Mailing Address
Teacher
Education
California State
University,
Dominguez Hills
1000 E. Victoria
Street
Carson, CA 90747
Courses
Taught
TED 407: Language Learning
TED 467: Secondary Methods I
TED 468: Secondary Methods II (LOTE)
TED 465S: Supervised Intern Fieldwork
MUL 508: Language Acquisition in an Urban Environment
MUL 520: The Teaching of English to Speakers of other Languages
Degrees
Ph.D. The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 1980
M.A. The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 1975
B.S. Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, Pennsylvania
Research Projects,
Grants & Interests
Intern Grant 2006-2007
New Teacher Recruitment Grant
Sheltered Instruction
Adolescent Second Language Acquisition
Professional Development Schools
Publications \
Presentations
Guest Editor. An Omnibus Review of Reform in Teacher Education: California Five Years after the SB 2042 Reforms: Issues in Teacher Education. A special theme volume. (Spring 2006).
“Reforming Urban Teacher Education: SB 2042 Implementation Five Years Later,” Issues in Teacher Education (Spring 2006).
Kamal Hamdan, Dawn Berlin, Shirley Lal, Kate Esposito and Sharon Russell, “ProfessionalDevelopmentSchool Innovations: Confronting Teacher Shortages and Increasing Student Achievement,” The Holmes Partnership Tenth Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, February, 24-26, 2006
Kamal Hamdan, Dawn Berlin, Shirley Lal, Kate Esposito and Sharon Russell, “Confronting Teacher Shortages with Teacher Preparation Model Innovations,” National Association for Alternative Certification Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, March 27-29, 2006.
Sharon Russell, Jim Cantor, Carol Nakayama, Cheryl Trujillo, Pat Gallagher, and Sandra Bradley, “A Professional Development School Network: Improving Teacher Preparation with a Replicable Systemic Model,” The Holmes Partnership Eighth Annual Conference, San Diego, CA, January 16-17, 2004.
Cook L., D. Simmons, S.E. Russell, and V. McCloyn. (1999) Secondary Pedagogy for Preinterns. Sacramento: California Commission on Teacher Credentialing.
“Specially Designed Instruction in English,” in Second Language Literacy Training Manual, published by ARCO-LAAMP, 1999.
“Strategies for 4th-8th Grade” in 30 Days & Beyond: ELD/ESL Strategies for Structured/Sheltered English Immersion Program, published by the Santa Clara County Office of Education, San Jose, CA, August 1998
Professional
Associations
National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE)
California Association for Bilingual Education (CABE)
American Council of Teachers of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)
