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Dr. Michael Genzuk is a Clinical Associate Professor on the faculty of the University of Southern California's Rossier School of Education , focusing his research and teaching in the fields of both Language, Literacy and Learning, and Teacher Education. [* SEE COURSE SYLLABI *]

Dr. Genzuk also continues as Director of The Center for Multilingual, Multicultural Research and is the Principal Investigator of the nationally recognized Ford Foundation/U.S Department of Education funded USC Latino and Language Minority Teacher Projects.

Additionally Dr. Genzuk serves as co-Principal Investigator of an important research effort entitled: Latino Paraeducators as Teachers: Building on Funds of Knowledge to Improve Instruction . This project is funded by the National Center for Research on Diversity, Education, and Excellence (CREDE) with the University of California at Santa Cruz.

Dr. Genzuk is also the webmaster for the award winning Center for Multilingual, Multicultural Research web page and the National Clearinghouse for Paraeducator Resources .

Dr. Genzuk comes to the USC School of Education from the Los Angeles Unified School District where he served in numerous capacities for more than twenty years, most recently as Instructional Adviser and Legislative Analyst in their Office of Bilingual-ESL Instruction. He has also taught in the UCLA and California State Universities Graduate Schools of Education.

Dr. Michael Genzuk has worked for over thirty years in the field of education.

• Dr. Genzuk is a graduate of both the University of Southern California, where he received his Ph.D. and M.S. in Education; and California State University, Northridge where he earned his B.A. in Political Science and received his teaching credentials.
  
  
• Dr. Genzuk has received recognition for his scholarship, teaching, and leadership including: the Gamman Sigma Alpha Honor Society Professor of the Year Award, University of Southern California. December, 2001, the prestigious Stephen Sample Presidential Fellowship at USC, Bilingual Education Fellowship Award from the U. S. Department of Education, the California State University, Los Angeles Outstanding Graduate Student Award, U. S. Department of Education Dwight D. Eisenhower International Leadership Fellow and the Association of Mexican American Educators "Dia del Maestro" award for outstanding teacher. Dr. Genzuk also received the Outstanding Staff Development Award in Education from the California Association for Bilingual Education as well as the Society of Delta Epsilon Meritorious Dissertation Award, 1995. University of Southern California's School of Education faculty selection for outstanding doctoral dissertation. In 1998 Dr. Genzuk was recognized by the United States House of Representatives for his contributions to teacher education.
  
  
• Additionally Dr. Genzuk has received numerous outstanding web site awards and recognition as webmaster including the prestigious Global Information Infrastructure (GII) Award and the Lycos Top 5 % award.

• As the founding Director of the USC Latino and Language Minority Teacher Projects Dr. Genzuk brought together leaders of many influential educational institutions and organizations in Los Angeles to form a working consortium that developed and implemented a program of teacher preparation that many consider to be a blueprint for the future of teacher education. The USCLLMTP continues to provide support and assistance, financially, socially and academically to promising Latino and language minority paraeducators to enable them to successfully complete a teacher education program and become successful teachers. The project has received national recognition including the U. S. Department of Education's Exemplary Program citation and has shown remarkable success in graduating and placing over 75% of it's original participants in Los Angeles area classrooms.
  
  
• Dr. Genzuk has also served on numerous boards and committees including: The California Department of Education and Commission on Teacher Credentialing Task Force on Teacher Recruitment, Vice President and Director of Legislative Affairs for the California Association for Bilingual Education (CABE), Commissioner of the Mexican-American Education Commission in Los Angeles; Advisory Board of the Danforth Foundation"s Teacher Education Task Force to mention but a few.
  
  
• Dr. Genzuk has been a featured speaker at numerous conferences and seminars, and has provided expert testimony for numerous policymaking bodies including the United States Congress and California Legislature as well as the White House. Dr. Genzuk is considered one of the architects of bilingual education programs in California.

• Issues related to the academic achievement of language minority students, including cognitive growth, and psychosocial factors affecting students success.
  
  
• The design and implementation of bilingual education instructional programs that utilize primary language content instruction with second language acquisition techniques to promote high levels of English language proficiency and academic success.
  
  
• Teacher education programs that address the development of teachers for the changing demographic patterns in North American public schools and diversifying the teaching force.
  
  
• The improvement and reform of teacher education and teacher educators through collaborative efforts of local education agencies, universities and colleges, labor organizations, and additional interested communities of stakeholders.
  
  
• Policy and program issues addressing student retention and seeking to better understand factors that influence student persistence in higher education.
  
  
• Paraeducators: 1) as members of instructional teams and 2) the implications of paraeducator to teacher programs as models for future teacher preparation programs.
  
  
• Global learning networks representing a powerful tool for creating contexts of empowerment in a diverse society for both teacher and students. Concentration on how intercultural and multilingual networking can be used in conjunction with English to further intercultural and multilingual learning when teachers and students participate in computer based global learning networks.
  
  
• Preparation of educators, teacher candidates and their students to possess multimedia literacy. Bringing of new forms of communication and expression into traditional teacher education curricula recognizing that new media can and should also play an important role in the education of all students. Exploring methods for enhancing and expanding existing written literacy to incorporate still and moving images, aural communication, and multimedia applications with the written word and all traditional literacies. To know how to integrate these abilities with their instructional visions, objectives, and strategies.
  

BOOKS

Bilingual Methodology Study Guide, editor and co-author. Los Angeles Unified School District Office of Bilingual-ESL Instruction, 1986, reprinted (2nd ed.), 1988. Los Angeles, CA.

BOOK CHAPTERS

Rueda, R. & Genzuk, M (2001). Sociocultural Scaffolding as a Means Toward Academic Self-Regulation: Paraeducators as Cultural Brokers. In: Denti, L. & Cousin, P.T. (Eds.) New Ways of Looking At Learning Disabilities: Connections to Classroom Practice . Love Publishing Co.

Genzuk, M. (in press). Promoting Latino Teacher Development through an Early Induction Model. In: Model Programs for the Recruitment of Minorities in Teacher Education: Overcoming the Odds , ed. Editor. Washington, D.C. National Education Association.

Genzuk, M. (1999). Tapping Into Community Funds of Knowledge. In: Effective Strategies for English Language Acquisition: Curriculum Guide for the Professional Development of Teachers Grades Kindergarten through Eight . Los Angeles Annenberg Metropolitan Project, LAAMP/ARCO Foundation, (Eds.). Los Angeles.

Genzuk, M. (1988). An Historical Overview of Bilingual Education in the United States, in Bilingual Methodology Study Guide (2nd ed.), Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District Office of Bilingual-ESL instruction.

