Spanish Language & Literature: Marcella Holland

Marcela holds a BA. Degree in Spanish and Microbiology, a California Secondary Teaching credential, and post graduate work from the University of California at Berkeley. She has been a participant in the Science teaching program of the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, the Language teaching program at Hayward State College, and the California Foreign Language Project at Stanford University.

Marcela has been an AP Biology and AP Spanish Language/Literature teacher for more than twenty five years. She has been an AP Consultant for the College Board Western Regional Office for more than a decade and has conducted seminars sponsored by the College Board in the Southern and Western regions of the United States. Marcela has been a reader for the AP Spanish Language and Literature examinations since 1986.

She has conducted numerous teacher training seminars for FLANC (Foreign Language association of Northern California), CFLTA California Foreign Language Association for the state of California, SWESTCOLT association in the southwestern region of the United States, and ACFLT (American Council of Teachers of Foreign Language)

She has also been a presenter at the Stanford AP Spanish Seminars for eighteen years, Bellevue, Washington AP Seminars six years, AP Summer Institute by the Sea in Palos Verdes, CA six years, University of Texas, EL Paso, and Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas two years

Marcela is a former teacher from Northgate High School in Walnut Creek, Ca. and has been a Department chair, Mentor teacher, and AP teacher during the thirty years as an educator with the Mt. Diablo School District. She is currently teaching at Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill, Ca.

Marcela would bring to you a wealth of experiences after teaching Advanced Placement courses for many years, by sharing her expertise, you will have the opportunity to learn how to build a successful AP program and further enhance your current teaching practices and strategies. She has always maintained the philosophy that every student is capable of participating in an AP program and the benefits and rewards for both teacher and student are immeasurable.