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Joan Bastianini is originally from Hingham, Massachusetts and graduated from Boston University. She has lived for many years in Caracas, Venezuela where she first worked as an elementary teacher and an assistant principal at Colegio Jefferson. Joan later became the Director of Admissions at Escuela Campo Alegre and was a member of the administrative team. She recently returned to the US and began working at the PTC in February 2011.
Carol Crittenden is the on-site coordinator for the Summer Institutes in London. A 2004 graduate of the PTC's Essential Skills program and worked at the American International School of Budapest, Hungary for nine years, serving first as elementary music teacher and then as Upper Elementary School Principal. Carol currently enjoys teaching elementary music in Houston, Texas.
Nikki Gundry is the on-site coordinator for the Summer Institutes in Miami. Based in the U.S. in Tennessee, Nikki has helped to coordinate Principals' Training Center programs since 1999. She is a drama teacher, focusing on training teachers to use drama in the classroom to enhance student learning. She is also certified in conflict resolution. Nikki is the Corporate Advertising Coordinator for The International Educator (TIE), an educational newspaper and web site serving international schools worldwide.
Jane Shartzer is the Elementary Principal at the American Community School of Abu Dhabi. She has held administrative positions in Abu Dhabi, U.A.E., Venezuela and Burundi, in addition to teaching in London, Sudan, Zaire and the U.S. Jane has presented workshops on supervision/evaluation, differentiating instruction, team-building, and ESL instruction. She holds a Masters in Education and a Masters in Education/Supervision. Jane is a graduate of the PTC's Essential Skills program and has both trained and coordinated for the Teacher Training Center since 2003.
Angela Wooles is a member of the TC support team and has spent half of her career, ten years, working in International Schools. She has been involved in teaching, curriculum and administration roles at The American School in Japan and The Jakarta International School. Angela is a 2008 Graduate of the PTC’s Essential Skills program.
Gary Worth is Operations Manager for the PTC. Prior to that, he taught TV Reporting/Journalism at New Mexico State University and served as News and Public Affairs Director for KRWG-TV, the PBS affiliate for southern New Mexico and West Texas. He has also worked as a TV reporter in New Mexico and Texas and was Public Affairs Director for Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation from 1980-1983. From 1997 to 2008, Gary worked with a US State Department program to offer professional development to young broadcast journalists in emerging democracies in eastern Europe, including annual workshops at the University of Zagreb Political Science Department. He has produced and hosted numerous TV public affairs programs, live debates and documentaries. He holds a BS in Mass. Comm. and an MBA.