Resume

• 1979

  English

  French

  Spanish

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

  Completed all coursework and dissertation for a Ph.D

  . in C&I and also coursework for Mid-Management and Professional Supervisor certification through the department of Educational Administration. University and Title VII Fellow. Dissertation title: The effects of word processing and a process approach to writing on the reading and writing achievement

  revision and editing strategies

  and attitudes towards writing of third grade Mexican American students.

  Curriculum & Instruction: Bilingual Education and Reading

  BESO (Bilingual Education Student Organization) officer.

  The University of Texas at Austin

  4.0 GPA for C&I coursework. 3.90 overall.

• 1975

  Master of Arts (M.A.)

  Educational Psychology: Reading

  K-12 Reading Specialist

  K-6 Bilingual Teacher

  K-12 ESL Teacher

  Mid-Management & Professional Supervisor

  Texas State Board of Education

• 150

  San Antonio

  Texas

  IDRA has been a successful 501 C.3 educational non-profit for over 30 years. Established by the first Hispanic superintendent in Texas

  José Angel Cárdenas

  it is known for its advocacy for minority parents and students

  its highly interactive professional development provided to educators throughout Texas and nationally

  and its research initiatives focusing on minority high school graduation rates in Texas. Primary responsibilities included providing professional development to PK-12 teachers; writing competitive grant proposals to the US Department of Education

  the Texas Education Agency

  and private foundations; directing and implementing grants that were successfully funded; and contributing regularly to the IDRA Newsletter

  published 10 times a year with free online-access and mailed to over 8

  000 contacts. Served as lead writer for nine funded proposals and as contributing writer for an additional six proposals. The 15 grants were funded for a total of over $21 million

  $4

  000 for those written as lead writer and $20

  000 for those written as a contributing writer.

  Senior Education Associate

  Intercultural Development Research Association (IDRA)

  Commerce

  Texas

  Direct the bilingual and ESL (English as a Second Language) teacher education programs in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction at the undergraduate and graduate (masters and doctoral) levels. Also Principal Investigator of the ¡Profes! grant

  a $1.6 million dollar

  five year grant from the US Department of Education's Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA). I develop and teach bachelor's

  master's

  and doctoral level courses in bilingual/ESL education; manage and implement the grant including designing and delivering workshops for pre-service and in-service teachers

  and conduct research on a variety of ELL topics. Fluent and literate in English

  Spanish & French.

  Associate Professor

  Texas A&M University-Commerce

• Trilingual: English

  Spanish

  French

  Online and traditional higher education teacher education course design

  Research

  Curriculum Design

  Teacher Training

  Writing

  Grant Proposal Writing

  Professional Development for Bilingual

  ESL and Mainstream Teachers

  Higher Education

  ESL

  Editing

  Customer Service

  Grant Implementation and Evaluation

  Two immersion (Spanish/English) instruction PK-12 and for adults

  Teaching

  Management

  PK-Ph.D. Teaching

  Educational Research

  Instructional Design

  Microsoft Office

  Green

  Green

  Texas A&M University-Commerce

  Intercultural Development Research Association (IDRA)