Donated Outreach

Summer 2023–Present. Invited Member. Oregon Literacy Educator Preparation Programs + Teacher Standards and Practices Commission (TSPC) Community of Practice. Collaborating with TSPC leadership and literacy teacher educators across Oregon to provide resources to Governor Kotek’s new Early Literacy Educator Preparation Council.

June 2023–Present. Invited Collaborator. Portland Public Schools Teacher Candidate Visioning Group. Collaborating with teacher education leaders from the five educator preparation programs PPS views as primary partners and with the Senior Director and Assistant Director of Teacher Professlional Learning to co-create a vision for student teaching experiences and Cooperating Teacher professional development.

April 2023–Present. Invited Participant. Portland Community College Rise to Teach Community Input Session.

April 2023. Consultant. Teacher Standards and Practices Commission (Early Literacy).

September 2022–April 2023. Advisor/Consultant. Oregon Early Literacy Framework. Oregon Department of Education.

Fall 2022–Present. Co-Lead and Tutor. Kindergarten Literacy Tutoring Project. Vernon School. Co-coordinated an effort to recruit parent and community volunteers, provide training in basic tutoring practices based on the science of reading and the Wilson Fundations curriculum, collaborate with teachers to identify kindergarten students in need of support with phonemic awareness, letter knowledge, letter formation, and phonics, and organize a schedule for all kindergarteners scoring below benchmark to receive ongoing literacy tutoring. 

Provided ongoing tutoring to two kindergarten multilingual learners. Adapted the planned curriculum to meet their needs. 

Provided tutoring solely in Spanish for a newly arrived student, adapting the curriculum to reflect best practices for teaching reading of Spanish, based on extensive research indicating the value of learning to read in one’s first/home language.

May 2022–Present. Member. Portland Community College Education Advisory Group.

2021–2022.  Collaborator/Consultant. Teacher Standards and Practices Elementary (Multiple Subjects) and Multiple Measures Work Group. Participated in multiple focus group sessions to provide feedback to TSPC regarding implementation of the multiple measures option for teacher candidates to demonstrate content knowledge and pedagogical skill. Multiple Measures promotes access to the profession for candidates who are unfairly disadvantaged by culturally biased standardized tests, supporting the mission of diversifying the teaching profession. My rewrite of procedures for Educator Preparation Programs to follow to demonstrate candidate content knowledge through clinical procedures was adopted by TSPC almost verbatim.

March–May 2021 and 2022. Evaluator. Oregon Department of Education Dyslexia-Related Training Opportunities submitted according to Oregon Senate Bill (SB) 1003.

Winter 2020. Contributor. PCC–PSU Ethnic Studies Teacher Pathways Collaboration.

September 2019­­–2020. Partner/Tutor. Provided assessment support and literacy tutoring for a Portland Public Schools elementary school. 

Fall 2017–Present. PSU Representative to the Oregon Association of Colleges of Teacher Education.

Fall 2015–Fall 2017. Member. Oregon Teacher Standards and Practices Commission Dyslexia Working Group. 

August/September 2014. Volunteer Course Instructor: CI 810: Professional Development Experience for Literacy Teachers.  Wrote a new syllabus for an ongoing professional development course.  Arranged for teachers to have the option to earn credit for attending professional conferences and completing written assignments; graded assignments and provided individualized feedback (including supplementary resources) to each teacher. (Uncompensated service.)

August/September 2013. Volunteer Course Instructor: CI 810: Awakening the Writer in Every Child. Arranged for teachers to have the option to earn credit for attending a professional conference and completing written assignments; graded assignments and provided individualized feedback (including supplementary resources) to each teacher. (Uncompensated service.)

May 2013. Guest Presentation, Partnerships for Student Achievement AmeriCorps Program (Forest Grove, OR), 25 participants. Powerful Ways to Get Students Talking So They Can Learn.

January 2012. Guest Presentation, Partnerships for Student Achievement AmeriCorps Program (Forest Grove, OR), 25 participants. Supporting Thinking through Classroom Talk.

September 2010–Winter 2012. Consultant, CAFÉ Program (Children and Family Education), Gresham-Barlow School District. Assisted with the development of after-school literacy assessment and instruction programs for students in grades 2-5.

Compensated Outreach

January 2009–February 2011. Consultant, Sustainability Education Initiative, West Linn-Wilsonville School District. Provided evaluation of a program designed to train teachers to implement place-based educational practices in K-12 classrooms.

