Sarah Strauss
World Languages & Cultures Education Consultant
& Cultural Competency Facilitator
Email: alongthecontinuum@gmail.com
About me.
ACTFL Published Author (2024), Learner Feedback for Language Growth
National Board Certified Teacher
MN PELSB Cultural Competency Facilitator
Spanish Teacher at Minnetonka High School (Minnetonka, MN)
Adjunct Faculty at Normandale Community College (Bloomington, MN)
Language Acquisition and Spanish Immersion Curriculum
IBO Language A & Language B (Spanish)
IDI Qualified Administrator
Teaching to Language Performance, Towards Proficiency
Standards-Based Grading | Performance Assessments
Culturally Responsive Pedagogy | Intercultural Competency
Critical Pedagogy | Content-based Instruction | Backward Design
Responsive Instruction | Intercultural Communication
Latest Projects
2026 - 2027
Curriculum Design, Scaffolded IPA Sequences, Teachers Pay Teachers
2025 - 2026
AATSP Conference, "Feedback that Builds Language and Relationships"
AATSP Conference, "A Communicative Approach to Teaching the Past Tenses"
CSCTFL Conference, "Feedback that Builds Language and Relationships"
CSCTFL Conference, "A Communicative Approach to Teaching the Past Tenses"
Cultural Competency Training, Facilitator, Kasson-Mantorville Public Schools (K-8)
Interrupting Microaggressions in the Classroom, Facilitator, Holy Family Catholic High School
2024 - 2025
CSCTFL Conference Workshop, "Recalibrating Effective Language Learning"
Cultural Competency Training, Facilitator, Kasson-Mantorville Public Schools (9-12)
MCTLC Conference Workshop, "Recalibrating Effective Language Learning"
ACTFL Book Publication, Co-author: Learner Feedback for Language Growth
ACTFL Affinity Group, Leader: Neurodivergent Affinity Group
2023 - 2024
ACTFL Book Publication, Co-author: Learner Feedback for Language Growth
ACTFL Affinity Group, Leader: Neurodivergent Affinity Group
Previous Years
MCTLC Conference Workshop, Co-facilitator: "Learner Feedback for Language Growth"
CSCTFL Workshop, Co-facilitator: "Learner Feedback for Language Growth"
CARLA Workshop, Co-facilitator: "Learner Feedback for Language Growth"
Kasson-Mantorville Public Schools, Facilitator: Cultural Competency Training
ACTFL Conference Workshop, Co-facilitator: "Learner Feedback for Language Growth"
ACTFL Conference Session, Presenter: "Engaging students with the Intercultural Development Continuum IDC©"
"[T]he fact that Sarah is an educator in the classroom who experiences students on a regular basis made her presentation very relatable."
-KM Cultural Competency Training Participant-
"I really enjoyed how it was personal to our school. We were able to take time to stop and share/talk with our team/groups..."
-KM Cultural Competency Training Participant-
"The presentation was so well done and thought out! Very organized and clear with everything that was presented.”
-CARLA Workhop Participant-
