Curriculum Vitae

Yolanda Guerrero Martínez

1149 Rosas St.

Calexico CA, 92231

Born in La Paz, Baja California

JOB EXPERIENCE

Sept 2002 -present

Science Resource Teacher for ALFA project /SDSU foundation. Working with Middle School and high school science teachers from several districts in the Valley, training them to incorporate inquiry base instruction along with SDAIE strategies to support the ELL population acquire English language functions through science.

Sept 2004- present VIPS Science Teacher CaMSP grant, working with 4-8th grade teachers to implement inquiry base science instruction .

Spring 2004- present Instructor for 910 C at SDSU –IV campus

Feb 2002 -present: Trainer for STC/MS modules for Carolina Biological Co.

1999-2002 WILLIAM MORENO JUNIOR HIGH Science teacher

(7-9) CUSD

2000-2001Middle School Developmental Project Science grant coordinator

2000-2001 Pilot Instructor for Properties of Matter Kit” STC/MS and “Light Kit”- through VIPS and NSF.

1988 -1999 OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE ACADEMY 6th, 7th and 8th grade Science Teacher

1978 to 1988C.E.T.Y.S high school in Mexicali: Head counselor

Vocational courses and Psychology instructor for all high school seniors

Assistant coordinator of curriculum design for the school of Psychology at CETYS1982

Instructor: “Industrial Psychology I” to undergraduate students at CETYS University

Presentations and training workshops

Oct 2004Presenter for Lesson Design/Notebooks at CSTA conference, as well as

Co-presenter for Lesson Study all day workshop.

June 2004 Lesson Design project presenter ,VIPS Summer institutes

June 2004 Lesson Design project leader with 4-5th grade teachers

June 2004 Web Quest for ELD workshop coordinator designed for middle school & high

school , ALFA project.

April 2004 NSTA “Notebooks” and “Lesson Study” VIPS

March. 2004 CABE in San Jose, CA “Practical strategies to facilitate ELL understanding of

science” ALFA/VIPS

Feb 2004“Practical strategies to facilitate ELL understanding of science” Co

Presenter at NABE conference in Albuquerque NM, ALFA

October 2003CSTA Notebooks and Lesson Study presentations VIPS /CSP

June 2003“Inquiry and on strategies to teach Science to the ELL” at the secondary

level Summer Institute for middle school Science teachers

ALFA/VIPS

March 2003 “Teaching Science to the ELL student.” Co -Presenter at the San Diego

Science Educators Assoc.

October 2002 “Language Function Acquisitions in Science Part I” to Middle School Science

teachers in the Valley (ALFA)

Current Member of

CSTA: California Science Teacher’s Association

NSTA: National Science Teacher’s Association

Key point leader for Cabaps in the Valley (California building a presence in science

CABE: California Association for Bilingual Education.

Panel member for CSET Program

Education

B.A. in Educational Psychology from San Diego State University

M.A. in Education

Professional clear teaching Credential in Biology

C.E.T.Y.S High School graduate 1974

EDUCATION:

K-8th grades Our Lady of Guadalupe Academy in Calexico

1972-1974 High School at CETYS, Mexicali.

1974 Universidad Iberoamericana-Mexico City, School of Psychology, one semester

1975 –1976 Imperial Valley College, completion of GE courses

1976-1977 BA in Psychology from San Diego State University

1980-1982 MA in Education- Administration from SDSU

1996 Completed TE courses in San Diego State University

1999-2000 Completed course work for Administrative Credential
1998-1999 Professional Clear Credential- single Subject in Life Science.

2001-2003 Completed CLAD certification through the Univ. of Cal Poly Pomona:

ADDITIONAL UNIVERSITY COURSE WORK

USD

Harvest of Ideas and Changes in the Family, reactions in the classroom at ( 1991)

San Diego State University

1) Seminar Multicultural Dimensions, 1980

2) Process and Inquiry Earth Science course, 1994

3) Cosmology and gravity Collapse

4) Teaching Science in the Elementary School

5) Conservation of Wild Life: Ecology

6) Natural Science 412 B focus on Biology

7) Natural Science 412 C focus on astronomy and chemistry

WORKSHOPS

Science Related workshops.

