Christos Tsanasidis is a Greek educator with over 15 years of experience teaching Greek language and culture in primary schools in Greece and Belgium. He holds a Master's degree in Ethnology and Folklore Culture from the University of Athens. His experience includes directing Greek language programs and schools in Belgium from 2007 to 2010. He is fluent in French, English, Dutch, and Italian and has participated in numerous international volunteer projects focused on youth and education.

1. Christos Tsanasidis
Basic Information & Contact Details
E-mail: christostsan@yahoo.gr
Cell : 0030 6955836033
Address : Kaisareias 11, 11527, Athens, Greece
Date of birth : 04 /29/1973
Nationality/ Citizenship: Hellenic (Greek)
Military obligation fulfilled: 01/1998 – 12/1999
Education
Postgraduate (Master) studies in Ethnology and Folklore Culture. The National and Kapodistrian
University of Athens. Faculty of Philology, Byzantine and Folklore Studies. (2016).
University of Thessaly – Volos, Greece. (1993 – 1997)
Faculty of Humanistic Studies
Section: Pedagogic for Primary Level Education
Experience
* 12th
Primary School of Athens (9/2015- present)
* 15th
Primary School of Athens (9/2014- 9/2015)
* 8th
Primary School of Athens (9/2013 – 9/2014)
* 9th
Primary School of Athens (9/2011 – 9/2013)
* 18th
Primary School of Athens (9/2010 – 9/2011)
- On detachment by the Ministry of Education of Greece at the Greek Schools in Belgium.
* Section of Greek Language of the Greek Community in Antwerpen, Belgium. (9/2007 – 9/2010).
Responsible / Director of the Section of Greek Language in Antwerpen. Teaching of the Greek
Language and Culture to dutch speaking children and adults of the Greek community in Antwerpen.
* Section of Greek Language of the Greek Community in Anderlecht, Brussels. (9/2006 – 9/2007).
Responsible / Director of the 9 classes School Unit in Anderlecht, Brussels, Belgium. Teaching of the
Greek Language and Culture to french speaking children and adults of the Greek Community in
Brussels.
* Section of Greek Language of the Greek Community in Genk, Limbourg, Belgium. (9/2005-9/2006).
Teaching of the Greek Language and Culture to children of the Greek Community in Genk, Limbourg,
Belgium and to children of the Section of Greek Language in Singelijn, Brussels. Responsible /
Director of the 4 class School Unit in Singelijn, Brussels, Belgium.
-Appointment to the Public Primary Education System after successfully passing the State Exams
(ASEP).
* 2nd
Primary School of Malia, Heraklion, Crete. (9/2004-9/2005).
* 40th
Primary School of Heraklion, Crete. (9/2003-9/2004).
-Appointment to the Private Primary Education System.
* Private Primary School “Saint Joseph”, Volos, Greece. (Bilingual French/Greek Private School).
(9/2000-9/2003).
-Work at the hotel business CLUB MEDITERRANE΄E (CLUB MED) in Kos island, Nea Makri,
Attica and Gregolimano, Evia island. Responsible for the section of creative entertainment and
animation for children. (Summer job, 2000 - 2004).
Publishing Activity
- Elaboration of a treatise with the authorization for study of a monument, by the 11th
Service
of Byzantine Antiquities (Veroia, Greece) and the Ministry of Culture of Greece.
(MIN/CULT/ANTIQ/B2/F51/25846/1207). Topic: “The Greek social- historical and political-
ideological transition from a Feudal to a Capitalistic Society as it arises through the attempt of a folk
painter to present it on the frescos of a Mansion, (a traditional house) in Siatista, Kozani, Greece.
- Publishing of the treatise above with the title: «Και όμως… οι τοίχοι μιλάνε!», (“And yet…
the wall talks!”, Publishing: Adelfoi Vlassi, Athens, 2014, ISBN:978-960-302-275-6).

