About The Frau

Name: Frau Linda Havas

Homestead HS: 5000 W Mequon Rd, Mequon, WI 53092 USA

School Website: http://www.mtsd.k12.wi.us/MTSD/Homestead/default.html

Contact Information: Lhavas@mtsd.k12.wi.us or voice mail: (262) 238-5627

Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in Education (German / Spanish), UW-Milwaukee, 
1994

Master's Degree in Curriculum and Instruction, UW-Milwaukee, 2001 
Thesis: "Liberty, Laughter and Love of Learning: Optimizing the Foreign 
Language Experience for the Middle School Student"

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Mequon-Thiensville School District, 2003-present 
Shorewood School District, 2002-03
Elkhorn Area School District, 1994-2002


Member, Wisconsin Association of Foreign Language Teachers 
(WAFLT)  (1994 � present)

�	Recipient, WAFLT Recognition of Merit Award (2004)
�	Presenter, WAFLT Conference (2000 � present): �Is Foreign Language 
Teaching In Your Future?�
�	Presenter, Wisconsin Future Foreign Language Teachers Conference 
(2001): �What You Won�t Learn In Methods Class�
�	Co-author, "Engaging All Learners in the Foreign Language 
Classroom" published in The Voice of WAFLT (2000).

Participant, Hessen-Wisconsin Teacher Exchange Program (2004-05)  

Participant, AATG Immersion Workshop, Williams Bay, WI (2004)

Participant, Teacher Refresher Course, Eurocentres, Cologne, Germany 
(2002)

Foreign Language Interpreter, Construction Industry Manufacturers� 
Association Exposition, Las Vegas, Nevada (1999)

Recipient, Professional Development Grant, UW-Whitewater (1999)

Presenter, National Association of Secondary School Principals Conference 
(2001) and Wisconsin Association of School Boards Conference(2001): �Improv: 
Impacting Change for Life�

Member, Wisconsin Association of Middle Level Educators (1998 � 2003)
�	Presenter (2000): �Nie Wieder: A Tour of the Dachau Concentration 
Camp�
�	Presenter (2000): �Improv: Impacting Change for Life�

Certified Wisconsin High School Forensic Association Adjudicator 
(1994 � present)