Alan became an online instructor for Michigan Virtual in 2018. He earned his degree in 1994 from Grand Valley State University. He has been teaching for over 23 years in the Grand Rapids area of Michigan. In addition, Alan also has a wife and two kids. Alan enjoys spending time with family when not working with students.

Alanna became an online instructor with Michigan Virtual in 2012 and is currently a lead World Language instructor. While completing her undergraduate work at Oakland University, Alanna participated in a summer study abroad program at an American Institute in Valencia, Spain, receiving 12 college credits while living with a host family. After Alanna’s first year of teaching, she went back to Oakland University and received a master’s in educational studies. Alanna is a proud mom of two young children who, in addition to two Dogos Argentinos, keep her and her husband quite busy. She looks forward to sharing her love for traveling when the kids are a little bit older.

Although Alicia began teaching as a long-term substitute preschool teacher in Florida, she has been a secondary teacher of English Language Arts and German since 2002 in public, private, studio and online education organizations. She has taught English, journalism, German, music (specifically percussion) and basic law. She is active in community music as a performer, a volunteer and as a board member. She also holds a TEFL license, and she enjoys volunteering in ESL programs, German language discussion groups and Argentine Tango groups. Alicia earned a bachelor’s degree in English and German at Western Michigan University, as well as a master’s degree in English studies for teachers at Eastern Michigan University. Alicia immerses herself in cultural and social activities and often finds herself taking on logistical and training duties, teaching technology-oriented skills to others to help implement efficient and accurate systems for departmental/organizational improvement. She currently serves as the School of Education Licensure Officer at Boston University and is a part-time German and English instructor for Michigan Virtual.

Alison Bourassa joined Michigan Virtual in 2016 as a Japanese instructor. She has been teaching Japanese at the high school and middle school level for 20 years. Alison earned a Bachelor of Arts in Japanese language and culture from Madonna University and a master’s degree in teaching from Marygrove College. She also holds certification in history and social studies, and has developed and taught many courses in those fields as well. Alison lives in Linden with her husband and has two boys in college. She enjoys traveling, cooking diverse ethnic recipes, reading and most of all, meeting people.

Allison is a Spanish educator who is also a lifelong learner. She is a passionate educator and fell in love with Spanish as a high school student when she studied abroad in Spain. Before joining Michigan Virtual, Allison obtained a BA in Spanish and ESL education from Michigan State University and an MA in world language education from Michigan State University. She has taught Spanish for the last seven years from middle school to Adult Education in North Carolina, Michigan and Indiana. When not teaching, Allison enjoys reading, traveling, exercising and spending time with her husband and her pup Cora!

Allison Davert is a passionate German teacher for Michigan Virtual. She has been teaching with Michigan Virtual since August of 2015, but she has been a full-time German teacher since 2010 in a public school. Allison also teaches German for Oakland University in the summer as a hybrid in person/online course. She currently holds a Master in the Art of teaching and a Bachelor of Arts in German and English both from Oakland University. She has studied German since she was 12 and has studied at the Goethe Institut in Bonn, Germany. In her free time, Allison enjoys writing and working on her memoir, spending time with her family, and shopping.

Amy is thrilled to be a part-time French and health instructor with Michigan Virtual. Her subject areas of French and health are more than academic for her as she uses French in her everyday life and does her best to live out what she teaches in health education. In her free time, she enjoys traveling with her husband, Nick Smith (also a Michigan Virtual instructor), and their young daughter Caroline, cooking, running and going to the beach.

Andrea loves to work and live within the Deaf community. She currently works as an American Sign Language Interpreter in Austin, Texas, as well as teaching at Michigan Virtual. Prior to interpreting, Andrea earned a B.A. in deaf education from Michigan State University and an M.A. from Texas State University in theater. She also taught at the Texas School for the Deaf from 1999-2005. When not working, her family spends time camping, at various sporting events for their boys and being foster parents for little girls.

Andrea has been a German instructor with Michigan Virtual since 2008. She has taught German and Spanish at Gladwin Community Schools since 1998. Prior to beginning her teaching career, Andrea lived in Germany for three years. Andrea graduated from Central Michigan University with a Bachelor of Arts in German, Spanish and marketing, and earned a secondary teaching certificate from Saginaw Valley State University. She most recently completed a Master of Science degree in international relations from Troy University and holds a certificate in distance education from Indiana University.

Angela has loved the French language and France since a high school trip to Paris. She then decided to major in French at Eastern Michigan University where she earned her bachelor’s in French and communications. She then returned to her former high school where she subbed for five years and then taught French and several other subjects for seven years. During that time, she also got a master’s degree in social studies, and then a few years ago, another master’s degree in French from EMU. During the 2013-2014 school year, Angela moved to Paris to finish her master’s degree, and while living in Paris for that year, she was also a nanny for a French family. After returning to Michigan in summer 2014, she started working for Michigan Virtual and also as a part-time professor at EMU. She continues to love both jobs to this day. Recently, she also got her realtor’s license so that she could continue working during the summer. When Angela isn’t busy working, she loves to travel and spend time with family and friends.