Christine L. Brown
Assistant Superintendent
Glastonbury Public Schools
PO Box 191
Glastonbury, CT 06033
(860) 652-7963
EDUCATION
2004
Completed coursework for Doctoral Degree, University of
Connecticut
1991
Sixth Year Certificate, Administration and Supervision,
University of Hartford
1980
M.S., TESOL - Central Connecticut State University
1973
B.A., French - Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
1971
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Study Abroad - Miami University - Luxembourg, Luxembourg
PRESENT TEACHING AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
2005-Present
Assistant Superintendent,
Glastonbury Public Schools
Responsibilities include: Creation and Implementation of district
strategic plan 2006-2011; Creation and implementation of
curriculum council and curriculum development plans;
implementation of web-based curriculum repository-Atlas
Rubicon; development of district professional development plan
and program; development and implementation of 2008-2013
Teacher Evaluation Plan; oversee all district teacher induction,
interns, student teachers and mentoring; oversee all budgets for
curriculum and professional development; supervise directors
and principals as required; write and oversee district grants
1983 – 2005
Director, Foreign Languages and ESOL,
Glastonbury Public Schools
Responsibilities included: Recruitment and retention of teachers
and tutors, supervision and evaluation of 51 teachers and 12
tutors, curriculum development in 6 languages, materials
evaluation and development, budget preparation, grant writing,
teacher training and program evaluation in foreign language and
ESOL K – 12 and all travel and exchanges abroad
2003 – Present
Chair, Curriculum Council, Glastonbury Public Schools
1998 - Present
Foreign Language Methods Instructor, Presenter and Student
Teaching Supervisor, Alternative Route to Education,
Connecticut State Department of Higher Education
2000-2006
Internship Advisor, Glastonbury Public Schools and the
University of Connecticut, Neag School of Education Masters
Level Internship Program, supervised and mentored 9 language
interns
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PAST TEACHING EXPERIENCES
1991 - 1996
Adjunct Instructor, University of Hartford, Foreign
Language Methods and Second Language Acquisition
Theory in Children
1973 - 1983
Teacher of French, Spanish and English to Speakers of
Other Languages, in grades K - 12, West Hartford Public
Schools
1980 - 1983
Teacher Consultant, Foreign Language and
ESOL, West Hartford Public Schools
PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCES
2005-Present
Consultant, AERO Language Project, United States Department
of State and the Neareast, Southeast Asia American Schools
Abroad. Conducted program audits in Oman and Egypt.
Conducted two summer curriculum workshops for international
teachers in American schools 2007, 2008. Will conduct in 2009.
2008
Chair, National Foreign Language Teacher of the Year
Committee, ACTFL, Orlando, Florida
2005-2006
Consultant, Maine Language
Standards Project
2005
Reviewer, Foreign Language Assistance Grants, United States
Department of Education
2003-Present
Consultant, National Arabic Language Standards Project,
National Foreign Language Resource Center, George
Washington University
2003 – 2005
Co-Chair, Working Committee, National 2005 Year of
Languages Campaign, American Council on the Teaching of
Foreign Languages
2004
Program Evaluator, Bennington College MATSL Program,
Bennington, Vermont
2004
Delegation Member Connecticut Education Delegation to
Shandong Province, China
2003 - 2004
Immediate Past President, American Council on the Teaching of
Foreign Languages, Alexandria, Virginia
2002 -2005
Task Force Member, International Education Committee;
Connecticut State Department of Education and the Connecticut
General Assembly
2002 – Present
Board Member, American Forum for Global Education, New
York, New York
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2002
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2001 – 2003
President, American Council on the Teaching of Foreign
Languages, Yonkers, New York
President, Glastonbury School Administrator’s Association
2002
Chair, Professional Development Committee, Glastonbury
Public Schools, Strategic Planning Committee
2000 – 2001
Reviewer Ohio Foreign Language Frameworks
2000 - 2001
Education Fellow, Institute for Educational Leadership,
(Connecticut Chapter), Washington, D.C.
