Christine Butler began her career as a third grade teacher in Fairfield before bringing her love of teaching to the Shelton Public Schools. There, she taught second and third grades for several years before accepting a position as a TESOL teacher.
In addition to teaching kindergarten - fourth grade English Learners, Christine is one of the lead educators to facilitate the work of Project ExcEL, a U.S. Department of Education grant awarded to her district in 2016. This grant work has ignited her second passion: collaboration with educators, parents and community partners. Christine has designed and implemented district professional learning, curriculum, parent/family workshops and community events.
Christine is one of the founding members of the Excel Leadership Academy, a non profit organization, designed to grow the work of Project ExcEL into a nationwide program. Christine tri-authored coursework for microcredential programs to be used as professional learning for K-12 educators.
Christine, a resident of Waterbury, CT, graduated magna cum laude from Sacred Heart University with Bachelor's Degrees in psychology and elementary education and a minor in Spanish. She earned a Master's Degree in Curriculum and Instruction from Fairfield University. She continued on to earn a Master's Degree in Special Education and a Sixth Year Degree and certification in TESOL.