Jeanne Betancourt (1941-)

Teacher at St. Peters School, Rutland, VT, 1961-63, St. Francis deSales Academy, Bennington, VT, 1963-64, Edmunds Junior High School, Burlington, VT, 1964-65, East Islip High School, East Islip, NY, 1965-66, High School for Pregnant Teens, Bronx, NY, 1967-69, Tetard Junior High School, Bronx, 1969-70, John Jay High School, Brooklyn, NY, 1970-71, Prospect Heights High School, Brooklyn, 1971-76, and Edward R. Murrow High School, Brooklyn, 1976-80; New School for Social Research, New York, NY, faculty member, 1977-80; Tomorrow Entertainment/Medcom Company, New York, NY, director of development, 1980-81; full-time writer, 1981—. Member of preview committee of first International Film Festival, 1972, of reviewing committee of film division at Brooklyn Public Library, 1974-79, and of board of directors of the Media Center for Children, New York, NY, 1977-87. Developer of workshops for librarians and educators on the topic of film programming for adolescents.