 Christine Landaker Charbonneau, a National Board Certified teacher, has been teaching at the middle school level for twelve years. She has taught English/Language Arts and Social Studies as well as an interdisciplinary class of both at grade seven. Christine holds a Bachelor’s Degree in History from Florida Atlantic University and a Master’s Degree in English Language Arts from the University of Central Florida. She considers herself a life-long learner, participating in the Central Florida Writing Project in 1997, attending workshops, and reading professionally often.
An educational leader, Christine has served as a Curriculum
Leader/Department Head, as a Team Leader, and co-chairperson of her
school’s Faculty Advisory Committee and her school’s Literacy Council.
She has worked with her department to write and align her school’s
social studies curriculum. Currently, she is working with her school on
aligning their English curriculum, and developing classroom assessments
to match state standards and classroom practices.
Christine has presented with Dr. Allen’s It’s Never too Late Literacy
Institutes each summer since 1998. She has presented at regional, state
and national conferences including the Secondary Reading Conference,
and the International Reading Association. Christine was also a member
of a content literacy team working one day a month with a high school
in Kansas City, Kansas, as they began to incorporate literacy into
every aspect of their school day. Christine co-authored a book with Dr.
Allen for Oxford University Press, Reading History: A Practical Guide to Improving Literacy.
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