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SPAN 1015

Elementary Spanish I · 18 instructors on record · 41 sections

What the course score is made of

81BC evaluations41 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2021 – Spring 2026

—Student reviewsno reviews — does not contribute

—RateMyProfessorsno ratings — does not contribute

That is the class itself, averaged across everyone who taught it. Who taught it, and how each of them scored, is the board below — that is what a student picking a section is actually choosing between.

What the challenge rank is made of

49thMore challenging than 49% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

90BC — “Intellectually Challenging”41 records · raw score out of 100

Boston College's own “intellectually challenging” question for this class only — students answer it positively about courses that stretched them, so it measures intellectual challenge and NOT grading, workload or quality. Almost every BC class scores high on it, which is why it is shown as a rank rather than a score.

What the workload rank is made of

47thMore work than 47% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

58BC — “Workload”41 records · raw score out of 100

Boston College reports workload for this class only as one of five bands, not as a number of hours, and it does not publish what the bands mean — so this site will not translate it into hours. Higher means more work, which is not the same as worse.

Conducted in Spanish. This introductory course is designed for students with no prior Spanish experience as well as those who have had some high school Spanish. Elementary Spanish I provides a strong foundation in speaking, listening comprehension, reading and writing as well as exploring the products, practices and perspectives that are unique to Hispanic cultures. This course follows a communicative approach, which springs from the idea that languages are best learned when real-world information becomes the focus of student activities. Students will interact in Spanish with the instructor and with classmates. By the end of this course, students should be able to successfully handle a significant number of basic communicative tasks in Spanish.

The board

18 instructors · ranked on this class onlyCompare the top 3

Find an instructor among the 18Filters the rows below. Positions are always against the whole class, so a rank does not change when the list is narrowed.

Scores are real averages. The order also accounts for how many records back each one — the count is under every score — so one perfect review does not outrank a semester of them. 2 of the 18 rows carry a mark saying so.

Rank	Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
1	Kylie MinnitiRomance Languages and Literatures Provisional	982 records	78th	72nd	—no page
2	Erin TraskRomance Languages and Literatures Provisional	962 records	78th	75th	—no page
3	Kassandra RamirezRomance Languages and Literatures	934 records	78th	43rd	702 ratings · all classes
4	Isabel ArayaRomance Languages and Literatures Provisional	932 records	25th	31st	—no page
5	Teresa Gelardo-RodriguezRomance Languages and Literatures Provisional fewer records	941 record	—	—	—no page
6	Rodrigo TorrellioRomance Languages and Literatures Provisional	922 records	78th	40th	—no page
7	Silvana FalconiProfessor of the Practice in Hispanic Studies · Romance Languages and Literatures	916 records	100th	63rd	8010 ratings · all classes
8	Yuliana Ramos OrtaRomance Languages and Literatures Provisional fewer records	931 record	25th	14th	1001 rating · all classes
9	Sehyun MoonRomance Languages and Literatures Provisional	912 records	25th	56th	946 ratings · all classes
10	Naomi Sanabria AldanaRomance Languages and Literatures Provisional	902 records	78th	56th	1004 ratings · all classes
11	Alicia LowdenRomance Languages and Literatures Provisional	902 records	25th	41st	—no page
12	Monika StantchevaRomance Languages and Literatures Provisional	892 records	39th	55th	—no page
13	Maria GonzalezRomance Languages and Literatures Provisional	882 records	78th	65th	—no page
14	Iris Fitzsimmons ChristensenRomance Languages and Literatures Provisional	872 records	78th	53rd	807 ratings · all classes
15	Wendy Rodriguez ZunigaRomance Languages and Literatures	853 records	43rd	39th	—no page
16	Nicoletta Lembo-VolpeRomance Languages and Literatures Provisional	822 records	39th	41st	—no page
17	Valerie Sanabria AldanaRomance Languages and Literatures Provisional	812 records	78th	36th	—no page
18	Can ZhuRomance Languages and Literatures Provisional	812 records	25th	26th	—no page

All 18 instructors listed.

How this board is orderedPositions account for how many records stand behind each number, so one perfect review does not outrank a semester of them. Every score shown is the real average — only the ordering is adjusted. The comparison here is the class itself: a thin record is read against how this class was rated overall, not against the university.

