Educational Therapy

• Educational Therapist, Professional
  Provide individual sessions for all ages of learners remediating skills, develop personalized study strategies by building skills with executive functions, work organization and time management, improving reading and writing from core skills to completing complex academic work.
• Learning Disability Specialist, Los Medanos College
  Complete assessments with cognitive processing and academic testing, setup accommodations, counsel students on study strategies and self-advocacy. Conduct workshops on study skills specifically for students with a disability and for faculty on teaching strategies addressing the needs of neurodiverse learners.
• Educational Support Counselor, California College of the Art
  Work one-on-one with students receiving services as a student with disability to develop study strategies tailored to their specific learning challenges.
• Educational Assessment Coordinator at Ann Martin Center
  Complete intakes and plan assessment services. Collaborate with colleagues in providing comprehensive assessments, determining diagnostic interpretation, and developing specific list of recommendations.

Education

• Master’s of Arts, Educational Technology, San Francisco State University
• Post Master’s Certificate, Educational Therapy, University of California, Berkeley
• Slingerland Reading Methodology Level 1; a multisensory instructional methodology based on Orton-Gillingham principles for the teaching of core reading and writing skills.
• Bachelor of Arts, Adult Education and Labor Unions, cum laude, San Francisco State University

Instructor

• Writing Skills Class, Learning Disability Support Program, Laney College
  Taught basic skills using multisensory methodologies to prepare students for college level writing.
• Diagnostic Learning Class, Learning Support Program, Laney College Completed assessments with cognitive and academic tests to determine eligibility for services; taught learning skills for self-advocacy, goal setting, accommodations and rights.
• Adult Basic Skills & GED Learning Lab Instructor, Hayward Adult School
  Teach computer-based materials combined with small group projects in an open-enrollment individualized learning classroom.
• Introduction to Office Skills – English Second Language, Richmond Adult School
  Taught computer literacy, workplace communication, data entry, and office procedures with English as a Second Language methodology.
• Trainer, Basic Skills, ESL-On-Site
  Prepared and taught language sheltered classes in Basic Math, Statistical Process Control, Writing and Communications, and Team Building for company implementing Total Quality Management.
• Tutor-Learner Coordinator, Project Second Chance, Contra Costa County Library
  Conducted tutor training in basic reading skills, completed intake interviews and matched tutors with learners, assisted tutors in finding materials, tracked progress of the learners.

Instructional Designer

• Content Writer, “Reading Tutor Software,” U.S. Navy & Stottler Henke Associates
  Reading comprehension tutorial program prepared by U.S. Navy. The program incorporated seventeen essential skills for reading comprehension. Material draw from existing training materials, rewritten to specific reading skills levels with accompanying questions and explanations.
• Workbook Writer “Math Prep I and II,” Dow Chemical and ESL On-Site
  Complete math course covered basic arithmetic to beginning Algebra. Materials included numerous company specific word-problems and group projects. The goal was for line-workers to work as team members with engineering staff.
• Adult Basic Education Curriculum Alignment Project, Hayward Adult School
  Reviewed and integrated California Adult Basic Education Guidelines and CASAS Work Skill Competencies into a unified system of learning objectives. Learning objectives were linked to workbooks and to an integrated Learning Management and Content system called NovaNET.

Presentations

• “More Than Numbers: Cognitive Assessment and Learning Implications,” Association of Educational Therapists National Conference
• Educational Care: Assisting Students with Cognitive Deficits,” Commission on Adult Education
• “Volunteer Friendly Learning Labs,” Technology and Learning/Reading Difficulties
• “Roundtable Networking for ABE/GED Instructors,” California Council for Adult Education