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PORFIRIO M. LOEZA, Ph.D. College of Education Professor, Language and Literacy California State University Core Faculty, Ed.D. in Ed. Leadership Sacramento, CA 95819 Editor, Journal of Transformative Leadership (510) 367-8955 6000 J Street E-mail: [email protected] Sacramento, CA 95819 EDUCATION Ph.D. Education in Language, Literacy and Culture (with Honors)

Areas of Specialization: First and Second Language Acquisition, Applied Linguistics to Literacy, Ethnomethodologies, Early Literacy, Language Policy University of California at Berkeley Doctoral Advisors: Dr. Lily Wong-Fillmore and Dr. Eugene E.

Garcia

M.A. Reading: Education in Language, Literacy and Culture Advanced Reading and Language Leadership Program (ARLLP) University of California at Berkeley

Cred Clear California Teaching Credentials University of California at Berkeley - LAUSD

§ Elementary Multiple Subjects § Advanced Bilingual Cross-Cultural Specialist

Credential (Spanish) § Advanced Reading and Language Arts Specialist

Credential § Spanish Single Subject Credential

B.A. Chicano Literature and History

University of California at Berkeley PH.D. DISSERTATION Title: The “Retablo” Practice in Mexican Votive Art: An Ethnographic

Study of Life, Literacy and Meaning Making Committee In-Charge: Dr. Eugene Garcia (Chair and Doctoral Advisor),

Dr. Glynda Hull, Dr. Alex Saragoza M.A. THESIS Title: The Need for Story of Spanish LEP Students: A Comparison of

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Stories from Bilingual and English-Only Classrooms Committee: Dr. Richard D. McCallum (Chair), Dr. Robert Ruddell HONORS AND GRANTS

• Outstanding Scholarship Award, College of Education: California State University, Sacramento: 2017

• Senior Fulbright Specialist, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, July-August 2016. Worked to bring educational access to rural communities across Honduras. The focus was on monitoring and evaluation, including: − Gather baseline outcomes from educational development literature

and current international initiatives in education (NGO/GOVERNMENT STAKEHOLDERS)

− Meet with government officials in the ministry of education in Tegucigalpa to understand country agenda and priorities for educational development projects outside of EDUCATODOS (E2E, Government Partners)

− Maintain contact with US Embassy cultural section and political section for progress reports and check-in, in Tegucigalpa (E2E, US Embassy)

− Gather current E2E operational outcomes in Francisco Morazan and El Paraiso departments and analyze for completeness. (E2E, COMMUNITIES)

− Establish working baseline for E2E operational achievements, across E2E school sites (E2E, COMMUNITIES, POTENTIAL PARTNERS)

− Host workshops with leadership trainings for teachers and community steering committees in E2E schools with a focus on community service, project management, leadership development, and unbiased data collection/analysis in operational contexts (E2E, COMMUNITIES)

− Use E2E process improvement as the foundation for workshops in measuring and evaluation for NGO partners in the educational development sector across Honduras (POTENTIAL PARTNERS, COMMUNITIES)

− Develop unbiased measuring and evaluation best practices for education program in F.M. and E.P., but that might also be scalable across Honduras (NGOs operating in Honduras, Government partners, E2E, COMMUNITIES)

− Hold stakeholder meetings and develop working action plan with partners in private and government sectors to implement evaluation targets for real operational change in the region, but

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potentially scalable across the country (corporations operating in Honduras, Government project offices, COMMUNITIES)

− Continue to develop relationships with corporate sponsors to integrate internship/training module in E2E community education programs with the ultimate goal being national scaling. (CORPORATIONS, E2E, COMMUNITIES)

Grant Writing Grant, Provost’s Incentive, August 18-20, 2016, “The

Grantsmanship Center,” CSUS Provost’s Incentive Grant, California State University, Sacramento.

External Reviewer, California State University, Sacramento and California

State University, San Bernardino, Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language (UISFL), Program Office of Postsecondary Education, U.S. Department of Education, Washington, D.C.: 2012-13

Principal Investigator, U.S. Agency for International Development

(USAID), Guatemalan Mission, Ministry of Education, Guatemala City, Guatemala: 2007 through June 2013.

Senior Fulbright Fellowship, “Higher Education Curricular Review and Transformation in Guatemala,” Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Guatemala City, Guatemala: June 2012. 1. Overall program review and assessment; 2. Curricular assessment and revision across disciplinary

boundaries, including various university faculties. 3. Preliminary needs assessment university-wide, including

identifying programmatic and institutional strengths and needs. 4. Assessment of academic curricula and educational materials. 5. Grantee will also consult with administrators and post-

secondary instructors regarding faculty development. 6. Provide faculty and administrator professional development.

Outstanding Community Service Award, College of Education, California

State University, Sacramento: 2010 Outstanding Teaching Award, College of Education, California State

University, Sacramento: 2009. Grant, Faculty Development, California State University, Sacramento:

2009-10. Fulbright Fellowship, “Curriculum Development - Master’s Program in

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Applied Linguistics,” Fulbright Commission, Washington D.C., University of El Salvador and Curriculum Design - Don Bosco University, Soyapango, El Salvador: 2008.

Distinguished Visiting Professor, Academic Affairs, La Universidad de

San Carlos de Guatemala (USAC), Guatemala City, Guatemala, 2008.

Visiting Scholar and Professor, World Languages Department, Universidad de El Salvador (UES), San Salvador, El Salvador, January thru August, 2008.

Visiting Scholar and Professor, Universidad Don Bosco, Soyapango, San

Salvador, El Salvador, January thru March, 2008. Award, International Curriculum and Pedagogy Innovation Award, ACE

International Travel Grant, Office of International Programs, CSUS: 2006-07. Recipient of the ACE grant to internationalize the curriculum. American Council on Education, the major coordinating body for all the nation's higher education institutions, seeks to provide leadership and a unifying voice on key higher education issues and to influence public policy through advocacy, research, and program initiatives. National University of El Salvador, San Salvador, El Salvador. 2007.

Inducted, Phi Beta Delta, International Scholar’s Honor Society, Omicron

Chapter, California State University, Sacramento: 2007. Technology Grant, CSUS, Teaching Using Technology (TUT) 2006

Summer Institute, Center for Teaching and Learning, California State University, Sacramento, June - August 2006.

Recipient, PDCSA Faculty Travel Award. Latin American Reading

Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico: Summer 2005

College of Education, Probationary Faculty Development Grant (PFDG), Alternate, October 2004.

CSUS Global/International Education Research Pedagogy Grant, (Madrid:

Museo del Prado, Museo Reina Sofia, Plaza del Sol; University of Salamanca; Segovia; Avila, Barcelona; Zahara de la Frontera – Ruta de los Pueblos Blancos; North Africa, Tangier, Morocco): Summer 2004

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Recipient, Probationary Faculty Development Grant: Spring 2002 Technology Grant, CSUS, Teaching with Technology 2002 Summer

Institute, Center for Teaching and Learning, California State University, Sacramento, June - August 2002.