1998 - 2000
Task Force Member, Foreign Language Task Force, National
Professional Teacher Standards Board, Reston, Virginia
1999-2000
President, National Network for Early Language Learning,
Washington, D.C.
1999
Chair, NNELL Conference, University of Hartford, Hartford, CT
1996-2000
Member, Executive Council, American Council on the Teaching
of Foreign Languages
1996 - 1997
Member, Advisory Council, Connecticut World Language
Standards Project
1996
Reviewer, Nebraska Foreign Language Frameworks
1996
Reviewer, New Jersey Foreign Language Standards
1993 - 1996
Chair , K-12 Task Force, National Foreign Language Standards,
funded by U.S. Department of Education
1995 - 1996
Member, U.S. Advisory Group on IEA Language Education
Study, Council of Chief State School Officers
1994 - Present
Member, Advisory Board, National K-12 Foreign Language
Center,
Iowa State University
1993 - 2005
Member, Regional Advisory Board, Manchester Community
Technical College
1990 - Present
Reviewer of Modern Language Journal
1988 - Present
Coordinator, US/Russia Academic Partnership, France
Exchange, Mexico Exchange, Spain Exchange Glastonbury
Public Schools
1988 - 1999
Consultant, Prentice Hall Publishing Company, 7-12 Foreign
Language materials
1986 - 1994
Member, National FLES Commission, American Association of
Teachers of French. Author of several articles for FLES
Commission
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1992 -1993
Chair, New England Network of Academic Alliances
1991, 1993, 1999
Reader, National Endowment for the Humanities Special
Initiatives in Foreign Languages
1991 - 1993
Founder and Co-chairperson, Greater Hartford Academic
Alliance in Foreign Languages
1989 - 1995
Member, Inter-district Magnet Immersion Project at Trinity
College. Vice-Chair - 1994-95
1989 - 1990
Board Member, Foreign Language Editorial Board, Scholastic
Magazines
1989 - 1990
President, Glastonbury School Administrators Association
1986 - 1987
Chairman, Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign
Languages, Responsibilities included:
1) preparing a four day conference for 3,000 attendees,
2) securing authors, keynote speakers and presenters, and 3)
producing a videotape on teacher recruitment
1986 - 1987
Task Force Member, Connecticut Assessment of Educational
Progress in Foreign Languages
1984 - 1986
President, Connecticut Council of Language Teachers
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
2006
AATF Administrator of the Year Award
2004
Language Program selected as a National Model for
International Education, Goldman Sachs Foundation and the
Asia Society
2002
National Foreign Language Supervisor of the Year, Prentice Hall
Publishing Company and the National Association of District
Supervisors of Foreign Language
1999
Glastonbury Foreign Language Program selected as one of seven
model foreign language programs in the United States, Center
for Applied Linguistics
1999
Commissioner of Education Commendation, Connecticut State
Department of Education for Leadership in and Commitment to
Foreign Language Education in Connecticut
1996
Distinguished Service Award, Connecticut Council of Foreign
Language Teachers
1995
Finalist, Educational Leader of the Year Award, Connecticut
Association of Curriculum and Supervision
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1994
Recipient, Robert Ludwig Award for National Leadership in
Foreign Language Education, New York State Foreign Language
Teachers Association
1994
Invited to testify before U.S. Senate Subcommittee on
Education, Arts and Humanities regarding the reauthorization of
ESEA
1991
Recipient, Florence Steiner Award for Leadership in Foreign
Language Education, ACTFL
1989
Invited to testify before U.S. Senate Subcommittee on
Education, Arts and Humanities regarding S.1690, the Foreign
Language Competence for the Future Act
1989
Scholarship from Alliance Française for one month of study in
Paris - July 1989
1987
Citation from the Connecticut General Assembly for outstanding
contributions to the field of foreign language teaching
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PRESENTATIONS
2007
Keynote Speaker, Tennessee Foreign Language Teachers’
Annual Conference, Nashville, Tennessee
2007
Keynote Speaker, Maine Foreign Language Teachers’ Annual
Conference, Portland, Maine
2007
Invited Plenary Speaker, Northeast Conference on the Teaching
