Education:

• M.Ed. Education with Reading Emphasis, National University (1985)
• B. A. English/Sociology, San Diego State University (1970)

Experience:

• Resource Specialist – Poway Unified School District – 1990 to 2007
• Teacher: Grades 2-8 - Poway Unified School District – 1975-1990

Credentials:

• General Education : K-9
• Learning Handicapped Specialist: Preschool, K-12 and Adult
• Reading Specialist : Reading and Language Arts- Preschool- Grade 12 and Adult
• Resource Specialist Certification
• Cross Cultural, Language and Academic Development (CLAD)

Professional Activities:

• 2000 to Present- Educational Consultant.
• 2000 to Present- Nationally certified trainer for REWARDS Reading Program , Effective Reading Intervention Academy, Summer Reading Camp and The Six Minute Solution.
• 2000 to present- Read Naturally trainer
• 1999-2001-Contributing author and trainer for Teaching Reading in Every Classroom (TREC) Programs Six through Nine- San Diego County Office of Education Online Staff Development Program.
• 1998- 2001- Contributing author and trainer for Really Reading Struggling Readers Intervention Training Manual Grades 4-8- North County Professional Development Foundation- 1998- 2001

Publications:

• January 2008 - Words for Academic Writing: Vocabulary Across Curricula, Sopris West
• June 2006- The Six Minute Solution: A Fluency Program: Secondary Level, Sopris West.
• June 2006- The Six Minute Solution: A Fluency Program: Intermediate Level, Sopris West
• May 2006- The Six Minute Solution: A Fluency Program: Primary Level, Sopris West.
• September 2003- The Six Minute Solution: A Reading Fluency Program, Sopris West.
• September 2002- Principal Magazine, Working with Words: A Summer Reading Intervention Program.
• August 2001 - Educational Research Service Successful School Practices volume 22 Summer Reading Intervention Program Prepares Fifth Grade Students for Middle School Reading Challenges

Conference Presentations:

• October 2008- California Reading Association Conference- Sacramento, California
• September 2008- Student Support Team Association Conference- Dublin, Georgia
• March 2008- Special Education Association of British Columbia- Vancouver, Canada
• February 2008- California Association of Resource Specialists- Long Beach, California
• October 2007- Read Naturally Trainer of Trainers Conference- Minneapolis, Minnesota
• June 2007- 10 CASE Closing the Achievement Gap Conference- Dallas, Texas
• June 2007- North Dakota Summer Symposium Conference- Minot, North Dakota
• April 2007- Colorado Reading First Conference- Denver, Colorado
• March 2007- Special Education Association of British Columbia- Vancouver, Canada
• February 2007- California Association of Resource Specialists- San Francisco, California
• November 2006- Turn Around Schools Institute- San Diego, California
• October 2006- Read Naturally Trainer of Trainers Conference- Minneapolis, Minnesota
• October 2006- California Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
• August 2006 - – Montana Reading Initiative Conference- Montana State University, Bozeman
• June 2006- Turn Around Schools Institute- Indian Wells, California
• April 2006- PEAK-3 Regional Leadership Institute: Narrowing the Literacy Gap- San Diego, California
• March 2006 Special Education Association of British Columbia Vancouver Canada
• March 2006- Consortium on Reading Excellence Literacy Summit, San Francisco, California
• March, 2006 Special Education Association- Vancouver, Canada
• March, 2006 Consortium on Reading Excellence- San Francisco, California.
• January 2006- Multi-Syllabic Decoding and Fluency- Patterson School District- Patterson, New Jersey
• November, 2005 California Reading Association- Ontario, California.
• October, 2005 Partners in Education Conference – Lewiston, Idaho.
• September, 2005- Washington Intervention Summit Conference- University of Washington, Tacoma.
• August, 2005 – Montana Reading Initiative Conference- Montana State University, Bozeman.
• March, 2005- Special Education Association of British Columbia- Vancouver, Canada.
• March, 2005- “Improving Student Reading Fluency” Closing the Achievement Gap for Struggling Readers Teleconference, Sopris West Educational Services Inc. in Cooperation with the Interactive Teaching Network, Atlanta, Georgia .
• February, 2005- CARS (California Association for Resource Specialists)- San Jose, California.

