Natalia Heckman
Educational Consultant
Trained in Russia as a translator in English and French, Natalia never thought about becoming a full-time teacher, but after her first year in a classroom, she knew that teaching was her calling and her mission. After 10 years of teaching English and ESOL at a public high school, she assisted teachers as an ELA Coach, and served as an ESL/Bilingual program specialist.
Natalia joined Seidlitz Education in May of 2019 and quickly became a sought-after presenter due to her foreign language simulations in French and Italian. During a forty-five minute lesson simulation with Natalia, mainstream educators with no prior language experience speak, read, and write in a foreign language using the 7 Steps approach! A fun fact about Natalia is that she conducted the very first online training in the history of Seidlitz Education in the spring of 2020!
Natalia is the author of Building Better Writers. She also worked closely with Allison Hand to create “Preparing ELs for STAAR/EOC Writing” and “Moving ELs forward on TELPAS” trainings.
Natalia holds a bachelor’s degree in literature from the University of Houston at Clear Lake and a master’s degree in school administration from Lamar University.
Read more about Natalia, her experiences, and her strategies on her blog: https://nataliaesl.edublogs.org.
