci  

 "Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education."
   Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.  

Повторение - Мать Учения  (Repetition is the Mother of Learning)

Русская Пословица (Russian Proverb)

Education:

B.A. Russian and French Languages - Rutgers University, New Brunswick NJ

Ed.M. ELL and Foreign Language Education - Graduate School of Education, Rutgers University, New Brunswick  NJ

University Teaching Experience:

Russian Language and Literature 

          Rutgers University, New Brunswick NJ

ELL

          Essex County College - Newark NJ

          Union County College - Cranford NJ

          Bergen County College - Passaic NJ

          Raritan Valley Community College - Branchburg NJ

 Public School Teaching Experience:

 ELL        

          Orange High School - Orange NJ

          Orange Preparatory Academy - Orange NJ

          Manville High School - Manville NJ

          Roosevelt Elementary School - Manville NJ

English Language 

         Alexander Batcho Intermediate School - Manville NJ

Russian Language

         Manville High School

Certifications:

Elementary Education - General

English Language K-8

ELL K-12

Russian Language - K-12

Contact information:

e-mail : jbowie@manvillesd.org

tel. 908-231-8500 x 7014 

 I began my life in the U.S. in 1979 as an ESL student, having come from Ukraine (USSR at that time). I have worked as a Russain Language translator of fictional and non-fictional texts. I have been teaching since 1989. I have taught Russian Language and Literature, English Language and  Literature and English as a Second Language on all grade levels as well as in College.

I live in Bridgewater NJ with my husband, 2 kids, 2 dogs and 2 cats