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SPAN 1015

Elementary Spanish I · 18 instructors on record · 41 sections

How the curve score is built

71Teaching81 raw · 29th percentile of BC classes

±0Easiness adjustmenteasiness 78 · 58 raw workload · lighter than 53% of BC classes

71Curve scorethe teaching curve ±0 for the workload · at most ±6 either way

Boston College's ratings are bunched at the top — the median instructor averages about 88 out of 100 on the raw scale, and 44% of them clear 90 — so a raw score cannot separate anybody. Every figure here is ranked against BC classes and that rank is re-expressed out of 100, which is what turns a raw 88 — the middle of the university — into a figure that says where somebody actually stands. On this scale 77 is the median, 84 the top quarter and 91 the top tenth. Workload is then an adjustment on top of that, worth nothing at all for an ordinary one. Lighter work than 53% of BC classes.

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

The class itself, averaged across everyone who taught it — who taught it is the board below.

How is this worked out?

That is what a student picking a section is actually choosing between: the board carries each instructor's own score for this class, and the score above is the class averaged across all of them.

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. It is not a measure of difficulty, grading or workload.

How is this worked out?

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

One of Boston College's five workload bands, not a number of hours. Higher means more work, not worse.

How is this worked out?

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	Curve	Easiness	Challenge	RMP overall
1	Kylie MinnitiRomance Languages and Literatures Provisional	9398 raw · 2 records	68−2 to the score	72nd	—no page
2	Erin TraskRomance Languages and Literatures Provisional	8896 raw · 2 records	68−2 to the score	75th	—no page
3	Isabel ArayaRomance Languages and Literatures Provisional	8693 raw · 2 records	84+2 to the score	31st	—no page
4	Kassandra RamirezRomance Languages and Literatures	8293 raw · 4 records	68−2 to the score	43rd	702 ratings · all classes
5	Sehyun MoonRomance Languages and Literatures Provisional	8291 raw · 2 records	84+2 to the score	56th	946 ratings · all classes
6	Teresa Gelardo-RodriguezRomance Languages and Literatures Provisional fewer records	8694 raw · 1 record	—	—	—no page
7	Yuliana Ramos OrtaRomance Languages and Literatures Provisional	8593 raw · 1 record	84+2 to the score	14th	1001 rating · all classes
8	Alicia LowdenRomance Languages and Literatures Provisional	8190 raw · 2 records	84+2 to the score	41st	—no page
9	Rodrigo TorrellioRomance Languages and Literatures Provisional	8092 raw · 2 records	68−2 to the score	40th	—no page
10	Monika StantchevaRomance Languages and Literatures Provisional	7889 raw · 2 records	78±0 to the score	55th	—no page
11	Naomi Sanabria AldanaRomance Languages and Literatures Provisional	7890 raw · 2 records	68−2 to the score	56th	1004 ratings · all classes
12	Maria GonzalezRomance Languages and Literatures Provisional	7588 raw · 2 records	68−2 to the score	65th	—no page
13	Wendy Rodriguez ZunigaRomance Languages and Literatures	7485 raw · 3 records	76±0 to the score	39th	—no page
14	Iris Fitzsimmons ChristensenRomance Languages and Literatures Provisional	7387 raw · 2 records	68−2 to the score	53rd	807 ratings · all classes
15	Can ZhuRomance Languages and Literatures Provisional	7181 raw · 2 records	84+2 to the score	26th	—no page
16	Nicoletta Lembo-VolpeRomance Languages and Literatures Provisional fewer records	7082 raw · 2 records	78±0 to the score	41st	—no page
17	Silvana FalconiProfessor of the Practice in Hispanic Studies · Romance Languages and Literatures	7391 raw · 6 records	49−7 to the score	63rd	8010 ratings · all classes
18	Valerie Sanabria AldanaRomance Languages and Literatures Provisional	6781 raw · 2 records	68−2 to the score	36th	—no page

All 18 instructors listed.

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, not a figure about this class.

How this board is built and ordered

Positions 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”. Curve is the instructor's score for THIS class only, ranked against every instructor we hold and printed back out of 100, with the raw BC average underneath it; nothing on this board is an average across the other things they teach. Easiness is an adjustment on top of it, worth up to about ±6 — BC's workload item, ranked and turned over, so a lighter section gains and a heavier one loses, while an ordinary one changes nothing — and each row prints the adjustment, signed. The board is ordered on the same figure it prints, adjusted for how many records back it. Challenge is BC's “intellectually challenging” item shown as a rank against every class we hold; students answer it positively about courses that stretched them, so it is not a measure of difficulty or grading, and it is never marked better or worse.

That site has no course dimension, so its figure is shown for information and kept out of the ranking.

The line

All 13 items · means across 41 records

Instructor4

Course3

Feedback3

Workload & Challengenot ratings

Bars are ranks, not raw scores. Nothing here is graded good or bad.

What each item asks

Explains Clearly: The instructor was effective at creating an understanding of difficult subject matter.
Available: The instructor was available for help outside of class.
Motivating: The instructor motivated me to do my best work.
Sparks Interest: The course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.
Organized: The course was well organized.
Clear Goals: The learning objectives for the course were clear.
Useful Later: What I learned is applicable beyond this course.
Assignments: Assignments and exams contributed to my learning.
Fast Feedback: I received feedback on my work in a timely manner.
Useful Feedback: The feedback I received on my work was meaningful.
Workload: How 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.
Challenge: The course was intellectually challenging.
Attendance: Attending class was necessary to do well in this course.

Why these numbers are curved

Both the number and the bar are the rank against every comparable record we hold, printed back out of 100. BC's questions all have a median around 4.5, so on the raw scale every cell here would read in the high eighties and every bar would be nearly full — thirteen numbers that tell you nothing. Each cell prints its raw BC figure and its percentile underneath, so nothing is hidden by the transform. 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	—

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How to read this board

Instructors 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.