2. Languages
* Greek: native speaker
* French: fluent, Certificate of French Studies (language & litterature), University of Paris IV,
Sorbonne (Sorbonne II).
* English: fluent, Certificate of Proficiency, University of Michigan.
* Dutch: very well, Certificate of Dutch language studies. University of Brussels ULB / VUB.
* Italian: basic.
Seminars/Training Projects
* Youth in Action Programme (Erasmus+), “I move”. (Project funded by the EU, August 2015 in
Xewkija, Malta). Youth Exchange Programme with cultural and educational content.
* Youth in Action Programme (Erasmus+), “(Dis)ability: Inclusive Volunteering”. (Project funded
by the EU, July 2015 in Nizny Novgorod, Russian Federation). Main content and activities of the
project: human rights and values, immediate contact with people with (dis)abilities. By getting to their
places, understanding and learning about their realities and their wills: “Nothing for us without us”.
Learning the fact that disability does not mean lack of ability but just unequal opportunities.
* Youth in Action Programme (Erasmus+), “Fair Play: Dealing with gender issues in International
Voluntary Service”. (Project funded by the EU, July 2015 in Wermelskirchen, Germany). Main
contents and activities of the project: Empowering and supporting the group leaders/teachers by giving
them the tools to deal with and to prevent (gender-related) conflicts and misunderstandings in the
group/class. To develop basic understanding regarding gender roles (masculinities, femininities,
others?) and social expectations. To learn basic terms related to gender issues. To develop ability to
identify different forms of discrimination in the group/class and everyday lives.
* Youth in Action Programme, “Migration: From Inclusion to Employability a Sustainable
Process”. (Project funded by the EU, August 2014 in Larnaca, Cyprus). Main contents and activities
of the project: Enable youth with migrant background to be active citizens, different aspects of
migration in different context, human rights and values, empowering people/volunteer services to
support mutual dialogue and understanding development of better and equal opportunities for young
migrants to access to the labour market.
* Youth in Action Programme, “Motivation – just do it”. (Project funded by the EU, July 2013 in
Sichov Duzy, Poland). Main contents and activities of the project: emotional intelligence, effective
communication, self - awareness, how to work and motivate the group, mental work and brain control,
achieving the goals and breaking the barriers, programming the success, creative changes through
overcoming fears and stress, effective inner motivation).
* Youth in Action Programme, “Humour is serious business”. ( Project funded by the EU, April
2012 in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom). Main contents and activities of the
project: emotional intelligence, effective communication, how to work and motivate the group through
humour, effective inner motivation, overcoming failure and disappointment, arrangement of quarrels
through the sense of humour).
* COMENIUS II Programme, Cellule SOCRATES – NEOEL, (Project funded by the French
Community in Belgium, July 2006, Egina island, Greece. “Educational Seminar for Teachers of the
Greek Language as Foreign Language”).
* “Introduction Training Courses for new teachers”. Organised by the Regional Educational
Centre of Heraklion and the Ministry of Education in Greece. November and December 2003,
Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
* “Supervising of small technical works”. Organised by the Public Organisation of education in
Volos. Centre of Professional Education, ACOB - KEK (350 hours, October 1996 – February 1997,
Volos, Greece).
* “Experimental Seminar for stuffing of Television Channels”. Organised by the General
Secretariat of Popular Education and the Direction of development and Structure, Section of Trainings
for audio-visual media. ( Volos, Greece, March 1995). Journalism courses. (1995-1996).
* Experience in the use of information systems. Windows, multimedia tools, development of
curriculum and lesson plans.

3. Personal interests and Social Activities
* Participation as VOLUNTEER in international/intercultural workcamp projects in cooperation
with ELIX – Conservation Volunteers Greece in the following countries:
-Morocco: Marrakesh, July 2012, (Kids project, teaching basic english, animation and creative
activities with the pupils of a Primary School in Marrakesh).
- Nepal: FFN-15 Bhorle, July 2011, (Kids project, teaching basic english, animation and creative
activities with the pupils of the Primary School in Bhorle).
- Iceland: WF-114 Reykjavik, April 2010, (Social project).
- Japan: CIEE-14 Higasji - Shirakawa, Gifu, August 2009, (Kids and cultural project, animation and
creative activities with the pupils of the Primary School in Higasji - Shirakawa and participation in the
summer local festival with the locals).
- South Korea: IWO-72 Cheongtae, July 2009, (kids project, teaching simple English, animation and
creative activities with the pupils of the Primary School in Cheongtae).
- India: FSLWC-394 Kushalnagar, Mysore, August 2008, (Kids and social project, teaching basic
english, animation and creative activities with the pupils of the Primary School in Kushalnagar).
- The Netherlands: SIW-08 Roermond Maastricht, July 2001. (Environmental project).
* Participation as LEADER in international/ intercultural workcamp projects in cooperation with
ELIX – Conservation Volunteers Greece in the following places in Greece:
- Nea Makri, Athens (July 2002 and August 2011), Marathon, Attica (July 2003, July 2004, August
2006 and August 2007), Syros, Cyclades (July & August 2007 and August 2008).( The projects
involved different actions aiming to the personal development of the participants in cooperation with
the local people through group management technics, intercultural and team working games and
activities).
* Participation as VOLUNTEER in the Volunteer Programme of the Olympic Games “Athens
2004”.
* Participation in the activities of the Association for Social Intervention and Culture of
Magnesia (EKPOL) in the work teams: 1. Council of coordination against the drugs. 2. Team for the
creation of a centre of Social Information. 3. Team for Youth Research. 4. Team for the psycho-social
support for the victims of natural disasters. (Volos, 1997).
* Member of the Regional Committee of Equality of Magnesia and participation in the
activities of the sections: Social Intervention, Mass Media and Education. (Volos, 1996-1997).
* Journalism courses and more than ten (10) publications in the Sunday magazine of the
newspaper “Thessalia” (Volos, 1994-1995).
* Foreign Languages, Sports.