Professional Studies

Rosie Arenas

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PROFESSIONAL STUDIES

Ed.D / University of San Francisco / International and Multicultural Education
Emphasis: Children’s Literature
M.A. / Fresno Pacific University / Bilingual Education
Cred. / University of Southern California / Multiple Subject Life Credential (Pre-K-12)
Bilingual/Cross-Cultural Specialist Credential (Spanish)
B.A. / California State University, Fresno / Drawing and Painting/Spanish

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2004-2009 / California State University, Fresno (Assistant Professor of Education)
1998-2009 / California Reading & Literature Project - Reg. Director, Fresno/Central Valley
1996-2004 / California State University, Fresno (Lecturer in Education)
1993-1996 / Kerman Unified School District (4-6 Grade Spanish Bilingual Classroom Teacher)
1980-1993 / Sanger Unified School District (3-8 Grade Spanish Bilingual Classroom Teacher)
1978-1980 / Los Angeles Unified School District (4-5 Grade Spanish Bilingual Classroom Teacher)

COURSES TAUGHT

LEE 133 – English Language Learners in the Elementary School
LEE 136 – Teaching Content in L1: Spanish BCLAD
LEE 138 – Teaching the Linguistically Different: Methodology & Materials for L1 and L2
Acquisition and Language Development
LEE 139 – Teaching Content in the Primary Language: Spanish
LEE 144 – Teaching English Learners: Foundations and Strategies
LEE 154 – Content Area Language and Literacy Instruction
LEE 172 – Cultural and Language Contexts of the Classroom
LEE 175 – Specially Designed Academic Instruction in English: Methods & Materials for Teaching
LEP Students in the Content Areas
LEE 214 – Literature for Children and Adolescents

PROFESSIONAL/SCHOLARLY/CREATIVE ACTIVITES

Publications

Arenas, R. (2008). Telling our stories–Using Chicano literature for children and young adults as a means

of searching for identity and promoting cultural awareness and self-worth. Association of Mexican American Educators Journal, 2008, 10-15.

Alamillo, L., Arenas, R., & Padilla, F. (2010). A Focus on Faculty: A Teacher Education Program

Improving the Preparation of Teachers of English Learner Students. Journal of Latinos and Education, 10(2).

Grants

California Reading and Literature Project K-12 (CRLP) – No Child Left Behind (NCLB)

Year Six 7/1/08 – 6/30/11, funded

Year Five 2/1/08 – 7/31/09, funded

Supplement 9/1/07 – 6/30/08, funded

Year Four 2/1/07 – 8/31/08, funded

Year Three 7/1/06 – 6/30/07, funded

Year Two 7/1/05 – 6/30/06, funded

Year One 7/1/04 – 6/30/05, funded

California Reading and Literature Project K-12 (CRLP) – California Subject Matter Project (CSMP)

7/1/08 – 6/30/09, funded

7/1/07 – 6/30/08, funded

7/1/06 – 6/30/07, funded

7/1/05 – 6/30/06, funded

7/1/04 – 6/30/05, funded

7/1/03 – 6/30/04, funded

Reading Institute for Academic Preparation (RIAP), co-authored with Glenn DeVoogd

10/13/06 – 12/31/07, funded

California Professional Development Institutes (Secondary 9-12)

7/1/03 – 6/30/04, funded

California Professional Development Institutes (Pre-K and 9-12)

7/1/02 – 6/30/03, funded

California Reading and Literature Project, Reading Professional Development Institutes

Governor’s Elementary Reading Initiative (Pre-K-6)

7/1/00 – 6/30/02, funded

7/1/99 – 6/30/00, funded

Selected Papers and Presentations

Chapter 5 of PEL GUIDE: Stages and Strategies in Second Language Acquisition, First Five, Madera

CA, 3/2010

Preschool English LearnersPrinciples and Practices to Promote Language, Literacy, and Learning

Training, Tulare County Office of Education, Visalia CA, 3/2010

Searching for Your Identity Through Multicultural Children’s Literature, Art, and Writing, Reading the

World Conference, San Francisco CA, 3/2009

The Hybridity of the Spanish Language in the Central Valley of California: Implications for Classroom

Teachers, CLAS Conference, Fresno CA, 3/2009

Exploring the Legacy of César Chávez through Literature, Chavez Education Conference, Fresno

CA, 3/2009

Motivating Middle School Struggling Readers Through Critical Conversations with Multicultural

Literature(with Rachel Navarro), CABE Conference, Long Beach CA, 2/2009

Bilingual Children's Literature as Tools for Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Teaching (with

Laura Alamillo), CABE Conference, Long Beach CA, 2/2009

Using Multicultural Literature for Children & Young Adults to Motivate Students to Write and Create

