Selected Publications

Publications
Norwood, P.M., & Saldaña, D.C. (1999). Examining the outcomes of a site-based approach to urban teacher preparation. 
Southeastern Regional Association of Teacher Education Journal, 8, 34-43.

Norwood, P.M., & Saldaña, D.C. (1998). Who should be hired? In T. Singeles (Ed.),
Teaching about culture, ethnicity, and diversity: Exercises and planned
activities
(pp. 73-77). Thousand Oaks: Sage.

Norwood, P.M., Saldaña, D.C., Tellez, K., & Atkinson, S.E. (1997). Contextualizing parent education programs in urban schools. 
Urban Education, 32, 411-432.

Saldaña, D.C., Nelson, B.J., & Norwood, P.M. (2000). "I think I can, I think I can…" Preservice teachers' perceptions of multicultural teaching efficacy. 
Eastern Education Journal, 29, 7-15. 

Saldaña, D.C., Norwood, P.M., Alston, J (2003). Investigating teachers' unconscious person perceptions and stereotyping of culturally diverse individuals. 
Educators for Urban Minorities, 2, 57-73. 

Saldaña, D.C., & Waxman, H. (1997). An observational study of multicultural education in urban elementary schools. 
Equity and Excellence in Education, 30, 40-46.

Saldaña, D.C., & Waxman, H. (1996). The integration of multicultural education in urban middle level schools. 
Current Issues in Middle Level education, 5, 9-29.

Signer, B. & Saldaña, D.C. ( 2001). Educational and Career Aspirations of High School Students Race Gender and Class. 
Journal of Race, Gender, and Classs, 8, 1, 22-34.

Evaluation Reports
Saldaña, D.C. (Spring, 2000). Community School District 31, GOALS 2000 Evaluation Report.

Saldaña, D.C. (Spring, 2001). Community School District 31, GOALS 2000 Evaluation Report.

Saldaña, D.C. (Spring, 2002). Community School District 31, GOALS 2000 Evaluation Report.

Saldaña, D.C. (November, 2002). Freeport Union Free School District Middle School Initiative Self-Evaluation Report.

Presentations
Breslin, D., Saldaña, D.C., & Cairo, K. (2004). Seeing differently: Strategies to create a success oriented learning community.
Tenth Joint National Conference on Alternatives to Expulsion, Suspension, and Dropping Out of School, Orlando, FL.

Breslin, D., Nowosad, M., Saldaña, D.C., Cairo, K., Logan, E., & Talbot, J. (2003). Believing and Achieving: Changed Lives (Part 1: School Climate - Believing). 
Paper presented at the Ninth Joint National Conference on Alternatives to Expulsion, and Dropping Out of School, Kissimmee, FL.

Breslin, D., Nowosad, M., Saldaña, D.C., Cairo, K., Logan, E., & Talbot, J. (2003). Believing and Achieving: Changed Lives (Part 2: Curriculum Approach - Achieving).
Paper presented at the Ninth Joint National Conference on Alternatives to Expulsion, and Dropping Out of School, Kissimmee, FL. 
 
Norwood P.M., Alston, J.A., & Saldaña, D.C. (April, 1998). Investigating teacher's unconscious person perceptions and stereotyping of culturally diverse individuals. 
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA.

Norwood, P.M., & Saldaña, D.C. (April, 1998). 
Examining teachers' preparedness for partnerships with culturally diverse parents. 
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA.

Norwood, P.M., & Saldaña, D.C. (October, 1997). Up close and personal: Exploring personal perceptions and stereotyping. 
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Multicultural Education, Albuquerque, NM.

Norwood, P.M., & Saldaña, D.C. (March, 1997).  Investigating bilingual teacher effectiveness: Observing instruction from a social constructivist perspective.
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.

Norwood, P.M., & Saldaña, D.C. (February, 1997). It takes a village: Preparing urban teachers to develop culturally responsive parent education programs. 
Paper presented at the Third Annual Conference on Urban Multicultural Education, Miami, FL.

Norwood, P.M., & Saldaña, D.C. (April, 1995). 
Recreating the "Village:" The design and implementation of a culturally relevant parent involvement program.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association,  San Francisco, CA.
 
Norwood, P.M., & Saldaña, D.C. (April, 1994).  Investigating the educational philosophies and attitudes toward cultural diversity of Latino preservice and classroom teachers.
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.

Owens, E.W., Waxman, H.C., & Saldaña, D.C. (February, 1993). Comparing teacher qualifications in inner-city and suburban schools and its affect on students' achievement. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of Multicultural Education, Los Angeles, CA.

Owens, E.W., Saldaña, D.C., & Norwood, P.M. (February, 1993). Black students' birth order and its relationship to achievement, locus of control, and self-esteem. 
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of Multicultural Education, Los Angeles, CA.

Padron, Y.N., Marguez, J., & Saldaña, D.C. (April, 1992).  Comparing the classroom processes in Hispanic students in Spanish-speaking and
non-Spanish speaking bilingual classrooms. 
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.

Padron, Y.N., Marguez, J., & Saldaña, D.C. (February, 1992). Examining instruction in bilingual classrooms. 
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southwest Educational Research Association, Houston, TX.

Padron, Y.N., Marguez, J., & Saldaña, D.C. (February, 1992). Investigating differences in classroom processes when instruction is conducted in Spanish and English. 
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southwest Educational Research Association, Houston, TX.

Saldaña, D.C. (1999). Developing a Literate World: The Global Imperative. 
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Global Business and Technology Association in Montego Bay, Jamaica.

Saldaña, D.C., & Nelson, B. (April, 1996). A study of preservice teachers' self-efficacy: Teaching students who are socially, culturally, or linguistically different. 
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY.

Saldaña, D. C., & Norwood, P.M. (October, 1998).  Positive dispositions and "pipe dreams." The perceptions of adolescents in a low-performing urban middle school. 
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of Multicultural Education, St. Louis, MO.

Saldaña, D.C., & Norwood, P.M. (November, 1995).  Building effective home-school parent involvement programs. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of Black School Educators, Dallas, TX.

Saldaña, D.C., & Nowosad, M.I. (2002). Changes at the University. 
Paper presented at the Eight Joint Conference on Alternatives to Expulsion, Suspension, and Dropping Out of School, Kissimmee, Fl.

Saldaña, D.C., & Quinn, P. (April, 1996). An observational study of the language environment of elementary school classrooms. 
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY.

Saldaña, D.C., Waxman, H.C., & Padron, Y.N. (April, 1994). A classroom observational study of multicultural teaching in urban elementary schools.
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.
 
Saldaña, D.C., Waxman, H.C., & Padron, Y.N. (February, 1993). Examining the use of preferred dialect in inner-city elementary schools. 
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of Bilingual Education, Houston, TX.

Saldaña, D.C., Waxman, H.C., & Padron, Y.N. (April, 1992). Investigating appropriate language use by teachers in inner-city elementary schools. 
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.

Waxman, H.C., Huang, S.L., Saldaña, D.C., & Padron, Y.N. (April, 1994). Investigating the pedagogy of poverty in inner-city elementary and middle schools. 
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.
  
Waxman, H.C., Padron, Y.N., Saldaña, D.C., & Owens, E.W. (August, 1992). Investigatingthe quality and quantity of multicultural teaching in urban elementary school classrooms.
Paper presented at the Summer Workshop of the American Association of Teacher Educators, Kenosha, WI.

Waxman, H.C., Huang, S.L., & Saldaña, D.C. (April, 1992). Ethnic, grade, and sex-related differences among activity types, setting dynamics, and initiation behaviors of students in inner-city schools.
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA