RESUME

ZOE ANN BROWN

EDUCATION

9/75 - 12/81 Stanford University

Ph.D. - Education (Curriculum and Instruction)

Major: Second Language Education

Minor: Psychology

Informal Minor: Evaluation

7/73 - 5/75 University of Texas at El Paso

M.Ed. - Curriculum and Teacher Education

Specializations: Reading, Bilingual Education

Elementary Credential, Kindergarten Endorsement

9/69 - 5/72 University of California at San Diego

B. A. - Spanish Literature

Course work in Psychology and Sociology

1/71 - 6/71 University of California, Education Abroad, Mexico City

Course work in Spanish, language, teaching, literature, art, music, theater, and anthropology

3/68 - 6/69 University of California at Los Angeles

Course work in Psychology and Spanish

WORK EXPERIENCE

1999 – present Director

Network for English Acquisition and Reading Star Schools Program (NEARStar)

Pacific Resources for Education and Learning

Honolulu, HI

Design, develop, and provide leadership to $10 million national research and development distance learning grant. The purpose of this grant is to develop research-based student instruction to teach beginning English reading to early elementary level non-English speaking students, gather progress data through embedded assessments, and based on the students’ individual needs, provide professional development to teachers, all delivered via the Web. Responsible for all aspects of the work; budget, personnel, content, software, programming, reporting, testing, and dissemination. Create production teams; work with Hawaii and U.S. mainland based private and public institutions to create content and software. Locate developmental partner schools across the U.S. and Pacific regions. Field test lessons. Evaluate program with comparison schools. Present results at national/international conferences and journals. Disseminate final product.

1997 – 1999 Director

Applied Research and Development

Regional Educational Laboratory

Pacific Resources for Education and Learning

Honolulu, HI

Responsibilities: Direct research studies in teacher absenteeism and retention and student language use throughout the Pacific Region. Develop instruments (language use, reading skills in 10 languages, listening skills, vocabulary development); create data collection procedures; train staff; supervise data collection; analyze data; write reports; disseminate results.

Nov. 1996 - 1997 Language and Cultural Diversity Research Specialist

Pacific Resources for Education and Learning

Honolulu, Hawaii

Responsibilities: Plan, design, deliver, and document activities and work related to PREL’s specialty area of Language and Cultural Diversity; serve as principal researcher and writer of materials related to this specialty area; represent PREL in activities related to the Laboratory Network Program collaboratives; coordinate activities with the R&D Cadre; provide expertise to the field based on research in linguistics and language and cultural diversity; and collaborate with the Bilingual Education Specialist and others to support efforts in program and product development with major focus on research and informing the field.

1990 - 1996 Test Development Specialist

Hawaii Department of Education, Office of the Superintendent

Planning and Evaluation Branch

Responsibilities: Hawaii state graduation test (HSTEC), including development, field testing, documentation, delivery of tests, and maintenance of statewide student database; Content Area Performance Assessments in collaboration with the National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), including design and piloting of assessments, development and supervision of scoring systems, and reporting data; presentations to school personnel, local community groups and educational organizations on test preparation, test fairness, understanding and using test data; assistance to schools and districts in analysis and interpretation of data, developing standards-based assessments; design of assessments for Title I school-wide use.

1993 - 1998 Accelerated Schools Coach

Blanche Pope Elementary School

Waimanalo, Hawaii

Responsibilities: Working with school staff, parents, and community to reform education for at-risk Hawaiian students. The Accelerated Schools Process focuses on the strengths of the children, their culture, and community to provide the high quality education necessary to bring students’ skills up to grade level. Coaching includes increasing capacity of school/community to self-govern and make decisions through participatory leadership and empowerment. School and community agree on school vision, determine needs, set priorities for study, research solutions through inquiry, develop action plans, and implement school-wide changes. The process is both systematic and systemic.

1989 - 1990 Educational Specialist

Bilingual/Multicultural Education

Hawaii Department of Education, Office of Instructional Services

General Education Branch

Responsibilities: Supervision of two Title VII bilingual projects throughout Hawaii, including teacher education, materials development, research and evaluation design.

1986 - 1989 Teacher

Kahuku High and Elementary School

Hawaii Department of Education

Subject area: 8th - 12th grade Spanish.

1984 - 1985 Consultant

Nevada Department of Education

Authored Nevada State Handbook for Teaching Limited-English Proficient Students.

Summer 1984 Test Reviewer

Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages

Reviewed the Bilingual Syntax Measure II.

Spring 1984 Consultant

Developed and presented proposal for Certification in Teaching English as a Second Language to Nevada Professional Standards Commission.

Spring 1984 Adjunct Assistant Professor

University of Nevada, Las Vegas, College of Education

Taught CIR 545--Teaching Reading to Non-English Speaking Students.

