Dr. Edith Esparza-Young

eesparza@tamusa.edu

Office 210-784 2507

MSC 267

Curriculum Vitae

PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS:

Primary professional interests are in the research and study of Bilingual Education,

English Language Learners (ELL’s), Technology Integration in Second Language

Instruction, Distance Education, and Minority Populations. A major professional goal is

to impact the quality of education English Language Learners receive in public schools

throughout grade school and higher education institutions. Preferred teaching methods

include using active learning, co-teaching concepts, cooperative learning, role-playing in

the classroom, and community-service learning. Preferred administrative methods

include collaborative approaches for building genuine and effective work teams/climate.

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:

Ed.D. in Bilingual Education, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, May 2006

Dissertation Topic: An Examination of Bilingual Student-Teachers’ Reading Attitudes

During the Student-Teaching Experience.

M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction in English as a Second Language, University of

Texas Brownsville-Texas Southmost College, 1997.

B.A. in Political Science (Minor in Spanish), University of Texas at Arlington, 1990.

SPECIAL AWARDS

Awarded merit bonus Fall 2015.

Awarded a raise in August of 2014.

Nominated for the Texas Association of Bilingual Education Honoree Award in July

2014.

Awarded Merit Recognition Fall 2012 at Texas A&M San Antonio College of Education,

Curriculum and Kinesiology Department

Faculty Recognition Award Spring-University of Texas Brownsville-Texas Southmost

College, Spring 2006.

CERTIFICATION

Certified Elementary Self-Contained (Grades 1-6), Texas State Board for Educator

Certification from 2000 to present.

Certified Bilingual (Grades 1-6), Texas State Board for Educator Certification from 2000

to present.

Certified ESL (Grades 1-12), Texas State Board for Educator Certification from 1997 to

present.

Certified English Language Arts (Grades 6-12), Texas State Board for Educator

Certification from 1994 to present.

Certified Spanish (Grades 6-12), Texas State Board for Educator Certification from 1994

to present.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE:

Coordinator and Assistant Professor of Bilingual Education

Texas A&M San Antonio, February 2012 to present. Full-time faculty teaching

undergraduate and graduate courses in Bilingual Education for the School of Education

and Kinesiology Department. Course format includes online instruction, face to face

lectures, use of Centra 7, Blackboard and E-books.

Bilingual and ESL Lecturer

Texas A&M San Antonio, August 2011 to February 2012. Full-time faculty teaching

undergraduate and graduate courses in Bilingual Education and ESL for the School of

Education and Kinesiology.

Adjunct instructor

Colorado State University-Global Campus, 2010-October 2013. Primary responsibilities

include teaching undergraduate from the General Education writing and composition

courses to graduate courses for teachers specializing in the field of teaching and working

with English Language Learners. Courses include: ELL 530 Assessment and

Administration of ELL programs, ELL 520 Literacy and the English Language Learner,

OTL 515 Teacher as a Change Agent, and ELL 500 English Language Learners.

English Language Arts and English as a Second Language (ESL) teacher,

Brownsville Independent School District (BISD) Juliet V. Garcia Middle School, 6th

Grade English Language Arts, September 2010 to 2011. Primary responsibilities include

providing instruction to 122 6th

grade students from diverse populations. Of the 122

students being served, 42 are classified as special populations coming to the classroom

with special needs. This classification includes, Autism, Emotional Learning Disability,

Behavioral Intervention, Dyslexia, and others. Courses taught include, English Pre-AP,

Gifted and Talented, and an ESL component for English Language Arts.

Field-based Specialist, The University of Texas Brownsville-Texas Southmost College,

August 2004 to August 2009. Dean: Dr. Gayle Brogdon and Department Chair: Dr.

Reynaldo Ramirez. All forms of pedagogic work including classroom teaching.

Curriculum development work including planning, development and evaluation of

courses and course materials and supervision of course provision. Participate in

appropriate team and committee meetings. Research and consultant work including

individual or collaborative research and consultant work agreed by college management.

