Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
Having worked at community colleges for over 30 years, I rose through the ranks to achieve my dream job: teaching English to immigrants. I specialize in teaching composition and reading to advanced ESL students. My doctorate focused on the issues of equity, motivation, college faculty, professional development, leadership, and organizational change. I greatly enjoy leadership roles as a faculty member. My colleagues (faculty & staff) are amazing individuals dedicated to providing new opportunities for a brighter future for every student. I’m a autodidact. I continue to incorporate learning in what I do. A coworker taught me: “If they learn something, they’ll come back. If they don’t, they won’t.” Also what has inspired me comes from an interview which Denzel Washington had when he was playing Macbeth, “I’m more interested in helping others. What I do, what I make, what I made — all of that — is that going to help me on the last day of my life? It’s about, Who have you lifted up? Who have we made better?” (_New York Times_, 5 December 2021) Lastly, my dear mother (mother of 6, grandma to 17, and taught K-3 for 25 years) introduced me to Barbara Colorosa and her “Six Critical Life Messages:” 1) I believe in you 2) I trust you 3) I know you can handle this 4) You are listened to 5) You are cared for 6) You are very important to me https://youtu.be/YNri6hK7Xxk?si=otWFOMO33nOP5EWE These three statements encapsulate what I have striven for while working with and teaching students since 1994 … and they will continue to do so.
• Teach composition and reading courses to advanced ESL students, grammar and study skills courses to intermediate ESL students, and vocabulary and speaking courses to beginning ESL students • Enhance presentations with visual aids and web support • Develop materials to evaluate students’ skills and progress • Coordinate ESL Learning Center • Coordinate advanced ESL writing courses • Complete book orders • Evaluate full-time and part-time ESL faculty • Mentor graduate TESOL students • Coordinate with Matriculation the implementation of new placement exams • Liaise with Counseling for the ESL department • Review lesson plans with student supplemental instructors (SIs) • Develop and revise ESL curriculum • Create and evaluate Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) for advanced ESL courses • Hold office hours, attend department meetings and other assigned duties • Create annual event, Read Across Campus, aligned with Read Across America and work with faculty from Reading and English to highlight an author for one day at the college Committee Work: • Member / Institutional Research Advisory Committee • Member / Planning committee, FLEX conference on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion • Member / HSI Title V grant writing committee • Assessment placement reader / English and ESL departments • LBCC ESL representative / CCCAssess Project • California Benchmarking Project with USC’s Center for Urban Education • Accreditation / Standard I: Institutional Mission • ESL department representative / Task force for Improving College Readiness (TICR) to develop a student success plan based on Basic Skills as a Foundation for Success in the California Community Colleges [AKA, the Poppy Copy] • Faculty Co-Coordinator / VTEA Basic Skills Project Academic Senate: • Member / Senate Executive Committee • Chair / Committee on Committee Membership • Ad hoc committee / Senate Constitution and Bylaws • Ad hoc committee / Senate diversity statement
• Coordinate with the six Faculty Professional Development subcommittees and the Academic Senate to form and implement a comprehensive plan for Faculty Professional Development in consultation with the VP of Human Resources. • Maintain in-service training day records and faculty compliance forms for full-time faculty and coordinate with division secretaries regarding part-time faculty requirements. • Work with the VP of Human Resources to coordinate the college-wide professional development plan. • Coordinate with the grant development office opportunities for faculty professional development. • Oversee a budget. • Submit reports to the CA Community College Chancellor’s Office. • Serve on Academic Senate, Academic Senate Executive committee and Calendar committee.
• Develop and coordinate the operation of Testing Center. • Oversee the administration of over 50,000 instructional, assessment, disabled student and job placement exams (average 15,000+ exams per year). • Implement computerized testing for assessment, job placement and instructional purposes. • Software includes Chi Tester, Blackboard, Pearson VUE, SAT, DAT, and SARS. • Recruit, interview, hire, train and evaluate adjunct, on-call and student staff members. • Supervise 20 staff members. • Collaborate with faculty, staff and managers to provide and improve testing services. • Maintain accurate statistical information for reporting purposes.
• Plan, organize and implement a series of teacher training sessions to improve literacy in K-3. • Supervise the training of 400 K-3 teachers in the “Reading by 9” program. • Train and direct the activities of 6 staff members. • Maintain correspondence with Governor’s office. • Give presentations to K-12 districts to increase enrollment in program.
• Assist with the supervision of the Tutorial program, including 40 staff members. • Participate in the recruiting, hiring, training, supervision and evaluation of tutors. • Develop on-campus materials promoting use of tutorial services. • Conduct classroom presentations that promote tutorial services. • Serve as a senior Supplemental Instructor and hold tutor trainings. • Develop curriculum for tutor training. • Collaborate with staff, faculty, and managers to improve tutorial services. • Assist students with computer assisted language software. • Develop materials for tutors to use to enhance student learning.