of Foreign Languages, New York City, NCLB and the Future of
Language Teaching
2006
Invited Plenary Speaker, Northeast Conference on the Teaching
of Foreign Languages, New York City, Diversity and Language
Teaching
2006
Invited Keynote Speaker, International HANBAN Conference,
Beijing, China, Peoples Congress Hall
2005
Invited Plenary Speaker, “Building Language Capacity”, Fund
for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education Conference,
Montreal, Quebec
2004
Keynote Speaker, Connecticut Council of Language Teachers
Conference, Cromwell, CT
2003
Invited Collaboration, European Commission on Language
Promotion, Brussels, Belgium
2003
Keynote Speaker, Florida Foreign Language Teachers Annual
Conference, St. Petersburg, FL
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2003
Invited Speaker, “American Language Standards” International
Federation of Language Teacher Conference, Johannesburg,
South Africa
2003
Keynote Virginia Language Teachers Conference
2002
Keynote Speaker, “The K-12 Language Standards”, Foreign
Service Institute, McLean, VA
2002
Keynote Speaker, Conference on Culture and Language, Central
Connecticut State University on September 27
2002
Invited Speaker, Embassy Forum on World Languages and
International Studies: Bringing the world to U. S. classrooms.
Presentation to and meetings with representatives of the U.S.
Embassies and representatives of the U.S. Department of
Education, (September 23-23)
2002
Invited Representative of the United States to the Conference on
International Language Use in the Western Hemisphere, Quebec
City, August 29, 2002
1999
Presenter, West Deptford New Jersey Language Consortium
1998
Keynote Speaker, Northeast Regional Biennial Conference,
American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese,
New Jersey
1997 - 1998
Presenter, ACTFL Professional Development Program,
Westchester County, NY, Springfield, MA, Framingham, MA
1997
Outreach Workshop, National Standards, Northeast Conference
on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, New York, NY
1997
Keynote Speaker, Rhode Island Foreign Language
Teacher Annual Meeting- Providence
1996
Keynote Speaker, Maine Foreign Language Teachers Annual
Conference, Portland
1996
Keynote Speaker, Idaho Foreign Language Teachers Annual
Conference, Sun Valley
1996
Keynote Speaker, Florida Foreign Language Association, Tampa
1996
Keynote Speaker, Indiana University of Pennsylvania,
Pedagogical Conference, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
1996
Keynote Speaker, North Carolina International Educator
Conference, “The National Standards”, Raleigh
1996
Presenter-Writer, Standards Curriculum Project, National K-12
Foreign Language Center, Iowa State
1996
Workshop Presenter, “Advocacy for Foreign Languages, Whose
Job Is It Anyway”, ACTFL Conference, Philadelphia, PA
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1995
Workshop Presenter, Education Reform in the New England
States, U.S. Department of Education Conference, Worchester,
MA
Present 1994-
Consultations and Presentations for the following school
districts: Rosalyn ,NY(97), Savannah (GA) Country Day School
(97). In Connecticut: Bloomfield, Bolton, Darien,
Durham/Middlefield, Mansfield, Middletown, New Haven,
Newington, Old Saybrook High School Evaluation, Project
Learn, Regions 4, 10 and 13, Simsbury, Stonington, Suffield,
Wallingford, Waterford, West Hartford, and Vernon
1994
Education Reform and Foreign Language Education,
Opportunity or Threat ?, Modern Language Association
Articulation Conference
1994
Education Reform and Language Teaching, Keynote Address,
New York State Foreign Language Teacher Association Annual
Meeting
1994
Education Reform, Keynote Panelist, Ohio Foreign Language
Teachers Annual Meeting
1994
National Language Standards, Keynote Address, New
Hampshire Foreign Language Teachers Annual Meeting
1994
National Language Standards Project, Satellite Broadcast to
4,000 affiliates, American Council on the Teaching of Foreign
languages Annual Meeting
1994
The Language Standards Project, Plenary Address, Northeast
Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
1994
Education Reform and foreign Language Education; An
Overview, Conference on American Education sponsored by the
Connecticut State Department of Education for visiting Russian
teachers, Yale University
