Bio: Barbara Glaeser an Associate Professor in the Department of Special Education at California State University, Fullerton. Dr. Glaeser was a classroom teacher in both general and special education for 14 years before earning her doctorate in 1998 from the University of Kansas. She provides staff development on special education and inclusive methods throughout Southern California, and has presented at conferences throughout the nation. Her teaching and research focus on school-wide improvement, collaboration and co-teaching, effective instruction for students with disabilities and instructional technology. She recently received over $1,000,000 in federal funding to train special education paraprofessionals to teach Special Education, Math and Science in low-performing schools.
Email: bglaeser@fullerton.edu
Materials: Unit Organizers (ppt), Unit Organizer Handout (doc), Closing the Achievement Gap (pdf), Planning for Success (pdf)

• October 13th: Quoc Tran, Director - Educational Equity and Public Relations, Alhambra USD
  "Practical Strategies that Promote Academic Language, Literacy, Academic Achievement, and Cross-Cultural Skills"

  Email: tran_quoc@alhambra.k12.ca.us
  Materials:

  October 27th: Dr. Spencer Kagan, Director - Kagan Publishing & Professional Development
  "Cooperative Learning for English Language Learners"

  Email: Spencer@kaganonline.com
  

  Website: www.KaganOnline.com
  Materials:

  November 10th: Doug George, CGU Faculty Advisor
  "ELD & SDAIE Strategies"
  

  November 10th: Dr. Margarita Jimenez-Silva, Assistant Professor of Elementary Education - Arizona State University
  "EL Standards"

  Bio:
  Email: Margarita.Jimenez-Silva@asu.edu
  Website:
  Materials:

  November 17th: Doug George, CGU Faculty Advisor
  "EL Issues in Grade & Discipline Context"

  November 17th: Dr. Yolanda de la Cruz, Associate Professor of Math Education - Arizona State University
  "EL Issues in Grade & Discipline Context"

  Email: ydelacruz@asu.edu
  Materials for Science: High School Science PowerPoint; Periodic Table PowerPoint; Scientific Discourse; Cognates 1; Cognates 2
  Materials for Math: High School Math PowerPoint; Grid Paper
  

  December 1 & 8: Larry Ainsworth, Executive Director of Professional Development - Center for Performance and Assessment
  "The Power Standards Workshop, Parts 1 & 2"

  Bio:
  Email: lainsworth@makingstandardswork.com
  Website: http://www.makingstandardswork.com/
  Materials: CA writing standards Gr. 4 and Gr. 7; 2007 CA diagram; 13- Bloom's Taxonomy; EDITED 2007 Unwrapping Blank Forms; Unwrapping standards stand alone (PowerPoint); Unwrapped Standard Template LANDSCAPE; Puzzle Pieces Unwrapping Template; Two-column unwrapping template

  Standards-based template worksheet