Teaching undergraduate courses in the area of Bilingual Education and Curriculum &

Instruction BILS 3314: Content Area Methodology for the Bilingual Teacher (taught in

Spanish), EDSL 4307: Foundations of ESL, EDSL 4306: Content Area Methodology for

the ESL teacher, EDCI 3304: Professional Responsibilities and Pedagogy, EDCI 4324:

Instructional Design and Development, EDCI 4325: Assessment for the Elementary

Classroom, EDCI 4308 Student Teaching Supervision of Bilingual and ESL student

teachers: Introduction to Technology in Teaching EDUCU 2301, and Introduction to

Special Programs, EDUCU 2303.

Adjunct Lecturer, College of Education, Department of Curriculum and Instruction

(C& I), Second Summer Session July 2004, Dr. Reynaldo Ramirez/Department

Chairperson. BILS 3314 Content Area Methodology for the Bilingual Teacher (Taught

in Spanish).

English Language Arts/ESL teacher, English Language Arts Department, Paul

Leal/Los Cuates Middle School, Los Fresnos CISD, 2003-2004. Primary roles included,

serving as the primary ESL teacher on all LPAC committees, which evaluated and

assessed student progress and placement, collaboration with Brownsville ISD and the use

of varied language assessment materials in addition to the existing district-adopted

assessment tool, known as the IDEA proficiency exam, working with administration to

design a core curriculum for ESL learners which included Spanish, Math, Social Studies,

and Reading, as opposed to a strict intensive ESL curriculum, integrating the use of

media and the development of cognitive knowledge to enhance student learning,

scheduling regular visits to the technology lab and library so students could use

mainstream video to develop their prior knowledge in content areas to help them become

active readers and better writers, complementing instructional strategies to develop a set

of test-taking strategies which resulted in one hundred percent of my English Language

Arts students passing the Writing component of the TAKS state exam, receiving training

in the latest Protocol Language Assessment Procedures for English Language Learners.

Student populations on campus included: recent immigrants, intermediate English

Language Learners, Advanced English Language Learners, Migrant students, and

mainstream monolingual English speakers. Received training in RPTE testing, IDEA

Language Assessment, and Technology Training on Library Reference Databases.

Reading Specialist, University of Texas-Texas Southmost College, Dr. Hilda Silva/Vice

President of Student Affairs, Maria Elena Valdes/Learning Assistance Director, January-

May 2003.Primary duties included: supervision of reading tutors, training of tutors in the

necessary components for students to pass the Reading component of the THEA,

collaboration with department chairs in the Math, History and English departments to

promote student attendance and to improve reading strategies for all struggling students,

creating original writing workshops to help students pass the multiple choice section of

the THEA. While at the Student Affairs division, additional tasks undertaken included: I

collaborating with reading experts to create a list of on-line web pages and reading skills

tips to help students become active readers, creating mock reading exams for students to

practice test-taking strategies, promoting the use of video and internet technology to help

students build up their cognitive knowledge in areas such as history and government to

help students better prepare for the reading sections of the THEA. Student passing rates

for the THEA exam, for the reading component, increased under the changes

implemented as Reading Specialist.

English Language Arts Teacher, South Texas I.S.D. Business & Technology Academy,

Jeff Hembree/Principal, 2000-2001. Primary duties included: Teaching English 4

Advanced Placement, English I, English II Pre-Advanced Placement courses, and English

as a Second Language, co-writing and revising the curriculum guide for the four levels of

English at the campus; this guide included reading lists, vocabulary lists and writing

performance goals.

Developmental Reading and Writing Instructor, Texas State Technical College, Billy

Becker/Department Chair, 1998-2000. Primary duties included: teaching remedial

reading and writing courses to help technical and vocational students prepare to pass the

THEA exam, using Plato Software to improve students’ basic writing skills and having

students take practice reading tests to help them develop basic reading skills such as:

scanning, active reading, summarizing, inferencing, and drawing conclusions, developing

students’ writing skills through basic and intermediate writing courses.

English as a Second Language Teacher, Brownsville Independent School District,

Johnny Pineda/Principal, 1996-1998. Primary duties included: teaching ESL I, English I

and ESL II. Received training in Computer-Assisted Curriculum Instruction, guided

students through the use of technology to assist ESL learning and monitored their

progress, while at the same time modifying the curriculum to assist their learning needs,

administered the LAS (Language Assessment Skills) exam to all ESL students, and

served on LPAC committees.