1994
Foreign Language in Connecticut, A Symposium for Connecticut
Administrators, Board of Education Members and Parents,
Connecticut Council of Language Teachers Annual Meeting
1994
“Curriculum Framework in Foreign Language, Connecticut
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
Spring Conference
1993
“Children Say Hello to the World”, National Congress of Parents
and Teachers Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, Ohio
1993
“Foreign Language Standards Implications for Delaware”,
Delaware State Department of Education
1993
The History of Elementary School foreign Language Programs
in the United States Presentation, A Symposium on International
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Language Policy and Planning, The National Foreign Language
Center, John’s Hopkins University
“The New Jersey Foreign Language Standards”, New Jersey
State Department of Education
1993
ARTICLES PUBLISHED
“No Child Left Behind and the Case for Foreign Languages”, Modern Language Journal,
Summer 2005
“Why the United States Needs to Celebrate a Year of Languages”, The Central States Journal,
Spring 2005
“Language Learning Technologies, How They Have Changed”, ASCD Technology Newsletter
“How to Be and Effective Language Leader, “2002, The Northeast Conference Reports
“The Case for Foreign Languages”, excerpted in Learning Languages, The Journal of the
National Network for Early Language Learning, Winter 1997
“The Case for Foreign Languages: The Glastonbury Language Program”, Perspective, Council
for Basic Education, Spring 1995
“Elementary School Foreign Language Education in the United States”, Annals of the American
Academy of Political Science , March 1994
“Education Reform and Foreign Language Education: Opportunity or Threat?”, ADFL Bulletin,
Modern Language Association, March 1995
“The Race to the Future”, Collaborare Newsletter, February 1990
“School District Perspectives on Elementary School Language Programs”, Languages in
Elementary Schools, ed. Kurt Müller, 1989
“Curriculum and Materials Development, Northeast Conference Reports, 1984
GRANTS APPLIED FOR AND RECEIVED
1992-1995
Foreign Language Assistance Program, United States Department of Education,
$160,000.00 to fund East Hartford Glastonbury Magnet Japanese Program
1995-1998
Foreign Language Assistance Program, United States Department of Education,
$180,000.00 to continue to fund East Hartford Glastonbury Magnet Japanese Program
1996-1998
Goals 2000 Grant Connecticut State Department of Education, $25,000.00 to fund
Interdisciplinary Curriculum Development
1999-2001
Foreign Language Assistance Program, United States Department of Education,
$400,000.00 to Create Model, Standards Based Language Curriculum K-12
2001-2003
Foreign Language Incentive Program per Capita Grant for Language Excellence
$ 250,000.00
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2002-04
Title VI Higher Education Research Program, United States Department of Education,
$550,000.00 to create model K-12 Standards Based Assessments
2005-06
Connecticut State Department of Education Technology Grant to provide laptops and
online writing tools for high school students. 125,000.00
2007-2008
Emergency Management Grant, United States Department of Education, to provide
improvements and innovations in the district level emergency management system
2008-2013
Foreign Language Assistance Grant to create model language assessments in Chinese,
Russian and Arabic $2.5 million
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
American Association of the Teachers of French
American Council of Teachers of Russian
American Association of Teachers of Slavic/Eastern European Languages
American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese
American Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development
American Association of School Administrators
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
Connecticut Council of Language Teachers
Delta Kappa Gamma
National Association of District Supervisors of Foreign Languages
National Network of Early Language Learning
National Secondary School Teachers of Japanese
Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Advisory Council
Phi Delta Kappa
Pi Lamda Theta
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
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