KAREN GEITZ

Education:

a. Central Connecticut State College. 9/74-12/76

b. Saint Louis University in Madrid, Spain. 1/77-6/77

c. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA. 8/77-5/79. B.S. Spanish major, French minor.

d. Southern Connecticut State University Summer Program in Avignon, France. 1981.

e. Central Connecticut State University. 9/80-7/86. Master of Science, Spanish.

f. Central Connecticut State University. 9/86-12/88. Sixth year certificate, Administration and Supervision.

g. University of Northern Iowa, Soria, Spain. 6/89-8/89.

h. AATSP Teachers’ Institute, Alajuela, Costa Rica. One week. 7/94

i. University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT. 7/95. Course on elementary foreign language teaching.

j. Cemanahuac Institute, Cuernavaca, Mexico. Two weeks. 7/00.

k. Baden-Powell Institute, Morelia, Mexico. Two weeks. 7/02.

l. Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Three weeks. 7/03

Employment:

a. Conard High School, West Hartford, CT. 9/95 to present. Full-time teacher. Spanish I, III, IIIH, IVH, VI. Taught AP Language/UCONN Spanish for seven years (1995-2002).

b. Naugatuck High School, Naugatuck, CT. 9/80-6/95. Full-time teacher. Spanish I, II, III, IIIH, IV, Conversational Spanish and French II. Curriculum coordinator. 9/85-6/90.

c. Tunxis Community College, Farmington, CT. 9/80-12/80. Teacher. Elementary Spanish.

d. UniRoyal Co., Inc. Naugatuck, CT. 1/81-10/81. Elementary Spanish.

e. Episcopal High School. Baton Rouge, LA. Full-time teacher. Spanish I, IIH and grades 5 and 6. 9/79-5/80.

Certification:

a. Professional Educator Certificate. Spanish and French, grades 7-12.

b. BEST Mentor. 7/97-present.

Awards:

a. COLT/Spanish Embassy Scholarship for summer study. 7/03

a. West Hartford Foundation Grants. Murals and Mexican Art. Music. Carlos Hern«ndez Ch«vez. 2001.

b. West Hartford Foundation Grants. Foreign Language Laboratory Usage and Authentic Materials from Mexico. 2000.

c. Rockefeller Award for study in Soria, Spain. 6/89-8/89.

Professional Affiliation:

a. AATSP: 1990-present.

Personal Information.

Mrs. Geitz is married to Jeff Geitz, a retired English teacher from the Bristol School system, and they live in hills of Burlington with their cat, Oscar. They enjoy cross-country skiing, snow-shoeing, hiking, fishing and canoeing. They spend all their vacation time in pursuit of adventures in many parts of world.