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Leena Furtado, Ph.D.

Title: Professor, Education

Department: Education

Office: LIB D407
Phone Extension: x2743
Email Username: lfurtado

Area of Expertise: none given
Summary: none given

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Presentations (2008-)

• Attended the HP Catalyst International Grant Director’s Consortia in March 2012, Beijing, China.  
• Presented at the International CamsTesol Conference, Phnom Peng, Cambodia, February, 2012. “A Rule based Summarization Project in reading Comprehension for Language Learners.”
• Presented at the American Education Research Association, New Orleans, April, 2011. “Teachers Learn to Lead in the Classroom: An Action Research Model.”
• Conducted a workshop at the California Association of Bilingual Education, Long Beach, March, 2011. “Combine, Ignite, Fuse: The Synergy of ELD/Science.”
• Presented at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Conference in April, 2010, Denver, Colorado. “Thinking and Doing Approach for Language Development: Teaching ELD Through Science.”
• Presented at the California Association of Bilingual Education (CABE) Annual Conference in February, 2010, San Jose, California. “Thinking and Doing Approach for Language Development: Teaching ELD Through Science.”
• Presented at CERA, November 18-19, 2009. “A Reflective Teacher: An Action Research Model”.
• Judged 11 student research presentations (8-noon) at CSUDH Student Research Day, Feb 19, 2009.
• Supported 5 of my student’s Action Research presentation on CSUDH Student Research Day, Feb 19, 2009.
• Presented “Kindergarten Teachers’ Perceptions of an Inquiry-Science Teaching and Learning Professional Development” at the Hawaii International Conference on Education, Honolulu, Hawaii in January 2009. 
• Presented “Pathways to Transformative Teacher Leadership” at the 13^th Annual Values Conference at Victoria, BC, Canada, Oct, 2008.
• Presented “Cross-Age Read-Aloud Service Learning Partnership Using Multicultural Literature” at the CSU Chancellor’s Service Learning Conference in Los Angeles, March, 2008.  See related article here.
• Presented “Cross-age Read Aloud Partners”, at the CSUDH WASC poster session. Feb 14, 2008.

 

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