Spanish teacher, Groesbeck Independent School District, Curtis Rhodes/Principal, 1995-

1996. Primary duties included: working in a rural community of 3000 residents as the

Spanish Department Chair, teaching Spanish I &II, as Spanish for non-Speakers of the

Language (SSL) courses, presenting multicultural events presented for the school board,

such as 5 de mayo, the Battle of Puebla, and the renowned Day of the Dead, otherwise

known, as All Saints Day, creating the first-ever Spanish Club which, for the first time in

the district’s history, taking district students funded by the club’s fundraisers to San

Antonio for a cultural experience, where students had to practice their Basic Interpersonal

Communication Skills (BICS) at the world famous Market Square in San Antonio.

English Language Arts and Reading teacher, Santa Maria Independent School District,

Bobby Chapa/Principal, 1994-1995. Primary duties included: teaching English Language

Arts and Reading to migrant students who during the academic year worked in the

cucumber fields to help support the needs of their families, making home visits, which

led me to discover the poor living conditions of my students, many of whom had no

electricity nor running water, creating learning centers, so that my students would have

ample time to experience as many areas related to literacy, including: a reading corner, a

grammar center, a writer’s group, and a speaker’s circle.

PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT

Currently serving as Program Coordinator for the Bilingual Education and ESL

Department.

(2014-2015)Prepared a program review document for the 7th

year Legislative Review of

the Master of Science in Bilingual Education. This document required collaboration from

institutional departments and time sensitive data collection and interpretation of program

Institutional Effectiveness Results.

Secured funding from Laura Miller, Marketing Officer at Frost Bank in San Antonio,

Texas to donate $400 towards the travel expenses of TAMUSA-BESO (Bilingual

Education Student Organization) officers to attend the NABE conference in San Diego,

California.

Secured funding from Sherry Layman, San Antonio Public Library Foundation

member, to donate $100 towards travel expenses of TAMUSA-BESO (Bilingual

Education Student Organization) officers to attend for the NABE conference in San

Diego, California.

Secured waiver of registration fees for all four (4) TAMUSA-BESO officers from the

NABE president, Dr. Leo Gomez. TAMUSA-BESO officers were offered the

opportunity to volunteer at the NABE conference in exchange for waiver of fees totaling

$1720. TAMUSA-BESO officers opted to raise funds for the registration fees in order to

be able to attend multiple and concurrent conference sessions.

Awarded Research Grant ($500) by the Southwest Teaching Learning Conference

and co-authored with Dr. Mishaleen Allen, Models for Success Initiative (MSI):

Professional Learning Communities within San Antonio ISD Cohorts (2 and 3)

500 Years of Latino Histories National Endowment for the Humanities grant ($3000

funded). Collaborated with the Arts & Sciences librarian, Arts &

Sciences faculty and to feature published art and research on the topic of Latino

History.

City of Elsa, Mira Grant/ Grant Director and City Librarian/ Hilda Molina. Created

original curriculum for an Adult Learning and Literacy Center still in existence and

selected materials, promoting the center, teaching adult literacy, citizenship courses, adult

continuing education, and technology instruction.

INTERNATIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE

Valle Hermoso, Tampaulipas, Mexico, English Intensive Course for 10 weeks, 1994.

Wrote and created original curriculum to teach an intensive ten Week course of English

for the commercial setting in Valle Hermoso, Tamaulipas. Enrollment included twenty

students, who later came to be gainfully employed in the new maquiladoras because of

their basic communication skills in English, as a result of my course.

ESL instructor, Baku, Azerbaijan, located north of Iran and south of Russia, 2002.Taught

English to professional Azeris in the business sector

INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE

Created original Blackboard modules for online courses EDBL 3315 Second

Acquisition Learning and Literature

Improved passing rate of BTLPT from 63% to 80% or higher in a one year period.

Conducted BTLPT and generalist review sessions throughout the annual report year.

Conducted Graduate Orientation January 2014.

Conducted EC-6 Generalist Review Sessions throughout the reporting year.

