Background
Conteh, Barbara Allison was born on April 4, 1951 in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Daniel Martin and Dorothea Barbara (Kumin) Dworkin.
Conteh, Barbara Allison was born on April 4, 1951 in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Daniel Martin and Dorothea Barbara (Kumin) Dworkin.
Le premier degree, University Grenoble, France, 1969; Bachelor, Clark University, 1972; diploma in French Studies, Institute Catholic, Paris, 1978; diploma in Spanish Studies, U. International Menendez Pelyo, Santander, Spain, 1978; Master of Arts, Boston University, 1979; postgraduate, Boston University.
Pedagogical director and English as Second Language teacher, Berlitz School of Langs., Barcelona, Spain, 1972-1973;
teacher, American School of Barcelona, 1973-1974;
teacher foreign languages, Worcester (Massachusetts) Public Schools, 1975;
teacher Spanish and English as Second Language, Worcester (Massachusetts) Public Schools, 1975-1980;
training and program coordinator project team, Simmons College, Boston, 1982-1983;
field services program coordinator, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 1983-1984;
editorial director, reading marketing manager, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1984-1986;
director of special marketing projects, Silver Burdett & Ginn, Needham, Massachusetts, 1989-1990;
vice president, public reading, Open Court Public Company, Chicago, since 1990. Consultant to school systems in the United States cities and states., 1980-1984. Instructor English as second language Quinsigamund Community College, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1980.
Instructor Spanish to teachers, administrators Worcester Public Schools, 1979-1984. Consultant Education, Literacy and Language Institute, Boston, 1980.
Member ASCD, American Education Research Association, National Association of Bilingual Educators, American Management Association, International Reading Association, National Council Teachers of English, Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Langs.