Recipient, Dissertation Research Grant, Graduate Division, University of

California at Berkeley – Fall 2001. Ph.D. Qualifying Examination with Honors, 2001 Fellow, University of California President’s Fellowship, University of

California at Berkeley – 1997-2001. Outstanding Teacher Intern, LAUSD, 1995

UNIVERSITY COURSES TAUGHT AT CSU SACRAMENTO: EDD 610. Curriculum and Instruction Issues for Educational

Leaders. COURSE DESCRIPTION: Course presents curriculum and instruction from a leadership perspective within the contexts of K-12 schools and community colleges. Students examine contemporary issues in school curriculum, including policy initiatives and reform efforts affecting curricular decision-making.

EDBM 272A. Methods for Teaching Second Language Learners,

Multiple Subject (ELD and SDAIE). Focus on teaching candidates the methods, techniques and strategies needed to make content accessible for second language learners. Candidates will learn to use the ELD standards to create ELD lessons and SDAIE lessons within multicultural framework. Candidates will also learn how to interpret and implement formative and summative assessments.

EDBM 279A. Method and Materials for Teaching Secondary English

Learners, A. This course introduces students to a repertoire of theory-based methods that will allow them to facilitate and measure their students' growth in English language development (ELD) and create learning environments which promote content area learning through the use of Specially Designed Academic Instruction in English (SDAIE). Students will acquire knowledge and skills related to methods of teaching a second language through readings, fieldwork, discussion, group interaction, lesson

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presentation, hands-on experience of methods, and materials exploration.

EDTE 200. Practicum in Decoding and Fluency: Assessment and Instruction.

COURSE DESCRIPTION: Research, practice, and issues related to decoding, spelling, and fluency instruction from preschool through adult with applications to classroom teaching. Includes a practicum for assessing and tutoring students having difficulty in decoding.

EDTE 201. Practicum in Comprehension: Assessment and Instruction.

COURSE DESCRIPTION: Research, practice and issues related to vocabulary, background knowledge and comprehension and study strategies from preschool through adult with applications for classroom teaching. Topics include motivation, metacognition, and strategic reading. Analysis of formal and informal assessment measures with a focus on utility, reliability, and validity. In the practicum portion, teachers assess and tutor students with reading difficulties.

EDTE 202. Language and Literacy in Multicultural Settings.

COURSE DESCRIPTION: Research and theory related to the nature of culture, first and second language acquisition, schooling and literacy development.

EDTE 205. Psychology and Sociology of Literacy Instruction.

COURSE DESCRIPTION: Overview of quantitative and qualitative research in the psychology and sociology of literacy, focusing on seminal and current research. Participants analyze research and address implications for classroom practice. Further, participants generate their own individual Action Research proposals for peer review based on research and teaching experience.

EDTE 309. Language and Literacy, A. COURSE DESCRIPTION: Foundations in developing those understandings, attitudes and competencies that will enable participants to become effective facilitators of language, literacy and reading growth for all learners.

EDTE 309B. Language and Literacy B.

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COURSE DESCRIPTION: Practice in developing those understanding attitudes and competencies that will enable participants to become effective facilitators of language, literacy and reading growth for all learners.

EDS 220. Language and Literacy in General and Special Education I. COURSE DESCRIPTION: Gives participants principles,

techniques, research, and procedures, and research to develop phonological awareness, systematic and explicit phonics, and other word recognition strategies; the course will also give participants techniques on how to assess a student in reading and use the information to assist the students with reading difficulties. The participants will receive information on first and second language acquisition as it relates to reading of second language learners.

EDS 221. Language and Literacy in General and Special Education II.

COURSE DESCRIPTION: Will give participants principles, techniques, procedures, and research in spelling and handwriting instruction, reading comprehension and information will also be presented on the structure of the English language and how it relates to reading.

EDTE 251. Education for a Democratic and Pluralistic Society.

COURSE DESCRIPTION: Advanced study of social and psychological issues which need to be considered in education relating to the client, the educator, the community and society.

EDTE 299. Special Problems. Individual projects at graduate level

especially for students capable of independent study. EDTE 372. Anthropology and Education. COURSE DESCRIPTION: Applies educational anthropology to

the cultural context of schoolings, including factors contributing to social inequality and the conditions necessary for social change.

EDTE 021. Freshman Seminar: Becoming an Educated Person.

COURSE DESCRIPTION: Intended to provide students with an introduction to the nature and possible meanings of higher education, and the functions and resources of the University.

EDTE 371B. Schools and Community B.

COURSE DESCRIPTION: Second part of a 2-course sequence that provides structured opportunities for student teachers to

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discuss, analyze, and reflect upon data gathered from field placements. Emphasis on issues related to English language development, special needs students, cycle of teaching, school law pertaining to students, professional and ethical behaviors required of teachers. Management strategies and activities that contribute to the classroom/school. Students will develop equitable and positive management plans and reflect on their effectiveness during field experiences.

EDTE 373B. Assessment Center Laboratory II. Individualized support

for the infusion of technology into field experiences. Support for students as they build an electronic portfolio. Through consultation with field supervisors/liaisons, assessment center instructor will also provide individualized support for the completion of the TPA tasks.

EDTE 421A/B/C. Student Teaching Fieldwork Supervision A/B/C. COURSE DESCRIPTION: Student teaching supervision in a

public school classroom with diverse learners. EDTE 503. Master of Arts Thesis/Project. Culminating Experience:

Language and Literacy. Completion of a thesis or project approved for the Master's degree.

EDTE 505. Master of Arts Thesis/Project. Culminating Experience: Curriculum and Instruction. Completion of a thesis or project approved for the Master's degree.

UNIVERSITY COURSES TAUGHT AT THE NATIONAL UVIERSITY OF EL SALVADOR: LEARNING STYLES AND STRATEGIES (M.A. in TESOL – Spring

2008) COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course explores the latest research

on learning styles and strategies for successful language learning to reinforce student knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis and evaluation skills as they relate to general studies.

SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY Current Committee Assignments (2016-17):

1. CRED, Department meeting (monthly) 2. CRED, Multiple Subjects meeting (monthly) 3. GPSE, Department meeting (monthly) 4. GPSE, Program Coordinator’s meeting (monthly)

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5. GPSE, Language and Literacy Area Group (monthly) 6. GPSE, Human Subjects sub-committee 7. GPSE, C&I, core faculty member 8. EDD Program, Core Faculty meeting (monthly) 9. EDD Program, Editorial Board, CSU Journal of Transformative

Leadership (monthly) 10. EDD Program, Curriculum Committee (monthly) 11. EDD Program, Doctoral Culture Committee (monthly) 12. EDD Program, Outstanding Dissertation Committee 13. CoE, CATTE Committee (monthly) 14. CSUS International Programs, Committee Member’s meeting 15. CSUS Mexico Program, Committee Member’s meeting

Member, CSU International Programs Committee, International Programs, Sacramento State University, 2013-present

Coordinator, Graduate Programs in Language and Literacy (LLAG), College of Education, 2009-present.

