Soon after her husband was sworn in as Vice President,Jill Biden returned to teaching at Northern Virginia Community College. Vice President Biden's wife ,a 28-year veteran educated is teaching two classes at the Alexandria campus:an English as a second language course and a developmental English course .Each class has roughly two dozen students and will meet twice a week ,for a total of about 10 teaching hours a week.
"I am thrills to return to the classroom to continuing working with community college students,whom I greatly admire and enjoy teaching,"Biden said." I have always,baelieved in the power of community colleges to endow students with critical life skill,and I am pleased that i can difference by doing what I love do do,teaching piople who are excited to learn."
Biden spent the pas 15 years teaching English composition courses at Delaware Technical&Community College.Prior to that she worked as a reading specialist and English teacher at public schools in Delaware.She has two master's degrees and earn a doctorate in education from the University of Delaware in 2007. Her dissertation focused on rtaining students in
community colleges.
As second lady,Binden plans to assume a role as a public advicate fir community colleges and may advise the Obama administration on education policies.
"She feels passionately about community colleges," a spokesperson said.'For her,being in the classroom is extremely natural.She is a born teacher.
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