Workshop and Seminar Presentations:

• March 2008- Arizona Department of Education- Phoenix, Arizona
• February 2008- San Diego County Office of Education- San Diego, California
• January 2008- Turn Around Schools Institute- Sacramento, California
• December 2007-Azusa Unified School District- Azusa, California
• October 2007- Monterey County Office of Education- Monterey, California
• August 2007- Yorba Linda Unified School District- Yorba Linda, California
• August 2007- Gilbert Unified School District- Gilbert, Arizona
• August 2007- Read Naturally Seminar-Los Angeles, California
• July 2007- Turn Around Schools Institute- Portland, Oregon
• July 2007- Turn Around Schools Institute- Scottsdale, Arizona
• July 2007- Read Naturally Seminar- Albuquerque, New Mexico
• July 2007- Read Naturally Seminar- Salt Lake City, Utah
• July 2007- Sopris West Summer Institute- Jackson Hole, Wyoming
• June 2007- Sopris West Summer Institute- Panama City, Florida
• June 2007- Pasadena Unified School District- Pasadena, California
• June 2007- Montebello Unified School district- Montebello, California
• May 2007- Los Angeles County Office of Education- Los Angeles, California
• May 2007- Read Naturally Seminar- Bakersfield, California
• April 2007- Arizona Department of Education- Phoenix, Arizona
• February 2007- Fallbrook Unified School District- Fallbrook, California
• January 2007- Glendora Unified School District- Glendora, California
• December 2006- Effective Reading Intervention Academy- San Diego County Office of Education- San Diego, California
• November 2006- Getting Up to Speed: Building Reading Fluency- Temecula Valley Unified School District- Temecula, California
• November 2006- Read Naturally Training- Torrance, California
• October 2006- Effective Vocabulary Instruction – Temecula Valley Unified School District- Temecula, California
• October 2006- Read Naturally Training- Sacramento, California
• September 2006- Effective Reading Intervention Academy Training- West Contra Costa School District- Richmond, California
• August 2006- Six Minute Solution Training- Virginia Beach Public Schools- Virginia Beach, Virigina
• August 2006- Read Naturally Training- Nashville, Tennessee
• July 2006- Read Naturally Training- Torrance, California
• July 2006- Read Naturally Training- Phoenix, Arizona
• June 2006- Effective Reading Intervention Online Academy
• May 2006- Read Naturally Training- Long Beach, California
• April 2006- Summer Reading Comp Training- Montebello School District, Montebello San Diego
• March 2006- Summer Reading Camp Training- Arizona State Department of Education- Mesa, Arizona
• October, 2005- Read Naturally Training- Boise, Idaho.
• October, 2005 – Read Naturally Training- Payette, Idaho.
• July, 2005- Teton Institute- Jackson Hole Wyoming
• July, 2005- South Dakota Reading Initiative- Chamberlain, South Dakota.
• July, 2005- Laguna Cliffs Summer Institute, Dana Point, California.
• July, 2005- Smokey Mountain Institute, Gatlinburg, Tennesseee.
• June, 2005- Read Naturally Training, Knoxville , Tennessee.
• June, 2005- Summer Reading Camp Training , Montebello California
• June, 2005- REWARDS Training- Montana State University , Billings, Montana.
• May, 2005- Summer Reading Camp Training- Los Angeles County Office of Education.
• April, 2005- Read Naturally Training- West Contra Costa School District
• February, 2005- Comprehensive System of Professional Development- Missoula and Kalispell, Montana.
• February, 2005- Read Naturally Training- West Contra Costa School District- Richmond, California.
• January, 2005- Effective Reading Intervention Training- CALSTAT- Palmdale, California.

Professional Memberships:

• Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
• Association for Direct Instruction.
• California Reading Association.
• California Association of Resource Specialists and Special Educators.
• Delta Kappa Gamma.
• International Reading Association.
• Learning Disabilities Association.
  

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