2006 |
2006
Embassy of Spain, Ministry of Education
and Science, Peace Education Grant, $16,000
to implement Integrating the Spanish Identity
of Georgia: A Model for Peace Education
project, November 2006.
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2006 |
Embassy of Spain, Ministry of Education
and Science, Language and Culture Assistant
grant; first-time award to KSU; enabled
early-career specialist to work within
Center for Hispanic Studies and Department
of Foreign Languages during Academic Year
2006-2007.
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2005 |
Embassy
of Spain, Technical Assistance Grant, $5,000.
To invite two specialists (Spain & US)
in particular areas of Hispanic studies
to share expertise within targeted disciplines
at Kennesaw State University. |
2005 |
Embassy of Spain,
Resource Materials Grant, $1,176. To acquire
books, DVDs, CDs, videos and slides in Spanish
and English for Center for Hispanic Studies
Collection, Kennesaw State University |
2004 |
Embassy of Spain,
Resource Materials Grant, $15,000. To acquire
books, DVDs, CDs, videos and slides in Spanish
and English for Center for Hispanic Studies
Collection, Kennesaw State University. |
2003 |
La Llamada Mini-grant
Award, successful proposal to present 2-hour
workshop regarding “The Spiritual
Dimension of Human Character” to 15
faculty members. $750. Our Lady of the Lake
University, San Antonio, Texas. |
2000-2003 |
International Professional
Development. Provided professional development
in English as a Foreign Language to Colegio
Morelos, private preK-12 school, in Cuernavaca,
Morelos, Mexico in areas of curriculum development,
textbook selection, EFL proficiency standards,
team building, articulation across grades,
effective teaching and assessment strategies,
first and second language acquisition theory
and research, and TOEFL examination preparation;
also, designed proficiency tests in English
for grades 1 through 12 and administered
to over a thousand students; results were
analyzed reported. (Dr. Binbin Jiang, co-team
member) |
1999-2002
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Project Alianza. Recruitment
program within UTEP’s Department of
Teacher Education, particularly aimed at
providing studies leading to Texas teacher
certification of Mexican/Latin American
residents in El Paso region, who have completed
teacher certification requirements in their
respective countries. Funded by Intercultural
Development Research Association (IDRA),
San Antonio, Texas. $204,000. Additional
year award: $50,000. |
1998 |
Teachers, Students,
& Technology: Collaborative Curriculum
Inquiry in Math, Science, & Literacy,
a University of California Educational Research
Center Summer Collaborative—Extended
Year Program, June 8, 1998-June 4, 1999.
Developed in collaboration with Carver Academy
Middle School (Fresno Unified School District).
$46,000 for program of K-12 professional
development of teachers in instructional
technology, in interaction with K-12 students
at school site. Funded by University of
California Center, Fresno, California. |
1997 |
UC-NEXUS Teacher Leadership
in Instructional Technology Project. Developed
in collaboration with Fresno Unified School
District and California State University,
Fresno. $60,000 for first year from the
University of California Office of the President
and Fresno Unified School District. |
1996-1998 |
UCLinks/Fifth Dimension
Project. Funded for $40,000 in first year
and for $47,103 in its second year. $82,000
requested for July 1, 1998-June 30, 1999. |
1997 |
Invited Lecturer &
Graduate Adviser, Graduate Division of Education,
University of Tlaxcala (Tlaxcala, Mexico),
January - July, 1997. |
1996 |
Effective Collaborative
Learning in Large Classes via Reconfigurable
Virtual Rooms. A collaboration among UCERC,
the Computer Science Department at the University
of California, Davis, and Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute. Funded for $140,000 by the National
Science Foundation. |
1996-1997 |
Internet for Educators:
Professional Development Series. Contracts
with Fresno Unified School District for
teachers and administrators in the areas
of science and multilingual/multicultural
education.
Contracts in the amount of $76,000. |
1996-1997 |
Baseline Evaluation
of the Fresno County Migrant Education Program.
Contract with in the amount of $5,975. |
1996 |
Videotape Project:
Annual UC Kearney Ag Futures Conference.
$500. |
1995 |
Program Evaluation:
International Summer Academy. Contract with
Fresno Unified School District in the amount
of $5,000. |
1995 |
Consultant, United
States Information Agency (USIA) contract
to provide expertise for State of Aguascalientes,
Mexico in their state-wide project to equip
all middle schools with computer laboratories
for educational purposes. February 16-March
1, 1995. |
1994-1997 |
Consultant/Instructor,
University of Tlaxcala (Mexico). Provided
technical services to assist university
in establishing a doctoral program in educational
leadership. Two specialists sent down for
professional development purposes; reports
generated; formal proposal submitted to
Mexican government by university. Program
approved August, 1996. Served as instructor
in master’s and doctoral program and
thesis advisor. Taught Educational Ethnography
to 20 graduate students, January 23-26,
1997. |
1991-1994 |
Proposal to Establish
a Regional Site for the California Foreign
Language Project. Submitted to California
Foreign Language Project, Stanford University,
California. Grant developed in collaboration
with Kern County Superintendency of Schools
and Kern High School District. $38,000 and
$20,060 in in-kind, July 1, 1991-September
30, 1992. Third year proposal (1993-94)
submitted and funded at $65,000. |
1993-1994 |
Student Discourse
in a Middle School Bilingual Chess Classroom,
funded for $3,400 by CSU Bakersfield University
Research Council. |
1993-1994 |
Evaluator and General
Consultant, TV-video and language maintenance
of minority groups, Center for Research
and Higher Education in Social Anthropology
(CIESAS), Mexico City. September 1993-October
1994. |
1993 |
Consultant, Graduate
Program in Regional History, University
of Colima (Colima, Mexico). Evaluate text
and manage revision process of State History
textbook, developed within the graduate
program and adopted by the national Office
of Education (Secretaría de Educación
Pública) for use in 1993. |
1993 |
Consultant in educational
technology, Omar Dengo Foundation, San Jose,
Costa Rica, February 1993. |
1992 |
I Teach Summer Camp
(June 28-July 3, 1992). Funded by ARCO for
$9,091. |
1988 |
Equipment and software
grant, Apple Classroom of Tomorrow (ACOT),
Apple Computer, Inc., Cupertino, California.
$25,000, March 1988. |
1988 |
Research Assistant
Stipends, Apple Classroom of Tomorrow (ACOT),
Apple Computer, Inc., Cupertino, California.
$8.000, October 1988. |
1988 |
Faculty Development
Grant, San Diego State University, California.
Allotted 7.5 hours of release time and $3,430
to visit computer-integrated classroom sites
in seven cities in six states. January-May,
1988. |
7-8/78
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Consultant. SRI International,
Education Section, Menlo Park, California.
Development of bilingual educational project
proposal. |
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