Attended the annual BESO member recognition ceremony December 2013

Lead faculty to mentor Lynda Cavazos (adjunct), Sofia Valdez (bilingual university

supervisor), Carmen Gutierrez (adjunct), and Alicia Calderon (bilingual adjunct).

1st Annual Bilingual Conference sponsored by the TAMUSA Library October 2011

2nd

Annual Bilingual Child Conference held in TAMUSA library, October 2012

3rd

Annual Bilingual Child Conference held in TAMUSA library, October 2013

4th

Annual Bilingual Child Conference held in TAMUSA library, November 14, 2014

5th

Annual Bilingual Child Conference held in TAMUSA library, October 10, 2015

This year’s conference includes: Secretary of State Carlos Cascos, Chief Public

Defender for Bexar County, Michael Lee Young and Gallery Directory and Art

Professor, Alejandro Macias.

This annual mini-conference is hosted in collaboration with Deirdre McDonald and with

the support and guidance of Dr. Josephine Sosa-Fey in an effort to promote research

among undergraduate and graduate presentations.

In 2014, the conference led to the inclusion of two guest speakers, Lance Curtright and

Shelly Layman.

In 2013, developed a conference which included the very first two keynote speakers,

Xavier Garza, children’s author and Norma Scarcliff, Human Resources

administrator for San Antonio ISD.

Well over 50 undergraduate and graduate students participated both as attendees and

presenters.

2014

Served as curriculum committee member

Served as program curriculum committee member

2013

Served as member of search committee for Assistant Professor of Reading position

Served as curriculum committee member representing Bilingual Education department

Served as SAISD Cohort 3 mentor and liaison

Attended all TPCC orientations during the annual reporting period

Served as member of SAREADS proposal committee member to fund Literacy

Symposium

Created sample Spanish assessment test for review for the BTLPT practice exam for

department.

Conducted Spanish test-taking session for MSI SAISD cohort 3 students.

Community Service

Provided financial support of $460.00 for lodging of TAMU-SA Bilingual Education

student officers to attend NABE conference in San Diego, California.

These officers include: Anna Gonzales, Liza Herrera, Nydia Torres and Alejandra

Valerio

Actively recruited undergraduate and graduate students to apply and secure funding

for scholarships for the Hispanic Women’s Network of San Antonio during 2013.

Recipients of scholarships include: Anna Gonzales, Liza Herrera and Luz Maldonado

Gonzales.

2013 and 2014

Selected by Dr. Eric Lopez, Dean of the School of Education, to mentor Valerie Gorham

a Creekmore STEM Scholar. Ms. Gorham, a Harlandale ISD student, was selected from

a group of applicants coming from a traditionally under-served population. Ms. Gorham

is also a recipient of a matching grant from President Ferrier’s Office.

Member of the committee for the 1st Annual San Antonio Book Festival.

Organized, recruited and supervised over 70 TAMUSA undergraduate and graduate

students to volunteer at the festival.

Recruitment of 2nd

Annual San Antonio Book Festival volunteer recruitment for the

San Antonio Library Foundation.

National Program Implementation and External Evaluations

Invited to Bethel, Alaska to support language maintenance for the Yup’ik Native

American nation in October of 2014.

SERVICE in DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION on a state

and national level

2014-2015 BTLPT virtual committee member to review questions and

responses for the BTLPT for ETS and TEA.

I attended a week long Trainer of Trainers Dual Language Institute on July

2013 hosted at the Hyatt in San Antonio, Texas. I was invited by the

president of NABE, Dr. Leo Gomez to share in the exchange of

current research trends occurring in dual language programs

across the state and the United States.

External Evaluator

Dallas ISD-August 2014: Provided professional development for dual language

teachers.

During this 2013, Dr. Leo Gomez, the president of the National Association of

Bilingual Education (NABE) asked me to visit dual language campuses to

evaluate effectiveness of programs. Additionally, I was invited to share the work

TAMUSA is enveloped in to promote the university, the administration, the

faculty and the students. My work as an external evaluator for dual language

programs adds to the state and national conversation on Bilingual Education.

