Our Multilingual Learners Liaison Program
The WSD ML Department employs eight Multilingual Liaisons to serve as cultural brokers between our different ML communities and the school. Our liaisons provide interpreting and translation services for families, tutorial support for students and professional development on their diverse cultures for staff.
As a district, WSD is committed to providing equal access to public education for our ML families. Our liaisons and on-call interpreters support this process by providing interpreting and translation services during initial intake, parent/teacher conferences and all other school meetings. Additionally, our liaisons act as cultural brokers, assisting both families and school staff in navigating the complexities of the US public school system and understanding each other’s cultures.
Our Multilingual Liaisons’ contact information is listed on our ML Staff Directory webpage. To request interpretation or translation services please contact Kirsten Kollgaard, Director of Multilingual Learners Programs, (802)383-6098, [email protected].
WSD ELL Staff Directory
Mohamed Diop (Director of Multilingual Learner Programs)
(802) 556 – 2243
[email protected]
Kelley Freeman (ML Department Administrative Assistant)
(802) 383-6148
[email protected]
Larkin Brown – ML Intake & Family Engagement
[email protected]
JFK Elementary
Meghan Dieterle – ML Teacher: Grade 4
[email protected]
Erin Hurley – ML Teacher: Grade 1 & 2
[email protected]
Elizabeth Wood – ML Teacher: Grade 2 & 3
[email protected]
Nayeon Maas – ML Teacher: Grade 5
[email protected]
Sarah Forbes – ML Teacher: Grade K & 1
[email protected]
Daviah Lawrence – ML Teacher: JFK Newcomer Program
[email protected]
Winooski Middle School
Jean Plasse – Science/Reading Intervention ML Teacher
[email protected]
Rafeef Faour – ELA ML Teacher (Long-Term Sub)
[email protected]
Sona Iyengar – ML Teacher – ELA On leave
[email protected]
Andrea Wheeland – Math ML Teacher
[email protected]
Aftaba Mezetovic – WMHS Multilingual Liaison Program Assistant
[email protected]
Winooski High School
Bill Clark
[email protected]
Savage Rebecca – ML Teacher
[email protected]
Nellie Maley – Newcomer ML Teacher
[email protected]
Aftaba Mezetovic – WMHS Multilingual Liaison Program Assistant
[email protected]
Annie Schneider – Work Based Learning ML Teacher
[email protected]
Multilingual Liaisons
Mukhtar Abdullahi – Somali, Mai Mai
[email protected]
Abeer Al Zubaidy – Arabic
[email protected]
Larkin Brown – ML Family Support – Spanish
[email protected]
Dalib Bulle – Somali, Mai Mai
[email protected]
Monica John – Swahili, Kirundi
[email protected]
Faridar Ko – Burmese, Karen
[email protected]
Baudouin Mulolo Mandaba – French, Swahili, Lingala
[email protected]
Tul Niroula – Nepali, Hindi
[email protected]
Padam Thapa – Nepali
[email protected]
Lan Nguyen – On Call Interpreter – Vietnamese
[email protected]
Yam Basnet – On Call Interpreter – Nepali
[email protected]
802-999-5966