Genzuk, M. (1986).Bilingual Schooling: A Historical Perspective, in Bilingual Methodology Study Guide, Los Angeles (1st ed.), Los Angeles Unified School District Office of Bilingual-ESL Instruction.

JOURNALS (refereed)

Genzuk, M. & Baca, R. (1998).The Paraeducator to Teacher Pipeline: A Five-year Retrospective on an Innovative Teacher Preparation Program for Latinas(os) . Education and Urban Society, 31 (1) 73-88. Corwin Press.

Genzuk, M., Lavadenz, M. & Krashen, S. (1994).Para-Educators: A Source for Remedying the Shortage of Teachers for Limited-English-Proficient Students." The Journal of Educational Issues of Language Minority Students. Vol. 14, Winter 1994. Boise State University. Boise, Idaho.

DOCTORAL DISSERTATION

Genzuk, S.M. (1995). Integration Factors Affecting Commitment to Educational and Occupational Goals for Latino Para-Educators . Doctoral dissertation, University of Southern California. UMI No. 9616962.

Earning the Society of Delta Epsilon Meritorious Dissertation Award, 1995, the University of Southern California School of Education faculty selection of outstanding dissertation.

ARTICLES AND RESEARCH REPORTS (non- refereed)

Genzuk, M. (Spring/Summer, 2005). Visions of Possibilities: Multimedia Literacy in Teacher Education , in: USC UrbanEd: The Journal of the Rossier School of Education. University of Southern California.

Genzuk, M. (2003). A Synthesis of Ethnographic Research . Center for Multilingual, Multicultural Research Digital Papers Series. Center for Multilingual, Multicultural Research, University of Southern California.

Genzuk, M. (1998, June). The Aftermath of California's Proposition 227 , Julian Samora Research Institute Occasional Papers Series. Julian Samora Research Institute, Michigan State University.

Genzuk, M. (1997). "Diversifying the Teaching Force: Preparing Paraeducators as Teachers" . ERIC Digest #96-2. Washington DC: Eric Clearinghouse on Teaching and Teacher Education and American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education.

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Guiton, G., Genzuk, M. & Williams, E. (1997, March). Efficacy or Agency: How the school context mediates novice teachers' sense of efficacy. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of American Educational research Association (AERA), Chicago, Illinois.

Genzuk, M. (1997, December). "Who To Test and How: Towards a More Expansive View of Assessment for Language Minority Students." Education Week on the Web.

Genzuk, M. (1995, August). "Increasing Minority Representation in Teacher Education Programs." Invited paper presented to The President's Advisory Commission and the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans at the Formal Public Hearing on Attaining Educational Excellence Today. Los Angeles, CA.

Genzuk, M. (1995, July). "Retention of Minority Teacher Candidates in Institutes of Higher Education," in: Ford Foundation Minority Teacher Policy Forum . Policy Forum conducted by the Ford Foundation Minority Teacher Initiative at the University of Southern California.

Genzuk, M. & Cummins, J. (1994). "Análisis del informe del Departamento de Educación de los E.E.U.U. sobre distintos programas de educación bilingüe para estudiantes de idioma minoritario", in: De Par en Par: Revista para el maestro No. 6. Consejería de Educación, Embajada de España. Washington DC.

Genzuk, M. (1988). "Effective Bilingual Teacher Competencies," in: Bilingual Methodology Study Guide (2nd ed.), Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District Office of Bilingual-ESL instruction.

Genzuk, M. (1988). "An Historical Overview of Bilingual Education in the United States," in: Bilingual Methodology Study Guide, Los Angeles (2nd ed.), Los Angeles Unified School District Office of Bilingual-ESL Instruction.

Genzuk, M. (1988). "Operational Definitions of Second Language Teaching Methodologies," in: Bilingual Methodology Study Guide, Los Angeles (2nd ed.), Los Angeles Unified School District Office of Bilingual-ESL Instruction.

Genzuk, M. (1988). "Four Stages of Second Language Proficiency," in: Bilingual Methodology Study Guide (2nd ed.), Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District Office of Bilingual-ESL Instruction.

Genzuk, M. (1988). "Suggested Teacher Behaviors in the Natural Approach," in: Bilingual Methodology Study Guide (2nd ed.), Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District Office of Bilingual-ESL Instruction.

Genzuk, M. (1986). A Historical Overview of Bilingual Education in the United States, in: Bilingual Methodology Study Guide, Los Angeles (1st ed.), Los Angeles Unified School District Office of Bilingual-ESL Instruction.

Genzuk, M. (1986). "Operational Definitions of Second Language Teaching Methodologies," in: Bilingual Methodology Study Guide, Los Angeles (1st ed.), Los Angeles Unified School District Office of Bilingual-ESL Instruction.

Genzuk, M. (1986). "Four Stages of Second Language Proficiency," in: Bilingual Methodology Study Guide (1st ed.), Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District Office of Bilingual-ESL Instruction.

Genzuk, M. (1986). "Suggested Teacher Behaviors in the Natural Approach," in: Bilingual Methodology Study Guide (1st ed.), Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District Office of Bilingual-ESL Instruction.

Genzuk, M. (1986), "Effective Bilingual Teacher Competencies," in: Bilingual Methodology Study Guide (1st ed.), Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District Office of Bilingual-ESL Instruction.

PUBLICATION REVIEWER

Journal of Teacher Education. A journal of policy, practice, and research in Teacher Education. Published by the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE). 2004 to present.

The Teachers College Record. A journal of research, analysis, and commentary in the field of education. It has been published continuously since 1900 by Teachers College, Columbia University. 2005 to present.

BOOK REVIEWS IN REFEREED JOURNALS

Genzuk, M. (2005). Book Review of San Miguel, Jr., G. (2004). Contested Policy: The Rise and Fall of Federal Bilingual Education in the United States, 1960-2001, University of North Texas Press. Teachers College Record Volume 107 Number 11, 2005, p. http://www.tcrecord.org ID Number: 11865

NEWSLETTER ARTICLES

"Ford Foundation Funds USC Latino Teacher Project," in California Association for Bilingual Education Newsletter, Vol. 14, No. 4, March/April, 1992.

"Rave Reviews - CABE J.D.A./L.D.I.," in California Association for Bilingual Education Newsletter, Vol. 14, No. 4, March/April, 1992.

"Análisis Del Informe Final Estudio Longitudinal De La Estrategia Para La Immersión Estructurada en el Inglés , Reclasificación Temprana, Reclasificación Tardía de los programas de Transición en Educación Bilingüe para los Estudiantes de Idioma Minoritario," with Jim Cummins in California Association for Bilingual Education Newsletter, Vol. 14, No. 3, November/December, 1991.