2007-2008 Texas Education Agency and State Board of Educator’s Certification

Committee Member

Reviewed the existing Texas Oral Proficiency Test (TOPT) exam, which Spanish

Secondary pre-service teachers take as well as Bilingual Elementary pre-service teachers.

Reviewed, discussed, designed, and approved the framework for the Bilingual Target

Language Proficiency Test (BTLPT) test future pre-service teachers will take as of Fall

2008. This committee also reviewed each of the domains under this test framework to

ensure compliance with all of the language competencies, including reading, writing,

speaking and listening skills. Additionally, each of the competencies, under each domain

within the test framework, was reviewed, reworded, or revamped in order to meet the

growing demands of pre-service teachers seeking bilingual certification. This service

was an extremely prestigious opportunity, given that only eleven individuals from

throughout the state were asked to serve.

PRESENTATIONS TO LOCAL, STATE, NATIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL

ASSOCIATIONS:

Two-Way Bilingual Symposium, May 11-12, 2006. Region One Education Service

Center, South Padre Island, Texas. (Sarmiento, M. Esparza-Young, E. & Blanco-

Rodriguez, O.)

“Vocabulario enfocado en la ensenanza de ciencias en la aula”

“Curanderismo” Myths, anecdotes, true stories, and the TAKS connection”

4th

Annual Bilingual, Biliterate, Bicultural Conference: “Building Bridges with Dual Language/Construyendo Puentes Académicos, April 28-29, 2006. Texas A & M International University (TAMIU), Laredo, Texas. (Rodríguez-Blanco, & Sarmiento-Arribalzaga, M,) “Classroom Management for Beginning Teachers”

"Curanderismo" Myths, anecdotes, true stories and the TAKS connection”

32nd Annual Spring Bilingual Conference- Texas A & M University Kingsville: March 10, 2006. Kingsville, Texas. (Blanco-Rodriguez, O., Esparza-Young, E. & Sarmiento-Arribalzaga, M,) “The first year EC-4 bilingual teaching experience: ESL interactive bulletin

boards, classroom management for ESL learners and bilingual literacy

curriculum for the new teacher.”

Fourth Annual CEDER Conference: Supporting Student Success, February 17-18, 2006. Center for Educational Development, Evaluation and Research, Corpus Christi, Texas.

“Grouping Strategies for Literacy Development of Bilingual Children”

“Cooperating Teachers and Bilingual Education Student-Teachers: A Missed

Opportunity”

12th Annual Binational Conference of Education: Transforming Our Reality through Assessment. October 28-29, 2005, Brownsville, Texas. (Sarmiento, M, Esparza-Young, E. & Blanco-Rodriguez, O.) “Destrezas auditivas para desarrollar el lenguaje” XVI Congreso de la Asociacion Rio Bravo- Consejo de Desarollo Social: “Calidad de Vida en la Frontera Mexico-Estados Unidos”: March 18-19, 2005, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon-Mexico. (Sarmiento, M., Esparza-Young, E., & Blanco-Rodriguez, O.)

“The Daughters of Immigrants: From the Fields to a Ph.D”

31st Annual Spring Bilingual Conference- Texas A & M University Kingsville: March 5, 2004. Kingsville, Texas. 2nd Annual Institute on Emotional Intelligence- Texas A & M University Kingsville (TAMUK). February 17-18, 2005. Kingsville, Texas. (Sarmiento, M. & Esparza-Young, E.)

“An Emerging E.I. Profile of Teacher Preparation Students in Bilingual

Education: Implications for the University Classroom.”

11th

Annual Bi-National Conference, 2005, Matamoros Tamaulipas, Mexico.

“The Secondary ESL Curriculum.”

Participant, July 23rd

-July 28th

, Oxford Reading Roundtable, London, England.

Co-presenter at the Rocky Mountain Council for Latin American Studies Conference in

Boulder Colorado, April 7-10, 2010, “From Revolucion to la Huelga: How the Mexican

Revolution Influenced a Labor Activist.”