EDD Program Applicant Interview, Doctorate in Educational Leadership,

Sacramento State University, Sacramento, California: April 7, 2012.

Member, Doctoral Culture and Scholarship Committee, Doctoral Program

in Educational Leadership, Sacramento State University: 2010-present.

Member Core Faculty, Ed.D., Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership, Program At-Large Faculty Group, Sacramento State University

Senator, Faculty Senate, California State University, Sacramento,

Department of Teacher Education: 2009-2011. Convener and Chair, Single Subjects Credential Program, Department of

Teacher Education, College of Education, CSUS: 1010 - 2011 Convener and Chair, Graduate Programs in Language and Literacy,

Department of Teacher Education, College of Education, CSUS: 2010-2013.

* Member, Mexico Committee, International Programs, California Sate

University, Sacramento, 2001 – present (ongoing)

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* Member, Organizing Committee, 17th Annual Multicultural Education Conference, “Arizona Immigration Policy and Its Implication on Education: Resisting the New (Anti) Social Movement”: November 2010.

* Planned and Organized, International Visiting Scholar with Serna

Center, Professor Jose Israel Oliva from the University of El Salvador, “Comparative Perspectives on the Teaching of English as a Foreign Language: The Case of Central American English”: April 2010

* Planned and Organized, International Visiting Scholar from Don Bosco University in El Salvador, Dr. Jorge Lemus, “The Revitalization of Native Languages,” and “Spanish Phonology and Central American Spanish”: November 2009

* WPE Scorer, California State University, Sacramento: September 2009 * Member, Ninth Annual Sacramento State Arts Resource Faire: March

2009 * Sabbatical Leave, California State University, Sacramento: Spring 2008. * Member, Liberal Studies Advisory Committee: 2005-2007. * Member, CSUS’s Phi Beta Delta, Honor Society for International

Scholars: 2007-present. * Student Teacher Interviews, Single Subject Program, Department of

Teacher Education and Teacher Preparation and Credentials Office, College of Education: 2001 – 2010 (ongoing)

* Student Teacher Interviews, Multiple Subject Program, Department of


Student Teacher File Reading, Single Subject Program, Department of


Student Teacher File Reading, Multiple Subject Program, Department of


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* Visiting Committee to Sac State from the University of El Salvador: Dr., (Central America): MSc. Rufino Antonio Quezada Sánchez, President of the University of El Salvador; Ada Ruth González de Nieto, Vice President for International Relations; Francisco Alberto Gutiérrez Gestión, Coordinator for International Cooperation; Met at CSUS with President Alexander Gonzalez; Dr. Jack Godwin, Chief Information Officer and Director of Global Education, and Dr. Monica Freeman, Coordinator of International Programs: March 26, 2009

* Member, Mexico Committee, CSUS International Programs: 2001 –

present.

Chair, International Programs, Mexico Committee: Fall 2009 Chair and Member, Faculty Search Committee for Anthropology of

Education, Department of Teacher Education, 2006-07. Member, Teacher Credential Program Recruitment, TPAC: Spring 2006. * Presentation, “Digital Divide Project,” Brown Bag Event, College of

Education: December 2007. Preservice Language and Literacy, Committee Member,

Fall 2001 – present.

Member, College of Education, Dean’s Advisory Council (DAC), Representative for the “Professional Development, Community, Student Affairs, Committee” 2005-06.

Coordinator, Blended Elementary Teacher Education Program (BETEP),

Department of Teacher Education and Liberal Studies Program (College of Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Studies), Fall 2005 – 2007.

Chair, College of Education, “Professional Development, Community,

Student Affairs, Committee” – Department of Teacher Education, 2005-06.

PDCSA Representative to the Dean’s Advisory Council, College of

Education, CSUS: Fall 2005 – 2006.

Member, Coordinator Selection Committee, Placer Center, EDTE: Spring 2005.

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Interviewer, Blended P.E. (Department of Kinesiology), Single Subjects

Program Group (SSPG)/TPAC, Spring 2005.

Retreat Participant, Ad Hoc Educational Equity Committee, Department of Teacher Education: Spring 2005.

Active Member, Ad Hoc Educational Equity Committee, Department of

Teacher Education: Fall 2004- Spring 2005.

Member, Liberal Studies Council, College of Education and College of Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Studies, CSUS: Fall 2004 – 2007.

Member, Liberal Studies Council, College of Education and College of

Social Science and Interdisciplinary, CSUS: Fall 2004 – 2007. CSU Sacramento, Course Syllabus Development, “Freshman Seminar on

Multicultural Education”: Fall 2004

Committee Member, College of Education, “Professional Development, Community, Student Affairs, Committee” – Department of Teacher Education, 2004-06.

Liberal Studies Advisor, College of Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary

Studies: 2002-2006 CSU Sacramento, Mexico Committee Location for Interviews, Global

Education, October 12, 2004

Served, Visiting Scholar’s Program Subcommittee, Policy Committee, 2003-05.

University’s Faculty Senate, Representative for the College of Education,

2003-04. Advisor, Liberal Studies Blended Program, 2003-05. 2042 Course Development, Anthropology and Education, in collaboration

with Dr. Janet Hecsh and Dr. Terry Underwood, Single Subject Program Group, 2003-03.

Faculty Member, M.A. in National Board for Professional Teaching

Standards/Curriculum and Instruction, 2003-04.

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Application Review, Multiple Subject Program, College of Education: Fall

2001; Spring 2002; Fall 2002; Spring 2003; Fall 2003. Language and Literacy Graduate Program Student Advising: Fall 2001;

Spring 2002; Fall 2002; Spring 2003; Fall 2003. Preservice Reading (EDTE 309A/B) Committee Member, Fall 2001 –

present. 2042 Reading Group Member, Fall 2002; Spring 2003. Interview of Credential Applicants, Multiple Subject Program, College of

Education, Fall 2001; Spring 2002; Fall 2002; Spring 2003; Fall 2003.

Teacher Education Ad Hoc English Language Learner Committee –

Spring 2002 Member, Language and Literacy Portfolio Committee: Fall 2001-Present Language and Literacy Graduate Program Student Advising: November

2001; April 2002; November 2002. Co-Webmaster with Dr. John Shefelbine and under the direction of Dr.

Susan O’Hara, Web Site for the Language and Literacy Graduate and Preservice Programs, July 2002 – present.

College of Education Multilingual/Multicultural Core Faculty, Fall 2002.

SCHOLARLY AND CREATIVE ACTIVITIES Publications and Working Papers:

Book, Principal Investigator, Modelo Nacional, Basado en Estándares, Para Educación Bilingüe Intercultural Enfocado en Lectoescritura Para Preprimaria Hasta 3º Primaria, United States Agency for International Development, Guatemalan Mission - USAID/G, and Guatemalan National Ministry of Education, Guatemala City, Guatemala: September 2013.

