TEACHING
ECS 5645/6645: Assessment of Linguistically Diverse Populations
Hybrid course development: Summer 2013
Instructor: Fall 2011 & Summer 2012
Teaching Assistant: Spring 2011 & Fall 2010
This upper-level undergraduate and master's level course critically explores policies, procedures, and formal and informal measures used to assess the language proficiencies and academic achievement of linguistically diverse students in U.S. public schools. Topics included are English and native language competence; program placement, progress, and exit; and classroom-based assessments, as well as other forms of alternative assessments.
ECS 5634/6634: Bilingual and Bicultural Education
Teaching Assistant: Spring 2010
This upper-level undergraduate and master's level course explores critically the foundations of bilingual and bicultural education and language issues in schools and communities, including federal, state, and local laws and policies, research, and history of bilingual education in the U.S.
ECS 3150: Introduction to Multicultural Education
Teaching Assistant: Spring 2010
This undergraduate course covers history, key concepts, and theoretical foundations for multicultural education.
Guest speaker/lecturer, College of Education, University of Utah
Literacy as a Translocal Practice (2014, November)
Guest speaker in Literacy as cultural practice course (graduate)
History of bilingual education in the United States (2014, January)
Guest lecturer in Bilingual and Bicultural Education course (upper level undergraduate/graduate)
Bosnian refugee experiences (2012, November)
Guest speaker in Refugee Education course (graduate)
Refugee education experiences following resettlement (2010, November)
Guest speaker in Urban Education course (upper level undergraduate/graduate)