FACULTY DIVERSE AND EXCEPTIONAL EXPERIENCES

FACULTY MEMBER	Diversity Experiences	Exceptionality Experiences
Andrews	High School Teacher, Brush Public Schools, Brush, Colorado—large percentage of Hispanic students Collaborated on a grant to establish technology based mentoring between Native American high school students and preservice teachers	Resident Trainer—Southeast South Dakota Activity Center Graduate Assistant—Center for Developmental Disabilities, SD/UAP
Ashworth	Elementary Teacher, Hawthorne ES, 43% minority Augie Reads, after school ELL program, support person	Keynote Speaker at the Inclusion Conference: Collaboration is a Team Sport, Newport News, VA Teacher panelist on US Secretary of Education Town Satellite Meeting: Serving Students with Disabilities: What Families, Schools and Communities Need to Know President of Pathways, a non-profit advocacy organization for young adults with disabilities Parent of an adult child with disabilities
Bacon	Interim in Cuernavaco, Mexico during college Student taught in preschool, kindergarten, and grades ¾ in diverse schools in St Paul, MN Taught in Sidney, Montana in SPED classroom that included Hispanic children Observed bilingual programs in three schools in Waco, TX 30 hours of volunteer work in an ELL classroom in SF 15 years practicum and student teaching supervision in SFPS Annual conference attendance at national conferences that include culturally diverse populations	SPED teacher in self-contained room in Sidney, MT SPED teacher in resource rooms in Lennox School District, SD SPED Coordinator for Pre-12 transition programs in Brookings, SD 15 years volunteer experiences through SCEC 15 years of practicum and student teacher supervision in SPED settings Supports Coordinator for two college students with cognitive impairments who audited college courses
Feinstein	Axtell Park Middle School, Whittier Middle School, and Edison Middle School after school program—40% or more diverse population attend Collaborated on a 2001 grant to form and sustain an after school program Sit on SFPS After school Board	Regional consultant in MN to Alternative Schools Started alternative school for at risk MS and HS students in MN Consultant at correctional facility for adolescent boys Assisted in GOALS 2000 grant for diverse after school programs Presenter at conference on Alternative Programs Instrumental in juvenile correctional programs receiving Title money in MN Consultant for a program for EBD adolescents in MN (the correctional program and EBD program have been cited as 2 of the best in MN, when I started with them 5 years ago they were on probation and were to close within 30 days)
Hallenbeck	Worked closely with cohort of Korean, African-American, and Pacific Islander doctoral students at Michigan State University Student teacher at Grand Rapids Michigan Union High School, a pioneer in cross-district bussing for the purpose of racial integration	Secondary resource teacher for 16 years Substitute teacher in elementary resource room, high school behavior classroom for one semester
Hanavan		Consultant with: Avera McKennan Hospital evaluating neonates, adults, & elderly SD School for the Deaf USD Sioux Falls Pediatric School for Disability VA Medical Hospital
Kiner	Principal and supervisor of ELL cluster site at WMS Keynote speaker at MLK Day Celebration in SF Coordinator of Augie Reads Program Published an article in ELL Magazine Three grants funded to support reading skills development for ELL students	Principal at SPED Cluster Site at PHMS Received the Richard L. Jenkins award form the CHS for work with children who have exceptionalities
Mahan		Graduate Internship at CCHS Autism Evaluation and Programming Team for SFPS Certificate in Assistive Technology from California State University, Northridge
Soukup	Teacher at SD School for the Deaf inclusive of Native American and Hutterite students
VanBockern	International speaker conducting workshops with diverse groups Senior Training: Healing Racism Locally working with classrooms of Native students at Axtell Park MS Senior Training of Response Ability Pathways, a multicultural, strength-based approach to all children Adjunct Professor: University of Victoria, Vancouver Island, BC Directing a mentoring grant for Title I students	Consultant for the Office of Juvenile Justice Consultant for attorneys working with adjudicated youth Directing a mentoring grant for Title I students
Wenger	East St. Louis classroom teaching assignment for 8 years Taught at Tribal School in Cass Lake MN for 4 years, also served as Curriculum Specialist Even Start Family Literacy, Federal Evaluator, ENL families, 3years Mentored Native American student Native American College Preparation Summer Program, Curriculum Director, 3 years	Title I Self-Assessment Facilitator Behavior Control Classroom Teacher SL Association for Retarded Citizens, Direction of Recreational Programs Gifted Coordinator for SFPS and Harrisburg, 8 years