"Analysis of Final Report: Longitudinal Study of Structured English Immersion Strategy, Early Exit and Late Exit Transitional Bilingual Education Programs for Language-Minority Children," with Jim Cummins in California Association for Bilingual Education Newsletter, Vol. 13, No. 5, March/April, 1991.

"Joint Delegate Assembly-Leadership Development Institute Convenes at Annual Conference," in California Association for Bilingual Education Newsletter, Vol.13, No. 4, January/February, 1991.

"Bilingual Task Force Report Validates Current Legislative Activity," in California Association for Bilingual Education Newsletter, Vol. 12, No. 5, May/June, 1990.

"Judge Rejects Arizona Amendment Making English Official Language," in California Association for Bilingual Education Newsletter, Vol. 12, No.4, March/April, 1990.

"CABE Testifies At State Legislature Hearings," in California Association for Bilingual Education Newsletter, Volume 12, No. 3, January/February, 1990.

"Legislative Update," in California Association for Bilingual Education Newsletter, Vol.12, No. 2, November/December, 1989.

"Legislative Update," in California Association for Bilingual Education Newsletter, Vol.12, No. 1, September/October, 1989.

"Legislative Update", in California Association for Bilingual Education Newsletter, Vol.11, No. 9, May/June, 1989.

"Legislative Update," in California Association for Bilingual Education Newsletter, Vol. 11, No. 7, January/February, 1989.

"Legislative Update," in California Association for Bilingual Education Newsletter, Vol. 11, No. 4, July/August, 1988.

TECHNICAL REPORTS

Genzuk, M. (1993). Latino Paraeducators: A Source For Remedying The Shortage Of Spanish Speaking Bilingual Teachers. University of Southern California Latino Teacher Project, Los Angeles, California. September, .

Genzuk, M., & Hentschke, G.C. (1992). Career Pathways For Paraeducators: The Ford Foundation-University of Southern California Latino Teacher Project Progress Report . USC Latino Teacher Project and USC Center for Multilingual, Multicultural Research, Los Angeles, California.

EDITORIALS and MEDIA PRESENTATIONS

Genzuk, M. (September, 2003). Radio presentation: "Using Digital Video to Teach Education Students" Center for Scholarly Technology Learning Edge Radio. University of Southern California. Los Angeles. Dr. Genzuk discusses the importance of digital video and multimedia training for his education students and shares his process of teaching and technology discovery. URL: http://www-rcf.usc.edu/~genzuk/Podcasts/GenzukCSTinterview.mp3

Genzuk, M. (June, 2002). Multimedia presentation: "Student Desktop Movies: A Pathway to Literacy Development." Annenberg School of Communication, Multimedia Literacy Project. University of Southern California. Los Angeles. URL: http://www.usc.edu/dept/education/CMMR/Movies/DesktopMovies.mov

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Guest Interview (January 14, 2002). National Public Radio's (NPR) talk show "Public Interest" in Washington, DC. The program focus was teacher recruitment programs and non-traditional types of teacher recruitment programs. WAMU Radio, Washington DC. URL: http://www.wamu.org/ram/2002/p2'+MonDate+'.ram

Genzuk, M. (June, 1998). "Bilingual Initiative Fails The Test". US News and World Report printed an edited version of response to Mortimer Zuckerman's, Editor in Chief of US News, editorial supporting Prop. 227 in their June 22, 1998 issue.

Genzuk, M. (June 22,1998). "The Aftermath of California's Proposition 227". Politico -- The forum for Latino politics, Vol. 1-42.

Genzuk, M. (May 24, 1998). "Prop. 227 Fails the Test." Intellectual Capitol.com. URL: http://www.intellectualcapitol.com/issues/98/0521/iccon_b.asp

Genzuk, M. (October 19, 1997). An "Attack on Bilingual Education" or Overdue Reform? California's Bilingual Education Initiative, in Education Week on the Web, URL: http://www.edweek.org/context/meeting/biling/msg00006.html

Genzuk, M. (October 7, 1997). "Bilingual Education Not Failing Students" in Latino Link. URL: http://www.latinolink.com/feed.html

Genzuk, M. (October 3, 1989). "In Defense of Bilingualism" in the Los Angeles Daily News.

Genzuk, M. (June, 1987). In opposition to "Change In Bilingual Program Needed," in Letters to the Editor of United Teacher, newspaper of United Teachers Los Angeles.

Genzuk, M. (September 25, 1985). "Bilingual Blues" in the Los Angeles Daily News .

GRANTSMANSHIP

Genzuk, S.M. (2002-2003). Multimedia Literacy Program. Funded through the Annenberg Center for Communication. ($5,000).

Genzuk, S.M., Rueda, R., Baca, R.R., Hentschke, G. (1998 - 1999). Center for Research on Education, Diversity, and Excellence (CREDE) U.S. Department of Education Grant. "Latino Paraeducators Funds of Knowledge Project" ($79,379)

Genzuk, S.M., (1995-2002). Educational Personnel Training Grant. Funded through U.S. Department of Education Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs: Elementary. ($995,000)

Genzuk, S.M., (1995-2002). Educational Personnel Training Grant. Funded through U.S. Department of Education Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs: Secondary. ($445,000)

Genzuk, S.M., Baca, R.R. (1997-1998). Language Acquisition Grant. Funded through the ARCO Foundation. Elementary thru Graduate School. ($22,000)

Genzuk, S.M., Rueda, R., Baca, R.R., Hentschke, G. (1997 - 1998). Center for Research on Education, Diversity, and Excellence (CREDE) U.S. Department of Education Grant. "Latino Paraeducators Funds of Knowledge Project". ($80,220)

Genzuk, S.M., Baca, R.R. (1996-1999). Recruitment of Minorities into Teaching. Funded through Office of Postsecondary Education, U.S. Department of Education. ($725,000)

Genzuk, S.M., Baca, R.R. (1996-1997). Language Acquisition Grant. Funded through the ARCO Foundation. Elementary thru Graduate School. ($22,000)

Genzuk, S.M., Baca, R.R. (1993-1994). Minority Teacher Recruitment Act. Funded through Office of Postsecondary Education, U.S. Department of Education. ($510,000)

Hentschke, G. C., Genzuk, S.M. (1991-1997). USC Latino Teacher Project. Funded through the Ford Foundation Minority Teacher Education Demonstration Project, Ford Foundation, New York. ($1,500,000)

