kurtsteinbach

Kurt Steinbach was born in Edison, New Jersey in 1971 where he lived until 1982. During that summer, his family moved to Germantown, Tennessee; his mother died tragically later that year, and his father remarried in 1985, three months after his Bar Mitzvah. Later, Kurt attended and graduated from Germantown High School spending his freshman year as Alternate Student Government Association Homeroom Representative; he spent the next three years as SGA Homeroom Representative and was active in his B’nai B’rith Youth Organization - AZA chapter, holding the offices of Cultural Chairman several times & Second Vice President. Kurt graduated from High School in 1990 and went into the U.S. Navy in Electronics. In 1995, he began his studies in History and English with a concentration in English as a Second Language at the University of Memphis. Kurt graduated in 1999 and began Graduate Studies in Instruction, Curriculum, and Leadership in English – Language Arts and ESL Education. He received the Master of Arts in Teaching Degree after writing and publishing his thesis on Teaching Reading in the Content Areas in 2005. Kurt obtained a position as an ESL teacher in Memphis City Schools a few years after receiving Tennessee Teacher Certification. During the 2006-2007 school year, Kurt began working as an English - Language Arts and Creative Writing Teacher in Memphis City Schools. Mr. Steinbach is also a certified History Teacher and spends much of his time remaining current in History, English – Language Arts, and ESL Education while residing in Memphis, Tennessee.