Tracy E. Rucker

Tracy Rucker is an outstanding, award-winning world language teacher with more than 30 years of teaching experience. A frequent regional and state presenter, he is known for helping world language teachers enhance their existing programs by incorporating many strategies that incorporate interpretive, interpersonal, and presentational communication and global awareness into the classroom. Rucker has served as chair of the World Language department, president of AATF-KY, vice-president of AATF, and teacher representative for the Société Honoraire de Français. His extensive experience as an AP exam scorer for more than 15 years has significantly impacted how he approaches instruction.

Tracy emphasizes practical strategies - the use of target language, cultural connections , and contextualized grammar - in the language classroom. He brings to his seminars a high level of understanding of proficiency and how to train students to spiral through performance levels while honing communicative proficiency skills. He also brings a high level of humor and down-to-earth realism about what works for teachers and diverse learners at various levels of proficiency. Rucker is a frequent presenter at local and regional conferences as well as being recognized as Kentucky's World Language Teacher of the Year award in 2022. Tracy earned his BA in French Language and Culture from The University of the South and his MA in French from Middlebury College. In his free time, Tracy loves creative writing, gardening, and reading autobiographies and non-fiction works.