Former teacher uses Bible in English language instruction

This former high school teacher is now teaching adults in a church program. Parents have to know English or they will lose much of their relationships with their kids who learn faster.    - - Donna Poisl

BY  ANYA BOCHMAN, STAFF WRITER

Linda Rynd may have retired from teaching, having taught English and Spanish for 20 years at Becton Regional High School before leaving last year, but her drive to educate remains intact.

Last year, she took on the position of English as a Second Language /Literacy coordinator at the Rutherford Bible Chapel and introduced a Bible story-based program designed to teach English.

The idea came to Rynd when she noticed that some parents of the children at the church's vacation bible camp were recent immigrants who struggled with the language. She "saw a need," and took action by creating a free course modeled on instruction from the American Bible Society, and developed by the Bank Street College of Education.
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