University High School is excited to introduce the final addition to our faculty for the 2017-18 school year — Spanish teacher Jill Woerner. (Read more about the four other new additions to the faculty.) Please join us in welcoming Ms. Woerner to University High School!
Meet Jill Woerner, Spanish Teacher
Jill Woerner will be a Spanish teacher at University High School starting this fall. She comes to University High School from the Indiana Department of Education, where she has been a Global Learning & World Languages Specialist since 2015. In addition to her recent work for the state government, Ms. Woerner has more than 15 years of experience teaching Spanish and working in administration at public high schools. Ms. Woerner has a bachelor’s degree in secondary Spanish education from Purdue University and a Master of Education degree from Anderson University.
Ms. Woerner is active in several professional organizations and serves on the Boards of Directors for the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) and the Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. Additionally, she was a national finalist for the ACTFL’s World Language Teacher of the Year award in 2012. She is a lover of travel, and she aspires to visit all of the Spanish-speaking countries in the world; she’s made it to eight so far. She has swum with dolphins in Curacao and ridden a camel in Cairo, and she hopes to ride an elephant during her trip to Bali next month.
“I am most looking forward to returning to the classroom to work with students and help them explore the Spanish language and culture that I love so much,” said Ms. Woerner.