Books (with Barbara Selvidge), CABE Conference, Long Beach CA, 2/2009

Literacy and Bookmaking: What’s in a Name?, CRLP Coordinators Retreat, Coarsegold CA, 8/2008

Becoming Instructional Leaders in the Education of English Learners, Administrator’s Charge Session,

(with Cheryl Caldera), Kings Canyon Unified School District, Fresno CA, 8/2008

Multicultural Books for All Ages, CVP Library Summer Camp, Selma CA, 8/2008

Critical Reflections: Using Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Literature in the Classroom. NCTE

Conference, Tucson AZ, 7/2008

Literacy & the Arts Through Bookmaking, CRLP Institute, Fresno CA, 6/2008

A Critical View of Illustrations in Children’s Literature, Kremen School of Education & Human

Development, Fresno CA, 6/2008

Quetzalcoatl in Utah: Ancient Civilization in America. The Research of Dr. Cecilio Orozco.J.

W. Powell Museum, Green River UT, 5/2008

Ancient Storytellers, J. W. Powell Museum, Green River UT, 5/2008

A Multicultural Look at Literature for Children and Young Adults, CRLP Regional Leadership

Invitational, Pismo Beach CA, 4/2008

A Journey into the Past: Writing Our Own Stories, CRLP Regional Leadership Invitational, Pismo Beach

CA, 4/2008

A Multicultural Look at Literature for Children and Young Adults, Chavez Education Conference, Fresno

CA, 3/2008

Chicano Children’s Literature as Tools for Affirmation and Validation in a Bilingual Classroom (with

Dr. Laura Alamillo), CABE Conference, San Jose CA, 3/2008

Academic Writing, Reading Institute for Academic Preparations (RIAP), Tulare CA, 3/2008

Becoming Instructional Leaders in the Education of English Learners, Parts 1-4 (with Cheryl Caldera),

CRLP-Kings Canyon Unified School District, Reedley CA, 1/2008, 2/2008, 3/2008. 5/2008

Language Acquisition and Instruction, Kremen School of Education & Human Development, Fresno CA,

11/2007

Cultural Contexts in the Classroom, Kremen School of Education & Human Development, Fresno CA,

11/2007

Chicano Children’s Literature: Using Bilingual Children's Books to Promote Equity in the Classroom,

CABE Conference, Long Beach CA, 3/2007

English Language Instruction: An Overview, CSUF Internship Program, Fresno CA, 8/2006

Erasing Bilingual Education from Our History, Character and Civic Education Conference, Fresno CA,

4/2006

Courage, Identity, Integrity (with Judith Crowe), CRLP Regional Leadership Invitational, Pismo Beach

CA, 4/2006

Celebrating the Legacy of César E. Chávez Through Children’s Literature (with Dr. Laura Alamillo),

Chávez Conference, Fresno CA 3/2006

Latino/Chicano Children’s Literature in the Classroom: Implications for Identity and Social Equity,

CABE Conference, San Jose CA 3/2006

Language and Literacy Strategies for Children Learning English: Dialogic Reading, CPIN, Fresno CA,

2/2006

Latino/Chicano Children’s Literature in the Classroom (with Dr. Laura Alamillo), NABE Conference,

Phoenix AZ, 1/2006

Courage, Identity, Integrity (with Judith Crowe and Anne Sirota), CRLP Leadership Invitational/Regional

Directors, La Jolla CA, 12/2005

Quetzalcoatl in Utah (with Dr. Cecilio Orozco), Fresno CA, 11/2005

English Language Instruction: An Overview, Kerman Unified School District, Kerman CA 8/2005

Latino/Chicano Children’s Literature in the Classroom: Implications for Identity and Social Equity (with

Dr. Laura Alamillo), NCTE, San Diego CA 7/2005

Quetzalcoatl in Utah (with Dr. Cecilio Orozco), J. W. Powell Museum, Green River UT, 6/2005

Latino Children’s Book Illustrators, Reading the World Conference, San Francisco CA, 3/2005

Multicultural Literature in the Content Areas, FARC, Fresno CA, 2/2005

Creative Activities

Artwork for the César E. Chávez Education Conference Program at CSU Fresno, 2008-2009

Artwork for the Annual Palmdale CABE Conference, 6/2008

Art Submission for the Annual CABE Board of Directors Retreat, 9/2007

Art Submission to the California Association for Bilingual Education Conference, 6/2006

Annual Installation of an Altar for Día de Los Muertos Exhibit at CSU, Fresno, Department of Literacy and Early Education, 2004 – 2007

Installation of an Altar for Día de Los Muertos Exhibit at Arte Americas, 9-11/2003

Cover art for a CD of children’s music, Fiestas y Cuento-Cantos by Stanley A. Lucero, 2001

7/2010