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Direct and manage a team of professional learning specialists to design, provide and facilitate professional learning opportunities and resources for educators of multilingual learners across the US and internationally.

Department Chair of the Department of Teacher Education. Oversee programs of teacher preparation in Bilingual Education, Early Childhood Education and Elementary Education. Teach courses related Bilingual Education and Elementary Education. Conduct research related to diversity in education, assessment, second language learning and dual language programs.

Provide leadership for curriculum development and implementation , student assessment and instructional innovations for diverse student grades 9-12.

Supervise and provide instructional leadership for diverse students in K-8 school district.

Direct Dual Language, Transitional Bilingual Education and World Language Programs in a large suburban K-8 school district , serving a culturally and linguistically diverse student population.

Provide inservice workshops and consultation for teachers and school leaders serving ELLs in Illinois. Taught graduate level courses leading to bilingual/ESL endorsements in IL, as an adjunct professor of National Louis University.