  • Explore the World Geography takes you places, workshop at Sea World Nov. 1998
  • Geography in the Wild Workshop in Wild Animal Park April 19, 1997
  • Geography Workshop in San Diego Zoo October 1997
  • Imperial Valley AG Seminar for Educators in Feb. 1998, by ICOE and IID.
  • Africanized Bee workshop for educators at ICOE
  • Challenger Mission Center workshops for training on Encounter Earth

and rendezvous with a Comet, in 1998 in San Diego.

  • Windows on Science workshop in 1993 on how to use Laser Disc material
  • Summer institute training for AVID, 2001
  • High School Science teachers # 4493 on Physics and Nondestructive Testing
  • Training workshop for STC/MS kit from Carolina Biologial Supply Summer 2002
  • Science Summer Institute, by VIPS and SDSU Foundation Summer 2002
  • Build it day part I: Plasma Physics by General Atomics- UCSD summer 2003
  • Science training for National Science Foundation- level 2- Summer 2004
  • Developed aligned science benchmark testing for 1-5th grade with California Science Project

Summer 2004.

  • Build it day part II: Plasma Physics by General Atomics- UCSD summer 2004

Chemistry that Works through the Annenberg Channel, Fall 2002

Jason Academy-coursework Chemistry for children, June 2004

Reading and writing

  • “Literacy Straegies to Improve Learning in any content area “by Linda Clinard, Dec. 2000
  • “Strategies to Promote Active and Effective Reading to Learn”

by Kate Kinsella, Ed .D Feb.1999 CUSD

  • “Strategies to accelerate vocabulary development in content area classrooms”

by Kate Kinsella, Ed. D April 2000 CUSD

  • Secondary Literacy Summit Summary II, at Sacramento on March 7-8, 2002
  • “Crossing without Boarders Science and Literacy Summit” in Baltimore

summer 2003

  • “Quality Teaching for English Learners” West Ed Summer Institute in Pt Reyes

Seashore CA June 22-27 2003

Math related workshops

  • Math Workshop in San Diego, May 1990 by Miss Lola May
  • Strengthening your Math program workshop in Jan. 1992 San Diego BER

Student improvement workshops

  • Improving students Achievement/responsibility by building self esteem

Joan Stoker workshop on Peer Counseling- project HOLD at ICOE

  • Parent and teacher in service on “How to Understand Teenagers to learn 1995
  • “That’s Life” program for upper grades by the Telesis Corporation, CUSD
  • “Class Management and Effective Instructional Strategies” funded by REAP at Willie Moreno 1999
  • “Coaching Skills for Managers and Supervisors” a seminar by Fred Pryor 2000
  • “Connecting Service Learning to the Curriculum”, CUSD

Committee participant

  • Served with a WASC visiting committee in April 1994 to a Brawley School
  • Coaching students for the Greater San Diego Science and Engineering Fair 1989 to 1999.
  • Assisted Science ELD Field test Assessment services in making

rubrics and grading science test materials June 2002

  • Panel member for Physics to the NES evaluation committee, Sept. 2003
  • Panel member for CSET Program March 6-7 2003

Attended Conventions/ Conferences

  • NSTA Convention in Las Vegas in April 1998,
  • San Diego Educators Association Conference in San Diego, March 10 -11, 2000
  • CSTA Science teacher Convention in Palm Springs October 2001
  • NSTA Convention in San Diego, March 2002
  • CSTA Science Teacher convention in San Francisco October 2002
  • California Middle Schools Convention in San Francisco March 8-10, 2002
  • Imperial Valley Educational Technology Conference, Jan 2001 and 2002
  • NSTA convention in Philadelphia on March 2003
  • San Diego Educators Association Conference in San Diego, March 14-15 2003
  • CSTA in Long Beach Oct 9-12, 2003
  • CABE in Los Angeles, CA ,Feb 2003
  • CABE in San Jose, CA ,Feb 2004
  • NABE in Albuquerque, NM ,March 2004
  • NSTA Convention in Atlanta GA, 2004

Current Member of

CSTA: California Science Teacher’s Association

NSTA: National Science Teacher’s Association

Key point leader for Cabaps in the Valley (California building a presence in science