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 present.
• 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:

• 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:

• 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, 2205- 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.
• November, 2004- CRA (California Reading Association)- San Jose, California.
• June, 2004- Closing the Achievement Gap Conference – Southern Methodist University, Plano, Texas.
• March, 2004- TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages) Conference- Long Beach, California.
• March, 2004- Adolescent Literacy Conference- University of Washington, Tacoma.
• February, 2004-CARS (California Association of Resource Specialists) Conference- Palm Springs, California
• February, 2004 – Title 1 Conference- New Orleans, Louisiana
• May, 2002- IRA (International Reading Association) – San Francisco, California.
• April, 2002 NAESP (National Association of Elementary School Administrators) Conference- San Diego, California.
• October 1999- California Association of Curriculum And Instruction – Los Angeles, California
• November, 2003-CRA (California Reading Association)- San Diego, California.
• July, 2003 – The Open Book Initiative Conference- Idaho State University- Pocatello, Idaho.
• November, 2001- ACSA (Association of California School Administrators Conference- San Francisco, California.

Workshop and Seminar Presentations:

• 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.
• October, 2004- Effective Reading Intervention Academy Training- West Contra Costa School District- Richmond, California.
• May, 2004 – Effective Reading Intervention Academy Training- San Diego Convention Center.
• April, 2004 – Effective Reading Intervention Academy- Anchorage, Alaska.
• March, 2004 – Bonita Unified School District- Bonita, California.
• August, 2003 – Idaho Falls District 91- Idaho Falls, Idaho.
• August, 2003 – University of Georgia and Sopris West Educational Services Third Annual Beach Institute.
• July, 2003- Colorado Department of Education and Sopris West Educational Services Ninth Annual Rocky Mountain Institute- Breckenridge, Colorado.
• March, 2002- Tools for Teaching, Irvine, California.
• March, 2002 – San Diego County Office of Education- San Diego, California.
• March, 2002 – South Bay Union School District.
• February, 2002 – Escondido Union High School District- Escondido, California.
• November, 2001 – North County Professional Development Federation – San Marcos, California.
• August, 2001 – Tulare County Office of Education – Visalia, California.
• June, 2000 – Pauma Valley Unified School District- Pauma Valley, California.
• May, 2000 – Imperial County Office of Education – El Centro, 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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