About Frau Ellis

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Frau Ellis outside the German Classroom

Guten Tag! My name is Devon Ellis (although my students know me as Frau Ellis or simply Frellis), and I am a German and French teacher at Wellesley High School in Wellesley, MA–where I have been teaching since 2006.

EDUCATION: After getting my Masters in Teaching from Southern Illinois University in 2006, I began teaching at Wellesley High. In 2009, I finished my Masters in German Literature at Tufts University in Boston, and I am expecting to finish a Masters in French Studies by the fall of 2013.

RESPONSIBILITIES: Teaching, working with kids and taking students abroad is what motivates me, and I truly enjoy teaching all levels of German (German 1-5AP) and French 1 and 2. In addition to teaching, I run the bi-annual 3-week German Exchange program, the semester and year-long German Exchange program and I chaperone the bi-annual 3-week French Exchange program at Wellesley High School.

AWARDS: In 2009, I was awarded with the Massachusetts Foreign Language Association’s International Student Experience Language Matters Award for providing students with opportunities to travel and study abroad while in High School. In 2010, I was awarded the Association of German Societies of New England’s German Educator of the Year award for commitment to and excellence in German teaching. In 2011, I was awarded the Duden Award for German Teaching Excellence by the American Association of Teachers of German.

I truly love teaching German and French and teaching students at WHS. If you have any questions about French or German at WHS, please feel free to contact me–my information is below.

For those of you (like my husband!) who prefer short-hand, here is the cliff-notes version about Frellis :

Known as Frellis by my students at WHS
French and German teacher at WHS since 2006
Masters in teaching from Southern Illinois University (Edwardsville)
Masters in German Literature from Tufts University
Masters in French Studies from University of Northern Iowa (pending)
MaFLA International Student Experience Language Matters Award (2009)
AGSNE Rose-Mary Kemper German Educator of the Year Award for New England (2010)
Duden Award for German Teaching Excellence (2011)
Run the bi-annual 3-week German Exchange Program with our partner school in Radolfzell, Germany
Run the semester-long and year-long German Exchange Program (also in Radolfzell, Germany)
Co-chaperone the biannual 3-week French Exchange Program with our partner school in Lyon, France
Teach German years 1-5AP
Teach French years 1 and 2