Jill Andrea Pinkney Pastrana

 

Curriculum Vitae

 

Foundations of Education

University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire

105 Garfield Avenue

P.O. Box 4004

Eau Claire, WI 54702

 

Permanent Address: 7217 South Shore Drive

Altoona, WI 54720

Phone: (715) 552-1534

email: pastrajp@uwec.edu

 


Education

 

Ph.D. December 2000 - Education

University of California, Los Angeles

Graduate School of Education and Information Studies.

Urban Schooling Division

Dissertation title: Subtle Tortures of the Neo-liberal Age: Globalization and Education Reform in Chile, A Case Study

 

M.Ed. June, 1995 - Curriculum and Teacher Studies, Emphasis in Bilingual and Comparative Education

University of California, Los Angeles

 

MA. June, 1995 (ABT) - Latin American Studies

Concentration in Urban Planning, History, and Education

University of California, Los Angeles

 

 

BA. June, 1991 - Linguistics and Philosophy

Emphasis in Language Acquisition

University of California, Los Angeles

 

AA, 1988 - Philosophy

Santa Monica College, Santa Monica

 

Professional Experience

 

Associate Professor, September 2005 – present

University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire

Foundations of Education

 

Associate Professor (tenure granted, June 2005)

California State University, Long Beach

School of Education, EDPAC

Social and Multicultural Foundations

 

Assistant Professor, Sept. 2001 – June 2005

California State University, Long Beach

School of Education, EDPAC

Social and Multicultural Foundations

 

Lecturer, August 2000 - August 2001

California State University, Long Beach

School of Education, EDPAC

Social and Multicultural Foundations

 

Courses Taught at UWEC

            Honors Colloquia – Globalization in the 21st Century – (proposal draft accepted Spring, 2006)

Course description: COURSE UNDER DEVELOPMENT

This class will examine the economic, social, and cultural impact of globalization through a number of lenses. Students will gain an understanding of some of the debates, policies and various implications of globalization policies by examining the academic and popular debates surrounding the theme of globalization. This course will develop and consider non-traditional, and international perspectives as well as those most commonly considered in the current U.S. context.

 

FED 490 – The Historical, Legal, and Philosophical Foundations of Education

Course description:

This course is designed to provide students enrolled in professional education programs a background into the historical, philosophical, and legal considerations associated with the profession. While the primary emphasis is placed on American educational practices, it is acknowledged that our system is rooted deeply in the more general Western European tradition. The course is divided into two parts. In both, the social, historical, legal and philosophical foundations that form the basis of education and schooling practices are addressed. Four fundamental questions are used to examine concepts, practices and traditions.

      What is the purpose or goal of education?

      What should comprise the curriculum?

      What practices and methods are used to convey the curriculum?

      What is the role of the school as an institution in the greater society?

 

            FED 385 – Social Foundations of Human Relations

Course description:

Focusing on the institution of Schooling this course is an interactive critical reflection on problems, issues and questions of multicultural education, diversity, and the tensions in areas of race, class, and gender and their impact on human relations within a pluralistic society. Through a critical inquiry into the history, research, theoretical foundations, and policy debates that define this terrain students will become familiar with and explore:

*          Self-awareness in terms of your own identity configuration and how to utilize this awareness to expand your understandings of culture and its impact on individuals and groups.

*          Theories, curricular reforms, and educational modifications that promote cultural pluralism.

*          The link between biculturalism, language, power, and identity

*          How stereotypes, prejudices, and discriminatory practices are developed, perpetuated, and challenged, especially in educational institutions.

*          The history and politics of multicultural and bilingual education

*          How attitudinal and institutional discriminatory practices including racism and sexism affect educational opportunities and academic success.

* Literacy and language issues as approached by schools and their connection with

           the larger concept of critical education

*          International perspectives and intercultural dynamics and their significance in schools.

