Curriculum Vitae
Yolanda Guerrero Martínez
1149 Rosas St.
Calexico CA, 92231
Born in La Paz, Baja California
JOB EXPERIENCE
Sept 2002 -present
Science Resource Teacher for ALFA project /SDSU foundation. Working with Middle
School and high school science teachers from several districts in the Valley, training
them to incorporate inquiry base instruction along with SDAIE strategies to support the
ELL population acquire English language functions through science.
Sept 2004- present VIPS Science Teacher CaMSP grant, working with 4-8th grade
teachers to implement inquiry base science instruction .
Spring 2004- present
Instructor for 910 C at SDSU –IV campus
Feb 2002 -present: Trainer for STC/MS modules for Carolina Biological Co.
1999-2002 WILLIAM MORENO JUNIOR HIGH Science teacher
2000-2001
2000-2001
(7-9) CUSD
Middle School Developmental Project Science grant coordinator
Pilot Instructor for Properties of Matter Kit” STC/MS and “Light Kit”- through
VIPS and NSF.
1988 -1999 OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE ACADEMY 6th, 7th and 8th grade
Science Teacher
1978 to 1988 C.E.T.Y.S high school in Mexicali: Head counselor
Vocational courses and Psychology instructor for all high school seniors
Assistant coordinator of curriculum design for the school of Psychology at CETYS1982
Instructor: “Industrial Psychology I” to undergraduate students at CETYS University
Presentations and training workshops
Oct 2004
Presenter for Lesson Design/Notebooks at CSTA conference, as well as
Co-presenter for Lesson Study all day workshop.
June 2004
Lesson Design project presenter ,VIPS Summer institutes
June 2004
Lesson Design project leader with 4-5th grade teachers
June 2004
Web Quest for ELD workshop coordinator designed for middle school & high
school , ALFA project.
NSTA “Notebooks” and “Lesson Study” VIPS
April 2004
March. 2004
Feb 2004
CABE in San Jose, CA “Practical strategies to facilitate ELL understanding of
science” ALFA/VIPS
“Practical strategies to facilitate ELL understanding of science” Co
Presenter at NABE conference in Albuquerque NM, ALFA
October 2003 CSTA Notebooks and Lesson Study presentations VIPS /CSP
June 2003
“Inquiry and on strategies to teach Science to the ELL” at the secondary
level Summer Institute for middle school Science teachers
ALFA/VIPS
March 2003
“Teaching Science to the ELL student.” Co -Presenter at the San Diego
Science Educators Assoc.
October 2002
“Language Function Acquisitions in Science Part I” to Middle School Science
teachers in the Valley (ALFA)
Current Member of
CSTA: California Science Teacher’s Association
NSTA: National Science Teacher’s Association
Key point leader for Cabaps in the Valley (California building a presence in science
CABE: California Association for Bilingual Education.
Panel member for CSET Program
Education
B.A. in Educational Psychology from San Diego State University
M.A. in Education
Professional clear teaching Credential in Biology
C.E.T.Y.S High School graduate 1974
EDUCATION:
K-8th grades
1972-1974
1974
1975 –1976
1976-1977
1980-1982
1996
1999-2000
1998-1999
2001-2003
Our Lady of Guadalupe Academy in Calexico
High School at CETYS, Mexicali.
Universidad Iberoamericana-Mexico City, School of Psychology, one
semester
Imperial Valley College, completion of GE courses
BA in Psychology from San Diego State University
MA in Education- Administration from SDSU
Completed TE courses in San Diego State University
Completed course work for Administrative Credential
Professional Clear Credential- single Subject in Life Science.
Completed CLAD certification through the Univ. of Cal Poly Pomona:
ADDITIONAL UNIVERSITY COURSE WORK
USD
Harvest of Ideas and Changes in the Family, reactions in the classroom at ( 1991)
San Diego State University
1) Seminar Multicultural Dimensions, 1980
2) Process and Inquiry Earth Science course, 1994
3) Cosmology and gravity Collapse
4) Teaching Science in the Elementary School
5) Conservation of Wild Life: Ecology
6) Natural Science 412 B focus on Biology
7) Natural Science 412 C focus on astronomy and chemistry
WORKSHOPS
Science Related workshops.
