{"id":3187,"date":"2019-09-26T13:52:47","date_gmt":"2019-09-26T13:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trinitypawlingthequad.org\/?p=3187"},"modified":"2019-09-26T19:11:36","modified_gmt":"2019-09-26T19:11:36","slug":"faculty-spotlight-trevor-anderson-salo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trinitypawlingthequad.org\/?p=3187","title":{"rendered":"FACULTY SPOTLIGHT: TREVOR ANDERSON-SALO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Trevor Anderson-Salo is no stranger to the boarding school world. \u201cI grew up at Deerfield Academy, where my parents taught. I loved the community on campus,\u201d he shared. \u201cWhen I became a teacher, I knew I wanted to find a similar environment.\u201d Anderson-Salo joined Trinity-Pawling\u2019s Modern Language Department<\/a> in 2018 as a Mandarin teacher. It\u2019s his connection to Chinese culture and his love for the language, he says, that inspired him to teach.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy sisters are adopted from China. Growing up, my parents encouraged us to learn about Chinese culture,\u201d Anderson-Salo explained. As a student at Deerfield, he started out studying French, but picked up Chinese in his junior year. \u201cI just loved the language!\u201d In his gap year between high school and college, Anderson-Salo taught English while living in Huairou, China, a small suburb north of Beijing. \u201cBy the end of that program, my interest in the language really solidified,\u201d he shared.<\/p>\n

Shortly thereafter, Anderson-Salo enrolled at National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU) \u2014 a teacher\u2019s college \u2014 where he earned a Bachelor\u2019s degree in education and Chinese. \u201cWhile studying at NTNU, I tried out a few different part-time jobs, translating and tutoring,\u201d he shared. \u201cBut teaching was where I felt most at home.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now in his second year at Trinity-Pawling, Anderson-Salo\u2019s love for the language and teaching continues to grow. \u201cThe most rewarding part of teaching a foreign language is watching the interactions between my students,\u201d he explained. \u201cI limit English in my classroom, so they have to find ways to share their humor and stories in Chinese. I love seeing their progress and enthusiasm as they genuinely enjoy using the language.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to his teaching responsibilities on campus, Anderson-Salo also serves as the International Student Coordinator, facilitating communication with families overseas. \u201cI really enjoy the role. It allows me to build a support system for both the parents and the students. They can express their concerns and questions to me without worrying about a language barrier.\u201d Outside of the classroom, Anderson-Salo certainly stays busy \u2014 coaching Third Soccer and advising four clubs (International Student Club, Anime Club, Dungeons and Dragons Club, and Chess Club). \u201cAnd yes, we play Chinese chess too!\u201d<\/p>\n

With the new school year underway, Anderson-Salo is especially grateful to be a part the Trinity-Pawling community. \u201cThe students are great…inquisitive and eager to learn. My fellow faculty members are supportive and collaborative,\u201d he concluded. \u201cIt\u2019s just a fantastic place to live and work.\u201d<\/p>\n

by<\/em> Emma Christiantelli<\/em><\/p>\n

Photo by Andrew Zhang \u201920 (student photographer)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Trevor Anderson-Salo is no stranger to the boarding school world. \u201cI grew up at Deerfield Academy, where my parents taught. I loved the community on campus,\u201d he shared. \u201cWhen I became a teacher, I knew I wanted to find a similar environment.\u201d Anderson-Salo joined Trinity-Pawling\u2019s Modern Language Department in 2018 as a Mandarin teacher. It\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3188,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-september-2019"],"acf":[],"wps_subtitle":"A LOVE FOR LANGUAGE","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trinitypawlingthequad.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trinitypawlingthequad.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trinitypawlingthequad.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trinitypawlingthequad.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trinitypawlingthequad.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3187"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/trinitypawlingthequad.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3215,"href":"https:\/\/trinitypawlingthequad.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3187\/revisions\/3215"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trinitypawlingthequad.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trinitypawlingthequad.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trinitypawlingthequad.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trinitypawlingthequad.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}