*          An understanding of human behavior and human institutions

 

 

 

Courses Taught at CSULB

 

            EDP 485 - Theoretical Foundations of Language Minority Education

Course description:

This course is designed to give the student a broad understanding of the multiple debates and perspectives that inform the concepts of language and language minority instruction in education. Through a critical inquiry into the history, research, theoretical foundations, and policy debates that define this terrain students will become familiar with:

- Current research regarding second language acquisition, cultural identity, and bilingual education

- Various social and cognitive theories concerning bilingualism and its ramifications

- The link between biculturalism, language, power, and identity

- The history and politics of bilingual and multicultural education

- Literacy and language issues as approached by schools and their connection with the larger concept of critical education

 

            EDP 573 - Communication and Multicultural Education

Course description:

Analysis of trends, patterns and functions of communication in terms of multiculturalism and identity formation as reflected in social, cultural, and historical traditions and practices in both educational and social settings. This course will investigate issues of communication within the broader socio-historical context.

- Familiarity with perspectives of multiculturalism and intercultural communication and their applicability to education

- Understanding of the relationship between culture and language in the classroom

- Familiarity with major approaches to, and methods for, intercultural communication within educational settings

- Familiarity with instructional strategies for multicultural and multilingual contexts

- Understanding issues in the foundations of qualitative methods

- Familiarity with qualitative research based on school settings

- Ability to use basic ethnographic and qualitative methods

 

            EDP 672 - Language, (Race) and Educational Policies

            New (redesigned) Course

 Course description:

This course will examine and analyze contemporary and historical social and educational policy as well as actual policy decisions in the United States and elsewhere. These policy frameworks and the discussion that have framed them provide the context for current language and multicultural practices in the schools. A variety of perspectives will be explored, including historical, sociological, economic, and political in order to analyze how race and language issues fuel the public debate and how racial and linguistic attitudes and beliefs interact with access and equity issues. From these theoretical considerations, we will examine how these issues shaped federal, state and local policies. Through a critical inquiry into the history, theoretical foundations, and policy debates that define this terrain students will:

 

- Become familiar with some of the history and politics of bilingual and multicultural education and how this has influenced social and educational policy.

- Develop an overview of how race and language contribute to public policy making in the United States.

- Develop an understanding of the public policies associated with race, language, and education.

Research, evaluate and design policies aimed to alleviate separate and unequal educational and social opportunities for minority students.

 

            EDP 582 - Comparative and International Education

            New (resurrected) Course

Course description:

This graduate research seminar is designed to provide an overview of the organization of formal education and development in international contexts. As we will see, the complexity of the issues responsible for the development of educational systems, viewed through the historical and cultural specificities of the various regions of the world, is difficult if not impossible to encompass in a one-semester course. We will explore the current and historical issues that define the field of Comparative and International education paying special attention to the shifts within these paradigms and the relationships - economic, cultural and historical - that define the organization of schooling. Through a series of critical readings within the field of Comparative Education we will become familiar with many of the key issues within this field.

 

Tentative topics covered in the course:

- The relationship between economic development and schooling

- The impact of modernization, dependency and neoliberal theories in education

- The impact of imperialism and globalization on education – issues of postcolonialism

- The role of international agencies in the development of education agendas.

- The world education conferences of the 1990s

- The contribution to education theories and practice by educators in different contexts.

- Literacy and education – different approaches

- State, market, and civil society with regards to schooling.

- Education in socialist states, welfare-states and market-oriented states.

- The politics of inclusion and exclusion in different countries, with a special focus on class, gender and race

- Learning, social reproduction and social change: popular education: the role of social movements

Schooling and citizenship; schooling and democracy

 

            EDP 697 – Independent research/Capstone course

This is the preparation course for all students taking the qualifying examinations at the end of each semester.

 

EDP 492 - Internships in the Human Sciences  

Course description:

The course is based on the premise that learning from experience is a primary component of career exploration and an important complement to a well-rounded university education. The internships are coordinated by the CSULB Career Development Center. In addition to the internship, the class meets for 15 hours (5 class meetings). The course is offered on both a traditional grading and CR/NC basis.

