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Debra Cook- Hirai, Ed.D
Senior Consultant
Dr. Hirai holds a
Bachelor of Science Degree in Education (English Major, Spanish Minor) from
the State University College of New York at Buffalo, a Master of Education
Degree in Counseling from the University of Nevada at Las Vegas, and a
Doctor of Education Degree in Public Administration and Curriculum from the
University of Southern California, Los Angeles. She also possesses an
administrative services credential, a community college counseling
credential, a basic pupil personnel services credential, and a
standard secondary teaching credential. She has taught (K-6), Language
Arts (7-9), Career Education and Psychology (10-11), and Reading Improvement
(10-12, LAUSD). Due to the success of her Reading Improvement classes (at
Roosevelt High School in East LA, a high priority school, where student
reading levels increased an average of 1.8 years per semester), she became
the Secondary Reading Coordinator for 32 secondary schools in Area B,
LAUSD. She has also served as a 6-9 Counselor, a K-6 Counselor, a
district ELD Coordinator/Teacher, an Assistant Principal (K-8), a
Principal (5-8), and a University Adjunct, then Assistant Professor
for CSUB and the University of La Verne. She is an AB466 certified trainer
for High Point,
has
served on the State CTC review team for SB 2042 Credential Programs
and is also the Secondary Education Program Director for CSUB. With Dr.
Irene Borrego, she has co-authored four refereed articles in the AACE
(Association for Advancement of Computing in Education) journal and one article
in Language Magazine, an international journal. Dr. Hirai and Dr.
Borrego currently have a research article, based on the effectiveness of three
years of state funded ELDPI’s (English Language Professional Development
Institutes) submitted to the Bilingual Research Journal. Dr. Hirai is
currently an Assistant Professor, CSU
Bakersfield
and teaches Masters courses in the Education Bilingual Multicultural Program.
Her most recent research includes focusing on a professional development model
that emphasizes researched proven strategies to teach “academic
language” that impacts student academic achievement.
EDUCATION:
 | UNIVERSITY OF
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (USC), Los Angeles, CA. Doctor of Education Degree
conferred December, 1993 in Public School Administration and Curriculum
Development. Cumulative Average: 3.9/4.0 |
| UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA AT LAS
VEGAS (UNLV), Las Vegas, NV. Master of Education Degree conferred May 19,
1974. Major—Counseling and Related Personnel Services. Cumulative Average:
3.6/4.0 |
| STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF NEW
YORK AT BUFFALO (SUCB), Buffalo, NY. Bachelor of Science Degree in Education
conferred January 17, 1971. Major—English / Minor—Spanish & Sociology |
CREDENTIALS:
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California Professional
Administrative Services Credential (Expires April, 2009) |
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California Community College
Counseling Credential (Life—with authorization to teach Developmental Language
Arts) |
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California Basic Pupil Personnel
Services Credential (Life) |
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California Standard Secondary
Teaching Credential (Life) |
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(Also held teaching credentials in
Nevada and New York) |
SUMMARY OF PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE:
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2005-Present Co-Director of CALLI (Content Academic Language Literacy
Instruction) grant and Lead Literacy Consultant for the RIAP (Reading
Institute for Academic Preparation) Grant |
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2005-Present Reviewer for Single Subject Matter undergraduate teacher
preparation programs for the alifornia Commission on Teacher Credentialing |
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2005-Present Assistant Professor and Director, Secondary Education;
Coordinator, Education Bilingual Program (Antelope Valley campus), California
State University, Bakersfield |
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2003-Present Assistant Professor, tenure track, Advanced Education,
Bilingual/Multicultural Education and Secondary Literacy, California State
University, Bakersfield |
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2002-2003 Assistant Professor, tenure track, Secondary Education,
Literacy and Second Language Acquisition, California State
University,Bakersfield |
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2002-2003 Co-Director of ELDPI grant (English Language Development
Professional Institute) |
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2002-2003 Lead Reviewer for SB 2042 Teacher Credential program
submissions for The California Commission of Teacher Credentialing |
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2002-Present Trainer for “High Point” English Language Development text,
for the University of California, Office of the President and the Sacramento
County Office of Education |
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2001-2002 Full-time Lecturer at California State University,