The Eagle Bus Strike of 1980: Francisco Esparza’s Immigrant Laborer Experience as

Told by His Daughter (Esparza-Young, Edith)

Paper presented at the National Association of Bilingual Education (NABE) February

2012

Reaching Dual Language Teachers Through Distance Education (Esparza-Young, Edith,

Garcia, Sam and Garcia, Nancy

Paper presented at the National Association of Bilingual Education (NABE),

February 2012

Models for Success Initiative: Evidence-based Learning in a Latino CommunityPaper

presented at the Improving University Teaching International Conference in

Innsbruck Austria, July 17, 2012

En Mi Casa: Organic Play and Spanish Oral Language Development Enrichment

Opportunities (Esparza-Young, Edith and Rodriguez, Hilda)

Paper presented at the Texas Association of Bilingual Education (TABE),

October 2012

Developing an Educational Foundation for Children of BSH Farm Workers by

Strengthening the Parents (Morales, Javier and Esparza-Young, Edith)

Paper presented at the Frost Play Conference at Incarnate Word University April 5,

2013 (Javier Morales, TAMUSA Bilingual Education graduate student, 1st author and

Edith Esparza-Young, 2nd

author)

Desarrollando nuestras habilidades: Preparing Bilingual Education Teachers Spanish

Literacy Skills from Day One! Paper presented at the International Reading

Conference in San Antonio, Texas, April 22, 2013 (1st author Edith Esparza-Young, 2

nd

author Esther Garza)Co-presenters

Models for Success Initiative: Evidence-based Learning in a Latino Community

Paper to be presented virtually at the 13th International Conference on Diversity in

Organizations, Communities and Nations taking place in Darwin, Australia July, 2013.

Esparza-Young, E. Allen, M. & McDonald, D. (October 2015) Texas Association

of Bilingual Education Conference in El Paso, Texas, October 14th

-17th

, 2015.

Recovering Language One: Building Academic Proficiencies for Dual

Language Teacher Candidates Using Professional Learning Communities.

Esparza-Young, E. & Lara-Perez, J. (October 2015) Texas Association

of Bilingual Education Conference in El Paso, Texas, October 14th

-17th

, 2015.

Juegos Matamorenses: Como Aprendi a Leer y Cantar con mi Padre

Esparza-Young, E. & Allen, M. (March 2015) 44th

Annual National Association

of Bilingual Education Conference in Las, Vegas, Nevada, March 4-7th

, 2015.

Professional Learning Communities for Dual Language Pre-service Teachers:

Recovering Language One.

Esparza-Young, E. & Lara-Perez, J. (February 14, 2014)

Paper to be presented at the 43rd

Annual National Association of Bilingual

Education Conference in San Diego, California Rubricas e ideas para

desarrollar la lectoescritura emergente y la lectoescritura bilingüe en el aula

(international conference)

Garcia, N., Garcia, S. & Esparza-Young, E. (2013).

(The Key Elements of Quality Mentoring) Mentoring Our Latino Pre-Service

Teachers. Chapter presented at the Hispanic Women’s Network State

Conference in Corpus Christi, Texas October 2013.

(state conference)

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Esparza-Young, E., Allen, M. & Deirdre, D. (December 31, 2015)

Journal of Bilingual Education Research and Instruction

Recovering Language One.

http://www.tabe.org/files/filesystem/TABE-JournaI17_1.pdf

Esparza-Young, E., Allen, M. & McDonald, D. (April 2015)

Southwest Teaching Journal, MSI: Increasing Rigor and Relevance in Teacher

Preparation Vol. 4, 1

Esparza-Young, E. (January 2015) (Organic Play). In Georgianna Duarte (Ed.),

Children’s Play: Research, Reflections & Possibilities (31-38) Ronkonkoma,

New York: Linus Books ISBN 10: 1-60797-519-X

ISBN 13: 978-1-60797-519-9.

