Katrin Raie
Degree	M.Ed., Cultural and Educational Policy Studies
Major	Comparative and International Education
E-mail:	katrinraie@hotmail.com

Education

M.Ed., Cultural and Educational Policy Studies, Loyola University Chicago

B.A. in English as a Foreign Language, Teacher's Certificate 1985- 1990 Tallinn Pedagogical University, Estonia

Professional Experience

Position/Title, Years employed, Organization, City, State Description of duties Vice President, 1998 - to date, Collegium Educationis Revaliae, Tallinn, Estonia Strategic planning, HRD, PR, fundraising, School Board

Managing Director, 1997, St. Michael's Society, Tallinn, Estonia Project management (Culture, Education, Social Welfare), Fundraising

Teacher of English, 1996- 1997, Collegium Educationis Revaliae, Tallinn, Estonia Highschool teacher of ESL

Area Manager, 1992-1997, Logistics Consulting Group, Tallinn, Estonia Establishment and management of the local office of an international firm; Foreign assistance projects for Estonian Government, incl. research

Research Interests

Parental Involvement, School Choice, Cultural Background of Education

Publications and Presentations

Irene Artma, Meeli Pandis, Katrin Raie, "Role of NGO in Education: Background and Aspects. Estonian Perspective", in Civic Education in the Context of Educational Reform. Experience of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, eds John J. Patrick, Giedre Kvieskiene and Jozef Podgorecki (Vilnius, UAB "Baltijos kopija", 2003), pp.92-98

Katrin Raie, "Oleks tark, opiks Teiste vigadest [Wise People Would Learn from Mistakes of Others]", Haridus [Education], No.8, 2004 (August 2004):18-19.

International Experience

Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar in the US in 2004. Training courses in Denmark, Holland, Austria, Spain and Great Britain (various EU training scholarships 1997-2002). Travelled in most of Scandinavia and Europe as well asin the former Soviet Union territory.

Languages

Estonia, Russian, Finnish and German.