Echo: Can you tell me a little bit about what brought you to Greylock?

Dr. Adam Morse: Greylock specifically has a very good reputation as a school and as a school district. I’ve taught social studies for many years and in many different places. I’ve taught at four colleges and universities. I’ve taught at K-12 schools as well. I’m happy the school has made an investment.

Echo: I know you also have a PhD in Geography. Have you also taught Geography in the past?

Morse: I taught world history and geography at Pittsfield, I taught Political Geography at Mt. Holyoke College, and I taught introductory Geography at Western Connecticut State University several years ago. So I’ve had a variety of college teaching experience with geography specifically.

Echo: Is there a specific reason you wanted to teach Spanish? Has language always been something that interested you or more of a skill that you want to utilize?

Morse: It’s always interested me. It has always come up in work in some way. My mother was in the Peace Corps in Guatemala and Honduras. I didn’t grow up bilingual, but Spanish was always around, and I’ve always enjoyed speaking it.

Echo: Spanish specifically is a subject that has room for creativity in terms of teaching. Would you say that you have a teaching style that differentiates you from other language teachers?

Morse: I don’t know how to describe my style. With teaching, anyone’s goal is for students to discover on their own. Some people have traveled, some people haven’t. Some people have read, some people haven’t. I try to give people a broad overview of what’s going on first.