Michael Hydak
Teaching Experience
MICHAEL G. HYDAK, Ph.D.
ACADEMIC PREPARATION/TEACHING EXPERIENCE
ACADEMIC PREPARATION
The University of Texas at Austin Ph.D. in French, Spanish Minor 1977
Middlebury College M.A. in French, Spanish Minor 1971
Yale University M.A.T. in French 1970
Fordham College B.S. in History 1965
STUDY ABROAD
Fall Paris and Amiens (France) 2006
Summer Querétaro, Mexico 2006
Summer Université de Montréal 2005
Summer Pole Léonard de Vinci (Paris) 2004
Summer Estudio Sampere (Madrid) 2003
Summer Cavilam (Vichy, France) 2002
Summer Paris and Caen (France) 1998
Summer Paris and Agen (France) 1990
Summer St. Nazaire (France) 1987
Summer France 1983
Summer Avignon (France) 1981
Summer Pau (France) 1975
Academic Year Paris 1973-1974
Summer Avignon (France) 1969
Academic Year Paris 1963-1964
ADMINISTRATIVE/TEACHING EXPERIENCE
ESL Teacher, Texas Intensive English Program, Austin 2011-2019
Adjunct Professor, French and Spanish Austin Community College 1987-Present
Director of Languages Other Than English Texas Education Agency 2009-2011
Instructional Coordinator, Austin Independent School District 1982-2009
Foreign Languages and Journalism
Instructor in French, Informal Classes University of Texas 1996-2000
Associate Professor (Tenured) University of Alabama 1977-1982
High School French Teacher Joel Barlow HS, Redding, CT 1975-1977
Assistant d’anglais (ESL Teacher) Lycée Rodin (Paris) 1973-1974
High School French Teacher Lee HS, New Haven, CT 1970-1971
Middle and High School French Teacher Brunswick School, Greenwich, CT 1967-1969
English, French and History Teacher Grove School, Madison, CT 1965-1967
Chief Reader, French TOPT (Texas Oral Proficiency Test) 2006-2010
Reader, Spanish TOPT (Texas Oral Proficiency Test) 2006
Table Leader/Reader College Board AP French Ewing, New Jersey 1996-2007
Louisville, Kentucky 2008
Cincinnati, Ohio 2017-2019, 2022
Online 2020-2021
Member, AP French Curriculum Development and Assessment Committee 2007-2011
Published: January 12, 2026