Co-Author. (2022). AAQEP Report for Elementary Graduate Teacher Education Program.

Co-Author. (2022). Added Elementary Endorsement Graduate Certificate Proposal.

Leadership Team Member. (2019–Present). PSU College of Education University–School Partnerhips for the Renewal of Educator Preparation (USPREP) Grant.

Presenter. (2017–Present). Assessment Fairs and Roundtables in support of accreditation and program improvement.

Member. (Fall 2022–Present). Bachelor of Education [BEd] Proposal Planning Committee. Collaborating with colleagues to develop a proposal for a new degree at PSU. This effort is different from the design of the new elementary education major.

Member. (Fall 2022–Present). COE Promotion & Tenure Committee.

Co-Facilitator. (Fall 2021–Present). Elementary Graduate Teacher Education Program White Anti-Racist Affinity Group.

Chair. (Fall 2021–Spring 2022). Faculty Search Committee. Charged with searching for a continuous non-tenure track faculty member. Successful search. Met with the new hire regularly (typically twice per week) throughout Summer and Fall 2022 to provide supportive, extensive, personalized, culturally responsive on-boarding.

Member. (Fall 2020–Spring 2021). COE Workload Taskforce. 

Chair. (Fall 2020–Spring 2021). Faculty Search Committee. Charged with searching for a new non-tenure track faculty member in Curriculum and Instruction. Successful search wound up yielding two new NTTF faculty (one continuous and one temporary) because an additional position became vacant in Spring 2021.

Volunteer. (2019-2022). Scholarship Review. Volunteered to read and evaluate scholarship applications in support of PSU’s equity and access mission.

Chair. (Fall 2019–Spring 2020). Faculty Search Committee. Charged with searching for a new non-tenure track faculty member in Curriculum and Instruction. Completed entire search process to successful recommendation, and then the university rescinded the funding.

Member. (Summer 2019–Fall 2019). North Marion School District Field Trip Task Force. Visited NMSD and met with Superintendent during Summer 2019. Collaborated to plan a field trip to the district to enable candidates to learn about job opportunities and familiarize themselves with district culture, initiatives, and curriculum.

Member. (Spring 2019–Present). Multiple Measures Task Force. Charged with interpreting and developing procedures for implementing the new TSPC rule allowing for multiple measures to demonstrate candidate content knowledge and performance.

Lead. (Fall 2018–Spring 2019; Fall 2020–Spring 2021). Quarterly Cross-Specialization Doctoral Symposia. Coordinated the effort to offer quarterly symposia for CI and SPED EdD students to present their work in small groups and receive feedback and questions from faculty across the COE. Organized celebratory dinner and collective discussion after each symposium pre-COVID.

Member. (Fall 2017–Spring 2018). Faculty Search Committee. Charged with searching for a new faculty member in Curriculum and Instruction. Successful search.

Member/GTEP Elementary Representative. (Fall 2017–Present). Partnership Leadership Team. Collaborate with the Partnership Coordinator and other Program Coordinators to plan for effective partnerships with schools, gather data on Cooperating Teacher and Teacher Candidate satisfaction with field placement experiences, and craft policies affecting partnerships and field placements. Labor for this committee increased dramatically 2020–2022.

Member. (Fall 2015–Spring 2016). Faculty Search Committee. Charged with searching for two new faculty in Curriculum and Instruction. Two successful searches.

Member. (Fall 2015–Present). Doctoral Program Committee/Doctoral Program Faculty. Active member. Prepare for, attend, and contribute at meetings, including taking on outside projects.  Participate in admissions file review, interviews, and admissions decision meetings. Lead admissions process for the Curriculum and Instruction specialization. Co-plan and present New Student and Family Welcome and Reception. Regularly co-plan and present at EdD Information Sessions.

Member. (Winter 2015). GSE Faculty Research Award Proposal Review Committee.

Chair. (2012–2014). Diversity Committee. Sought out input about GSE climate issues from diverse faculty and staff. Developed a five-point action plan aimed at fostering a safe and supportive climate for all GSE faculty and staff and recruiting and retaining diverse faculty, staff, and students. Presented the plan to the Diversity Committee, Dean Hitz, Associate Dean Caskey, the Leadership Team Retreat, and the GSE faculty and staff, revising it multiple times based on stakeholder feedback. Implemented the action plan beginning Fall 2013, including facilitating professional development sessions for GSE faculty and staff.

