Toni Theisen currently serves as:

World Languages and Cultures department chair at LHS.

Thompson School District World Languages and Cultures curriculum representative.

Education:

Masters of Arts in Foreign Language Teaching and French: University of Northern Colorado.

Masters of Arts in Education of Diverse Learners: University of Phoenix.

World Languages Other than English National Board Certification in French. Toni was a part of the first group of national World Languages and Cultures teachers to receive this certification in 2002.

Foreign language professional activities:

Presented several sessions and workshops for national, regional, and state conferences.

Authored several articles on multiple intelligences, differentiated instruction and language learning strategies.

Organizes and leads student travel and home stay programs in France.

Professional committees membership:

Task force for the Colorado Model Content Standards Project.

Teacher Standards Committee for Colorado Teacher Licensure.

Standards Committee for the National Board for Professional Teacher Standards for World Languages Other Than English.

Offices held:

President of the Colorado Congress of Foreign Language Teachers(CCFLT).

Colorado president for the American Association of Teachers of French (AATF).

Central States Conference (CSC) Board of Directors member from 1989-1993.

Local Arrangements Chair for the CSC, SWCOLT and CCFLT Joint Languages Conference (1988).

Program Chair for the CSC Indianapolis (1991).

Assistant Local Chair for the CSC, SWCOLT, PNCFL, and CCFLT joint conference (1995).

Co-Chair of Local Arrangements for the CCFLT/SWCOLT Joint Languages Conference in Denver (2003).

Currently serves as:

Executive Board member for the American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Language (ACTFL).

National program chair for the ACTFL 2004 and 2005 annual conferences.

Co-author of:

Bon Voyage , the middle school textbook.

C'est a Toi, the EMC/Paradigm French Level I and Level II series textbooks.

Honors and awards:

The ACTFL Nelson Brooks Award for the Teaching of Culture.

The Colorado Governor's Award for Excellence in Teaching.

The Southwest Conference on Language Teaching (SWCOLT) awards: Outstanding Teacher Award and Excellence in Teaching Award.

The 2002 Genevieve Overman Memorial Service Award from the Colorado Congress of Foreign Language Teachers (CCFLT).