 | Awarded
a four year, $986,078 grant from CPEC (the California Postsecondary Education
Commission) in collaboration with Delano Joint Union High School District and
the CSUB School of Natural Sciences and Math (10/05) |
| “A literacy/Academic Language
Observation Protocol for Evaluation and Self-Reflection to Increase Teacher
Effectiveness at CABE , February, 2005 |
| “An Effective Professional
Development Model for Educators of Second Language Learners at CABE, February,
2005 |
| “An Effective Professional
Development Model for Educators of Second Language Learners & Language
Acquisition Across the Grades and Content Areas—An Observation Checklist to
Increase Teacher Effectiveness NABE, January, 2005 |
| “An Effective Professional
Development Model for Educators of Second Language Learners” With Dr. Irene
Borrego. Which was accepted for submission by the Bilingual Research Journal,
1/2005, but recently rejected (11/05—to be revised) |
| “Does Self-Reflection Impact
Teacher Effectiveness” which was published in the AACE (Association for the
Advancement of Computing in Education) Journal, and presented the short paper
at the SITTE (Society for Information and Teacher Technology Education)
national conference in March, 2004 |
| Participated in a panel
presentation at NABE (National Association for Bilingual Educators) on policy
and implementation in Albuquerque, NM, in February, 2004 |
| "Classes on Camera” published in
the June, 2003 issue of The Language Magazine, The International Journal of
Communication and Education |
| “OLLE (Online Language Learner
Educators) in the AACE (Association for the Advancement of Computing in
Education) Journal, June, 2003 |
| “OLLE”, a video festival, June
2003 World Media Conference in Honolulu, Hawaii |
| “Using Technology as a Peer
Coaching Tool to Demonstrate New and Proven Strategies to Enhance Language
Acquisition in the Classroom”, in Anaheim, CA, on 2/14/03 |
| Was invited to and did
co-present “Using Technology to Create Powerful Instructional Strategies for
K-12 English Language Learners” University of Nevada, Reno’s Learning Links
“Putting the Pieces Together” Technology Symposium 11/2/02 |
| “Global Electronic Peer Coaching
for English Language Acquisition Teaching Strategies” at the 2002 PT3
Grantee’s Meeting on 4/27/02, Washington, DC |
| “Bridging Gaps: Using
Technology and Other Grants to Help English Language Learners Succeed” at the
Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education international
conference in Nashville, TN 3/19/02 and at the Computer Using Educator
Conference in Anaheim, CA 5/9/02 (Both peer-reviewed and refereed)
|
| ELDPI (English Language
Development Professional Institute) CA State three Year grant for over
$800,00.00 (2000) |
| “Improving Teacher Attitudes and
Skills in a CLAD Certificate Program” with Dr. Gus Garcia (CSU Bakersfield) at
CABE, Los Angeles, 2/18/99 (a refereed conference) |
| Presented “Successful Strategies
Which Enable Teachers to Maximize Advanced Level Instruction” at the Fifth CSU
Symposium On University Teaching at California State University, San
Bernardino (a refereed conference), 2/21/98 |
| Presented “Teaching Reading:
Second Language Issues” at the K-3 Reading and Collaborative Coaching
Conference, California State University, Bakersfield, 3/8/97 |
| Presented “The Implementation of
a Positive Reinforcement System” at the 1991 Western Regional Principal’s
conference held in Anaheim, CA |