 

 

EDSE 435 - U.S. Secondary Schools: Intercultural Education

Course description:

This course offers a critical reflection on problems, issues and questions of multicultural education in a pluralistic society. Philosophy, history, and sociology of education will be used to build on a conceptual understanding of multiculturalism. The curriculum and student population in the American Secondary School will be discussed in the context of current issues and controversies in education.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Invited Lecturer, July 1998 - July 1999

Universidad de la Frontera, Facultad de EducaciÛn y Humanidades, Programa de InnovaciÛn a la FormaciÛn de Profesores

 

 

Courses Taught at la Universidad de la Frontera:

            ReconstrucciÛn del conocimiento PedagÛgico I:

Course description:

This course is a journey that begins with a critique of Modernity which takes us towards the development of knowledge and skills which will enable us to design alternative educational actions sensitive to the different cultural and social contexts one encounters in the real daily life of complex societies and in the realities of pedagogical spaces.

 

This interrogation is situated in the same realities and dispositions in which our own experiences, desires and histories as social agents who design change in our social and professional development are situated.

 

            ReconstrucciÛn del conocimiento PedagÛgico II:

Course description:

This course is a journey towards an exploration of postmodernism in its various forms. After the Modern what do we have? Is it possible that the Modern has ended in regions of the world in which it had not yet begun? What are the multiple contributions of postmodern theory which helps us to make sense of a world which becomes more and more complicated and changing each day? More importantly, how do these contribute to the development of knowledge and skills with which we can design alternative educational actions, sensitive to the different cultural and social contexts that we encounter within educational settings and in the world around us?

 

This interrogation is situated in the same realities and dispositions in which our own experiences, desires and histories as social agents who design change in our social and professional development are situated.

 

 

Boyle Heights Elementary Institute: University of California, Los Angeles, Graduate School of Education and Information Studies.

Educational Director, Sept. 1995- Jan. 1996

Educational Institute is a non-profit extra-curricular educational organization that works with low-income, at-risk language minority 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade school children. It provides an enriched interdisciplinary curriculum aimed at putting the students in the "fast track" to college.

Responsibilities: Development and implementation of bilingual curriculum. Teacher Training. Parent/Community cultural and academic exchange workshops.

 

 

CRESST/LAUSD Performance Assessment Development Project: University of California, Los Angeles, Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, (Center for the Study of Evaluation).

Assessment Design, Feb. 1996- Oct. 1996

This assessment project involves the development of a battery of Performance based assessments in partnership with the Los Angeles Unified School District.

Responsibilities: collaboration on several teams to elaborate a battery of performance assessments in the areas of Ò Math, Language Arts, Science, and Social Studies in both English and Spanish.

 

Hispanic American Periodical Index, University of California, Los Angeles, CA.

Bibliographer/General Editor, Feb. 1988-Jan. 1992

Responsibilities: This position required the indexing and editing of Journal articles in Spanish, Portuguese, German, and English.

 

 

 

 

Conference Participation and Invited Presentations

 

American Educational Research Association, San Francisco (April 7-11, 2006)

Paper Presentation accepted: A Better World is Possible: Shattering the myths of neoliberalism through challenging ideologies.

 

Texas NAME, Lubbock (March 24-25, 2006)

Symposium: “Negotiation the Global and the Local: Equity, Multiculturalism and Neo-liberal Educational Reform in Comparative Contexts

 

The Diversity Research Connection. CSULB, (February, 4, 2004). Multiculturalism as Social Transformation: The Latin American Connection.

 

Seminario Internacional. Instituto de Desarrollo Local y Regional de la Universidad de La Frontera. Universidad de la Frontera, Temuco, Chile (July 2002)

Invited Discussant : "Desarrollo EndÛgeno: øCÛmo crear riquezas en contextos de Precariedad?"

