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Maldonado-Colon, Elba

Professor,  Elementary Education

E-mail
Elba.Maldonado@sjsu.edu
Additional Contact Information

Phone Number(s)
(408) 924-3786

Office Hours
To be posted at beginning of Fall semester: August 20th

Chair, Professional Standards Committee

Education

  • Doctor of Education. Univ Of Massachusetts At Amher, 1984
  • Master of Arts, Education
    Univ. of Mass, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States, 1980
  • Bachelor of Arts, Liberal Arts
    Univ. of Puerto Rico, RP, 1967

Licenses & Certificates

  • Teaching Certificate
    Dept. of Education, Massachusetts, United States, 1940

Bio

Elba Maldonado-Colon, Ed.D.

Native of Puerto Rico. Currently, Professor, Dept. of Elementary Education, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA. Areas of expertise and instruction: language and literacy development, working with culturally/linguistically diverse families and their young children, advanced literacy development with a focus on comprehension at the middle and high school levels.

Education: BA Universidad de Puerto Rico Liberal Arts: Humanities MA The University of Massachusetts/Amherst Bilingual literacy and Early childhood language development programs Ed. D. The University of Massachusetts/Amherst Instructional Leadership in Language and Literacy Development

Selected teaching,writing, consulting, and administration experiences: Department Chair-- Special Education, San Jose State University (1999-2000)(2001-2008) Bilingual teacher-- Springfield, Mass. K-10 Early childhood master teacher and coordinator-Pre-school to Grade 3 Migrant Education Program- Springfield, Westfield, HolyokeMass. Coordinator-- Teacher Corps K-8 Project-- Worcester/University of Massachusetts Adjunct faculty-- Bilingual Special EducationTeachers College/ Columbia University, NYC Assistant Coordinator Bilingual Elementary EducationHartford, Conn. Coordinator and faculty member- Bilingual Special Education, The University of Texas at Austin Consulting projects: California, Connecticut, Florida, Massachusetts, Nebraska, New Mexico, and Texas Special projects: Curriculum development-- Macmillan/McGraw-Hill Publishing Co. Assessment instrument consultant and story writer: Tejas Lee (IRI for K-2) The Univ. of Texas at Austin and Univ. of Houston projects. Chapters on books and journals related to the application of theory and research to practice Special collaborative project on professional preparation across departments on campus-- Through the Eyes of Children-- Community mapping and affirmation Adaptation of an English instrument to Spanish instructionStanford Univ. Metafonetica (metaphonimics) Research on language and literacy development-- in San Jose and in Austin, Texas

Publications: Several articles, and book chapters on research, curriculum, and issues related to language and literacy development, pedagogies, and individuals with disabilities