3/84, 2/83, 2/82 Instructor

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Nevada Language Issues Conference

Multicultural Conferences

Fall 1984 - Curriculum Consultant

Spring 1985 North Slope Borough School District, Barrow, Alaska.

Designed oral language curriculum for two Inupiat Eskimo villages in northern Alaska. Developed English Oral Language Continuum (EOLC) for K-12 students; analyzed language and learning style test data; gathered data and analyzed results of teacher attitude toward native language speakers; diagnosed and placed students on language continuum; developed quick (interim) oral language test for informal, continuous oral English assessment and diagnosis; wrote curriculum overview for teaching English as a Second Dialect; ordered materials for use with EOLC; trained curriculum writers in lesson development to fit EOLC.

Fall 1983 Consultant

Clark County School District, Las Vegas, Nevada

Offered weekly workshop series (10) for teachers on methods of teaching English as a second language; provided inservice training on implementation of curriculum guide for teaching limited English proficient students.

1982 - 1983 Consultant

Language Acquisition Programs Unit

Clark County School District, Las Vegas Nevada

Developed the Interlanguage Core Program (ILC), a modified immersion program for limited English proficient students (K-12) from heterogeneous language backgrounds. Responsible for materials selection, curriculum development and teacher in-service training; chaired task force to develop curriculum guide; wrote curriculum guide.

1980 - 1983 Assistant Professor

University of Nevada, Las Vegas, College of Education

Taught classes in Bilingual Education, English as a Second Language, Multicultural Education.

Project Director

Title VII (federal) Dean's Grant in Bilingual and ESL Teacher Preparation.

1980 - 1981 Principal Investigator

Stanford University

NIE contract through Inter-America Research Associates

Responsibilities: developed and administered $50,000 research project to investigate the phenomenon of "semilingualism" and the various problems associated with language testing; managed employees who collected data; performed computer analyses; wrote final report.

Summer 1979 Lecturer

University of San Diego, Summer Program in Guadalajara

Taught two courses in Bilingual Education: Reading and Language Arts, Psychology of the Spanish Speaking Child.

Spring 1979 Adjunct Lecturer

University of Santa Clara

Taught graduate seminar in Bilingual/Cross Cultural curriculum issues.

Spring - Winter 1979 Consultant

California State Department of Education, Office of Program Evaluation and Research

Participated in data collection and write-up of ethnographic study of Bilingual Education programs.

1/79 Test Developer

Evergreen Valley Community College, San Jose, California

Designed entry level writing proficiency exam developed for 70% minority community.

1978 - 1979 Lecturer

California State University, Sonoma - Education Department

Taught course in Bilingual Reading to Multiple Subjects Credential (bilingual emphasis) candidates; responsible for field work component. Supervised student teachers.

11/78 -12/78 Consultant

Stanford University, School of Education; Dr. Robert Calfee, Director of Research

Worked on design of reading comprehension test to be used with English and Spanish speaking children; specifically responsible for propositional analyses of passages.

5/78 - 8/78 Research Assistant

Stanford University Psychology Department, Bing Bilingual Summer Program, Professors E. Maccoby and R. Politzer

Helped design, develop and implement use of observation instrument to document naturalistic language behavior of limited English speaking Spanish dominant children.

6/78 Language Tester

Whisman School District, Mountain View, California.

1/77 -12/77 Adjunct Assistant Professor

Monterey Institute for Foreign Studies.

Taught course in Bilingual Curriculum in the Language Arts.

6/77 - 9/77 Research Assistant

Stanford Center for Research and Development on Teaching, Professors A. Ramirez and R. Politzer

Developed teacher test of Spanish reading knowledge.

Fall 1977 ESL Teacher

Gunn High School, Palo Alto, California

Part-time instructor of non-English speaking high school students.

Summer 1977 Evaluator.

School of Education, Stanford; Professor R. Snow

Helped evaluate Biological Clocks Workshop for National Science Foundation.

10/76 Consultant

Stanford University, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine

Language use in questionnaire design

9/76 -12/76 Evaluator

Franklin-McKinley School District, San Jose, California.

Language testing and bilingual program design

Fall 1976 Bilingual Test Administrator

American Institute for Research, Palo Alto, California

Federal Impact Study

3/76 - 5/76 Curriculum Developer

La Raza Summer School, Chicano Fellows. Stanford University.

High School Communication.

9/73 - 5/75 Teacher

Teacher Corps, San Juan Elementary School, El Paso, Texas

Taught grades 2 through 4. Developed bilingual curricula for reading, language arts, science and music (elementary level). Worked with Spanish speaking aides in developing bilingual reading program. Taught ESL. Organized and established seven Girl Scout troops. Trained community mothers as leaders.

9/72 - 5/73 VISTA Volunteer

Walsenburg, Colorado

Teacher aide in Title VII classroom. Teaching English as a second language. Co-supervisor of youth program for Mexican and Anglo-American juveniles under the supervision of the courts. Assisted Teacher Corps in Bilingual Kindergarten. Miscellaneous community work (CAP, translating, income tax, school board, community mental health).