 

Research Presentation: Universidad de la Frontera, Temuco, Chile (January 2002)

The Limitations of Progressive Educational Reform within Neoliberal Contexts

 

Women's Research Colloquium, CSULB, (Wednesday November 14, 2001) sponsored by the President's Commission on the Status of Women

Invited Speaker: "Negotiating the Global and the Local: Educational Reform and Neoliberalism"

 

American Educational Research Association, Seattle (April 2001)

Paper Presentation accepted: Education Reform, Democracy and Neoliberalism : examples from the United States and Latin America

 

II Encuentro Mundial de Amistad y Solidaridad

Havana, Cuba (November 10-14, 2000)

Participant. Toured Educational facility "Ciudad Libertad." Informal Interviews with professors at the Instituto PedagÛgico.

 

American Educational Research Association, New Orleans (April, 24-28, 2000)

Panel Presentation with Dr. Peter McLaren: Rigoberta Mench: Beyond Colonialism

 

Reclaiming Voice: Ethnographic inquiry and qualitative research in a Postmodern age, University of California, Irvine, (June 4, 1999). Paper Presentation: Subtle tortures of the neoliberal age Educational Reform and Teacher Practice in Chile: The legacy of the dictatorship.

 

Conference for the Innovation of Teachers, Universidad de la Frontera, Temuco, Chile (October 20, 1998). Round table discussant - Evaluation of In-Service Teacher Training and Community Collaboration: Re-Democratizing Teachers' Workspace.

 

Conference for the Innovation of Teachers, Universidad de la Frontera, Temuco, Chile (August 21, 1998). Round Table Discussant - Creating communities of Learners: Collaboration and In-Service Teacher Training for Innovative Design in Pedagogical Practice.

 

La Reforma en Marcha, MECE Media (Ministry of Education, Chile), (September, 1997). Invited Panelist.

 

Reclaiming Voice: Ethnographic Inquiry and Qualitative Research in a Postmodern Age, University of Southern California and UCLA, (June 20-22, 1997). Organizational Assistant.

 

American Educational Studies Association, Annual Conference, Montreal - Canada (November, 1996). Panel Discussant : The Challenges of Education Reform in Neo-Liberal Contexts.

 

 

 

 

Research Experience

 

Leadership, Community and Power: NCLB and the dynamics of participation. An ethnographic look at participation and excellence and the contradictions of test scores in a Dual Language school. September 2003- present. This is an ongoing, research project aimed at understanding the specific ramifications of the emphases of increasing test scores on a highly acclaimed Dual Language program. I am in the process of fieldwork, some preliminary analysis and writing up the preliminary findings for publication and conference presentation.

 

Participation and Education Reform in Local Chilean Communities. July 1998 present. An ongoing Action Research partnership with my colleagues at the Universidad de la Frontera, concerning the development of social and educational activism in Mapuche communities in the 9th Region of Chile.

 

Strategies for Outreach and University/School/Community partnerships: University of California, Los Angeles, Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, (Division of Urban Schooling - Center X)

Research Associate, September 1999-August 2000

This research hopes to document and analyze the complexities involved in the University of California, GSE&IS/Center X partnership with several public high schools in Los Angeles as they work to develop improved college attendance rates of "at-risk" students through changes in pedagogical practices, school structure, and community contexts.

Responsibilities: Collaboration in initial planning of study. Qualitative data collection (field notes, formal and non-formal interviews, focus groups) in sites active with UCLA/School/Community partnership including coaching workshops, parent meetings, principal meetings, outreach meetings.

 

Teaching and Transformation Within Chilean Educational Reform: A look at 15 highschools in the Ninth Region of Chile: Universidad de la Frontera, Facultad de EducaciÛn y Humanidades, Programa de InnovaciÛn a la FormaciÛn de Profesores.

Project/Research Director, July 1998-July 1999

Responsibilities: Design and implementation of the research project. Weekly research workshops and preparation of student ethnographic research team, development and implementation of research instruments.

(This research formed the basis for my Doctoral Dissertation)

 

Children First - National Early Head Start Research Project: University of California, Los Angeles, Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, (Division of Educational Psychology)/Mathematica Research Corp.