Baca, R.R., Genzuk, S.M. (1986 - 1990). Short Term Training Grant. Funded through the Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Language Affairs (OBEMLA), U.S. Department of Education. ($310,000)

2005 - Current

Clinical Associate Professor, Rossier School of Education, University of Southern California. Teaching graduate and undergraduate courses in Learning and Instruction and Teacher Education including:

• EDUC 409 -Foundations of Language Educaton;
  
• EDUC 413 -Methods and Models of Instruction for Language Minority Students;
  
• EDUC 427 -Observation and Directed Teaching for Bilingual Education in Elementary Schools;
  
• EDUC 520 -Foundations of Language Education;
  
• EDUC 537 -Methods in Bilingual Education, Teaching English as a Second Language, and Foreign Language Instruction;
  
• EDUC 549 - Supervised observation and experience in teaching multiple subjects;
• EDUC 551 - Supervised observation and experience in teaching single subjects;
• EDUC 560 -Primary Language Instruction in a Bilingual Setting;
  
• EDUC 605 -Socio-Political Context of Bilingual Curriculum and Instruction;
  
• EDUC 790 -Dissertation Research Seminar: Transforming Scholarship and Research through Multimedia Literacy;
  
• EDUC 792 -Critique of Research in Education;
  
• Multimedia Labs for Masters in Teaching Program.
  
  

Coordinator, School of Education's Bilingual Crosscultural Language and Academic Development (BCLAD) Programs.

Member, School of Education Faculty Council - elected by faculty.

Member, School of Education Undergraduate Education and Teacher Credentialing Committee. (Chair, 1998-2000).

Member, School of Education Teacher Education Governance Committee.

Member, School of Education Master's (MS.Ed.) Governance Committee.

Member, School of Education Masters in Teaching (MAT) Advisory Committee.

Member, School of Education Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) Governance Committee on Teacher Education in Multicultural Societies concentration.

Member, School of Education Technology Advisory Committee.

Member, University Distance Learning Network, coordinated by Center for Distance Learning. Supports the University in fostering innovation and quality in the provision of distance education and distributed learning opportunities.

Institutional Delegate, American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE).

Institutional Delegate, California Council on Teacher Education.

Director, Center for Multilingual, Multicultural Research.

Principal Investigator, USC Latino Teacher Project.

Principal Investigator, Language Minority Teacher Project: (Elementary)

Principal Investigator, Language Minority Teacher Project: (Secondary)

Director, National Clearinghouse for Paraeducator Resources.

Webmaster, award winning Center for Multilingual, Multicultural Web effort. URL: <http://www.usc.edu/dept/eduction/CMMR>

Teaching Faculty, Institute for Multimedia Literacy, Annenberg Center for Communication, University of Southern California

1998-2004

Clinical Associate Professor, Rossier School of Education, University of Southern California. Teaching graduate courses in Division of Learning and Instruction and Teacher Education including:

• CTSE 413 -Methods and Models of Instruction for Language Minority Students;
  
• CTSE 427 -Observation and Directed Teaching for Bilingual Education in Elementary Schools;
  
• CTSE 537 -Methods in Bilingual Education, Teaching English as a Second Language, and Foreign Language Instruction;
  
• CTSE 560 -Primary Language Instruction in a Bilingual Setting;
  
• CTSE 599 -Seminar on Teacher Education (With Ken Zeichner)
  
• CTSE 605 -Socio-Political Context of Bilingual Curriculum and Instruction.
  
  

Coordinator, Teacher Education Faculty Response/Documentation for the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing SB 2042 California Standards of Quality and Effectiveness for Professional Teacher Preparation Programs.

Coordinator, School of Education's Bilingual Crosscultural Language and Academic Development (BCLAD) Programs.

Member, School of Education Faculty Council. Elected Faculty Representative. Vice-Chair (2002-2003).

Member, School of Education Undergraduate Education and Teacher Education Committee. (Chair 1998-2000)

Member, University Distance Learning Network, coordinated by Center for Distance Learning. Supports the University in fostering innovation and quality in the provision of distance education and distributed learning opportunities.

Institutional Delegate, California Council on Teacher Education for 1998 -2004 academic years.

Member, Vice Provost's Council on Undergraduate Education.

Director, Center for Multilingual, Multicultural Research.

Principal Investigator, USC Latino Teacher Project.

Principal Investigator, Language Minority Teacher Project: (Elementary)

Principal Investigator, Language Minority Teacher Project: (Secondary)

Co-Principal Investigator, Center for Research on Education, Diversity, and Excellence (CREDE) Grant. "Paraeducators Funds of Knowledge Project"

Co-Principal Investigator, ARCO Foundation Language Acquisition Project.

Director, National Clearinghouse for Paraeducator Resources.

Webmaster, award winning Center for Multilingual, Multicultural Web effort. URL: <http://www.usc.edu/dept/eduction/CMMR>

1995-1998

Assistant Professor, School of Education, University of Southern California. Teaching graduate courses in Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Special Education and Department of Teacher Education including:

• CTSE 413 -Methods and Models of Instruction for Language Minority Students;
  
• CTSE 427 -Observation and Directed Teaching for Bilingual Education in Elementary Schools;
  
• CTSE 537 -Methods in Bilingual Education, Teaching English as a Second Language, and Foreign Language Instruction;
  
• CTSE 560 -Primary Language Instruction in a Bilingual Setting;
  
• CTSE 605 -Socio-Political Context of Bilingual Curriculum and Instruction.
  
  

Coordinator, School of Education's Bilingual Crosscultural Language and Academic Development (BCLAD) Programs.

Director, Center for Multilingual, Multicultural Research.

Principal Investigator, USC Latino Teacher Project.

Principal Investigator, Language Minority Teacher Project: (Elementary)

Principal Investigator, Language Minority Teacher Project: (Secondary)

Co-Principal Investigator, Center for Research on Education, Diversity, and Excellence (CREDE) Grant. "Paraeducators Funds of Knowledge Project"

Co-Principal Investigator, ARCO Foundation Language Acquisition Project.

Webmaster, award winning Center for Multilingual, Multicultural Web effort. URL: http://www.usc.edu/dept/eduction/CMMR>

1991-1995

Director, USC Latino Teacher Project, School of Education, University of Southern California. Responsible for development, planning and implementation of $1.5 million Ford Foundation grant project to increase the number of Latinos in the teaching profession by creating a career pathway for practicing Latino bilingual teacher assistants. The Project provides support and assistance, financially, socially and academically to promising Latino teacher assistants to enable them to successfully complete a teacher education program and become successful teachers. The information gained through this process is disseminated to other institutions with the intent of building the capacity to continue and expand the program statewide and nationally. The Project serves as a model for other agencies preparing Latinos to be teachers.

