Lisa Avolio has been a teacher of English for Speakers of
Other Languages (ESOL) in a variety of settings for eleven years. This year she
taught academic ESOL courses as an adjunct professor at the Community
College of Baltimore County. She has been a lab instructor for ESOL and English
courses at Howard Community College. She completed a K-12 ESOL
internship in the Howard County Public School System. Since 2004, Mrs. Avolio
has been teaching adults in the Chapelgate ESL Program. In addition, she has
many years of experience teaching music, crafts, and academic content to
children and religious content, sewing, crafts, and parenting
skills to adults.
Mrs. Avolio graduated with a Master of Arts in
Teaching ESOL from the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC)
in December 2014. She completed a Bachelor of Arts in Modern Languages and
Linguistics, with German and French concentrations, at UMBC in 2012. Prior to
that, she studied music and German at Indiana University (Bloomington,
Indiana) and the Hochschule für Musik
und Darstellende Kunst in Vienna, Austria.
Since moving to Maryland in 1980, she has served the
community through leadership on the Board of Directors of two non-profit
organizations. She has held numerous
volunteer positions in local schools, churches, vocal and instrumental
ensembles, and a library. Her attention to detail and skills as an editor and
organizer have been especially appreciated.