Bakersfield in the Advanced Education Department for Bilingual and
Multicultural Education (Taught nearly all classes at the undergraduate and
graduate level, including chairing Master’s Theses, Exam and Project
Committees) |
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1994-2001 Adjunct Professor, California State University at
Bakersfield (Crosscultural Education, ELD Teaching Methods, Introduction to
Language Acquisition and Development, and a Supervised Practicum—Master’s
Degree Program. |
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1994-1998 Adjunct Professor, University of La Verne (Statistics and
Counseling, for various Master’s Degree Programs |
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1992-2001 Principal, Sunset School, Vineland School District,
Grades 5-8 |
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1990-1992 Vice-Principal Fairfax School, Fairfax School District,
Grades K-8 |
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1986-1990
Counselor Virginia Avenue Elementary School, Fairfax School District,
Grades K-6 |
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1985-1986 District ELD Coordinator/Teacher Fairfax School District,
Grades K-8 |
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1979-1985 Counselor, Junior High and Middle School |
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1979 Secondary Reading Consultant, Grades 6-12 |
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Region B, Los
Angeles Unified School District—32 Secondary Schools |
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1976-1979 Classroom Teacher, Grades 10-12 (Reading
Improvement) Roosevelt High School, Los Angeles Unified School District |
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1974-1976 Business Teacher, Junior college (Language Arts,
especially with English Learners) Sawyer School, Los Angeles (Westwood) |
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1973-1974 Classroom Teacher, Grades 10-11 (Career Education and
Psychology) El dorado High School, Clark County School District
(Las Vegas, NV) |
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1971-1973 Classroom Teacher, Grades 7-9 (Language Arts)Orr Junior
High School, Clark County School District (Las Vegas, NV) |
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1970 Substitute Teacher, Grades K-6 Clark County School
District (Las Vegas, NV) |
PUBLICATIONS/PRESENTATIONS:
| Co-Authored
(50%) with Dr. Emilio Garza and was 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) |
| Co-Presented “A
literacy/Academic Language Observation Protocol for Evaluation and
Self-Reflection to Increase Teacher Effectiveness at CABE with Dr. Irene
Borrego, February, 2005 |
| Co-presented “An Effective
Professional Development Model for Educators of Second Language Learners at
CABE, with Dr. Irene Borrego, February, 2005 |
| Co-presented “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 with Dr. Irene Borrego at NABE,
January, 2005 |
| Co-authored (50%) “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) |
| Co-Authored “(50%) 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 with Dr. Irene
Borrego |
| Participated in a panel
presentation at NABE (National Association for Bilingual Educators) on policy
and implementation in Albuquerque, NM, in February, 2004 |
| Co-Authored (50%) Classes on
Camera” with Dr. Irene Borrego, published in the June, 2003 issue of The
Language Magazine, The International Journal of Communication and Education
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| Co-Authored (50%) “OLLE (Online
Language Learner Educators) in the AACE (Association for the Advancement of
Computing in Education) Journal, June, 2003, with Dr. Irene Borrego |
| Co-Presented “OLLE”, a video
festival, with Dr. Irene Borrego at the June 2003 World Media Conference in
Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Co-Presented at the CABE
(California Association of Bilingual Education) conference with Dr. Irene
Borrego and Patricia Rice, “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” with Dr. Irene Borrego at the University of
Nevada, Reno’s Learning Links “Putting the Pieces Together” Technology
Symposium 11/2/02 |
| Co-Presented “Global Electronic
Peer Coaching for English Language Acquisition Teaching Strategies” at the
2002 PT3 Grantee’s Meeting on 4/27/02, with Dr. Irene Borrego, in Washington,
DC |
| Co--Presented and published
“Bridging Gaps: Using Technology and Other Grants to Help English Language
Learners Succeed” with Dr. Irene Borrego 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) |
| Co-authored (33%) the ELDPI
(English Language Development Professional Institute) CA State three Year
grant for over $800,00.00 (2000) |
| Co-Presented “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 |
| “Rewards do Make Schools More
Effective”, article (dissertation abstract) published in the ACSA newspaper,
EDCAL, 9/13/96 |
| “A Qualitative Review of An
Extrinsic Reward Program, Grades K-8”, dissertation by Debra Lee Cook Hoff,
December, 1993, University of Southern California |
| Presented “The Implementation of
a Positive Reinforcement System” at the 1991 Western Regional Principal’s
conference held in Anaheim, CA |
| Wrote Master’s thesis comparing
cognitive ability of students taking Reading Improvement classes versus
students taking regular Language Arts classes |
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