1991-1993

Lecturer, Graduate School of Education, University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). Taught Education 309A and 309B Principles and Methods of Bilingual Instruction. Taught in Spanish and English.

1990-1991

Adviser, Office of Bilingual-ESL Instruction, Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). Responsible for planning and implementation of "Basic Staff Development" programs which provided training for all district educators to meet the needs of LEP students. Staff development for Master Plan programs which included training in methodology for primary language development, second-language acquisition and cultural awareness. Other duties included assisting school-level personnel with preparation for staff development, providing guidance to school site administrators in program planning, school organization and the selection of appropriate instructional materials, developing curriculum materials and guidelines to assist in the implementation of the district's bilingual programs, providing training to bilingual paraprofessionals, and making public presentations on bilingual education. Also assisted with reports and responses for Board of Education, State Department of Education, and served as Legislative analyst for the office of instruction.

1987-1991

Lecturer, California State University, Los Angeles. Taught EDFN 490C Problems In Educational Foundation: Bilingual Methodologies.

1989-1990

Adviser, Office of Bilingual-ESL Instruction, Central Office Services, Los Angeles Unified School District. Responsible for "Basic Staff Development" of the "Master Plan for the Education of Limited-English-Proficient Students" to all district schools. Included: student assessment, instructional programs K-12, special education, gifted/talented programs, staffing, staff development, parent and community involvement, counseling and evaluation. Legislative analyst for office. Provided public relations and media information. Assisted with selection of ESL and Spanish language achievement instruments and materials.

1984-1989

Adviser, Office of Bilingual-ESL Instruction, High-Intensity Language Acquisition Project, Los Angeles Unified School District. Responsible for the development, implementation and review of "Language Acquisition Programs". This included the preparation in excess of fifteen hundred District teachers and administrators annually for the State of California Bilingual Certificate of Competence Exam; the development and dissemination of relevant information and materials on bilingual education methodology, culture and language to District schools and personnel in the form of district, region, school and community in-service classes and staff development. Keynote presentations for district and community.

Fall 1987

Lecturer, California State University, Dominguez Hills. Taught GED 420 Education of the Mexican-American/Hispanic Student.

1983-1984

Bilingual Teacher, Valerio Elementary School, (LAUSD). Taught second grade.

1975-1983

Bilingual Teacher/Coordinator, Raymond Avenue School, (LAUSD). Taught fourth, fifth and sixth grades. Complete responsibility for the Bilingual Education program. CAP/Satellite Coordinator, Staff Development, Physical performance testing chairperson, Bilingual Education Committee Chair.

Summer 1977

Elementary, Junior High School Teacher, John Burroughs Junior High School, (LAUSD). Taught Gifted Math, fourth - ninth grades.

Summer 1976

Elementary Teacher, Melrose Avenue School, (LAUSD). Taught kindergarten - third grades.

Summer 1975

Physical Education Teacher, Lassen Elementary School, (LAUSD). Taught primary physical education in year-round school.

1974-1975

Elementary Teacher, Carthay Center School, (LAUSD). Taught fourth and fifth grades.

1973-1974

Elementary Teacher, Encino Elementary School, (LAUSD). Student-taught sixth grade.

1971-1973

Elementary Teacher Aide, Carthay Center School, (LAUSD). Taught and aided fourth and sixth grade.

1996-present

Chair/Moderator, American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education listserve on Paraeducator to Teacher programs.

1996-present

Chair/Moderator, University of California Linguistic Minority Research Institute listserve on Paraeducator issues.

2007-present

Chair, American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education Special Study Group (SSG) on Paraeducators.

February 2008

Presenter, 60th Annual American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) Conference. The University of Southern California Latino and Language Minority Teacher Project: A Long Term Retrospective. New Orleans, Louisiana.

February 2008

Presenter, 60th Annual American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) Conference. Paraeducator-to-Teacher Programs: Providing Access to Quality Teacher Preparation. New Orleans, Louisiana.

February 2007

Presenter, 59th Annual American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) Conference. Preparing Teachers of ELL students. New York, NY.

February 2007

Presenter, 59th Annual American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) Conference. Paraeducators Special Study Group presentaton on Pathways into Teaching. New York, NY.

March 2006

Presenter, 2006 Computer Using Educators (CUE) Conference. "Multimedia Literacy: A Second-Year Retrospective on an Innovative Teacher Education Program's Inclusion of Multimedia Literacy Across the Curriculum." Palm Springs, California.

January 2006

Presenter, 58th Annual American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) Conference. "Multimedia Literacy: A Second-Year Retrospective on a Teacher Education Program's Inclusion of Multimedia Literacy Across the Curriculum." San Diego, California.

1996-2005

Chair, American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education Special Study Group (SSG) on Paraeducators.

March 2005

Judge, "WebFest 2005". University of Southern California's 4th Annual Multimedia Exhibition and Competition. Co-sponsored by the Academic Culture Initiative and the Center for Scholarly Technology, Los Angeles, CA.

February 2005

Presenter, 30th Annual California Association for Bilingual Education Conference. "Preparing Bilingual Teachers to Incorporate Multimedia Literacy Across Learning Environments". Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA.

February 2005

Featured Presentation, 57th Annual American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) Conference. "A Conversation About Media Literacy: Examples and Best Practices." Washington D.C.

February 2005

Featured Speaker, 57th Annual American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) Conference. AACTE Paraeducator Special Study Group presentation: "Recruiting Paraeducators Into Teaching and Facilitating the Journey through Teacher Education Programs." Washington D.C.

1996-2004

Task Force Member, California Department of Education and California Commission on Teacher Credentialing Statewide Task Force on Teacher Recruitment.

1994-2004

Advisory Board Member, Beginning Teacher Support and Paraeducator to Teacher Programs. Glendale Unified School District.

November 2004

Keynote Spearker, Montebello Unified School District. Community/Staff Development. "Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age: Using Student Authored Desktop Movies in the Classroom ". Montebello, California. Greenwood Elementary School.

September 2004

Speaker, Speaker, 7th Annual Conference on Teaching, Learning and Technology: Enhancing the Learning Experience. "The Impact of Multimedia Literacy on Learning and Teaching." Co-organized by the Center for Scholarly Technology, Center for Distance Learning, and the Center for Excellence in Teaching. University of Southern California.

