Syracuse Academy of Science Public Charter Schools
August 2016, September 2017
Valo.
Introduction for the International Film Festival. PBS
2010
English Language Learning in Elementary School Classrooms.
Cathedral Academy at Pompei, Syracuse, NY
March 20, 2009
Culturally Responsive Teaching in Classrooms.
With Dr. Wen Ma, Bishop Grimes High School, East Syracuse, NY
March 18, 2009
Culturally Responsive Teaching in Early Childhood.
Syracuse City School District
October 24, 2008
On New Shores: Preparing Teachers to Communicate and Connect.
Le Moyne College Conference on Immigrant Education
June 13, 2008
Preparing Teachers for Home, School, and Community Connections.
BETAC, Syracuse, NY
May 29, 2008
Integrating Reading and Writing Across the Curriculum: Literacy Leraning for Thinking Citizens.
KEC Kassel English Language Colloquium, Kassel University. Kassel, Germany
April 24, 2008
Preparing Educators to Successfully Reach Out and Connect With Families and Communities.
Potsdam University Conference, Sheard Literacy Center. Potsdam, NY
April 2–3, 2008
Culturally Responsive Strategies.
BETAC. Troy, NY
February 29, 2008
Poverty and Academic Achievement.
Johnson City School District Administrators
July 10, 2007
Culturally Responsive Literacy Strategies.
Troy School District
May 1, 2007
Culturally Responsive Vocabulary Development.
Panel Presentation. Reading Professional Development Saturday Seminar hosted by International Reading Association's Urban Diversity Commission and the District of Columbia Public Schools,
January 5, 2007
ABC’s of Cultural Understanding and Communication:
Culturally Responsive Teaching Strategies.
BETAC. New Paltz, NY
December 13 & 14, 2006
Connecting the Home and School in Diverse Communities.
Urban Diversity Leadership Academy. Columbia, SC
November 3 & 4, 2006
Culturally Responsive Literacy Learning Across the Curriculum.
Reading Professional Development Saturday Seminar hosted byInternational Reading Association's Urban Diversity Commission and the District of Columbia Public Schools,
October 21, 2006
Poverty, Literacy, Diversity: What Should We Do?
Sheridan Elementary School. Sheboygan, WI
October 18, 2006
Poverty, Literacy, Diversity: Culturally Responsive Teaching in Urban Parochial Schools.
Syracuse Catholic Diocese Inservice Day
October 10, 2006
My Language, My Culture.
North Natchitoches School, K-8. Natchitoches, LA
August 8, 2006
Culturally Responsive Teaching in the Secondary Urban School.
Gear-Up Grant Workshop, Le Moyne College and the Syracuse City School District
July 10–20, 2006
ESL and Bilingual Literacy Strategies and Prior Knowledge.
Keynote Speech for the Annual Nazareth College Bilingual and ESL Conference
June 26, 2006
Culturally Responsive Literacy Strategies in Everybody's Classroom
Keynote Speech for the Annual Syracuse Reading Conference
June 6, 2006
Bilingual and ESL Culturally Responsive Instruction.
Roberto Clemente School #8, Rochester, NY
November 10, 2005
Bilingual and ESL Culturally Responsive Instruction.
for SETRIC, New York State Education Department. Albany, NY
September 26, 2005
Culturally Responsive Teaching in Elementary and Secondary Schools.
Syracuse University Summer Institute.
Wellwood Middle School, Fayetteville, NY
August 1, 2005
Activities for Teaching Vocabulary.
Fremont Elementary School, March 2005
Communicating and Connecting For Your Children: Families and Teachers Blurring the Boundaries.
Indian River School District
April 21, 28 & May 7, 14: 2004
January 11, 18, 26 & February 1 & March 3: 2005
Reading Specialists in the Real World.
Workshop for 20 Reading specialists in the East Syracuse Minoa School District
August 20 & 21, 2003
Communicating With Parents and Families.
Syracuse Association for the Education of Young Children, Winter Institute
Manlius Pebble Hill School
February 1, 2003
The Five Components of Reading Development.
East Syracuse-Minoa School District Workshop for Early Childhood Teachers,
Administrators, and Reading Teachers
October 11, 2002
Appreciating Diversity.
Workshop for Adolescents in the Spanish Action League, Youth Center. Syracuse, NY
September 25, 2002
Curriculum Night Connections.
Inservice for Elmwood Teachers, Administrators, and Staff. Syracuse City School District
September 16, 2002
Literacy Expectations, Objectives, and Reflections: Aligning the Literacy K-5 Curriculum.
