High School Spanish Teacher
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Dr. Robert J. Congdon
Wareham, MA 02571
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MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Since August of 2023, I have been teaching at BayFarm Montessori Academy.
From August of 2016 to June 0f 2023, I taught Spanish at Archbishop Williams High School. From September 2021 to June 2022, I also taught Italian to eleventh and twelfth graders.
I established the Latin program for seventh graders at Archbishop Williams High School in September of 2019 and taught the language until June of 2021.
Since January of 2016, I have taught Spanish and Fundamentals of Music at Quincy College.
I taught Spanish at Elizabeth Seton Academy to high school girls (9-12) from September of 2014-June 2016.
I taught Latin to seventh graders and Spanish to eighth graders at Boston College High School from November 2013 to February 2014.
I have been a Spanish and Italian tutor for Wyzant tutoring since October 2011.
I taught Italian as an Adjunct Professor at Emmanuel College in Boston, MA, as well as offering tutorials in Spanish, Italian and English.
I taught Italian at Wheaton College in Norton, MA, in the Department of Hispanic and Italian Studies.
I was Senior Chaplain at Harvard University Catholic Chaplaincy (fall of 2007-spring of 2009).
I was involved in the academic and human formation of students studying for the Roman Catholic priesthood at St. John’s Seminary for seven years (fall of 1997-spring of 2004). My specialization is in sacramental theology. I also taught foreign languages (Spanish and Italian) during that time.
I worked as the Acting Dean of the Seminary College (academic year 2003-2004) and accepted the position of Registrar for three years (1998-2001).
I am a member of the North American Academy of Liturgy (January 2005).
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
Latin teacher 9/2019-6/2021 Archbishop Williams High School, Braintree, MA
Spanish teacher 9/2016-6/2023 Archbishop Williams High School, Braintree, MA
Adjunct Professor of Spanish 1/2015-1/2020 Quincy College, Quincy, MA
Adjunct Professor of Music 1/2016-1/2020Quincy College, Quincy, MA
Spanish teacher 9/2014-6/2016 Elizabeth Seton Academy, Dorchester, MA
Adjunct Professor of Italian 9/2012-6/2013 Emmanuel College, Boston, MA
Assistant Professor of Italian 1/2011-6/2011 Wheaton College, Norton, MA
Senior Chaplain 6/2007-5/2009 Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Assistant Professor of Italian 8/2006-6/2007 Wheaton College, Norton, MA
Middle and High School Spanish Teacher 1/2006-6/2006 Millis Public School, Millis, MA
Professor of Sacramental Theology 9/1997-6/2004 St. John’s Seminary, Brighton, MA
I taught two required courses in my field: a course on the Sacraments of the Eucharist and Holy Orders and a course on the Sacraments of Penance and Anointing of the Sick.
Foreign Language Instructor 1/1998-6/2003
St. John Seminary College, Brighton, MA
I taught Spanish to undergraduate students from the spring of 1998 until the college officially closed in the spring of 2003. I also tutored students in Italian during that same period.
Instructor in Religious Studies 1991/1993 St. Patrick’s School, Stoneham, MA
I taught religious education, specifically a course on morals, to seventh and eighth graders.
EDUCATION
Doctorate in Systematic Theology (STD) 1997 Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, Italy
After having received a summa cum laude for my doctoral studies, my thesis “Worship, Communion, and Service as the Principal Elements of Sacramental Life according to Virgil Michel, O.S.B.” was published in Rome in 1997.
Licentiate in Sacramental Theology (STL) 1988 Pontifical Athenaeum Saint Anselm, Rome, Italy
Bachelor of Arts in Theology (STB) 1985 Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, Italy
Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy (AB) 1983 St. John’s Seminary College, Brighton, MA
(GPA 3.36) I also had a minor in Religious Studies.
MUSIC EDUCATION
As of May 2016, I received a Professional Certificate in Piano Performance at the New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, MA, where I studied piano with Sergey Schepkin. I continue to study with Maestro Schepkin to this day. I also participated in the Piano Interpretation and Performance Seminar with Ya-fei Chuang at New England Conservatory of Music from 2014-2022. I continued with the Performance Seminar at the Belmont Piano Academy from 2022-2024.
For thirty years, I studied with Maestro Carlo Dominici in Rome, Italy, former teacher at Il Conservatorio Statale di Musica Alfredo Casella, Aquila, Italy.
I studied with Mrs. Jean Alderman of Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA in 1990.
While attending St. John’s, I studied with the late Dr. Olga Stone of Boston College for two years.
I studied music at the New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, MA in the Preparatory Division and studied piano performance with the late Dr. Edwin Hymovitz from 1975-1979.
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