July 2004

Co-Director and Featured Speaker, 2nd Annual Wallis Annenberg Symposium in Multimedia Literacy for Middle School Educators. The Wallis Annenberg Initiative seeks to advance multimedia literacy at the middle school level, as well as to foster cooperative local and national partnerships among schools, pioneering the use of multimedia in education. Co-organized by Annenberg Institute for Multimedia Literacy, and the Rossier School of Education. University of Southern California.

April 2004

Keynote Speaker, Los Angeles Unified School District. Community/Staff Development. "Two-Way Bilingual Immersion Education: Students Learning Through Two Languages." Los Angeles, California. Loreto Elementary School.

March 2004

Judge, "WebFest 2004". University of Southern California's 3rd Annual Multimedia Exhibition and Competition. Co-sponsored by the Academic Culture Initiative and the Center for Scholarly Technology, Los Angeles, CA.

February 2004

Presenter, 56th Annual American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) Conference. Recruiting Paraeducators Into Teaching Careers: Barriers and Solutions. Chicago, Illinois.

February 2004

Featured Speaker, 56th Annual American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) Conference. AACTE Paraeducator Special Study Group presentation: The Paraeducator to Teacher Pipeline: An Innovative Teacher Education Program for Latina(os). Chicago, Illinois.

January 2004

Panel Presenter/Discussant, Second Annual Hawaii International Conference on Education. Using Performance-Based Assessment to Produce Quality Teachers: A Comparison of a Public and a Private University. Co-Sponsored by: University of Hawaii, East West Council for Education, Asia-Pacific Research Institute of Peking University.

November 2003

Featured Speaker, Annenberg Symposium on Multimedia Literacy for Middle School Educators. Analysis and reflection of a three-year K-12 professional development program designed to advance multimedia literacy at the Middle School level, and to foster cooperative local and national partnerships among schools pioneering the use of multimedia in education. Sponsored by Annenberg Institute for Multimedia Literacy, University of Southern California.

July 2003

Faculty and Featured Speaker, 1st Annual Wallis Annenberg Symposium in Multimedia Literacy for Middle School Educators. Three-year K-12 professional development program designed to advance multimedia literacy at the Middle School level, and to foster cooperative local and national partnerships among schools pioneering the use of multimedia in education. Co-organized by Annenberg Institute for Multimedia Literacy, and the Rossier School of Education. University of Southern California.

May 2003

Featured Speaker, 6th Annual Conference on Teaching, Learning and Technology. "Pedagogical Models and Methods for Multimedia Literacy." Co-organized by the Center for Scholarly Technology, Center for Distance Learning, and the Center for Excellence in Teaching. University of Southern California.

April 2003

Judge, "WebFest 2003". University of Southern California's 2nd Annual Multimedia Exhibition and Competition. Co-sponsored by the Academic Culture Initiative and the Center for Scholarly Technology, Los Angeles, CA.

March 2003

Keynote Speaker, 2nd Annual Los Angeles Unified School District English Language Development and Title I Paraeducator Conference. "The Education of Language Minority Students, 2003 Version." Los Angeles, CA

March 2003

Moderator/Discussant, University of Southern California Center for Multilingual, Multicultural Research and the Bank of America Foundation Advanced Theory and Methods in Bilingual Education Professional Development Speaker/Workshop Series. The Great Debate: "Language Acquisition & Learning" Dr. Steve Krashen, "Reading and the Bilingual Student", Dr. Jim Cummins. University of Southern California.

February 2003

Featured Speaker, University of Southern California Center for Scholarly Technology Annual 2003 Grants Opportunities and Faculty Project Showcase. "Student Projects: Digital Video Ethnographies." University of Southern California.

February 2003

Featured Speaker, 28th Annual California Association for Bilingual Education Conference. "Paraeducator Pathways Into Teaching: What the Research Indicates." Los Angeles, CA.

January 2003

Featured Speaker, 55th Annual American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) Conference. Latino Teacher Project: Paraeducator to Teacher Pipeline. New Orleans, Louisiana.

June 2002

Keynote Spearker, Montebello Unified School District. Community/Staff Development. "Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age: Using Student Authored Desktop Movies in the Classroom ". Montebello, California. Wilcox Elementary School.

February 2002

Featured Speaker, 54th Annual American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) Conference. "Paraeducator Pathways into Teaching: Special Study Group". New York, New York.

February 2002

Featured Speaker, 27th Annual California Association for Bilingual Education Conference. "Pipe Line: Paraeducators Implementing Principles in Education". San Jose, CA.

November 2001

Keynote Speaker, Montebello Unified School District Staff Development. "Education of Language Minority Students and Prop 227". Greenwood Elementary School, Montebello, California.

July 2001

Invited Participant/Discussant, Apple Colleges of Education Institute. Full residency program to help teacher educators be more effective in their research and teaching by using technology. July 21-25, 2001 University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA).

June 2001

Keynote Speaker, Los Angeles Unified School District Where Success is the Only Option Conference. "The Importance of Paraeducators In Educating English Language Learners." Los Angeles, CA.

March 2001

Featured Speaker, 53rd Annual American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) Conference. "Paraeducator Pathways into Teaching: An Exemplary Teacher Education Model". Dallas, Texas.

February 2001

Keynote Speaker, First Annual Korean Teachers Conference. "Communicative Approaches to Heritage, Foreign and Second Language Teaching." University of Southern California. Los Angeles, CA.

February 2001

Featured Speaker, 26th Annual California Association for Bilingual Education Conference. "Paraeducators in Educational Partnerships." Los Angeles, CA.

December 2000

Keynote Speaker, Language Minority Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment Conference. "Reputed Success of California's Proposition 227." University of Southern California.

September 2000

Keynote Speaker, Project MORE Conference on Bilingual Education. "Why Bilingual Education: A Theoretical Framework. Los Angeles Unified School District. Los Angeles, CA.

September 2000

Keynote Speaker, California State University, Los Angels Title VII Teacher Preparation Seminar. "Theoretical Foundations for the Education of Language Minority Students". Montebello, CA.

July 2000

Content Expert, U.S. Department of Education's "Teacher Quality Institute". Washington DC.

June 2000

Featured Speaker, U.S. Department of Education's Roundtable on Bilingual Professional Development. "Expanding the Vision: Preparing All Teachers to Serve All Students". Washington DC.

May 2000

Featured Speaker, University of California, Riverside Educating Bilingual Students: Research and Strategies for the New Millennium Conference. "Nativism and Bilingual Education; Response to Newcomers". University of California, Riverside, Riverside, California.