East Syracuse Minoa School District
August 29, 2002
Multicultural Children's Literature.
Workshop for Onondaga County Librarians, Meacham Library. Syracuse, NY
March 2002
Adolescent Literacy in the Content Areas Workshops
Pine Grove Middle School, East Syracuse Minoa School District
November 9, 2001; January 24, 2002; March 2002
Collaboration for Diverse Learners.
Johnson City Elementary Schools, Johnson City School District, Johnson City, NY
February and April 2002
The ABC’s for Teacher Education.
Colloquium for the Education Department at California State University at Long Beach
March 7, 2001
Questioning is the Answer:Scientific Inquiry and Literacy Learning.
MOST (Museum of Science and Technology)-Keynote Speech.
Inquiry Learning Conference for Teachers in Central NY, Syracuse, NY
July 2001
Culturally Responsive Pedagogy.
Elmwood Elementary School Staff Development
Syracuse City School District
October 6, 2000
Cultural Conflict and Struggle: Literacy Learning in a Kindergarten Program.
Midday Medleys, Soule Library Lecture Series
October 4, 2000
Appreciating Differences.
Workshop for the Salvation Army After School Young Adult Program, Salvation Army
1941 South Salina St., Syracuse, NY
August 28, 2000
Exploring Values in Children and Young Adult Literature.
Workshop for Elementary and Middle School Teachers and Administrators,
Walla Walla, Washington
February 17, 2000
The ABC’s of Cultural Understanding and Communication.
Workshop for Whitman College Residence Assistants and Directors
Walla Walla, Washington
February 15, 2000
Using Picture Books to Explore Values and Inspire Learning.
OCM BOCES Staff Development, Syracuse, NY
December 7, 1999
The ABC’s of Cultural Understanding and Communication for Teachers: Appreciating Diversity in Your Classrooms. Bishop Grimes High School, Staff Development Day, East Syracuse, NY
November 12, 1999
Best of the Old and New: Picture Books Across the Curriculum.
Central New York Reading Association, Barnes & Noble, Syracuse, NY
August 25, 1999
Writing Inquiry Thematic Units.
Dr. Weeks Elementary School Faculty, Syracuse City School District
July 8, 1998 & June 28, 1999
Strategies for Literacy Developmentsize.
Onondaga Nation School, Lafayette School District workshops and classroom lessons
February, March & April 1999.
Why Inquiry Learning Across the Curriculum.
Roberts School, Syracuse City School District
March 19, 1999
Respect and Responsibility: Caring, Sharing, and Citizenship.
West Genesee High School Faculty and Administration, Syracuse, NY
January 30, 1998 & February 11, 1998
Inquiry Learning in Science, Math and Literacy.
Workshop, Dr. Weeks ElementarySchool Faculty, Syracuse City School District
March 19, 1998
Reading, Writing, listening. Speaking, and Viewing Across the Curriculum.
Central Square Middle School Faculty, Staff and Administration
October 29, 1997
Inquiry and Literacy Learning: Connections Across the Curriculum.
In-service course (10 weeks) for Meachem Elementary School Faculty and Administration
Syracuse City School District
September–November 1997
Literacy Learning and Teaching: A Plea for Balance.
Presentation for five Syracuse City School District Elementary Schools’ faculty and administration
March 14, 1997
Introduction to Qualitative Research Methodology.
Workshop with Robert Bogdan, for doctoral students, Maxwell School
Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
June 1993, March 1994 & June 1995
Connecting Home and School for Multicultural Literacy Learning.
Smith Road Elementary School Faculty. North Syracuse Schools, North Syracuse, NY
October 6, 1994
Studying Values Through Literature in the Content Area.
Guest lecture for SUNY Oswego graduate students in the the Masters Reading Program
August 1, 1994
Connecting Home and School: Eastern European Students and Families.
Woodrow Wilson Elementary School Faculty, Staff and Administration. Binghamton, NY
June 22, 1994
Teaching /Learning Values Through Literature.
K-8. Marcellus Schools, Marcellus, NY
March 26, 1994
Eastern European Education in the Context of Perestroika.
Brown bag and evening lectures for Le Moyne College students, faculty and staff
January 26 & February 7, 1994
Writing Across the Curriculum.
Workshop for Greene Central School, Green, NY 13778
March 19, 1993
Reader Response to Young Adult Literature.
Workshop for secondary school teachers, East Syracuse-Minoa School, East Syracuse, NY 13057