Book, Principal Investigator to author Justo Magzul, “Rotafolio

Didactico,” United States Agency for International Development, Guatemalan Mission - USAID/G, and Guatemalan National Ministry of Education, Guatemala City, Guatemala: 2013.

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Book, Consultant to author Maria Teresa Geraldina Camargo

Fernandez , “Enseñanza de la lectoesctitura inicial,” United States Agency for International Development, Guatemalan Mission - USAID/G, and Guatemalan National Ministry of Education, Guatemala City, Guatemala: 2013.

Book, “Manual de estrategias de buenas prácticas en la

educación bilingüe e intercultural (EBI),” Contract No. EDH-I-00-05-00033-00, Work Order EDH-I-05-05-00033-00, United States Agency for International Development, Guatemalan Mission - USAID/G, and Guatemalan National Ministry of Education, Guatemala City, Guatemala: 2012.

“Dual Language Instruction In the Homes and Schools: Using Language

to Suspend Cultural Borders,” Paper Presentation, 2012 Annual Conference of the American Anthropological Association, San Francisco, California: November 2012.

Manuscript, “Spanish-English Bilingual Interpreters Examination,” with

Sheila McCumber, Vallejo City USD, Vallejo, California: May 2012.

Chapter, “Two Way Immersion Programs and Their Promise,” in

Systematic Instruction in Reading for Spanish Speakers by Elva Duran, 2012, Charles C. Thomas Publisher: Springfield, Illinois.

Manuscript, Title III Accountability LEA Plan, Vallejo City Unified

School District, California Department of Education: January 2012.

* International Consulting Grant. United States Agency for International

Development (USAID). “National Model for Bilingual Reading and Writing in a First and Second Language” and “Curricular Proposal for a Master of Arts in Bilingual Reading.” Ministry of Education, Guatemala. August 2010 (Contract No. EDH-I-00-05-00033-0, Work Order No. EDH-I-05- 05-00033-00, Guatemala, 2009-10, U.S. Agency for International Development, Guatemalan Mission – USAID/G.) NOTE: The following articles and/or documents will be published as a result of this consultation in 2011: 1. Overall program evaluation and assessment.

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2. Aspects of Transference and Interference from Maya Languages to Spanish (“Aspectos de transferencia e interferencia de las lenguas mayas al español”)

3. Oral Language Observational Matrix (“Matriz de observación del lenguaje oral”)

4. Academic Program for Professional Development (“Programa Académico de Desarrollo Profesional Docente – PADEP”)

5. Teaching Models and Evaluation Criteria for Bilingual Programs (“Modelos de enseñanza y criterios de calidad para programas bilingües”

6. Improving Teacher Effectiveness Via a Systematic Professional Development Program (“Mejorar el desempeño de los profesores de primaria por medio de un programa de actualización sistematizado”)

7. Curriculum for an M.A. in Bilingual Reading (“Currículo para “Maestría en Lectura Bilingüe’”)

* “Teacher Ethnographic Research as Epistemology: Using Ethnographic

Research to Develop Reflective and Reflexive Educators.” Porfirio Loeza, Margaret Roy and Arcy Devera. Journal of Transformative Leadership and Policy Studies. March 2010.

* La Educación Superior y las Competencias Docentes del Profesor

Universitario en el Siglo XXI,” Interdisciplinaridad, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California: March 2010.

“La Educación Superior y las Competencias Docentes del Profesor

Universitario en el Siglo XXI.” (2008). Investigación y Educación. Universidad de San Carlos: Guatemala. (With José Israel Oliva, M.A., Universidad de El Salvador.)

* “El uso de estándares para promover niveles avanzados de competencia

lingüística: Un compendio de estándares.” (2008). Diálogos: Revista de Educación. Instituto de Investigación y Formación Pedagógica. Universidad Don Bosco: San Salvador, El Salvador. (With Josefina R. Loeza Osorio, Oakland Unified School District)

* “El estado actual y los retos del bilingüismo en un mundo globalizado,”

Cátedra Benjamín Bloom para la educación en Guatemala: 2008. * “Propuesta de Formación Pos-secundaria de Docentes de Primaria

Especializados en Lenguaje L2.” (2008). PROGRAMA DE ESTÁNDARES E INVESTIGACIÓN EDUCATIVA: United

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States Agency for International Development (USAID) – Guatemala.

* “Crossing the Wire: A Critical Review.” (2008). [reprinted] Arizona

Reading Journal. Journal of the Arizona Reading Association: Scottsdale, Arizona.

“Crossing the Wire: A Critical Review.” (2007). The California Reader.

Journal of the California Reading Association: Costa Mesa, California.

* “Issues Related to the Education of Latino/a Students: A Sociocultural

Perspective.” In Teaching English Learners in Inclusive Classrooms. (2007). Springfield, Ill.: C.C. Thomas Publishing.

“The Effects of the California High School Exit Exam on English

Language Learners: A Mixed Method Study from an Urban High School in Northern California.” (2004). Internal Study. Oakland Unified School District: Oakland, California.

“High Frequency Words and EL Students: Still a Good Idea?” (2005).

Manuscript for Staff Development. Vallejo Unified School District: Vallejo, California.

“Contact Zones Made Real: A Response.” In Hull, G. and S. Schultz

(eds.), 2002, School’s Out: Bridging Out-of-School Literacies with Classroom Practice. New York, NY: Teachers College Press.

Dissertation, “The ‘Retablo’ Practice in Mexican Votive Art: An

Ethnographic Study of Life, Literacy and Meaning Making.” (2002). Graduate School of Education, University of California at Berkeley: Berkeley, California.

Editorial Endeavors: Editor, Journal of Transformational Leadership and Policy Studies

(JTLPS), The California State University, Sacramento, California: September 2013 – present.

Associate Editor, Journal of Transformational Leadership and Policy Studies (JTLPS), The California State University, Sacramento, California: September 2012 – 2013.

Reviewer, IREX, Washington, D.C.: May 2012

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Member, Editorial Review Board, Científica, Universidad Don Bosco,

Soyapango, El Salvador: 2012 – present.

Editorial Reviewer, Journal of Transformative Leadership and Policy Studies, California State University, Sacramento: 2011 - present.

Book Review, Case Studies in Preparation for the California Reading

Competency Test (4th Edition) by Beth E. Schipper and Joanne C. Rossi, Pearson, Allyn & Bacon Education, 2009.

* Book Review, Literacy for the 21st Century: A Balanced Approach (5th

Edition) by Gail E. Tompkins: 2008.

* Editorial Board Member, The California Reader, California Reading Association, April 2002 – present.

* Reviewer, “The Status of the Teaching Profession 2007” (Final Report),

The Teaching and California Research Teach: 2007

Book Review, Rebecca S. Anderson and Bruce W. Speck’s Using Technology in K-8 Literacy Classrooms: Pearson Editorial: Spring 2005.

Book Review, Rossi and Schipper’s Case Studies in Preparation for the

California Reading Competence Test: Pearson Editorial: February 2005.

Reviewer, The Council for Exceptional Children: Division for

Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Exceptional Learners: 2004 Annual Conference, Orlando, Florida.

