Robert M. Murphy
Alexandria City Public Schools
Mr. Murphy is an English as a Second Language (ESL) teacher at Francis C. Hammond Middle School. He began his teaching career abroad, in 1990, as an ESL instructor at St. Xavier’s School in Kathmandu, Nepal where he taught for two years. In 1992, Mr. Murphy returned to the United States as a program assistant for Jesuit Volunteers: International, interviewing candidates for international volunteer positions as ESL teachers. From 1995 to 1998, he continued his global travels as an ESL instructor and preparatory department coordinator at Üsküdar American Academy in Istanbul, Turkey. In 1998, Mr. Murphy became an ESL specialist in the Kwajalein School system in the Marshall Islands. One year later, he moved to the College of The Marshall Islands, where he held the position of ESL instructor. Mr. Murphy assumed his current position in 2000. He received a bachelor of arts degree in history and a bachelor of science degree in secondary education from the University of Scranton in Scranton, Pa., and a master of arts in teaching English as a second language and bilingual education from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.