Beverly Balint Isselee
Milford, CT 06461
Education: 1978 Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT: Bachelor of Arts
cum laude, full-tuition academic/President’s Scholarship
French & Secondary Education
minor in Spanish; winner of the Arsene Croteau award
summer 1978 Fairfield University – two graduate-level
Spanish literature courses [6 credits]
to complete CT provisional certification
1978-1988 State of Connecticut Provisional Teaching certificate:
French and Spanish, grades 7-12
fall 1979 – spring 1980 Fairfield University: two undergraduate Art
History courses (History of Art II, Architecture in Art) – for
a second undergraduate minor in Art History [6 credits]
summer 1981 -- Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT Immersion
Program two graduate courses in French
(La Presse Contemporaine, Les médias et la Culture)
[6 credits]
fall 1981 – Fordham University, Bronx, NY -- nine credits two MA
began Master’s of Art program in French Language
one graduate course (La Littérature Classique) [3 credits]
spring 1983 – one graduate course
(La Phonétique et l’histoire de la langue française) [3 credits]
fall 1983 -- one graduate course
(Les Femmes et la Littérature Française) [3 credits]
summer 2005 summer workshop At The Taft School – Teaching
Advanced Placement French Language [CT CEUs]
Teaching experience:
August 2014 – continuing: Academy of Our Lady of Mercy,
Lauralton Hall, Milford. French teacher French 2 – 4,
college-prep and honors levels, moderator of Societé
Honoraire de Français
Summer 2015 – continuing: Summer Enrichment camp at Lauralton
Hall, Study and Organizational Skills for High School
and Middle School students and incoming Lauralton
Freshmen
Sept 2013 – June 2014: The Morgan School, Clinton, CT – Special
Education and ESL Paraprofessional (Resource room:
assisting high school students with IEPs and learning
disabilities, and ELLs)
Sept 2010 – Sept 2013: Really Good Stuff, catalog supply company of
supplemental educational products, consultant to
administrators and districts, bilingual consultant
Jan 2006 -- June 2012: Milford, CT Public Schools Homebound Tutor -
French, Spanish, English, Study skills
Sept 1997 – Oct 2010: Christian Heritage School, Trumbull, CT –
French 1, 2, 3, 4, AP French Language
Spanish 1, 1A, elementary Spanish grades 3-6 [teaching a
program I developed]
proctor of Spanish AP Language exam
English – grade 7
Elementary Library classes, K-6
Middle and High School Library aide
Senior class advisor, 2003-2005
Middle and high school girls’ advisor
2008 – 2009 Summer enrichment program “Le Français, C’est
l’Fun” [my program]
Feb 1996 – Aug 1997 – Plumb Library, Shelton, CT, Children’s
Library Page
Sept 1996 – June 1997: Shelton, CT Public Schools, Substitute teacher,
Grades K-12, all subjects
Winters of 1995, 1996: Shelton, CT Saturday Enrichment program –
French grades K-2 and 3-6 [my program]
Winter – spring 1994: Language Enterprises, Westport, CT after school
French Enrichment class at the Chatsworth School, Larchmont, NY
Sept 1978 – Oct 1986: Weston Middle School, Weston, CT
Grades 7-8 French and Spanish {French 1A, 1B; Spanish 1A, 1B)
High school – continuing: tutoring (French, Spanish, English,
Reading, ESL, Study and organizational skills)