Presentations: Fiesta Educativa Sacramento, “El uso del lenguaje con actividades

integradas,” 13th Annual Conference, Sacramento, California: September 21, 2013.

Two Way CABE Annual Conference, Newport Beach, California: June

27-30, 2012

Presentation, SITE Annual Conference, San Diego, California: June 24- 26-, 2012.

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Keynote Address, 2012 Bilingual Conference, “The Challenge of Bilingualism in a Globalized World,” (Spanish), Universidad Pedagogica Nacional, Tehuacan, Puebla, Mexico: April 23-27, 2012.

Workshop Presentation, “Using Academic Language Across the

Curriculum,” Universidad Pedagogica Nacional, Tehuacan, Puebla, Mexico: April 23-27, 2012.

Presentation, "Reclassification Criteria for English Learners," Wardlaw

Elementary School, Vallejo, California: March 2, 2012.

Workshop, "Comprehension Strategies for Adult HEP Students," 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Sacramento State University, Sacramento, California: May 2011.

Presentation, Parent Education Forum, "Star Program & College/Career

Readiness PreK-12," Bethel High School, Vallejo, CA: March 10, 2010 Presentation, “Dual Language Instruction in the Homes and Schools:

Using Language to Suspend Cultural Borders,” Annual Conference of the American Anthropological Association, San Francisco, California: November 2012.

Presentation, Independent Doctorate in Educational Leadership,

"Language Policy in California: The Case of Long-Term English Learners," Educational Doctorate in Educational Leadership, California State University, Sacramento: March 16, 2012.

Conference Presentation, “Using the English Learner Toolkit to Promote Language Development,” Vallejo High School, Vallejo, California: August 11 & 12, 2011.

Conference Presentation, Fiesta Educativa Sacramento, “Estrategias de lenguaje para promover la comunicación verbal y no verbal,” Celebrando una Década de Esperanza, Esfuerzo y Logros, 11th Annual Conference, Sacramento, California: September 24, 2011.

Board Presentation via WebEx, Title III Accountability Report on English

Learners, Vallejo City Unified School District, from Sacramento, California: February 2, 2012.

Six Sequential Presentations, “The Academic and Language Needs of

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Long-Term English Learners (LTEL),” English Learners Taskforce, VCUSD, Vallejo, California: November 10, 2011; December 1 & 13, 2011; January 4 & 17, 2012; February 2, 2012.

Community Forum Workshop, “Spanish Phonetics in a Dual Immersion

Language Program: Strategies for Parents,” Cave Language Academy, Vallejo, California: February 22, 2012.

Keynote Conference Address, Congreso Educativo, Universidad

Pedagógica Nacional (U.P.N.), Tehuacan, Puebla, México: April 23-27, 2012.

Presentation with Mark Rodriguez, Annual Conference, Society for

Instructional Technology in Education (SITE), San Diego, California: June 24-27, 2012.

Conference Presentation, “Year One: Beginning a TWI School,” Two-

Way CABE , (California Association for Bilingual Education), Newport Beach, California: June 27-30, 2012.

* “Thinking of Going to Graduate School”; 2010 Northern California

Forum for Diversity in Graduate Education, California State University, October 16, 2010

* Lecture (Spanish), “Celebrando una década de esperanza y logros,”

FIESTA EDUCATIVA SACRAMENTO, Sacramento, California: October 2, 2010.

* Annual National Lecture for Education, Guatemala, “Teaching Spanish

to Mayan Language Speakers,” U.S. Agency for International Development – USAID, Guatemalan National Ministry of Education, Guatemala City, Guatemala: August 10 thru 25, 2010. (Contract No. EDH-I-00-05-00033-0, Work Order No. EDH-I-05- 05-00033-00, Guatemala, 2009-10, U.S. Agency for International Development, Guatemalan Mission – USAID/G.)

* Presentation, “Strategies for Using Concondancers in the Language

Classroom,” Annual Conference of the California Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages – CATESOL, April 2010.

* 5th Annual Educational Technology Conference, University of El

Salvador, El Salvador, Trip Funded by the U.S. Embassy in El Salvador: October 2009.

*Lecture (Spanish), “Igualdad – El derecho de mi hijo”, FIESTA

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EDUCATIVA SACRAMENTO, Sacramento, California: October 31, 2009.

* Presentation, “Discourse and Lexical Analysis for the Language

Classroom,” San Diego Regional CATESOL Conference: October 17, 2009.

Staff Development Workshop, Bowling Green Elementary, “Assessment

in Reading Comprehension,” June 2009.

* 9th Annual Arts Faire, California State University, “Integrating the Arts Into the World Languages,” with Josefina R. Loeza, Oakland Unified School District, Sacramento, California: March 21, 2009.

* California Reading Association, Annual Conference, “Comprehension

Strategies for English Learners,” Sacramento, CA: November 2008.

* Presentation, “Engaging the Hokey Pokey: New Directions, Emerging Theories, Methods and Pedagogies in Understanding Schools and Their Communities Through Ethnography,” Annual Conference of the American Anthropological Association, San Francisco, California: November 2008.

* Lecture, “Issues Related to Assessment and Evaluation,” Doctoral

Program in Education, Escuela de Formación de Maestros, USAC: April 2008.

* Fifth Annual National Lecture in Education, Guatemala, “La Función del Bilingüismo en un Mundo Globalizado,” Guatemala, Universidad de San Carlos: April 2008. (Contract No. GEW-I-00-02-00020-00, Agencia de los Estados Unidos para el Desarrollo Internacional, Misión Guatemala - USAID/G.)

* GUCAL - REUNIÓN DE SEGUIMIENTO PROYECTO PARA EL

DESARROLLO DE CAPACIDADES DE REDES ACADÉMICAS, at the Nacional University of El Salvador, “Tendencias curriculares en la educación superior”: March 5, 2008,

* DEPARTAMENTO DE CIENCIAS DE LA EDUCACION, National

University of El Salvador, “Tendencias curriculares en la educación superior”: March 2008,

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* “El Interculturalismo Como Una Propuesta Aún Viable en el Siglo

XXI,” Universidad Tecnológica de El Salvador, San Salvador, El Salvador: May 7, 2008,

* World Languages Department, National University of El Salvador,

Keynote Lecture, “Issues Related to Peer Observation,” May 9, 2008.


Keynote Lecture to Faculty, “Articulatory Phonetics: A Language and Literacy Perspective,” May 9, 2008

Advisor, Fulbright Program in El Salvador, to faculty of various

Salvadorian universities, including Universidad Don Bosco and Universidad de El Salvador – March thru May 2008.

Visiting Lecture, Don Bosco Universidad, Graduate Division, Antiguo

Cuscatlan, “La Función del Lenguaje y su Relación con la Iconicidad y Semiótica,” May 17, 2008.

Visiting Lecturer, May 19 and 26, 2008, College of Engineering, Don

Bosco University, San Salvador, El Salvador: “Lesson Planning and Curriculum Development in Higher Education.”

