Maestro

17:04 Jun 24, 2010 

Exactly. At my son's school they are called counselors, at my daughter's advisors.

17:01 Jun 24, 2010 

I think "advisor" would probably be "counselor", based on what you describe. I think here it is just "teacher".

12:05 Jun 24, 2010 

I don't think it would be advisor, although I'd love to know all the Spanish words that one could use to translate that term. Anybody out there who can help? Advisor might be "tutor" but I'm busy packing to head out to the mountains and I'm drawing a blank at the moment.

12:00 Jun 24, 2010 

could it be advisor? We live in the US but my children have attended a very old world type of schools. Since they were in elementary school they had a few teachers, there was of course the headmaster/mistres but they also had an advisor. In elementary school the role was more for opening communication and belonging (the schools are organized in houses) as time passed the role of the advisor became more academic.

11:00 Jun 24, 2010 

If the context already makes it clear we're talking about elementary education (5/6-10/11 years old), then "teacher" will do.

10:18 Jun 24, 2010 

I was thinking of high school terms where they have different teachers but I realize now the text refers to elementary school where one teacher teaches several subjects so I think simply teacher will do.

10:17 Jun 24, 2010 

The word "maestro" is similar to "school master /school mistress" but isn't considered antiquated as are the English terms. It means nothing more than teacher. Sometimes "profesor/a" is used as well to refer to a teacher (and has nothing to do with university-level teaching).

10:11 Jun 24, 2010 

What makes you believe "I don't think maestro refers simply to teacher here."