Karl Schneider is a native of Germany. He has been a teacher for 22 years in the Chino Valley Unified School District. He has taught Reading, German and English as a Second Language. From 1985 to 1990 he worked as Curriculum Coordinator for Foreign Languages. He has served several terms as Mentor teacher in his district. Mr. Schneider has participated in several statewide foreign language curriculum development projects. He has reviewed textbooks as well as national exams. Mr. Schneider has also been a presenter at local, state and national conferences. He was co- founder of the Inland Empire Foreign Language Association and served as President of that organization.