Dr. Edith Esparza-Young
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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, JanuaryMay 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, 19951996. 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. & BlancoRodriguez, 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, & SarmientoArribalzaga, 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. & SarmientoArribalzaga, 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, EsparzaYoung, 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, 2nd
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 Aprendí 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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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