Every instructor with an evaluation record for this class is on this board — it is not a top ten, and nothing is hidden behind a “show more”. Overall is the instructor's blended score for THIS class only, and its one contributing source is Boston College's evaluations for the sections in the row's record count — nothing on this board is an average across the other things they teach. Workload and Challenge are RANKS against every class we hold, not scores: BC's questions all sit near the top of the 1-5 scale, so a raw number would put almost every row in the high eighties and tell you nothing. Challenge is BC's “intellectually challenging” item, which students answer positively about courses that stretched them — it is not a measure of difficulty or grading. Neither column is ever marked better or worse. 15 of 18 rows are marked provisional: fewer than 3 records stand behind the number. That is thin evidence, not a bad instructor — the record count is in every row. The RateMyProfessors column is an instructor's overall figure across everything they teach; that site has no course dimension, so it is shown for information and kept out of the ranking.

The line

All 13 items · means across 41 records

The Professor4 items

Clearly Explains MaterialThe instructor was effective at creating an understanding of difficult subject matter.

9240th pctl

Available Outside of ClassThe instructor was available for help outside of class.

9453rd pctl

Brings Out Your Best WorkThe instructor motivated me to do my best work.

9240th pctl

Sparked My InterestThe course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.

9131st pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9252nd pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9149th pctl

Useful Beyond the CourseWhat I learned is applicable beyond this course.

8719th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9046th pctl

Gives Feedback PromptlyI received feedback on my work in a timely manner.

9360th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

9251st pctl

Workload, difficulty & attendanceNot ratings

WorkloadHow much work the course took outside class, on Boston College's five-band scale — the band boundaries are not published, so this is not a number of hours.

5847th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

9049th pctl

Attendance MattersAttending class was necessary to do well in this course.

9147th pctl

Bar length is the rank against every comparable record we hold, not the raw score: BC's questions all have a median around 4.5, so a raw-scale bar would be nearly full on every row and would tell you nothing. Every bar is one ink colour — nothing here is graded green or red. The hatched bars are not ratings at all: a higher number on either describes a different course, not a better one.

Game log

41 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Wendy Rodriguez Zuniga	Spring 2026	01	78	73	60
Wendy Rodriguez Zuniga	Spring 2026	02	88	85	40
Isabel Araya	Fall 2025	01	93	87	40
Isabel Araya	Fall 2025	02	93	82	40
Can Zhu	Fall 2025	03	81	74	—
Rodrigo Torrellio	Fall 2025	04	92	80	80
Rodrigo Torrellio	Fall 2025	05	91	80	40
Can Zhu	Fall 2025	06	80	78	40
Kylie Minniti	Fall 2025	07	99	90	60
Kylie Minniti	Fall 2025	08	98	85	60
Silvana Falconi	Summer 2025	01	96	92	—
Iris Fitzsimmons Christensen	Spring 2025	01	82	77	60
Iris Fitzsimmons Christensen	Spring 2025	02	92	78	60
Nicoletta Lembo-Volpe	Fall 2024	01	76	65	60
Nicoletta Lembo-Volpe	Fall 2024	02	87	77	40
Wendy Rodriguez Zuniga	Fall 2024	03	90	87	60
Erin Trask	Fall 2024	04	96	79	60
Erin Trask	Fall 2024	05	96	85	60
Silvana Falconi	Summer 2024	01	88	84	100
Kassandra Ramirez	Spring 2024	01	94	91	60
Kassandra Ramirez	Spring 2024	02	92	82	—
Teresa Gelardo-Rodriguez	Fall 2023	04	94	77	—
Kassandra Ramirez	Fall 2023	07	88	76	—
Kassandra Ramirez	Fall 2023	09	98	88	—
Silvana Falconi	Summer 2023	01	100	90	—

Showing the first 25.

How to read this boardInstructors are ranked on their record in this class only, never on their average across everything they teach. Scores are out of 100 — Boston College's 1–5 agreement scale, ×20, the way these numbers were printed for years. Workload is BC's own five-band figure, not a number of hours, and is shown as a rank. A dash means the question was not reported, and is never a zero.