Résumé

EMMA VIOLAND-SÁNCHEZ
3000 N. Military Road
Arlington, VA 22207

EDUCATION

  • George Washington University, Washington, D.C., Ed.D. Human Development, 1987. Thesis: "Cognitive and Learning Styles of Limited English Proficient and English Proficient High School Students".
  • Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., School of Languages and Linguistics, 1977-78.
  • Columbia University Teachers College, New York, N.Y., 1977.
  • University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, Ed. D. Program in Counseling: 1971-74.
  • Radford University, Radford, VA, Bachelor of Science, June, 1966 and Master of Science in Modern Languages and Education: December 1968.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Supervisor:
The English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) and the High Intensity Language Training (HILT) Department, K-12, 1980 to present, Arlington Public Schools, Arlington, VA.

Coordinator of staff development, curriculum development, parent education, registration, placement and counseling services for language minority students. Supervisor of over 276 staff members.

Project Director of federally and state funded projects including: Title VII Cognitive Academic Language Learning Approach to Science and Mathematics, Funding for the Improvement of Education: Family School Partnership and Emergency Immigrant Funds.

Project Coordinator:
Title VII Secondary Bilingual Education, 1978-80, Arlington Public Schools, Arlington, VA.

Resource Specialist and Community Coordinator:
Title VII Elementary Bilingual Education Project, 1976-78, Arlington Public Schools, Arlington, VA.

Adjunct Professor:
Georgetown University 1998-present; George Washington University, 1988-1998; George Mason University, 1986-1996; University of Virginia, 1987; Trinity College, 1977, Washington, D.C.

Assistant Professor of Psychology:
Catholic University, 1974-75, La Paz, Bolivia

St. Andrews School, La Paz, Bolivia, 1969-71.

  • Director of Guidance and Counseling
  • Teacher of English as a Second Language

American Cooperative School, La Paz, Bolivia, 1971-76.

  • Director of Guidance and Counseling
  • Teacher, 1966-67.

Instituto Boliviano de Estudio y Acción Social, La Paz, Bolivia.
Assistant Director, Department of Education, 1969-71.

Radford University, Radford, VA.
Resident Counselor, 1968.

Arizona Western College, Yuma, AZ.
Instructor, Spanish, 1967.

CONSULTANT/PRESENTATIONS

Presenter:
National Center on Education and the Economy, How to Improve Achievement of Second Language Learners 1998;

American Educational Research Association, From Research to Practice: Tapping the Strengths of a Diverse Latino Community; April l998;

Mid Atlantic Equity Consortium, The Mid-Atlantic Center, School, Family and Community Partnerships for Language Minority Students Succcess, May 1997;

Center for Honoring Diversity, "Teacher Training and Learning Styles Research", George Mason University, 1996;

Ministerio de Educación y Fundación Maria Escalón de Nuñez, "El Arte en la Escuela", San Salvador, El Salvador, 1996;

Universidad Aquino, "Multiple Intelligences and Learning Styles", La Paz, Bolivia, 1996;

Georgetown University, School of Languages and Linguistics, "Learning Styles", Prince William County, Minority Achievement Conference, 1996. University of North Carolina, Summer Institute in Teaching English as Second Language, Charlotte, N.C., 1995. Center for Applied Linguistics, "Multiple Intelligences", Washington D.C., April 1995. Arizona State University, "Implementing Successful Instructional and Support Programs for Multicultural Students", Tempe, Arizona, October 1992. ASCD (Association for Supervisor and Curriculum Development), "Building Coalitions of Support for At-Risk Youth", Chicago, IL., November 1990;

"Challenges of the Multicultural Classroom", Atlantic City, New Jersey, July 1992; "Involving the Bilingual Parent", Atlantic City, New Jersey, July 1992;

IDEA Fellows Program, Agnes Scott College, Atlanta, GA, July 1990. University of Denver, Denver, CO, 1991. Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA, July 1991;

Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, CA, July, 1990; The J.F.K. Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C.

School Districts:
Rhode Island, Lexington, Kentucky; La Paz, Cochabamba, Sucre, Potosi, Oruro, Bolivia; San Salvador, El Salvador; Prince William County, Virginia; Albuquerque, New Mexico; Catholic Diocese of Arlington, Department of Catholic Education; Cicero, Illinois; Fairfax County Public Schools, Virginia; Paola, Kansas; Oak Park, Illinois; Reading, Pennsylvania; Toledo, Ohio.

Private Schools:
St. Andrew's School, La Paz; American Cooperative School, La Paz; Escuela Americana,
San Salvador, El Salvador.

Universities:
Universidad de Aquino, La Paz, Universidad de San Simón, Cochabamba, Universidad del Valle, Cochabamba, Bolivia; Arizona State University, Recinto Universitario de Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. University of New Mexico, University of North Carolina; George Mason University, Virginia; Georgetown University, Washington, DC; University of Maryland, Maryland; University of Virginia, Virginia.

Government Agencies:
Ministry of Human Development, Bolivia; Ministry of Education, El Salvador; National Council of Higher Education, La Paz, Bolivia; Ministry of Education, Bolivia; Guatemala Institute, Guatemala; Foreign Service Institute; Small Business Administration.

Publisher:
Prentice Hall, Houghton-Mifflin Publishing Company.