Kathy Kurbis (B.A., B.Ed.) (AIM Certified Teacher) has been teaching French and Spanish since 1999 in both elementary school and adult education settings. She currently teaches grades 1-6 Basic French in the Pembina Trails School division in Winnipeg. Since observing the incredible language production of colleague Tim Dittrick’s AIM classes in 2009, she has committed to implementing the AIM in her language classrooms and learning all she can about this unique method of language instruction. Kathy continues to be inspired by the fluency level attained by her students and frequently opens her classroom to visitors.