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About Katherine Diana Perez



  • Elementary Education Credential (life)
  • Administrative Credential
  • Special Education Credential (mild/moderate; moderate/severe)
  • Community College Credential - Early Childhood Education
  • Resource Specialist Credential
  • Early Childhood Education Certificate
  • Reading Specialist Credential
Professional Organizations:
  • American Association of University Professors (AAUP)
  • International Council on the Education of Teachers (ICET)
  • American Education Research Association (AERA)
  • International Literacy Association (ILA)
  • Learning Disabilities Association of America (LDAA)
  • Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)
  • American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE)
  • Independent California College and University Council on the Education of Teachers (ICCUCET)
  • Council of Exceptional Children (CEC)
  • National Staff Development Council (NSDC) / Learning Forward
  • California Reading Association (CRA)
  • Organization of Teacher Educators in Reading (OTER)
  • California Council on the Education of Teachers (CCET)
  • Curriculum Council Contra Costa County Office of Education
  • National Association on the Education of Young Children
National Association of Bilingual Education

Positions

Present Faculty Member, Saint Mary's College of California ‐ Teaching Leadership Program
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Present Faculty Member, Saint Mary's College of California ‐ Kalmanovitz School of Education
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Conference Coordinator for “Culture, Language and Equity Institute", Saint Mary's College of California
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Conference Coordinator of Annual State Conference: Beginning Teacher Induction Network, Saint Mary's College of California
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Coordinating Committee – Summer Leadership Institute, Saint Mary's College of California
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Corporate Advisory Council, Saint Mary's College of California ‐ Kalmanovitz School of Education
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Disciplines

Grants

2010 - Present "LIFT UP!" Grant - Literacy Innovations For Teachers: Urban Partnership
Oakland Diocese
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Professional Service and Affiliations

2010 - Present Urban Partnership, LIFT UP! Literacy Innovations for Teachers
2010 - 2012 Learning Forward Organization Program Chairperson, National Conference Program
2011 Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development Program volunteer, National Conference Program
Chairperson, Board of Directors, Glide Foundation
Consultant to the SB1422 Advisory Panel on Restructuring Teacher Education, California Book Reviewer, Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy
Lecturer, adjunct faculty, California State University, East Bay
Board of Directors, Clausen House for the Developmentally Disabled
Lecturer, adjunct faculty, Contra Costa Community College
Institution of Higher Education member, Contra Costa County Curriculum Leaders Committee
Special Day Class Teacher, Contra Costa County Office of Education
Program Committee, Learning Disabilities Association of California Conference
Program Chairperson, National Staff Development Council (Learning Forward)
Professional Development Coordinator, Project P.R.E.P. (“Preservice Reading Educational Partnership”)
Professional Development Coordinator, S.T.A.R.S.S. Project (“Success for Teaching Academic Reading to Struggling Students”) – Bay Area
Special Day Class Teacher, Santa Barbara County Office of Education
Lecturer, adjunct faculty, University of California, Berkeley Extension
Coordinator of Curriculum and Staff Development, West Contra Costa Unified School District
Reading Specialist, West Contra Costa Unified School District
Resource Specialist, West Contra Costa Unified School District
Curriculum Specialist, West Contra Costa Unified School District
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Honors and Awards

  • California Reading Association Hall of Fame Award
  • Program Chairperson – National Staff Development Council Conference
  • Marcus Foster Memorial Award – California Reading Association for outstanding contributions in reading advancement in California
  • Board of Directors, National Staff Development Council
  • Vice-President, Organization of Teacher Educators in Reading –International Reading Association
  • The Citizen Ambassador Program
  • Invited presenter to Sino/American Joint Conference on Exceptionality, Beijing, China
  • Invited presenter to U.S./Spain Joint Conference on Education, Barcelona, Spain
  • Invited delegate of Learning Disabilities Delegation to Russia and Hungary
  • Appointment to the College Board Committee to Develop Subject Examination in Education Psychology, Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ
  • Consultant for National Urban Alliance for Effective Education, Teachers College, Columbia University
  • Editorial Board, Journal of Reading Education, a national refereed journal of the Organization of Teacher Educators
  • Chairperson for Teacher Credentialing for the Learning Disabilities Association of California
  • Marcus Foster Memorial Award for Outstanding Contribution to Reading in California - (November 2007) California Reading Association
  • Rotary International Post- Graduate Fellowship - University of Swanse, Wales, Great Britain (August 1979) Graduate Fellowship - Counseling

Courses

  • Implementation of Laws and Regulations
  • Consultation and Assistance in Application of Classroom Management Techniques
  • Consultation and Assistance in Modification of Instruction
  • Consultation and Assistance in Assessment of Learning and Behavioral Patterns
  • Student Teaching Seminar
  • Introduction to Special Education
  • Collaborative Consultation
  • Resource Specialist Practicum
  • Curriculum: Severely Handicapped
  • Curriculum: Learning Handicapped
  • Language Development: Assessment and Intervention
  • Clinical Practice Practicum
  • Reading Leadership II: Practicum
  • Content Area Literacy
  • Reading Leadership: Program Design
  • Mainstreaming Exceptional Children
  • Teacher Leadership to Transform School Culture
  • Teaching Leadership: Theory and Practice
  • Synthesis Project
  • Proposal Writing – Master’s Degree
  • Staff Development and Parent Education
  • Assessment and Program Planning
  • Supervised Induction Experience
  • Critical Issues in Education for Beginning Teachers
  • Investigating Reflective Learning
  • Developing Teaching and Learning Practices
  • Connecting Teaching and Learning Leadership
  • Exploring and Learning Leadership

Education

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Ed.D. Curriculum and Instruction, Brigham Young University
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M.S. Educational Psychology, California State University, East Bay
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B.A. Honors English, Holy Names University
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Links

Contact Information

Office
Filippi Academic Hall - 250

Phone: 925.631.4506
Fax: 925.376.8379

Mail: P.O. Box 4350

Email:

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