April 2000

Featured Speaker, 3rd Annual California Paraeducator Conference. "Latino and Language Minority Teacher Project". Anaheim, California.

March 2000

Featured Speaker, 25th Annual California Association for Bilingual Education (CABE) Conference. "Paraeducators in Educational Partnerships". San Francisco, California.

January 2000

Featured Speaker, U.S. Department of Education's National Conference on Teacher Quality. "Exemplary Practices in Teacher Education". Washington DC.

January 2000

Keynote Speaker, Montebello Unified School District Career Ladder Workshop. "Career Ladder: From Paraeducators to Teachers". Montebello, California.

July 1999

Invited Participant, National Educational Research Policy and Priorities Board (NERPPB), the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI), and the Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs (OBEMLA) "Improving the Education of English Language Learners: Best Practices from Research Conference. Washington DC.

May 1999

Invited Focus Group Participant, California Commission on Teacher Credentialing, National Center for Education Statistics focus group on "Teacher Education Reporting Requirements as Established by Federal Law (1998)".

May 1999

Invited Roundtable Panelist, California Citizens Commission on Higher Education (CCCHE) Roundtable on Connecting The Vital Parts: A Roundtable Discussion On "Effective, Efficient, And Innovative Teacher Training" Friday, May 7, 1999 San Diego State University ". San Diego State University, San Diego, California.

April 1999

Presenter, California Department of Education, Association of California School Administrators, Califorina State University Long Beach, and California School Employees Association's 2nd Annual California Paraeducator Conference. "Five-Year Retrospective on an Innovative Paraeducator to Teacher Preparation Program For Latina(os). Anaheim, California.

February 1999

Featured Speaker, ARCO Foundation/Los Angeles Annenberg Metropolitan Project Language Acquisition Conference. "Funds of Knowledge, Utilizing Students Cultural Capital." Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce.

January 1999

Panel Presenter, National Association for Bilingual Education Conference. "Developing Professional Paraprofessional Teams: Policies and Practices." Denver, Colorado.

1996-1998

Advisory Board Member, The Danforth Foundation's Compton Fellows effort on recruiting minority teachers. St. Louis, Missouri.

July 1998

Keynote Speaker, ARCO Foundation/Los Angeles Annenberg Metropolitan Project presentation on "Funds of Knowledge, Utilizing Students Cultural Capital." Little Lake City Schools, Santa Fe Springs, California.

October 1997

Panel Presenter, California Council on the Education of Teachers Conference. "Successful teacher recruitment programs, Latino and Language Minority Teacher Projects". San Diego, California.

October 1997

Featured Speaker, U.S. Department of Education's Conference on Improving America's Schools. "Paraeducator pathways into teaching." San Diego, California.

February 1997

Presenter, 22nd Annual Bilingual Education Conference, California Association for Bilingual Education. "Minority Pathways into Teaching: Recruitment and Retention." San Diego, California.

January 1997

Featured Speaker, 26th Annual International Bilingual/Multicultural Education Conference, National Association for Bilingual Education. Institute: "Teacher Development Programs and Career Ladders." Albuquerque, New Mexico.

January 1997

Presenter, 26th Annual International Bilingual/Multicultural Education Conference, National Association for Bilingual Education. Title VII Fellows Institute: "Dialogical study of Title VII Fellows graduate school experience." Albuquerque, New Mexico.

October 1996

Featured Speaker, Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment Conference, Occidental College. "Early Induction Models of Teacher Preparation." Los Angeles, California.

March 1996

Presenter, 25th Annual International Bilingual/Multicultural Education Conference, National Association for Bilingual Education. Symposium: "Minorities in Higher Education." Orlando, Florida.

January 1996

Presenter, 21st Annual Bilingual Education Conference, California Association for Bilingual Education. "A Mediated Assistance Model for Teacher Education." San Jose, California.

August 1995

Invited Presenter, Public hearing for The President's Advisory Commission and The White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans. "Minority Teacher Training and Certification." Los Angeles, California.

July 1995

Conference Chairperson, Keynote Speaker, Ford Foundation Minority Teacher Policy Forum, University of Southern California. Los Angeles, California.

April 1995

Presenter, Annual Meeting of American Educational Research Association (AERA). "Support, development, and induction: From paraeducator through beginning bilingual teacher." San Francisco, California.

January 1995

Presenter, American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. "Integration factors affecting commitment to educational and occupational goals for Latino para-educators." Washington D.C.

November 1994

Featured Speaker, Florida State University/Ford Foundation Policy Forum on Recruitment, Retention, and Training of Minority Teaching Candidates. "Research Implications for Policy Issues Concerning Persistence and Departure of Minority Students from Institutes of Higher Education." Tallahassee, Florida.

October 1994

Keynote Speaker, 19th Annual California Association for Bilingual Education Conference on the Paraeducator. "Research Implications for Preparing Paraeducators as Teachers to Remedy the Shortage of Bilingual Teachers." Pasadena, California.

October 1993

Expert Witness, United States House of Representatives Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education hearings on "Reauthorization of Bilingual Education and Chapter 1." Los Angeles, California.

September 1993

Featured Speaker, Hispanic School Board Association Conference with the California School Board Association (CSBA). "The Under-representation of Latinos in the Teacher Workforce." Riverside, California.

February 1993

Featured Speaker, 22nd Annual International Bilingual/Multicultural Education Conference, National Association for Bilingual Education. Symposium: "Influencing Public Policy and Public Opinion: What We've learned and What We're Up Against." Houston, Texas.

February 1993

Presenter, 18th Annual Bilingual Education Conference, California Association for Bilingual Education. "Career Pathways for Paraeducators: The USC Latino Teacher Project." Anaheim, California.

November 1992

Keynote Speaker, ABC Unified School District Staff Development Day. "Educating Language Minority Students - A Theoretical Framework."

May 1992

Featured Speaker, The Educational Impact of a North American Free Trade Agreement Conference, University of Southern California and Educational Testing Service. "Models and Methodologies for Teacher Training and Curriculum Development Planning." Los Angeles, California.

1990 - 1992

Vice-President, California Association for Bilingual Education (CABE).

1988 - 1992

Commissioner, Mexican-American Education Commission, Los Angeles Unified School District.

April 1991

Keynote Speaker, The Asian Pacific American Legal Center - Conference on Language Rights 1991. "Effect of English-only in Education." Los Angeles, California.

April 1991

Keynote Speaker, The San Fernando Valley Chapter of Phi Delta Kappa, "Bilingual Education: Vehicle for Student and Societal Empowerment." Valencia, California.