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Explore the World Geography takes you places, workshop at Sea World Nov.
1998
Geography in the Wild Workshop in Wild Animal Park April 19, 1997
Geography Workshop in San Diego Zoo October 1997
Imperial Valley AG Seminar for Educators in Feb. 1998, by ICOE and IID.
Africanized Bee workshop for educators at ICOE
Challenger Mission Center workshops for training on Encounter Earth
and rendezvous with a Comet, in 1998 in San Diego.
Windows on Science workshop in 1993 on how to use Laser Disc material
Summer institute training for AVID, 2001
High School Science teachers # 4493 on Physics and Nondestructive Testing
Training workshop for STC/MS kit from Carolina Biologial Supply Summer 2002
Science Summer Institute, by VIPS and SDSU Foundation Summer 2002
Build it day part I: Plasma Physics by General Atomics- UCSD summer 2003
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Science training for National Science Foundation- level 2- Summer 2004
Developed aligned science benchmark testing for 1-5th grade with California
Science Project
Summer 2004.
Build it day part II: Plasma Physics by General Atomics- UCSD summer 2004
Chemistry that Works through the Annenberg Channel, Fall 2002
Jason Academy-coursework Chemistry for children, June 2004
Reading and writing
 “Literacy Straegies to Improve Learning in any content area “by Linda Clinard,
Dec. 2000
 “Strategies to Promote Active and Effective Reading to Learn”
by Kate Kinsella, Ed .D Feb.1999 CUSD
 “Strategies to accelerate vocabulary development in content area classrooms”
by Kate Kinsella, Ed. D April 2000 CUSD
 Secondary Literacy Summit Summary II, at Sacramento on March 7-8, 2002
 “Crossing without Boarders Science and Literacy Summit” in Baltimore
summer 2003
 “Quality Teaching for English Learners” West Ed Summer Institute in Pt Reyes
Seashore CA June 22-27 2003
Math related workshops
 Math Workshop in San Diego, May 1990 by Miss Lola May
 Strengthening your Math program workshop in Jan. 1992 San Diego BER
Student improvement workshops
 Improving students Achievement/responsibility by building self esteem
Joan Stoker workshop on Peer Counseling- project HOLD at ICOE
 Parent and teacher in service on “How to Understand Teenagers to learn 1995
 “That’s Life” program for upper grades by the Telesis Corporation, CUSD
 “Class Management and Effective Instructional Strategies” funded by REAP at
Willie Moreno 1999
 “Coaching Skills for Managers and Supervisors” a seminar by Fred Pryor 2000
 “Connecting Service Learning to the Curriculum”, CUSD
Committee participant
 Served with a WASC visiting committee in April 1994 to a Brawley School
 Coaching students for the Greater San Diego Science and Engineering Fair 1989
to 1999.
 Assisted Science ELD Field test Assessment services in making
rubrics and grading science test materials June 2002
 Panel member for Physics to the NES evaluation committee, Sept. 2003
 Panel member for CSET Program March 6-7 2003
Attended Conventions/ Conferences
 NSTA Convention in Las Vegas in April 1998,
 San Diego Educators Association Conference in San Diego, March 10 -11, 2000
 CSTA Science teacher Convention in Palm Springs October 2001
 NSTA Convention in San Diego, March 2002
 CSTA Science Teacher convention in San Francisco October 2002
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California Middle Schools Convention in San Francisco March 8-10, 2002
Imperial Valley Educational Technology Conference, Jan 2001 and 2002
NSTA convention in Philadelphia on March 2003
San Diego Educators Association Conference in San Diego, March 14-15 2003
 CSTA in Long Beach Oct 9-12, 2003
 CABE in Los Angeles, CA ,Feb 2003
 CABE in San Jose, CA ,Feb 2004
 NABE in Albuquerque, NM ,March 2004
 NSTA Convention in Atlanta GA, 2004
Current Member of
CSTA: California Science Teacher’s Association
NSTA: National Science Teacher’s Association
Key point leader for Cabaps in the Valley (California building a presence in science