Kleanthi E. Mavrogiannaki, MA

Founder, Director & Teacher of

Greek 4 Kids

An Independent

Greek Language School and Cultural Center

for Children & Adults

Native speaker of Greek with an educational background, administrative and teaching expertise that enable her to offer a quality educational program for children and adults of Greek and non-Greek ancestry.

Kleanthi70@yahoo.com

617.953.9092

PROFILE HIGHLIGHTS

Education

Master of Arts 

Applied Linguistics

UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, Boston, Ma                                  1997                                  

Bachelor of Arts                                                                 

Elementary Education

HELLENIC COLLEGE, Boston, Ma                                                         1994

High School Certificate

Piraeus 5^th General Lyceum 

Piraeus, Greece                                                                                        1987

Languages

Greek (Native), English (Fluent), Ancient Greek, Latin

Teaching Certification                         

Massachusetts Pro/Adv Certification in

Elementary Education (K-6),   #345889        

Teaching and Professional Experience

Northeastern University

Boston, Ma

Department of ASL & Modern Languages

Part-time Lecturer of Modern Greek

2007-Present

Hellenic American Academy

Lowell, Ma

Greek Language & Social Studies Teacher

Grades 4-6                                                                                       2005-2007

Benoit Language Services, Inc.                                                      

Greek Language Interpreter                                                            2005-PRESENT

American Translation Partners, Inc.

Greek Language Interpreter

2007-Present

Greek Language Home Tutor

Children and Adults                                                                          2003-PRESENT

The Boston Language Institute, Inc.

Boston, Ma       

Department of Foreign Languages

Program Coordinator, Greek Language Instructor                                                                          

·         Hired, supervised, trained, and evaluated teachers of European and Asian languages

·         Organized group and private classes for children and adults

·         Participated in weekly staff meetings, open houses, student-teacher conferences

·         Held responsibilities for foreign language curriculum overseeing,  scheduling and payment processing.

Taxiarchae/Archangels Greek Orthodox Church

Greek Education and Culture Program

Watertown, MA

School Director     

·         Responsible for the organization, supervision, administration, curriculum design and implementation of a language afternoon program for students ages 3-12 & adults.

Kelley Elementary School           

Chelsea, Ma                      

4rth Grade-Sheltered ESL Classroom Teacher                                                                      

Saint Nicholas School

Greek Orthodox Parochial School

Northridge, Ca                                                            

Greek Language Teacher

Grades K-6                                                          

·         Planned, coordinated and developed class schedule and lesson

      plans which  used a variety of assessment strategies for teaching

      Greek as a foreign language for 300 children ages 5 through 12.

·         Developed and implemented a variety of developmentally

      appropriate  musical activities. 

·         Organized and supervised children's play and musical activities

      for special occasions/holidays. 

·         Participated in weekly staff meetings and parent-teacher conferences.

The Greek Institute                                                                                               Cambridge, Ma

Language Teacher-Adults/Greek as a 2nd Language                                     

Haitian Multi-Service Center                                                                

Dorchester, Ma

Adults/English as a Second Language

Student Teaching                                                                                 

Catholic Charities, Inc.                                                                                     

Boston, Ma

Interpreter/Translator

Serving the linguistic needs of the limited-English

Proficient Greek-American Community                                                              

Boston Public Schools                                                                                      

Translation & Assessment Center

Boston, Ma

Interpreter/Translator

Serving the Limited-English Proficient &

Bilingual Greek students     

Hellenic College                                                                                                

Brookline, Ma

Teaching Assistant of the Department of Philosophy,

Education & Greek Studies