Faculty & Staff

Born in Cameroon, Frantz Batoh is a 31-year veteran French teacher who began teaching in his native country. He moved to the United States in 2005 in search of new challenges. Before joining Westminster, he taught French at The Cambridge School of Weston, Derby Academy, St. Luke’s School and Hilton Head Preparatory School, among others. He is a native French speaker, as well as having proficiency in Italian, Japanese, Latin and Spanish.

 

Frantz believes that every human being is endowed with unique gifts that will help them reach their goals. He also believes that a teacher’s job is to guide students to identify those gifts and use them throughout their learning process.

 

In addition to his bachelor’s in French/English and a doctorate in public policy and administration of NGOs (non-governmental organizations), Frantz earned a master’s in teaching from École Normale Supérieure du Cameroun and the School for International Training in Vermont. His research includes a dissertation on “The Colonial Legacy on Education and Employment in Sub-Saharan African,” socioeconomic impacts on populations in terms of management of refugees and resettlement in Africa, and Western diplomacy and power-making in French-speaking countries in Africa. His most recent degree, from Walden University where he earned his doctorate, is a master's of philosophy in public policy and administration.

 

Frantz lives on campus in Edge House, where he is dorm head, with his wife Sephora, a nurse, and two of his three girls, Hayley and Hannah. He loves cooking, doing laundry, reading books related to applied linguistics and world affairs. Soccer and using the gym are his other passions.