Member. (2011–2012). Promotion and Tenure Committee.

Member. (2010–2014). Diversity Committee.

Program Design Lead. (Summer 2020–present). Licensure in Elementary Education Program - BA/BS + MEd tracks. Elementary Undergraduate Major.

Led a three-year effort to develop an all-new 90-credit undergraduate major in Elementary Education and a parallel graduate program. Both programs result in the degree, Oregon teaching license, endorsement to teach elementary (multiple subjects), and endorsement to teach English to Speakers of Other Languages. Grounded the design in community and alumni perspectives, and planned in collaboration with community college leaders to center students transferring from community college and thereby improve access to the profession, particularly for minoritized students. This role has taken a very large proportion of my time over the past three years. Please review this more detailed description.

Program Coordinator. (June 2017–present). Elementary Graduate Teacher Education Program.

Coordinate one of the College of Education’s largest programs, graduating roughly 40-80 newly licensed elementary teachers per year. Lead a team of core faculty, adjunct instructors, site coordinators, and university supervisors. Collaborate to sustain our partnerships with elementary schools across several districts, including Portland Public Schools, Tigard Tualatin School District, Hillsboro School District, Beaverton School District, David Douglas School District, and Gresham-Barlow School District. Led the program through COVID, racial tensions, death of a faculty member, involvement with the labor-intensive USPREP grant, and implementation of multiple measures for assessing teacher candidate competencies for licensure. This role has also taken a very large proportion of my time over the past six years. Please review this more detailed description. 

Member. (Fall 2020). Post Tenure Review Committee: Gayle Thieman.

Collaborator. (September 2019–Present). GTEP+Literacy Committee. Working with Literacy, secondary, assessment, and licensure faculty and staff to write a proposal to allow Teacher Candidates in the Graduate Teacher Education Program to complete the Literacy program coterminously with licensure.

Member. (Spring 2019). Elementary GTEP and Literacy Adjunct Hiring Committee.

Initiator/Collaborator. (Fall 2018–Spring 2019). Doctoral Program Symposia Initiative. Developed a proposal for three end-of-term cross-specialization symposia for 2018-2019. Led the effort to organize these events, recruit faculty to attend, communicate with students about expectations, and facilitate logistics. Symposia offered doctoral students opportunities to present their evolving work in conference-style format and receive feedback from fellow students and faculty. Students also had opportunities to connect with a variety of potential doctoral committee members.

Collaborator. (September 2018–June 2019). GTEP+ESOL Committee. Worked with ESOL, secondary, assessment, and licensure faculty and staff to write a proposal to allow Teacher Candidates in the Graduate Teacher Education Program to complete the ESOL program co-terminously with licensure. Proposal was approved by TSPC.

Member. (Spring 2018). Marylhurst Closure Transfer Assistance Group. Managed logistics to help teacher candidates midway through their programs transfer to PSU after Marylhurst’s sudden closure.

Member. (Winter–Spring 2016). Curriculum and Instruction Department Retirement Celebration Planning Group. Collaborated with four colleagues to plan three separate retirement events for colleagues.

Member. (Spring 2016). Elementary GTEP and Literacy Adjunct Hiring Committee.

Member. (Winter 2016). Post Tenure Review Committee: Sue Lenski.

Program Coordinator. (Fall 2015–Spring 2016). Literacy/Reading Endorsement Program.

Member. (Fall 2015–Present). Curriculum and Instruction Doctoral Specialization Committee. (Co-Chair Winter 2023)

• Often take a leadership role in planning agendas and orchestrating and facilitating admissions processes.

• Collaborated with Molly Siuty and Esperanza De La Vega to synthesize a year’s worth of team visioning and brainstorming into a cohesive image to communicate our program values and priorities to prospective students. 

Substitute Program Coordinator. (Winter 2015). Literacy Committee.

Member. (Fall 2014–Present). Career Support Peer Review Committee.

Collaborator. (Spring 2013). Based on student concerns about the challenge of connecting with and gaining access to local schools for field assignments in the reading endorsement/literacy program, worked with the Literacy Committee, Jeremy McPherson, and Penny Jasso to create online application forms for the reading endorsement practicum and for assistance accessing schools and classrooms for field assignments.

Leader. (Spring and Fall 2012). Arranged a 1-credit elective course on Guided Language Acquisition Design Strategies for Elementary Graduate Teacher Education Program (GTEP) students. Identified a qualified instructor, arranged for scheduling with the full-time and part-time elementary cohorts, designed a Google form for registration, and managed enrollment.

