| Administration |
Director
Mr.
Louis R. Christiansen |
| Teaching / Education Related Experience:
25 years (14 years as Headmaster at Saint John's School in San
Juan, Puerto Rico, a Pre-Kinder through 12th grade college preparatory
school and 3 years as Administrative Director of TASIS Dorado). |
| Degrees: BA in History at Fordham
University; EDM in Educational Administration; CAS in Organization
Development; and Doctoral Studies in Educational Administration
at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. |
| Community Service: Director, Asociación
de Educación Privada de Puerto Rico (AEP); Commissioner,
Comisión Acreditadora de Instituciones Educativas de
Puerto Rico (CADIE); Trustee, Fundación Banco Popular
de Puerto Rico |
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| Principal
Ms. Maritere Matosantos |
| Teaching / Education Related Experience:
19 years (6 years as Principal at Colegio Rosa-Bell in Guaynabo,
Puerto Rico, a Nursery through 12th grade college preparatory
school and 2 year as Principal at TASIS Dorado). |
| Degrees: BA in American Studies
at Newton College of the Sacred Heart; Undergraduate courses
in Education at Universidad del Sagrado Corazón; Graduate
Courses in English at Inter American University; MAED in Educational
Administration and Supervision at Phoenix University. |
| Certificates: : Elementary School
Principal; Secondary School Principal, Elementary Teacher, English
Elementary Teacher; and Social Studies High School Teacher in
Puerto Rico. |
| Community Service: Member of the Middle States
Association Advisory Committee for Puerto Rico and the Caribbean;
Vice President of the Board of Trustees at the Jane Stern Community
Library in Dorado, Puerto Rico. |
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Assistant Principal Elementary School
Ms. Emma Aguirre Chávez.
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| Teaching / Education Related Experience: 17
years in education including 8 years as an elementary classroom
teacher (1st - 6th grade in the states of Louisiana, Arizona,
Nevada, California and Texas) and 9 years as an administrator
(1 year Coordinator of Title VII Middle School Math and Science
Project in Las Vegas, Nevada); 2 years Intermediate
School Assistant Principal (5th-6th grade) and 3 years
Elementary School Principal (PK-5th grade) in Texarkana,
Texas; 1 year Program Director at St. James School in Minnesota;
and 2 years as Elementary School Assistant of TASIS Dorado. |
| Degrees: MEd. in Elementary Education
with a minor in Multicultural/Bilingual Education at Arizona
State University; BS in Elementary Education at Louisiana State
University, Additional Graduate Studies in Educational
Administration at Texas A&M University. |
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Assistant Principal Middle School
Dr. José G. Maldonado |
| Teaching / Education Related Experience:
17 years in education including 6 years as biology teacher (8th-12th
grade); 9 years as college professor in biology, marine biology,
philosophy of education, educational psychology and science-math
education; 6 years as Executive Director of the Environmental
Education Project (NGO); 6 years as Chair of Department of Education
at Hartwick College; 2 years as Associate Researcher at Columbia
University Institute of Urban and Minority Education; 1 year
as Middle School Coordinator of TASIS Dorado. |
| Degrees: PhD in Science Education –
Columbia University; PhD (ABD) in Evolutionary Ecology –
University of California at Santa Barbara; MA-Marine Ecology-University
of California at Santa Barbara; BA – Biology, Minors in
Philosophy and Latin American Studies - SUNY Stony Brook. |
| Community Service: Former School Board member
Vega Alta Public Schools (1994-1996), Former Board member of
Catskill Regional Teacher Center (2002-2005), Founding member
of community improvement NGO – La Comunidad Somos Todos
– Vega Alta, PR; Founding member of public education organization
– Alternativa Racional, Puerto Rico. |
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Educational Support Manager
Ms. Patricia Fuertes
Benítez |
| Marketing/Administrative Related Experience:
Over 10 years in private sector marketing and administration. |
| Degrees: MBA in Finance at the Inter
American University, BS/BA: Double Major in Marketing and International
Business at Georgetown University; Minor in Studio Art at Georgetown
University. |
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