Research Associate, October 1996 - June 1998

This is a national research project taking place in 17 sites across the country. The project collects and analyzes data for the eventual evaluation of the Early Head Start Program. My appointment is within both the local and national aspects of the study.

Responsibilities: home visits with parents and their children; Q-sort Attachment and Maternal Sensitivity evaluations; Child care provider and parent interviews; videotape protocol assessments; Bayley Scale of Infant Development Assessment administration Ò certified for ages 12-30 months.

 

Mathematics Assessment Research Project: University of California, Los Angeles, Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, (Division of Educational Psychology).

Research Associate, September 1996 - November 1996.

Responsibilities: Conducting focus groups with primary students concerning their impressions of mathematics assessment and teaching.

 

 

 

Publications

 

Pinkney Pastrana, J. (In progress). Destroying the dream: the Painful realities of neoliberal education reform in Chile. Book Chapter for forthcoming series: Globalisation/ Neoliberalism/ Education and Resistance, Vol 3: Low and Middle Income Countries. Dave Hill and Ellen Rosskam Editors. Routledge, London. Publication Date Summer 2007.

 

Pinkney Pastrana, J. (In progress). Creating a Better World, an examination of imperialism and counter hegemonic praxis. Article for Reader on Imperialism. Dr. Leeno Karumanchery, (Ed.). Diversity Solutions, Inc

 

Pinkney Pastrana, J. (In progress). Unlearning White Supremacy: Urban and Small-town Whites confronting the myths of nicety. Article for Anti-Racism Reader. Dr. Leeno Karumanchery, (Ed.). Diversity Solutions, Inc

 

Pinkney Pastrana, J. (In press). “Guillermo Gomez PeÒa” Signed and referenced essay. Hispanic Americans Encyclopedia. London, Brown Reference Group.

 

McLaren, P., and Pinkney Pastrana, J., (2005). Cuba vs. Neoliberalism: Misinformation, Education, and the Cult of Elin Gonzalez. In Red Seminars. Edited by Peter McLaren. Hampton Press. Originally printed in: “International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education,” Vol.14, No.2 (2001).

 

McLaren, P., and Pinkney Pastrana, J., (2005). The Search for the Complicit Native: epistemic violence, historical amnesia, and the anthropologist as ideologue of empire. In Red Seminars. Edited by Peter McLaren. Hampton Press. Originally printed in: “International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education,” Vol.13, No.2 (2000).

 

Williamson, G., Pinkney Pastrana, J., and GÛmez, P., (2005). “Reflexiones a partir de un estudio sobre EducaciÛn Intercultural y ParticipaciÛn en Comunidades Mapuche en la Novena RegiÛn de La AraucanÌa, Chile.” Archivos AnalÌticos de PolÌticas Educativas/Education Policy Analysis Archives.

 

Pinkney Pastrana, J., Williamson, G., and GÛmez, P., (September 2004). "Learning from Mapuche Communities: Intercultural Education, and Participation in the Ninth Region of Chile." Journal of Critical Education Studies.

 

Pinkney Pastrana, J. (2004). “Desegregation.” Signed and referenced essay. Encyclopedia Latina. Groiler, New York.

 

Pinkney Pastrana, J. (2004). “Quisqueya Heights.” Signed and referenced essay. Encyclopedia Latina. Groiler, New York.

 

Pinkney Pastrana, J. (2004). “Holidays.” Signed and referenced essay. Encyclopedia Latina. Groiler, New York.

 

Pinkney Pastrana, J. (forthcoming). “Historias Importantes, Historias Olvidadas.” Book review of Non-formal Education in Chile, by Robert Austin. Education Review/Revista ReseÒas Educativas.

 

McLaren, P., and Pinkney Pastrana, J., (March 2001). Cuba vs. Neoliberalism: Misinformation, Education, and the Cult of Elin Gonzalez. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education.

 

McLaren, P., and Pinkney Pastrana, J., (March-April, 2000). The Search for the Complicit Native: epistemic violence, historical amnesia, and the anthropologist as ideologue of empire. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education.

