Professional Experience

Associate Professor, School of Education, St. John's University
September, 1997 - Present
Graduate Courses
EDU 7222: Current Perspectives in Curriculum
EDU 7138: Current Trends and Research in the Teaching of Language Arts
EDU 3220: Applied Strategies and Material for Literacy Development
EDU 7107: Methods and Strategies for Teaching Middle School

Online Courses
EDU 7019: Using Technology for Writing-Based Language Arts Instruction
EDU 5632: Organization and Administration of Elementary and Secondary School Classrooms 

Assistant Professor, Department of Urban Education, University of Houston-Downtown, Houston, Texas
August, 1996 - Aug. 1997
Undergraduate Courses
ENG 3351: Children's Literature
READ 3311: Reading in the Content Area
SOC 4301, 4302, 4303: Supervision of Bilingual Student Teachers

Assistant Professor, School of Education, St. John's University
September, 1994 - July, 1996
Undergraduate Courses
Methods of Teaching Reading and Language Arts
EDU 38: Field-based Foundations of Learning
EDU 4: Multicultural Education
EDU 52: Special Education in Multicultural Settings
EDU 54: Supervision of Associate Teaching Experience - Elementary
EDU 15.1: Field Placement

Graduate Courses
EDU 7234: Curriculum Development in Elementary Schools
EDU 7195: Introduction to Elementary Education
EDU 7105: Instructional Management in the Classroom

Educational Consultant, Region IV Education, Service Center, Houston, Texas
January, 1994 - December 1998
Provides assistance to 56 school districts in the State of Texas Taught classes in their Bilingual Alternative Certification program in Houston, Texas and in Guadalajara, Mexico

Research Assistant, University of Houston, Houston, Texas
Sept. 1991 - May, 1994
Project: National Research Center for Education in Inner Cities. Responsibilities included: (1) coordination of all data collection including (a) classroom observations, (b) teacher surveys and interviews, (c) student surveys, (d) principal surveys and interviews and (e) annual reports on data collection.

Consultant
1998-2003 - Community School District 29 - Queens, NY

1994-2003 - Community School District 30 - Queens, NY

1998-2003 - Community School District 31 - Staten Island, NY

1994-2001 - Community School District 32 - Brooklyn, NY

2001-Present - Memorial Junior High School, Valley Stream LI, NY