Isaac Berrueta

Previous work experience: Teaching at Carl Schurz High School for 10 years. 

What should students know about your style of teaching?

“I’m all about making mistakes. I’m all about taking risks. I am all about putting our errors and the process of learning, I’m all about making that visible and transparent and showing and really celebrating our failures and, you know, things like that, like really enjoying the process of learning. That’s what I want my students to know. I want them to know that I’m gonna be the guy that’s gonna tell them like, ‘Hey you get this wrong, you know what’s gonna happen, nothing. We’re learning, it’s great.’”

What do you hope your students will say about you and your class at the end of the year?

“I would hope that at the end of the year they found me to be a kind person and human being, and I would hope that they found the content challenging. So somehow a balance of ‘what a nice guy but what a hard teacher.’ Something to that effect would be my dream.” 

What are some interests/hobbies you have outside teaching? 

“I love playing softball. I’m one of those guys you see playing softball in the summer at the park. I love spending time with my kids. I love dining out. I love taking my wife and kids to different restaurants and having them try different foods, so that’s what I love to do: dining and playing sports.”