August 31, 2005: Headlines: COS - Guinea: Secondary Education: Waterbury Republican American: Guinea RPCV Jennifer Marinelli is new vice principal in Naugatuck
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August 31, 2005: Headlines: COS - Guinea: Secondary Education: Waterbury Republican American: Guinea RPCV Jennifer Marinelli is new vice principal in Naugatuck
Guinea RPCV Jennifer Marinelli is new vice principal in Naugatuck
A year after Marinelli, 36, earned her bachelor's degrees in political science, she joined the Peace Corps. From 1993 to 1995 she taught English to up to 80 high school students at a time in Kankan, a village in Guinea. "I think about those experiences every day of my life," Marinelli said, her youthful smile disappearing momentarily on Tuesday, while she and Montini sat in the Cross Street's principal's office, the building's only air-conditioned room. "When you teach there, you're always considered an outsider. And not just a foreigner, but a Westerner."
Guinea RPCV Jennifer Marinelli is new vice principal in Naugatuck
Different backgrounds, same goals for new vice principals in Naugatuck
Wednesday, August 31, 2005
By Will Siss
Copyright © 2005 Republican-American
[Excerpt]
NAUGATUCK -- One taught English in a small west African village, the other taught preschoolers with cerebral palsy in Trumbull.
What shaped Jennifer Marinelli's and Chris Montini's educational experiences was different.
But what drove the Waterbury residents' recent decisions to go from teachers to Naugatuck intermediate school vice principals is the same: to help students maneuver through the transitional years of fifth and sixth grade.
On Thursday, Marinelli starts her first full year at Cross Street School and Montini begins his tenure at Hop Brook School.
A year after Marinelli, 36, earned her bachelor's degrees in political science, she joined the Peace Corps. From 1993 to 1995 she taught English to up to 80 high school students at a time in Kankan, a village in Guinea.
The school had no electricity, running water or text books, and classes were sometimes interrupted by wandering goats, she said.
"I think about those experiences every day of my life," Marinelli said, her youthful smile disappearing momentarily on Tuesday, while she and Montini sat in the Cross Street's principal's office, the building's only air-conditioned room. "When you teach there, you're always considered an outsider. And not just a foreigner, but a Westerner."
Marinelli then taught at Waterbury Adult Education for two years before earning her master's degree at Boston College. Then she taught English to New Fairfield high schoolers and Westport eighth graders.
In late January, she replaced Kimberly Gallo as assistant to Principal Alice Jones.
"Jumping in midstream, things were very busy," Marinelli said. "I spent a lot of time learning about the age group, and I learned that they're still developing their personalities. I guess you always are."
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