Esparza-Young, E. & Baker, S. (March 2014). Vol XII. pp. (1-9)

Revolución to La Huelga: The Brownsville Eagle Bus Strike of 1980

Journal of Latino Studies in Vivencias: Reports from the Field,

doi:10.1057/lst.2014.8 MacMillan Publishers Lts. 1476-3435 Latino Studies

www.palgrave-journals.com/lst/

Esparza-Young, E. & Allen, M. (2013, July-December) Models for Success Initiative

(MSI) Raising the Bar for Teacher Education in a Latino Community NABE

Perspectives, 14-17. (international publication)

Garcia, N., Garcia, S. & Esparza-Young, E. (2013). (The Key Elements of Quality

Mentoring) Mentoring Our Latino Pre-Service Teachers

In Georgianna Duarte & Emma Miller (Eds.), Mentoring Diverse Populations

(57-74) Ronkonkoma, New York: Linus Books

Esparza-Young, E., Gomez, L. & Gomez, R. (manuscript in progress) projected

to be submitted for review in March 2014 for the Texas Association of Bilingual

Education Journal Gomez &Gomez, STAAR and College Readiness: Using

Connected Writing to Scaffold Academic Language in the Dual Language

Classroom.

Esparza-Young, E.

Paper presented at the Improving University Teaching International Conference in

Innsbruck Austria, July 17, 2013

Esparza-Young, E. (December 2012). Playing at Home Redefined: Supporting

Literacy at Home Through Organic Play. IPAUSA E-Journal,

Retrieved from

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gjnK1Hpq9TCvwt6JnFjp5WvuWEFqAq*zfTIFsG3qTx8rV7W*XtpAbL

GRcPiEHY/eJournalipausafall2012redc.pdf

Edith Esparza-Young, “Innovating Scholarship Through Technology, Social

Networking and the Community Along the U.S. and Mexico Border,” April/May

2010 NABE Newsletter.

Francisco Esparza and Edith Esparza-Young, "The Eagle Bus Strike: An Immigrant’s

Recollection of Workers’ Voices Through Political Satire," Spring 2007, 104-116

South Texas Journal of History.

Research in Progress for publication and presentations during 2015

Esparza-Young, E. (November 19, 2015) National Endowment of the Humanities 500

Years of Latino History Grant presentation on The Eagle Bus Strike of 1980.

Esparza-Young, E. & Esparza, F. (June 2015) Art work of

Francisco Esparza and Research Narrative at the Rustberg Gallery at the

University of Texas in the Rio Grande Valley.

Esparza-Young, E., Sarmiento, M., Young, M., McDonald, D., & Duarte, G.

(submitted for review for 2016) Bilingual Educators and Administrators as

Advocates, Diversity Collection CG Publisher.

Esparza-Young, E. & Allen, M. (March 5-7, 2015) 44th

Annual National Association

of Bilingual Education Conference in Las, Vegas, Nevada.

Professional Learning Communities for Dual Language Pre-service Teachers:

Recovering Language One.

Esparza-Young, E. (April 2015) 1st Annual Student Research Symposium at Texas

A&M University San Antonio. Panelist for Opening of Conference

Esparza-Young, E. (October 14-17, 2015)

Paper presented at the 43rd

Annual Texas Association of Bilingual

Education Conference in El Paso, Texas

Recovering Language One: Building Academic Proficiencies for Dual Language

Teacher Candidates Using Professional Learning Communities

Esparza-Young, E. & Lara-Perez, J. (October 14-17, 2015)

Paper presented at the 43rd

Annual Texas Association of Bilingual

Education Conference in El Paso, Texas,

Juegos Matamorenses: Como Aprendí a Leer y Cantar con mi Padre

Esparza-Young, E. & Young, M.L. (October 24, 2015) Paper to be presented at the

Engaging Culture and Elevating Disciplined Inquiry in Corpus Christ, Texas at

TAMUCC, Bilingual Educators’ and Administrators’ Guide to Documenting

Presence of Immigrant Children (postponed due to inclement weather).

Esparza-Young, E. (April 2015)

Created course materials for a Zero Credit Test Prep course for preparation of

The Bilingual Target Language Proficiency Test (BTLPT) to be presented in the

curriculum cycle of November 2015.

This material was delivered as a seminar in the Summer of 2015.

Esparza-Young, E. & Alonso-Cortes, T. (April 2015)

Created course materials for an Academic Spanish course for Bilingual majors to

be presented in the curriculum cycle of November 2015. Collaboration with

Instituto Cervantes.

