INTERPREP, INC. Information

Serving first as a high school teacher of Spanish for 12 years, and concurrently for seven of those years as department head of the Georgia public schools' largest foreign language program, he later held the positions of high school administrator in the Cobb County (GA) Schools and Coordinator for Foreign Languages and International Education in the Georgia Department of Education. Through his leadership at the state level, foreign languages in Georgia public schools enjoyed unprecedented growth in numbers and prestige, and the state's elementary school foreign language initiative was cited by the Washington, DC-based Center for Applied Linguistics as a model for the nation. In 1993, in an effort to further and more profoundly affect the work in his field, Duncan founded InterPrep, Inc., a company that provides assistance to schools, school systems and other educational entities in matters related to foreign languages and international education. Since its founding, InterPrep has provided consultative assistance to educational programs in 48 states and numerous foreign countries. A highly respected leader, Duncan's strong academic preparation is augmented by his rich experiences and his well-tuned interpersonal skills, which place him in high demand among educational institutions both in the United States and abroad. He provides professional development opportunities for hundreds of language teachers annually and serves as a principal consultant for numerous school districts and independent schools as they establish and work toward long-term program improvement. Duncan is highly sought as a speaker and workshop presenter at state, regional, national and international language conferences and is often invited to serve as an author for various foreign language publications. He was task force chair and co-author of the ACTFL Performance Guidelines for K-12 Learners and served as lead writer for the jointly-sponsored Asia Society and College Board publication Creating a Chinese Language Program in Your School. He ...