GRANTS and AWARDS

June 1999 Network for English Acquisition and Reading ($10, 000,000)

Star Schools Project (NEARStar)

Pacific Resources for Education and Learning

Honolulu, Hawaii

Fall 1994 Chapter II (($82,000)

Content Area Performance Assessments Project

Hawaii Department of Education

Honolulu, Hawaii

Spring 1994 Office of Hawaiian Affairs ($53,300)

Accelerated School Project

Blanche Pope Elementary School

Waimanalo, Hawaii

Fall 1993 Incentive and Innovation Grants ($46,350)

Accelerated Schools Project

Blanche Pope Elementary School

Waimanalo, Hawaii

Summer 1993 Castle Foundation ($12,500)

Accelerated Schools Project

Blanche Pope Elementary School

Waimanalo, Hawaii

1980 - 1983 USDOE, OBEMLA

Title VII Dean’s Grant

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Fall 1981 Barrick Faculty Development Award

University of Nevada

Spring 1981 Barrick Faculty Research Award

University of Nevada

1980 - 1981 NIE contract ($50,000) through Inter America Research Associates, Rosslyn, VA

Semilingualism and language testing

1977, 1978 Stanford's Evaluation Consortium

1976, 1977 Title VII Bilingual Teacher Training Fellowship, Stanford University

PUBLICATIONS

Baker, E., Niemi, D., Aguirre-Muñoz, Z. & Brown, Z. A. 1996. Assessment-Driven

Reform: Tales of the South Pacific. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, New York.

Brown, Z. A. 1989. Test Busters: Teacher’s Manual. Hawaii: Excel Publications.

--- 1989. Test Busters: Student Workbooks. Hawaii: Excel Publications.

--- 1989. Test Busters: Teaching Testwiseness to Secondary Students. Paper presented at

the Hawaii Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Brown, Z. A., Hammond, O. W., and Onikama, D. L. 1997. Language Use at Home and School: A Synthesis of Research for Pacific Educators. Pacific Resources for Education and Learning, Honolulu, HI.

Brown, Z.A. and Uehara, D.L. 1999. Coping with teacher stress: A Research Synthesis for Pacific Educators. Pacific Resources for Education and Learning, Honolulu, HI.

Brown, Z.A. (producer/director). 1999. First and Second Language Literacy: From Research to Practice (Video). Pacific Resources for Education and Learning, Honolulu, HI.

Brown, Z.A. March 2002. PREL meets technology challenges to teach beginning reading over the Web. Hawaiian Hard Drive, 17.

Brown, Z.A. March/April 2002. PREL releases first lessons of Web-based reading curriculum: Learning to read English over the Web. www.pacificnews.net, 7(2), p.27

Brown, Z.A. May 2002. NEARStar goes into orbit: English langue learne4rs develop rading skills over the Web. Pacific Educator, 1(2), 5.

Hiebert, E.H., Taitague, C.T., Brown, Z.A., Fisher, C.W. , NS slew, M. (in press). Tests and English Language Learners: Scaffolding Entrée to Reading. In Boyd, Brock and Rozendal (eds). Multicultural and Multilingual Literacy and Language Practices: Constructing Contexts for Empowerment. New York: Guilford Publications, Inc.

Hayes-Brown, Z. A. 1987. Bilingual Syntax Measure II in J. C. Alderson, K. J. Krahnke, & C.

W. Stansfield (eds.), Reviews of English Language Proficiency Tests, pp. 14-17. Washington, D.C.: TESOL.

Hayes, Z. A. 1984. Linguistic and Communicative Assessment of Bilingual Children, in C.

Rivera (ed.) Placement Procedures in Bilingual Education: Education and Policy Issues pp. 40-105. Clevedon, Avon, England: Multilingual Matters Ltd.

--- 1981. "Limited" Language Proficiency: A Problem in the Definition and Measurement of

Bilingualism. Ph.D. dissertation, Stanford University.

--- ND. Teaching Nevada's Limited English Proficient Students: A Handbook for Educators.

Report submitted to the Nevada Department of Education.

Clark County School District. 1983. A Curriculum Guide for Limited English Proficient

Students. Working Copy. Las Vegas, Nevada.

SPECIAL SKILLS

· Bilingual: English, Spanish

· Bilingual Teacher

· ESL Teacher

· Spanish Teacher

· Reading Specialist

· Language Development Specialist

· Testing Specialist

· Teacher Trainer

· Grant Writer

· Accelerated Schools Coach

· Researcher: applied research, language use, test development, measurement of languages, questionnaire and survey development, curriculum design, opportunity to learn, attitudes and expectations, equity

· Project administrator

· Sweet Adeline