 

Tejeda, C., Mnoz, J., Leonardo, Z., Yosso, T., Pinkney-Pastrana, J., Ochoa, J., and Peter McLaren (July, 1996). La Lucha Continua en Gringolandia. International Journal of Educational Reform. Vol. 5, No. 3

 

 

Translations

 

Peter McLaren (1999). Paulo Freire's Pedagogy of Possibility, In: Paulo Freire, su paso por Chile y el Chile por el que pasÛ. Una contribuciÛn al origen de su teorÌa crÌtica. Jorge Pinto, Ed. Ediciones de la Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, IX Region de la AraucanÌa.

 

 

 

Workshops, Talleres and Colloquium

 

Colloquium - Principal Speaker, July 2002,

Ministry of Education in Chile (MINEDUC)

Santiago, Chile

Programa de EducaciÛn Intercultural Bilinģe

Workshop: "Reforma Educacional chilena, ParticipaciÛn y Multiculturalidad."

(Chilean Educational Reform, Participation and Multiculturalism)

 

Colloquium - Principal Speaker, July 2002,

Proyecto GestiÛn Participativa en EducaciÛn Kelluw̧n; Universidad de la Frontera, Temuco, Chile

Workshop : "EducaciÛn Multicultural desde una perspective crÌtica."

(Multicultural Education from the Critical Perspective)

 

Guest Lecturer, July 2002,

Seminario Internacional "Desarrollo EndÛgeno: øCÛmo crear riquezas en contextos de precariedad?"

Instituto de Desarrollo Local y Regional de la Universidad de la Frontera

Temuco, Chile

Discussion group leader; "Multiple perspectives interchange and dialogue" with the Graduate Program of Development, UFRO.

 

Colloquium - Principal Speaker, January 2002

Proyecto GestiÛn Participativa en EducaciÛn Kelluw̧n; Universidad de la Frontera, Temuco, Chile

Workshop : "Multicultural and Intercultural Education: potential and limitations within formal and non-formal educational settings."

 

 

 

Ethnographic Research and Instrument Design, August 1998-July 1999

Universidad de la Frontera, Facultad de EducaciÛn y Humanidades, Programa de InnovaciÛn a la FormaciÛn de Profesores.

Weekly Research Workshops: Ethnographic Research Team, Development and Implementation of Research Instruments.

 

Professional Development Specialist, July 29-30, 1999

Ministry of Education in Chile (MINEDUC)

Taller de EvaluaciÛn para directores, de la instalaciÛn de la reforma curricular (Evaluation Workshop for Principals on School Re-organization in terms of the Reforma Educacional)

 

Professional Development Specialist, July 1998 - June 1999

Ministry of Education in Chile (MINEDUC)

Preparation of Principals for Educational Reform in the Ninth Region of Chile

 

Workshop Convener, November 1998

Universidad de la Frontera, Facultad de EducaciÛn y Humanidades, Programa de InnovaciÛn a la FormaciÛn de Profesores. Pedagogy Workshop Series on Self Esteem of Youth. Work with high school youth in the Scientific/Humanities School of Lautaro.

 

 

Professional Development Specialist, November 1998, March 1999

Universidad de la Frontera, Facultad de EducaciÛn y Humanidades, Programa de InnovaciÛn a la FormaciÛn de Profesores. Workshop with Teachers on Popular Culture and Pedagogical Practices.

 

 

 

Academic Service and Professional Associations

 

University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire

     Hmong Pre-Teacher Initiative committee. 2005- present

Partnership between UWEC and Eau Claire Areas School District to develop a project that specifically targets Hmong students in an effort to facilitate higher University attendance, specifically in the field of education.

 

      College of Education and Human Sciences strategic planning team: Promoting Social Justice and Equity. 2005- present

Specifically charged with identifying ways to increase diversity in the College of Education and Human Sciences through establishing a database and working towards the elimination of structural barriers that impede greater participation of under-represented groups in the program and on campus.

 

California State University, Long Beach

· Latin American Studies Committee, CSULB. 1999 - 2005.