Lecture, Universidad de El Salvador, May 22, 2008,

* Conference Presentation, Centro Cultural Salvadoreño, July 8 and 10,

2008, with Professor José Israel Oliva from UES

* Keynote Lecture, GUCAL Guatemala, Universidad del Valle y Universidad San Carlos, July 21, 22 and 23, 2008

Conference Presentation, “Evaluación Formativa y Sumativa por Medio de

Portafolios Electrónicos: Un Ejemplo de California,” Portfolio Innovations in Educational Technology, Graduate School, Universidad Don Bosco, Antiguo Cuscatlan, San Salvador, El Salvador, July 9 2008

* “El Interculturalismo Como Una Propuesta Aún Viable en el Siglo

XXI,” Universidad Tecnológica de El Salvador, San Salvador, El Salvador, May 7, 2008

World Languages Department, National University of El Salvador,

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Keynote Lecture, “Issues Related to Peer Observation,” May 9, 2008.


Keynote Lecture, “Articulatory Phonetics: A Language and Literacy Perspective,” May 9, 2008.

College of Engineering, Don Bosco University, San Salvador, El

Salvador: “Lesson Planning and Curriculum Development in Higher Education,” May 19 and 26, 2008.

* GUCAL - REUNIÓN DE SEGUIMIENTO PROYECTO PARA EL

DESARROLLO DE CAPACIDADES DE REDES ACADÉMICAS, at the Nacional University of El Salvador, “Tendencias curriculares en la educación superior,” March 5, 2008.

DEPARTAMENTO DE CIENCIAS DE LA EDUCACION, National

University of El Salvador, “Tendencias curriculares en la educación superior,” March 7, 2008.

* Presentation, California Reading Association, 41st Annual Conference,

“The Wonder of Words,” Ontario, California: November 2007 * Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition, U.S. Congress: June

2007. California Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages

(CATESOL) Conference, “What Teachers Need to Know About Language Proficiency,” San Diego, California: April 2007.

* Presentation, Napa Valley Reading Association, “Ethnography,

Literacies and Life: Writing and Meaning Making in a Mexican Context,” Napa, California”: January 2007.

American Anthropological Association Annual Conference, “The Anthropology of Education in a Teacher Preparation Program,” San Jose, California: November 2006.

“The Chicana/o Literary Canon,” California Reading Association,

Sacramento, California: November 2006.

6th Bi-national Border Pedagogy Conference, Mexico-United States, (with Dr. Mark Rodríguez) “La tecnología para transformar la formación

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de docentes,” Universidad Pedagógica Nacional (UPN), Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico: October 2006.

“El lenguaje y lectura en los retablos de Mexico,” World Languages Day,

Foreign Language Department, CSUS: April 2006.

“Policy and Practice Considerations in Educating Latino/Latina Students: The California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE) and Other Related Issues,” 12th Annual CSUS Multicultural Conference: March 25, 2006

CSUS Arts Faire, Department of Teacher Education, College of

Education: February 25, 2006

Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC), CSUS, “Considerations for Language and Literacy Development for Undergraduate English Learners”: February 17, 2006.

Session Organizer, Council on Educational Anthropology, Co-Presenting

with EDTE Colleagues, Annual Conference of the American Anthropological Association, “Bounding and Unbounding Success Within and Across Languages and Literacies,” Washington D.C.: December 2005.

Discussant and Panel Member, Council on Educational Anthropology, Co-

Presenting with EDTE Colleagues, Annual Conference of the American Anthropological Association, “Teaching Contemporary Ethnographies or Urban Schooling: Past, Present, Future,” Washington D.C.: December 2005.

“Actividades de lectura para la casa con niños pre-escolares y de kinder,”

FIESTA EDUCATIVA CONFERENCE, “Celebrando Cinco Años de Union y Fuerza,” California State University, Sacramento: October 1, 2005.

8th Annual Latin American Reading Conference (VIII Congreso

Latinoamericano para el Desarrollo de la Lectura y la Escritura), APULEC, “Estrategias de transición de lectura y lenguaje para estudiantes aprendiendo inglés de nivel intermedio a superior,” San Juan, Puerto Rico: June 2005.

Northern California CAR (Center for the Advancement of Reading),

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California State University’s Office of the Chancellor, “Lexical and Discourse Strategies for Language Learners,” Sacramento, California: April 21, 2005.

38th Annual Conference, California Reading Association, “Transitional

Reading Strategies for EL Students,” San Jose, California: November 2004.

Chair and Presenter, “Reading and Writing the Wor(l)d,” Council on

Educational Anthropology, Annual Conference of the American Anthropological Association, San Francisco, California: November 2004.

Conference Presentation, Fiesta Educativa de Sacramento, “Bilingual

Education in California: Still a Good Idea” – September 18, 2004; Sacramento, California.

“Transitional Reading Strategies for EL Students,” California Reading

Association, San Jose, California: November 2004.

“Sociolinguistics for Educators in a Linguistically Diverse Society.” Staff Development for the Department of Teacher Education’s Multiple Subject Programs Group and the Single Subject Programs Group, April 1 and 4, 2003.

The California English Language Development Test: CELDT,

Presentation, College of Education’s Language and Literacy Area Group, March 19, 2003.

“Systematic Reading Instruction and English Language Learners.”

California Reading Association Annual Conference: November 2002, Sacramento, California.

College of Education, Department of Bilingual/ Multicultural Education:

“Systematic, Explicit, Direct Reading Instruction: Applications to English Language Learners,” February 26, 2001.

“Writing as a Cultural Practice: A Presentation of an Ethnographic Study

of Life, Literacy, and Meaning Making,” International Reading Association, 47th Annual Conference, San Francisco, California April 29, 2002

“Successful Literacy Practices with African American and Latino Students

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in an Intervention Program,” Elementary Retreat, Oakland Unified School District, Napa, California, June 17 and 18, 2002

“Open Court and Its Impact on Second Language Learners,” Bay Area

Writing Project (BAWP), University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, August 2002.

“Transitional Strategies for ELL Students in a Direct, Explicit and

Systematic Reading Program,” California Reading Association, Sacramento, California, November 2002.

Conference Attendance:

Annual Conference, CATESOL, California Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Langauges, Oakland, CA: April 12-15, 2012

“The Latino Literacy Project” Workshop, Oakland, California: February

17, 2012

Jana Echeverria, Vocabulary Development and English Learners, Vacaville, California” February 16, 2012.

Title III Accountability Conference, California Department of Education,

San Diego, CA: December 2011

Two-Way Immersion Conference, Two-Way CABE, Sacramento, CA: June 2011

Dual Immersion Site Visit, Ventura USD: April 2011 Annual Conference, CABE, Long Beach, CA: March 2011 Kevin Clark, Contra Costa County Office of Education, Concord, CA:

February 2011 Title III Accountability Conference, Burlingame, CA: December 2010

EL Handbook, Michelle Karns, Contra Costa County Office of Education,

Concord, CA: November 2010

Symposium on Multilingual Student Writers, “Literacy for All Learners.” U.C. Berkeley: Fall 2009

“Whole Learner, Whole Teacher,” CATESOL: California Teachers of

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English to Speakers of Other Languages, 2009 Annual State Conference, Pasadena, California: April 16-19, 2009.