Collaborator. (Spring/Summer 2012). Worked with Susan Lenski to initiate an effort to recruit students to the Literacy/Reading Endorsement program through marketing strategies such as using social media, communicating with principals and district administrators, and posting updated and interactive features on the program web page. Literacy Committee approved our proposals.

Collaborator. (September 2011–Spring 2012). Initiated an effort to “jump start” the process of program revision for Graduate Teacher Education Program (GTEP). Collaborated with Susan Lenski to synthesize literature on strong teacher education programs into a cohesive proposal for the structure, focus, and organization of a new program. Created a keynote presentation outlining the proposal and presented it with Susan Lenski at the GTEP Faculty and Staff Meeting on October 4, 2011.

Member. (Summer 2011­–2013). Elementary Work Sample Revision Task Force. Took a leadership role in streamlining and clarifying the work sample. Collaborated to produce a guide to the work sample (including an exemplar work sample) to support teacher candidates and align expectations across course instructors, cohort leaders, cooperating teachers, and supervisors. Collaborated on two revisions of the work sample and a complete rewrite of the scoring rubric.

Member. (February 2011­–Spring 2012). GTEP Admissions Team. Initiated and led an effort to revise and streamline the GTEP admissions process to make it clearer and simpler for students, make better use of faculty time during application reviews, increase consistency and fairness across faculty ratings, and ensure that all admitted students have appropriate qualifications.

Member. (September 2010–Spring 2012). Curriculum and Instruction Doctoral Specialization Task Force. Contributed to the development of a doctoral specialization in Curriculum and Instruction.

Member. (Spring 2010). Graduate Teacher Education Program Subcommittee on Field Experiences. Collaborated to generate ideas for improving field experiences for teacher candidates.

Member. (September 2009–Present). Literacy Committee. 

• Summer 2019: Collaborated to complete a revision to the reading endorsement program based on the revised International Literacy Association standards and the Oregon dyslexia standards, and also to combine the on-campus/hybrid Literacy Program with ReadOregon. The result will be an updated 8 course (24 credit) online program. Responsible for four of the 8 courses, including two major revisions (Literacy Assessment and Practicum) and writing two courses from scratch (Linguistics, Phonics, and Word-Level Reading Difficulties; Comprehension, Vocabulary, and Text Structure).

• Previously contributed to a major revision of the Reading Endorsement program. Facilitated the alignment of courses with IRA Standards. Developed new curricula for two courses and collaborated in the design of a new practicum. Worked with David Bullock to design transition points for the Reading Endorsement program in the TK20 data management system to keep better track of candidate progress and facilitate stronger advising support. Worked with David Bullock and Mark Wallace to revise the MA/MS and added endorsement application and admissions processes in TK20 to streamline the process for applicants and ensure that all admitted students have appropriate qualifications. Maintain the program Facebook page through regular postings about course offerings, professional development opportunities, and literacy events. 

Member. (September 2009–Present). Graduate Teacher Education Program Elementary Literacy Committee. Contributed to topic alignment across the course sequence. Worked to update course content and align courses with professional standards. Collaborated to develop syllabi for literacy courses in the revised Graduate Teacher Education Program.

PSU Representative. (2017–Present). Oregon Association of Colleges of Teacher Education (OACTE).

Reviewer. (2022–Present). IGI Global.

Reviewer. (2021–Present). Reading and Writing.

Unit Representative. (September 2019–Present). American Association of University Professors.

Research Committee Chair. (2018–2019). Oregon Association of Colleges of Teacher Education.

PSU College of Education Representative. (2017–Present). Oregon Association of Colleges of Teacher Education.

Reviewer. (February 2013 – Present). Action in Teacher Education.

Reviewer. (December 2013 – Present). Classroom Discourse.

Secretary. (August 2013 – July 2015). Portland Council of the International Reading Association.

Reviewer. (August 2012 – Present). Democracy and Education.

Board Member. (October 2011 – July 2015). Portland Council of the International Reading Association.

Reviewer. (August 2011 – Present). Journal of Literacy Research.

Member. (June 2011 – June 2014). Literacy Research Association Field Council.

Proposal Reviewer. (February 2011 ­– Present). Literacy Research Association.

Member. (February 2011 – March 2015). International Reading Association Classroom Teacher Awards Committee.

Chair. (2003-2004). Fowler Middle School Site Council, Tigard, OR.