Presentations accepted for 2016

Esparza-Young, E. National Association of Chicano and Chicana Studies (NACCS)

Tejas Foco (February 18-2016) Bilingual Educators and Administrators: A

Guide to Documenting Immigrants’ Presence.

Esparza-Young, E. National Association of Bilingual Educators (NABE) Conference in

Chicago, Ill. (March 2016) Document, Document, Document: The Three Most

Important Words Bilingual Teachers Should Know for Immigrant Children for

Protection under DACA

Esparza-Young, E. National Association of Bilingual Educators (NABE) Conference in

Chicago, Ill. (March 2016) When Doing Nothing Means Doing Something:

Gaming Literacy, Math and Language Development

Esparza-Young, E. National Association of Chicano and Chicana Studies (NACCS)

Conference in Denver, Co. (April 2016) Document, Document, Document: The

Three Most Important Words Bilingual Teachers Should Know for Immigrant

Children for Protection under DACA

Evidence of research agenda and research in progress

Mentored three (3) graduate Bilingual graduate students to participate and present their

research posters at the 12th

Annual Research Symposium in Kingsville, Texas,

November 2013 (Erika Barnaby, Sylvia Soto and Erika Aranguiz)

This mentorship constitutes providing guidance in writing research proposals for graduate

poster sessions, collaboration with Dr. Sosa-Fey, Dean of Graduate Studies and the

Office of the Provost.

The Office of the Provost provides funding for this effort by graduate students

Graduate Students I Mentored

Miguel Alvarez received his Ph.D. from UTSA in the area of Bilingual Education.

He was the first student from our program, from 2011-2013, to move on to receive his

doctorate.

Hilda Rodriguez, Master of Arts in Bilingual Education (graduated May 2013)

1st time presenter at Texas Association of Bilingual Education (TABE), San Antonio,

Texas October 2012.

1st time presenter at the Graduate Research Symposium in Galveston, Texas,

November 2012

Sponsored by the Office of the Provost and through my own personal budget

(excluded from faculty travel budget).

Accepted to doctoral studies at UTSA with emphasis in Bilingual Education

Employed by Harlandale ISD.

Supported her candidacy for a scholarship awarded for doctoral studies at UTSA.

.Noemi Gonzalez, Master of Arts in Bilingual Education (graduated Spring 2013

Recently hired at a local district.

Liz Lacey, Master of Arts in Bilingual Education (graduated Spring 2013)

Hired locally in the San Antonio area.

Priscilla Rodriguez, Master of Arts in Bilingual Education (graduated Fall 2013).

Presently working as an early childhood Harlandale ISD teacher.

Javier Morales, Master of Arts in Bilingual Education (graduated Fall 2013).

Presently Adult ESL teacher at North Vista College.

Jenny Strang, Master of Arts in Bilingual Education (graduated 2013)

Presently working as a 3rd

grade teacher in the San Antonio area.

All of the following students presented research poster sessions at the 1st Annual

Student Research Symposium at Texas A&M University San Antonio and/or at the

4th

Annual Bilingual Conference at TAMUSA.

Adriana Reyna

Stephanie Garza

Dora Leija

Louis Ramirez

Consuelo Cantu

Sylvia Soto

Erika Aranguiz

Sandy Dolph

Francisco Cervantes

Maria Serna

Noemi Gonzales-former graduate student

Mentorship of Valerie Gotham, President’s scholar, for third year from 2012-present

Spanish Language Proficiency (SLP) advising of the following students:

Art Flores-GTCP

Louis Ramirez-GTCP

Melanie Bazaldua-February 16, 2015

Marco Vargas-February 16, 2015

Irene Negrete-April 6, 2015

Lidice Medina-April 20, 215

Jasmine Torres-May 6, 2015

Ayesa Hinojosa-May 6, 2015

Reyna Sanches-May 6, 2015

Iris Gutierrez-August 18, 2015

Yesena Cruz-August 24, 2015

David Lara-September 10, 2015

Blanca Diaz-September 10, 2015

Consuelo Cantu-September 23, 2015

Jenny Strang-September 23, 2015

Monica Gutierrez-October 1, 2015-MSI

Reviewer on the editorial board for the following journals

International Journal of Community Diversity

NABE Journal of Research and Practice