Colondres Receives Lindback Distinguished Teaching Award April 16, 2025 – Posted in: Uncategorized

Fellow Marla Colondres has been selected as a recipient of the prestigious Lindback Distinguished Teaching Award. Each year, the Lindback Foundation grants this award to 60 School District of Philadelphia teachers who have made a significant impact on the intellectual and character development of students.

Colondres has been at Swenson Arts and Technology High School since 2016, where she teaches Spanish 1 & 2, and Spanish for Heritage Speakers. She has contributed to TIP for years through her participation in various seminars and her role as a member of the Teacher Advisory Council. Colondres was also one of five teachers from Philadelphia recently named a Yale National Fellow as a part of TIP’s parent institution, the Yale National Initiative. Currently, Colondres is enrolled in a TIP seminar titled “Diverse Children’s Literature: Literary Art, Cultural Artifact and Contested Terrain,” which will help her create a new curriculum unit to be implemented in her class.