Ken Cushing Cardigan Mountain School

Currently chairing the World Languages Department at the Cardigan Mountain School in Canaan, New Hampshire, Ken Cushing embarked on a career in the educational sector after earning his Bachelor of Arts in Spanish Language and Literature at the University of Oregon (UO) in 1984. Already holding a Certificate of Proficiency in Spanish form the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Ken Cushing moved on to enroll in a Master's level Spanish language program at UO, serving as a Graduate Teaching Fellow at the highly regarded academic institution for three years while he worked toward his degree.

Following his graduation from UO in 1986, Mr. Cushing began constructing a solid professional foundation that eventually resulted in a top-tier post at the Cardigan Mountain School, focusing the bulk of his attention on teaching Spanish to students at Western Oregon University, Chemeketa Community College, and Linfield College for a 10-year span.

Ken Cushing provided private Spanish lessons to individual students concurrent with his time as a university-level Spanish instructor in Oregon. He also offered multilingual translation and interpretation assistance to a variety of professional groups in affiliation with Babel Enterprises. Mr. Cushing remained with Babel until 2007, briefly balancing his work for the company with a productive period as a Spanish, biology, and algebra teacher at BASIS Middle School in Arizona.

Since he joined the Cardigan Mountain faculty in 2007, Mr. Cushing has channeled his energy toward a vast array of scholastic and extracurricular endeavors, in addition to overseeing a staff of seven language teachers. As the Cultural and Linguistic Field Trip Coordinator, he facilitated numerous visits to France and Costa Rica, one of many innovative educational programs that distinguished the school as one of New Hampshire's leading junior boarding schools for boys. He further strengthens the school's language curriculum by integrating Rassias Method immersion program techniques into the lesson plans, as well as through his work as a Council Member of the National Junior Honor Society (NJHS).