Stephen
J. Pollard
www.irvingisd.net/~spollard
University
of
North Texas
,
Denton
,
TX
, 1996
M.A. in
Spanish Culture and Civilization
University
of
North Texas
,
Denton
,
TX
, 1990
B.B.A.
in Marketing
Areas
of Concentration: International Marketing
Minor: Spanish
Lee Britain
Elementary, Irving Independent School District, Bilingual Instructional
Specialist, Irving, TX, 2004 - present
-
Provide
literacy and math instruction to bilingual, ESL and regular classrooms,
K-5.
-
Support
and provide training in pedagogical areas related to Spanish and English
language arts, math, social studies and science.
-
Undertake
administrative school duties as necessary.
J.
O. Schulze Elementary,
Irving
Independent
School District
, Third Grade Bilingual Education Teacher,
Irving
,
TX
, 1995 – 2004
University of North
Texas
, Teaching Fellow, Department of Foreign Languages, Denton, TX, 1991-1994
Licenses
and Certificates
Texas
Teaching Certificate
·
Provisional Elementary Self-Contained (Grades PK-6)
·
Provisional
Bilingual/ESL (Grades PK-6)
·
Standard Gifted and Talented (Grades PK-6)
·
Teacher of the Year –
Bilingual/ ESL Education Association of the Metroplex, BEAM, 2000-2001
·
Teacher of the Year –
J.O. Schulze Elementary, Irving Independent School District, 2000-2001
·
Certificate of Merit
–
Texas
Association of Bilingual Education, 2000-2001
Private Educational Consultant 1999
– present
Working
with various institutions and companies I have given presentations on a myriad
of different pedagogical concepts such as effective teaching strategies in
bilingual education and how to work with expository text in the classroom.
In addition I have translated materials for different authors in the
education field including
Barry Lane
, writing consultant and Vicki Spandel,
author of various writing books and creator of the 6-trait writing assessment.
Editor, 1998, ¡Vía
libre!
Hampton
Brown Publishing.
Social Worker, Communities in
Schools,
Dallas
,
TX
, Jan. 1995 – June 1995
·
Provided social and
academic services to predominately Spanish speaking students and their families
at
Montgomery
Elementary School
,
Carrollton-Farmers
Branch
School District
,
Farmers Branch
,
TX
Translator, Interpreter,
Accento, The Language Company,
Carrolton
,
TX
August 1994 -Nov 1994.
·
Provided written
translation services and oral interpreting services in Spanish and English.
“English
Only, But Why?” Published at www.inmotionmagazine.com/pollard.html,
1998
“Sólo ingles, pero ¿por qué?”
Published at www.inmotionmagazine.com/pollesp.html,
1998
“A Shiny New
Package, What Are We Fighting For Anyway?” Published at www.inmotionmagazine.com/pollard2.html,
1998
“Un cambio de empaque, ¿por qué
luchamos?” Published at www.inmotionmagazine.com/pollesp2.html,
1998
“La educación bilingüe –
Bilingual Education” Cuartoscuro, Año 2, No. 14, Oct.-Nov., 1998
“La verdad irónica –
The Ugly Truth” Cuartoscuro, Año 2, No. 20, Oct-Nov., 1999.
“The Gifted and
Talented Program and the Spanish Bilingual Student” Paper submitted as part of
graduate work for certification as a teacher of the gifted and talented through
Southern Methodist University, www.irvingisd.net/~spollard/The%20GT%20bilingual%20student.htm,
2002
Co-Presenter
– Member of panel discussing classroom management issues
·
Spoke to
Irving
Independent
School District
’s new and veteran teachers as part of
Irving
Independent
School District
’s continuing staff development.
·
Second discussion with new
Irving
teachers can be seen on-line at http://www.irvingisd.net/staffdev/video/elementary_management.htm
Presenter
– “Working with Transitions”
·
Presented to Irving bilingual and ESL teachers as part of the
Bilingual/ESL Department’s summer and fall institutes; presentation
demonstrated how to use native language literacy to move the children into
English literacy, 2003.
Presenter
–
Third
Grade
Reading
Academy
Trainer for
Irving
Independent
School District
,
·
Texas Education Agency; presented to third grade teachers of
Irving
Independent
School District
and of surrounding districts.
Presenter –
“Using the Native Language to Accelerate English Acquisition,”
·
Presented at Staff Development Resources Southwest Regional
Conference,
Houston
,
TX
, 1999;
·
Presented at National Association for Bilingual Education’s
conference,
Dallas
,
TX
, 2000;
·
Presented to Region X alternative certification candidates,
Richardson
,
TX
, 2000, 2001, 2002;
·
Presented at Bilingual/ESL Education Association of the Metroplex,
BEAM, conference, 2000.
·
Presentation used by Tonie Garza, Bilingual/ESL Director, Irving
Independent School District; presented to IISD administrators, March 2000.
Co-Presenter – “What
is CALLA?”
·
Presentation to Bilingual/ESL teachers concerning methodology in
teaching academic English to English Language Learners.
Passo Institute,
Irving
Independent
School District
, 2001.
Presenter
– “Ocho Reglas
Para
Ser Mejores Padres (Eight Rules for Being Better Parents),”
·
Presented to Webb Elementary PTA’s Spanish speaking members.
McKinney
ISD, 2000;
·
Presented to Spanish speaking parents at J. O. Schulze Elementary,
2000, 2001.
Presenter
– “Padres con Poder (Parents with Power),”
·
Presented to Spanish speaking parents at J.O. Schulze Elementary,
1998, 1999, 2000.
Presenter
– “Best Practices in Bilingual Education”
·
Presented to teachers and administrators of the
Northwest
School District
,
Houston
Independent
School District
,
Houston
,
TX
, 1999.
Co-Presenter
– “What to Expect Your First Year Teaching”
·
Presentation to alternative certification candidates at Region X,
Richardson
,
TX
, 1997, 1998, 1999.
English
– native language; Spanish – speak, read and write fluently
Effective Network for the Advancement of Bilingual Education, ENABLE, www.projectmas.com.
Served as its second president, http://www.projectmas.com/history.html
Texas
Association of Bilingual Education, TABE, www.tabe.org
Bilingual/ESL
Education Association of the Metroplex, BEAM.
Association
of Texas Professional Educators, www.atpe.org
Furnished
on request
Classroom Salón de clase