March 1991

Keynote Speaker, Hacienda La Puente Unified School District, "Bilingual Master Plan Development." La Puente, California.

September 1989,

January 1991

Keynote Speaker, San Francisco Unified School District New Teachers Orientation Conferences, "Why Bilingual Education: A Theoretical Framework." San Francisco, California.

November 1990

Keynote Speaker, California Association for Secondary Bilingual Education Conference. "Bilingual Education Politics or Pedagogy." Orange, California.

July 1990

Keynote Speaker, Teach For America, University of Southern California, "Why Bilingual Education: A Theoretical Framework."

October 1989

Featured Speaker, Texas Association for Bilingual Education Conference. "California's Response to the English-only movement." Austin, Texas.

October 1989

Keynote Speaker, Torrance Unified School District Second Annual Multicultural Education Conference, "Educational Rights of Limited-English-Proficient Students."

1988 - 1990

Director, State and Legislative Affairs, Board of Directors, California Association for Bilingual Education (CABE).

Fall 1987

Keynote Speaker, Chicano Education Conference - United Teachers of Los Angeles (UTLA), Bilingual Education - Politics vs. Pedagogy."

1987 - 1989

Task Force Member, American Jewish Congress National Task Force On A Multilingual Society. Preparation of a written report addressing legal and policy questions raised by "official national language movement."

Fall 1986,

Spring 1987

Keynote Speaker, Bilingual Special Education Conferences, Los Angeles Unified School District. "Why Bilingual Education? A Theoretical Framework."

June 1986

Keynote Speaker, Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations, "Bilingual Education, An Update."

1985 - 1991

Advisory Council Member, California State University Bilingual Advisory Council, appointed by Dean of School of Education, California State University, Los Angeles.

December 1984

Guest Lecturer, University of Southern California, School of Education. Careers in Education Conference. "Role of the Bilingual Paraprofessional."

November 1984

Presenter, Paraprofessionals Conference, California Association for Bilingual Education. "The Bilingual Paraprofessional in the Elementary School Classroom."

December 1983

Guest Lecturer, University of Southern California, School of Education. "Elementary Bilingual Education Methodologies."

1982 - 1983

Member, Elementary Lau Administrative Technical Assistance Team, Los Angeles Unified School District. Responsible for California State Department of Education monitoring process of bilingual education programs in district schools K-12. Monitoring included both compliance and quality.

April 1983

Guest Lecturer, University of Southern California, School of Education. "The Confluent Approach to Second Language Acquisition." University of Southern California Bilingual Teacher Training Program Conference.

April 1982,

September 1982,

August 1983,

September 1983

Temporary Adviser, Bilingual Staffing Unit, Los Angeles Unified School District Personnel Division. Responsible for interviews, personnel folders, recruiting at universities, reports involving statistics and development of forms used for yearly and monthly summary of District fluency exams. Reviewed certification waivers for State Department of Education. Administered fluency exams and was member of Personnel Qualifications Committee.

Winter 1981

Filmed Instructor by Los Angeles Unified School District. Spanish reading lesson used for District In-service training.

Fall 1980

Filmed Instructor by Los Angeles Unified School District. Bilingual Social Studies lesson for District In-service training.

Summer 1980

U.S. Representative, One of twenty-four educators selected to participate in the "Intercambio Educativo" (Educational Interchange) between the Departamento de Educación y Bienestar de México and the California State Department of Education. Mexicali, Baja California Norte, México.

1974-1984

Master Teacher, Pacific Oaks College, Pasadena, CA. University of Southern California; California State University, Northridge; University of California, Los Angeles. Classroom supervising teacher of university student teachers in training.

Fall 1980

District Training Teacher, Selected as district training teacher by LAUSD Administrative Area 3 Review Team.

LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT IN-SERVICE CLASSES TAUGHT

• 1989-1991. Assessing, Diagnosing and Reporting Achievement in the Bilingual Classroom, District Teacher Intern Training Program.
  
• 1989-1991. Why Bilingual Education.
  
• 1982-1991. Preparing for the Bilingual Methodologies Competency Exam.
  
• 1982-1991. Implementing Bilingual/Bicultural Education.
  
• 1981-1991. Bilingual Education Strategies.
  
• Winter 1981. Intermediated Spanish for Teachers.
  
• Fall 1980. Beginning Spanish for Teachers.
  

PARTIAL LIST OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Performance Assessment for California Teachers (PACT) Trainer of Trainers Institute - Successful completion of training to be certified as a PACT trainer. PACT is a consortium of teacher preparation programs at a number of distinguished California Universities. These institutions have joined together to develop a teacher performance assessment. Successful completion of the teaching performance assessment will be required to earn a California Preliminary Multiple Subject or Single Subject Teaching Credential. University of San Diego, San Diego, CA. February 2008.

Computer Using Educators Seminars - Institutes provided leadership and support seminars to promote the effective used of technology and multimedia in the educational community in general and specifically in teacher education. CUE Conference, Palm Springs, CA. February, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005.

Institutional Research Board Human Subjects Training - CITI (Collaborative IRB Training Initiative) online human subjects education program to promote ethical conduct towards human subjects in all research projects. Created, developed, and maintained by experts from the human subjects research community. Completed and certified July, 2006.

Multimedia Literacy Program, Annenberg Center for Communication Summer Institute - Completion of a series of workshops, seminars, and a Summer Institute that covered a range of topics from syllabi developemnt through multimedia authoring to audio visual thinking, covering three major areas: the concepts and pedagogical implications of multimedia literacy; course and syllabi development; and a significant hands-on multimedia project authorship component. University of Southern California Annenberg Center, May through August, 2002.

Apple/UCLA Colleges of Education Institute - Successful completion of forty hours of coursework in technology integration, digital portfolios, assessment, and mentoring through the Apple Colleges of Education Institute. University of California, Los Angeles, July 2001.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE)
• American Educational Research Association (AERA)
• Association of Jewish Educators (AJE)
• Association of Mexican American Educators (AMAE)
• Association of Teacher Educators (ATE)
• California Association for Bilingual Education (CABE)
• California Council on the Education of Teachers
• California Reading Association (CRA)
• California Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (CATESOL)
• Computer Using Educators (CUE)
• EDUCARE, University of Southern California School of Education
• Institute for Language and Education Policy (ILEP)
• Inter-Cities Literacy Association
• International Reading Association (IRA)
• National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE)
• National Society for the Study of Education (NSSE)
• Phi Delta Kappa, University of Southern California Chapter
• Phi Kappa Phi, California State University, Los Angeles Chapter
• State of California Association of Teacher Educators (SCATE)
• Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)

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