(co-coordinator, with Dr. Alicia del Campo, RGRLL and Norma Chinchilla, Sociology, AY 03-04)

 

· International Education Committee, CSULB. September 2002 - 2005. International Service Learning Sub-committee

 

· Department of Education Faculty Council. Spring 2003 – 2005 (2 year term). Secretary, Spring ’04-June 2005.

 

· Educational Psychology, Administration, and Counseling, Curriculum Review Committee. Fall 2003 – 2005 (2 year term). Elected Chair, AY 04-05.

 

· UCI and CSULB (Social and Multicultural Foundations of Education) Articulated Masters and Doctoral Program Partnership. September 2001-December 2001.

 

· Graduate Students' Thesis Committees, School of Education, CSULB. 2000-2005.

 

· Social and Multicultural Foundations of Education - Comprehensive Exam Development team, School of Education, CSULB. 2001-2005.

 

· Social and Multicultural Foundations of Education - Comprehensive Exam Evaluation team, School of Education, CSULB. 2001-present.

 

· Educational Psychology - Comprehensive Exam Evaluation, School of Education, CSULB. 2001.

 

 

 

Professional and International Organizations

· Active Member, American Educational Research Association (AERA). 1998-present. I review paper submissions yearly for the SIG; Critical Educators for Social Justice and Social Context of Education.

 

· Active Member, phi beta delta, Honor Society for International Scholars, Alpha Chapter. 2001-present.

 

· External Member: Instituto de Desarrollo Regional y Local, Universidad de la Frontera, Chile. Subcommittee focus - Capital Social, Empoderamiento y Territerio. March 2004-present.

 

· Editorial Advisory Board: JCEPS (Journal of Critical Education Policy Studies). April 2006 - present

 

· External Reviewer: Education Policy Analysis Archives/Archivos AnalÌticos de PolÌticos de PolÌticas Educativas. August 2004-present

 

 

 

 

 

 

Community Service and Leadership Roles

 

· Santa Monica, Malibu Unified School District, Dual Immersion Education Advisory Committee

   Advisor and participant. Subcommittee: curriculum and testing; futures. Parent oversight board geared towards curricular alignment of the Dual Immersion program throughout the elementary and secondary levels. Working group convened November 2003- June 2005.

 

· Mothers for Social Justice

Pro Bono advisor and participant. Parent organization aimed at making the Santa Monica/Malibu School District equitable to all children, August 2002 – June 2003.

 

· Westside Leadership Magnet (LAUSD)

Invited speaker. Life Skills/Career Planning Class, June, 2002.

 

· Laurel Street Elementary School (Compton Unified School District)

Read Across America. Classroom visits and story sharing, May 2002.

 

· Edison Language Academy (Santa Monica, California - SMMUSD) - R.E.A.C.H. Parent/Community/School relations board, 1992-1996

 

· Venice Family Clinic (Venice, California) - Community Outreach: Early Head Start, 1996 - 1997

 

· Boyle Heights Elementary Institute (East Los Angeles, California) - Educational Director 1995-1996, Volunteer/Technical Advisor, 1996-1997

 

· Rogelio Flores Foundation (East Los Angeles, California) - Critical Pedagogy Workshop, 1995

 

· Culver/Palms YMCA (Culver City, California) - Parent preschool Advisor, 1996-1997

 

 

 

 

· Honors and Awards

 

· October 2001, Induction: Phi Beta Delta, Honor Society for International Scholars, Alpha Chapter.

 

· April 2002, Incentive Awards for Internationalizing the Curriculum

 

 

 

 

 

Personal Experience and Skills

 

Language and Personal Skills. I speak and read Spanish and German. I am the mother of three bilingual/bicultural children, and I enjoy playing flute and minor percussion with a number of Folk/Latin Jazz ensembles.

 

Parental Involvement - SMMUSD (Santa Monica, Malibu Unified School District), Edison Elementary School, 2-way Spanish immersion program. I am an active participant in several committees that support and promote the 2-way immersion model.