RECENT PROFESSIONAL ASSIGNMENTS & ACTIVITIES:

National.

Member of Board of Examiners (BOE), NCATE, 2007-2010

Member Board of Program Reviewers (BoPR), NCATE, 2008-2010

Member NCATE/ TESOL Team, TESOL, 2008-2011

Maryland.

Member Salisbury University Graduate Council (President as of 2005), Salisbury University, Fall 2002- Present

Chair of the University Academic Assessment Committee, Salisbury University, Fall 2004-Spring 2006

Chair of the the Task Force on General Education, Salisbury University, Fall 2004- Spring 2005

Developed an approved proposal for a Post-Baccalaureate Certificate Program in ESOL;

Developed an approved proposal for an undergraduate ESOL program with K-12 certification (approved by MSDE Spring 2005)

Member Teaching All Learners Mentoring Project (TAL) Steering Committee, Salisbury University, Seidel School of Education, Summer 2003- Summer 2004

Member Improving Teacher Quality Program (ITQ) Steering Committee & Project Evaluator, Salisbury University, Fall 2005-Summer 2008

Member Training All Teachers Project (TAT) Steering Committee and ESOL & Faculty Consultant, Salisbury University, Fall 2000-Spring 2004

Member Salisbury University Teacher Education Council (TEC), Salisbury University, Fall 2000-Spring 2002, Fall 2004-present

Member International Programs Committee, SU, Fulton School Representative, Elected Fall 2001- Spring 2003

Member Secondary Education/ K-12 Committee, SU, TESOL Representative, Fall 2001- Spring 2003

Member Working Group on External Funding, SU, Appointed Fall 2001- Spring 2003

Member Steering Committee Bienvenidos Initiative, BEACON, SU, Spring 2001- 2003

Nevada.

Member of Outstanding Nevada Educators (ONE), Nevada Department of Education (DOE) 

Member, Cultural Diversity Resource Group, NV DOE

Member, Nevada High School Proficiency Exam Bias Review Committee, NV DOE

Member of the Nevada Department of Education Planning Team for Schools on Academic Probation, Washoe County, NV

Program Co-Chair for 30th Annual CATESOL Conference, Reno, April, 1999

Reviewer, Applications for Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration Projects for Nevada Schools, NV DOE

Advisor, Roger Corbett Elementary School on Integrating ESL learners Into Mainstream Classrooms, Washoe County, NV

Member, Committee on Spanish Proficiency Exam for Bilingual Education Endorsement, NV DOE 

Member, Committee on English Language Learner Issues and Concerns, NV DOE

Member, Wooster High School Committee on Improving Minority Parental Participation, Washoe County, NV