Helen Margaret Cummings

Background

Cummings, Helen Margaret was born on July 5, 1933 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of George Aloysius and Helen Dorothy (Fenton) Cummings.

Education

Bachelor, Emmanuel College, 1954; Master of Education, Boston State College, 1955; certified d'Etudes Françaises, U. Besançon, France, 1956; Master of Arts, Middlebury College, 1966.

Career

Teacher, Boston Public Schools, 1956-1964; head department foreign languages, Girls' High School, Boston, 1964-1968; assistant head master department foreign languages, Girls' Latin School Boston Latin Academy, 1968-1983; program director foreign languages department curriculum and instruction, Boston Public Schools, since 1983; program director advanced work class department curriculum/instruction, Boston Public Schools, since 1988. Consultant National Endowment for Humanities Grant to French Library., Boston, 1988-1989. Director Alliance Française Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts, since 1991, vice president, since 1992.

Achievements

• Helen Margaret Cummings has been listed as a noteworthy Foreign language educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member, secretary Massachusetts Advisory Committee on Foreign Langs. to the State Board Education, 1970-1973. Director Boston-Strasbourg Sister City Association, since 1984. Member International Institute Boston, The French Library.

Boston. Member American Association Teachers French (national vice president 1983-1986), American Association Teachers Spanish and Portuguese, American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Langs., Pan American Society, National Association District Suprs. of Foreign Langs., New England Network Academy Alliances (steering committee since 1990), Massachusetts Foreign Language Association (director) 1989-1990, 2d vice president 1991, 1st vice president 1992, president-elect 1993), Greater Boston Foreign Language Collaborative (steering committee since 1986, co-chair steering committee since 1990), Delta Kappa Gamma (2d vice president Gamma chapter 1965-1966).

Interests

• Avocations: reading, travel, music.

Connections

Father:

George Aloysius Cummings

Mother:

Helen Dorothy (Fenton) Cummings