Symposium on Multilingual Student Writers, U.C. Berkeley: Fall 2007 2007 CSU Reading conference, Center for the Advancement of Reading,

CSU Chancellor’s Office, Long Beach, California: October 2007. “2006 Symposium on Multilingual Writers: Responding to Multilingual

Student Writers’s Texts,” University of California at Berkekey, October 14, 2006.

Annual Conference, American Educational Research Association, San

Francisco, California: April 2006.

Bi-national Pedagogy Conference, Mexico-United States, University of San Diego, San Diego, California: October 7 and 8, 2005.

California State University’s Office of the Chancellor and the Center for

the Advancement of Reading (CAR), 4th Annual Reading Conference, “Closing the Literacy Achievement Gap: Preschool through Grade 12th”: Los Angeles, California: October 28, 2005.

American Educational Apartheid,” Jonathan Kozol, Oakland Unified

School District, Oakland, California: October 2005.

California State University Office of the Chancellor, Center for the Advancement of Reading (CAR), “Writing Retreat: Professors of Writing,” Sacramento, California: September 16, 2005.

Participant, “California High School Exit Exam Convening,” Harvard

University – The Civil Rights Project: National Hispanic University, San Jose, California: August 23, 2005.

Intersegmental CSU Reading Faculty Forum, “Adolescent Literacy:

Implications for Teacher Education, Including a Focus on English Learners,” at CSUS, April 8, 2005.

California State University’s Office of the Chancellor and the Center for

the Advancement of Reading (CAR), 3rd Annual Reading Conference, “Preparing Teachers to Teach Reading Comprehension”: Los Angeles, California: October 2004

“Evidence-Based Research in Reading: Implications and Challenge.”

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California Reading Initiative Research Forum, Los Angeles, California, January 2003.

VII Annual Latin American Reading Conference, Puebla, México,

October 2002. California Association for Bilingual Education: January 2002, San Jose,

California. College Representative, California Reading Initiative, “Building

Partnerships for Reading Improvement,” Ontario, California: January 16-18, 2001.

Participant, WestEd Spring 2002 Conference, “Preparing Teachers to

Work with English Language Learners,” March 4, 2002. FrontPage, University Computing and Communication Services (UCCS),

Spring 2002. Beginning Power Point, University Computing and Communication

Services (UCCS), Spring 2002. Intermediate Power Point, University Computing and Communication

Services (UCCS), Spring 2002. Advanced Power Point, University Computing and Communication

Services (UCCS), Spring 2002. American Educational Research Association: April 2002, New Orleans,

Louisiana. 2nd Annual NBC/NCATE Conference: April 19-21, Washington, D.C. Reading Research 2002, “Capitalizing on Difference to Improve Reading

Achievement,” April 27, 2002. Dreamweavers Basics, University Computing and Communication

Services (UCCS), Summer 2002. Faculty Web Page, University Computing and Communication Services

(UCCS), Summer 2002. HTML Building Blocks, University Computing and Communication

Services (UCCS), Summer 2002.

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International Reading Association, 47th Annual Conference, “Gateway to Global Understanding”: May 2002, San Francisco, California.

VII Annual Latin American Reading Conference, International Reading

Association, Puebla, México, October 16-19, 2002. The California State University, “Reading Conference: Preparing Teachers

to Teach Reading Effectively,” Los Angeles, California, October 23, 2002.

Professional Organization Membership:

American Educational Research Association (AERA) International Reading Association (IRA) California Association for Bilingual Education (CABE) National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE) American Anthropological Association: Division of Anthropology and

Education (AAA/CAE) Linguistic Society of America (LSA) California Professors of Reading and Language Arts (CPR/LA) National Council Teachers of English (NCTE) California Council on Teacher Education (CCTE)

SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY

English Learner Programs, Professional Development, VCUSD, Vallejo, CA: 2010- 2013 (ongoing).

Reviewer, IREX, Reviewed Teacher Grants for Funding: April-May 2012. (IREX is an international nonprofit organization providing thought leadership and innovative programs to promote positive lasting change globally.)

Outstanding Community Service Award, College of Education,

California State University, Sacramento: 2009-2010.

Fiesta Educativa Sacramento, Conference Presentation: CSU Sacramento: October 2010.

Fiesta Educativa Sacramento, Conference Presentation: CSU Sacramento:

October 2009

County Library Commissioner, City of Pinole, Contra Costa County Libraries: 2005 thru 2009.

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Reviewer, IREX, Reviewed Teacher Grants for Funding: 2009. (IREX is an international nonprofit organization providing thought leadership and innovative programs to promote positive lasting change globally.) * Arts Faire: Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission: 2009. Reading Clinic at Bowling Green Elementary, Sacramento, CA:

Spring 2009. * Online Learning Project with Dr. Mark Rodriguez and Oakland High

School: 2008-09

* Don Bosco University (El Salvador) as part of Fulbright (January thru March 2008): GENERAL OBJECTIVES:

− Consultant on university curriculum development, including staff development

− Consultant for M.A. in Curriculum and Instruction − Nawat Language Revitalization Project – Workshops on

Bilingual Intercultural Education − Department of English as a Foreign Language

a. Mentor for EFL Professors b. EFL curriculum development workshops c. Assessment and Evaluation of EFL Curriculum and

Instructional Materials d. Research article on education – Revista “Dialogos”

* “Primer Congreso TecnoEduca 2008”: Universidad Don Bosco, Antiguo Cuscatlan: July 2008.

* National University of El Salvador (El Salvador) as part of Fulbright (January thru August 2008) GENERAL OBJECTIVES:

− Create M.A. in Applied Linguistics − Development of Model and proposal on E.F.L. Teaching in

El Salvador a. Key Question: What would be a proposed model for

teaching EFL in El Salvador? − Instructor for Course on “Academic Writing” and Research

Writing to university faculty − Consultant for World Languages Department’s Peer

Mentoring Program

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− Instructor, TESOL graduate course: “Learning Styles and Strategies”

− Course on “Academic Writing” or Research Writing embedded as part of the Talleres del Círculo de Estudios en Sociolingüista

− Profesorado en Lingüística Aplicada: a. The Workshops on Applied Linguistics will include

a Profesorado consisting of a total of 100 hours and comprised of the following four research units:

a. Sociolinguistics b.Discourse Analysis c. Psycholinguistics d.Philosophy of Language

− Asesores Pedagógicos − Taught a graduate course for the Master of Arts Program in

TESOL, “Estrategias de aprendizaje,” Maestría en Didáctica del Inglés, Spring 2008.

