RELATED ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

Administrative Intern, East Middle School, Unified School District, Fall 200x

• Worked closely with staff and parents in block scheduling, team approaches, multiage grouping, collaborative learning strategies and ESL and special needs initiatives; under supervision, assumed responsibility for student disciplinary procedures.
  

Research Assistant, Institute for School Administrators, The University of Iowa, 2000

• Researched and team planned seminar topics for administrators. Topics included technology in education, sexual harassment and school policies, Americans with Disabilities Act, Family Leave Act, blood-borne pathogens literature, and school procedures.
  

Team Leader/Curriculum Chair, United School District, 199x-199x

• Member of four-member administrative team. Established a positive and orderly climate by opening lines of communication with staff, students, and the community. Encouraged parent involvement and participation in all school events. Worked with team to strength staff development program and to increase money for curriculum writing.

• Spanish Instructor-Bilingual Training Program, The University of Iowa, 2000-present
• Elementary Teacher and Mentor (ESL) American School, 199x-199x
• Bilingual Classroom Teacher, Community School District, 199x-199x
  

• M.A.Degree: Planning, Policy & Leadership Studies, May 200x, The University of Iowa, Iowa City
• B.A. Degree: Elementary-Bilingual Education, 199x, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA
  

Provisional Professional Officer Certificate – State of Iowa
Professional Credential & Multiple Subjects Credential – State of California; Language Development
Specialist Endorsement – State of California

Committee participation:

• Co-chair, Graduate Student Advisory Committee, 2000-present
• Graduate Representative, Five-year Program Review, 2000
• Chair, English Language Development Committee, 199x
• Vice-Chair, Bilingual Curriculum Committee, 199x-199x
• Member, Student Attendance Review Board, 199x-199x
• Member, Multicultural Curriculum Review Committee, 199x
• Member, Student Study Team, 199x
• Leadership Team Member, Program Quality Review, 199x

In-service presentations:

• Monolingual Teachers and Bilingual Students: How Can We Communicate?
• Cooperative Learning Projects in the Bilingual Classroom
• Understanding Cultural Differences and the ESL Student

Special projects:

• Desert Cities Regional Reading Council
• Strategic Planning Board for United School District
• Community Parent Outreach Project
• School/Business Alliance of Any County

Recent conferences:

• Annual Meeting of the National Association of Elementary School Principals , March 2000
• Association of Overseas Educators, Phoenix, Fall 2000
• Western Regional Meeting of Bilingual Educators, Spring 2000
  

• Distinguished Teacher of the Year Award, The University of Iowa
• University of Iowa Graduate Thesis Award for Outstanding Research
• Graduate Leadership Award, College of Education, The University of Iowa
• Undergraduate Achievement Scholarship, The University of Iowa
  

• National Association of Elementary School Principals
• Association of Overseas Educators
• Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
• Iowa Women in Educational Leadership