− SIOP workshop – “Asesores pedagógicos” – February 2008 • Modeled lesson • Peer coaching • Provided SIOP template for peer coaching

− Research Project, Modelos Pedagógicos “Auténticos” para la Enseñanza del Inglés (EFL) en El Salvador, Edgar Nicolás Ayala, José Israel Oliva, Rodolfo Sabrían, Porfirio M. Loeza

* NCTE El Salvador, “10th National Conference for Teachers of English,

“Energizing English: Jump-Starting the ELT Classroom”: July 2008.

* Fundación Quetzalcóatl: Ideas y Acciones Para La Paz: June 2008. * Consultant, Programa de Estándares e Investigación Educativa – USAID Guatemala, “Language Teaching Specialist (L2) and Curriculum Design,” (Development of a National Education Research and Evaluation System to Improve Educational Accountability, Quality and Efficiency in Guatemala): Guatemala City, Guatemala, April thru June 2008: GENERAL OBJECTIVES:

− Write, research and develop a staff development proposal for elementary school teachers on second language teaching and learning

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES: − Design posbaccalaureate staff development for teachers

specializing in second language instruction, including

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courses, content objectives, curricular materials, standards and assessment instruments.

a. List of courses, credits, prerequisites, content objectives and bibliography.

b. Curriculum, courses and content objectives must be aligned to national standards of Guatemala (Currículo Nacional Básico).

c. Curricular design must consider the multi-ethnic and multicultural nature of Guatemalan society.

d. Curriculum must include recommendations for staff development and assessment of teachers.

− Determine the profile for the trainer of trainers or the personnel needed to provide in-service to teachers.

− Provide keynote for the 2008 Benjamin Bloom Lecture on Education for Guatemala

− Develop the structure for a university level program on educating bilingual teachers, including delivery options and alternative delivery options.

* Reviewer, Pearson Education, “Technology to Teach Literacy, 2nd

Edition”: Summer 2007. * Fiesta Educativa Sacramento, Conference Presentation: CSU

Sacramento: October 2007.

* Staff Developer and Support Provider, Sacramento City Unified School

District, Sacramento, California: Summer 2007. Faculty Liaison, Fulbright International Visiting Scholar, Minister of

Education for the State of Palestine, Dr. Naim Abu Hommos: Spring 2007

“Estrategias para la comunicación con estudiantes limitaciones en el habla,” FIESTA EDUCATIVA CONFERENCE, “Abriendo Hoy Las Puertas Para El Mañana,” California State University, Sacramento: September 23, 2006.

Teacher, Piloting a Beginning Reading Intervention Program, San Lorenzo

Unified School District: Summer 2006.

Panel Member/Reviewer, Improving Teacher Quality (ITQ), California

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Post Secondary Committee, Academic Language, California State Department of Education: August 9, 30, and 31, 2005.

Commissioner, Contra Costa County Library Commission, Commissioner

from the City of Pinole, California: Contra Costa Board of Supervisors: Spring 2005 – present (Reappointed for 2006-08).

Member and Commissioner, Friends of the Pinole Library, City of Pinole,

California: Spring 2005 – present.

University Mentor and Support Provider, World Languages Department, Oakland High School, Oakland Unified School District, Fall 2004 – present.

Appointment, CCTC/NES (National Evaluation Systems, Inc., Spanish

Standards Setting Committee, California Subject Examination for Teachers (CSET), October 21-22, 2004.

Napa Valley Reading Association, “Transitional Language and Literacy

Strategies for English Learners”: January 2005 Consultant, Oakland Unified School District, Division of Teaching and

Learning, End of Year School Site Progress Review and Preview for Upcoming Academic Year, Staff Development, January 2003.

Consultant, Oakland Unified School District, Division of Teaching and

Learning, School Site Progress Review, Staff Development, January 2003.

Consultant, Oakland Unified School District, Division of Teaching and

Learning, “The Relationship between CELDT, Language and Literacy Development.” Staff Development, August 2002.

University Outreach, High School Juniors and Seniors, Oakland High

School, Campus Visit and Viewing of “The Life of Frida Kahlo,” Miracle Theatre, University Union, February 27, 2002.

Volunteer Consultant, Oakland Unified School District, Division of Teaching and Learning, “Reading Assessment and Instruction”: Various

dates – Fall 2001-Present.

Consultant, Beginning Teacher Support, Oakland Unified School District,

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Division of Teaching and Learning: Various Dates – Fall 2001-Present.

Staff Development, Oakland Unified School District, Division of

Teaching and Learning, “Comprehension and English Language Learners,” February 9, 2002.

Family Literacy, Oakland Unified School District, Division of Teaching

and Learning, “Practicas efectivas en la lectura diaria y familiar,” March 12, 2002.

Instructional Participant, SummerPrep 2002, Oakland Unified School

District (OUSD), Summer 2002. Staff Development Support, SummerPrep 2002, Oakland Unified School

district (OUSD), Summer 2002. Editorial Board Member, The California Reader, California Reading

Association, April 2002 – present. Faculty Sponsor, Support Provider and Member, East Bay Reading

Association (EBRA), a local chapter of the California Reading Association, Oakland, California.

Consultant, California English Language Development (CELDT) and

English Language Learners (ELL) Instructional Issues, Oakland Unified School District, Fall 2002.

Ad Hoc Staff Developer, Literacy and Open Court, Division of Teaching

and Learning, Oakland Unified School District, Fall 2002. REFERENCES

Dr. Robert Pritchard, Chair, Department of Teacher Education, California

State University, Sacramento, 6000 J Street, Sacramento, CA 95819-6079, Tel. (916) 278-6155 (E-mail: [email protected].)

Dr. Bernice Bass de Martinez, Chair, Department of Special Education,

Rehabilitation, School Psychology, and Deaf Studies, California State University, Sacramento, 6000 J Street, Sacramento, CA 95819-6079, Tel. (916) 278-7028 (E-mail: [email protected].)

Dr. Elva Durán, Professor, Department of Special Education, California

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State University, Sacramento, 6000 J Street, Sacramento, CA 95819-6079, Tel. (916) 278-5924 (E-mail: [email protected].)

Dr. Mark Rodriguez, College of Education, California State University,

Sacramento, 6000 J Street, Sacramento, CA 95819-6079, Tel. (916) 278-4084 (E-mail: [email protected].)

Dr. Eugene Garcia, Vice President, Arizona State University,

Tempe, Arizona 85287. Tel. (480) 965-1329 (E-mail: [email protected])

Professor Glynda Hull, School of Education, 5629 Tolman, University of

California, Berkeley, CA 94720, Tel. (510)643-7452 (E-mail: [email protected]).

Professor Anne Haas Dyson, College of Education, Michigan State University, 134 Erickson Hall, East Lansing, 48824, Tel. (517) 432-3373 (E-mail: [email protected])

Professor (emeritus) Robert Ruddell, School of Education, 5637 Tolman,

University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, Tel. (510) 642-3988 (E-mail: [email protected]).

Professor Lily Wong Fillmore (emeritus), School of Education, 5641 Tolman, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, Tel. (510) 642-5547 (E-mail: [email protected]).

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