María Alma González Pérez, Ed. D.

Doctor of Education – Bilingual Education
Texas A&M University-Kingsville, TX
Doctoral dissertation:  The Relationship Between Spanish Language Proficiency and Academic Achievement Among Graduates of a Small High School in South Texas
 
Master of Arts – Major: Spanish
Texas Woman’s University – Denton, TX
Master’s thesis: Southwest Heritage: Traducción Abreviada al Español
 
Bachelor of Arts – Majors: English/Spanish,  Minor: Education
Texas Woman’s University – Denton, TX
 
Certification Areas

• Provisional English-as-a-Second Language (6-12)

• Provisional Secondary Reading (6-12)

• Professional Supervisor (PK-12)

• Professional Secondary Spanish (6-12)

• Provisional Secondary English (6-12)

• Provisional Secondary Spanish (6-12)

 
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2000-2014     Director – The University of Texas – Pan American (UTPA), Starr County Campus, Rio Grande City, TX

• EDBE 3316 – Development of Biliteracy

• READ 3329 – The Language Arts Curriculum

2008-2014     Lecturer – Department of Modern Languages – UTPA

• SPAN 3304 – Advanced Writing Composition

• SPAN 3330 – Spanish Grammar

SSII 2001      Instructor – Teaching for Excellence Institute – Texas A&M Kingsville (TAMUK), Kingsville, TX

SSII 2000      Instructor – Teaching for Excellence Institute – TAMUK
 

1998-2000     Lecturer – Teacher Intern Supervisor – College of Education, UTPA – Edinburg, TX

• EDBE 4304 – Development of Bilingualism

• EDBE 3322 – Foundations of Bilingualism

• EDBE 3315 -Teaching Content in Spanish

• EDCI 3305 – Foundations of Multicultural Education

• EDCI 4306 – Instructional Methodology/Management

• READ 3323 – Reading Acquisition

• READ 3325 – Cognition and Reading Comprehension

Spring 1999   Adjunct Faculty – College of Arts & Humanities – Texas A&M International University (TAMIU), Laredo, TX

• SPAN 4311 – Problems of Teaching Spanish

• SPAN 1306 – Intermediate Spanish

SSII-1997      Lecturer – College of Graduate Studies – TAMUK

• EDSL 5377 – Teaching English as a Second Language

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1994-97         Visiting Assistant Professor/Teacher Intern Supervisor College of Education – TAMIU

• EDCI 3305  – Methods, Management, and Discipline

• EDBE 5326 – Teaching Language Arts in Spanish

• EDRD 3303 – Teaching Reading and Language Arts

• EDME 4324 – Teaching Diverse Student Populations

• EDBE 3310 – Foundations of Bilingual Education

• EDCI 4993 – Teaching Internship

• EDCI 4397/98 – Alternative Certification Practicum I/II

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1976-94         English/Spanish teacher – Zapata High School – Zapata, TX

• English I, II, III, IV, IV-HONORS

• Spanish I, II, III, IV

• Practical/Creative Writing

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1973-76         Spanish Teacher (7th – 8th) – Zapata Jr. High School – Zapata, TX

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1972-1973      Graduate teaching assistant in Spanish – Foreign Language Dept. – Texas Woman’s University – Denton, TX 
 

FIELD-RELATED EXPERIENCES

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2000               State Textbook Review Panel Spanish Literature Grade 6

 

1981-1994     Spanish Honor Society sponsor – Zapata High School

 

1986-1994     Newspaper Staff sponsor – Zapata High School

 

1986-1994     University Interscholastic League Ready Writing / Journalism sponsor – Zapata High School (10 regional qualifiers)

 

1989-1990    Teacher Advisory Council (secretary/member) – Zapata CISD

 

1990-1991     Faculty Club secretary – Zapata High School

 

1990-1991     National Honor Society Faculty Council – Zapata High School

 

1983-1984    Texas State Teachers Association Local Chapter treasurer

 

1976-1980     Student Council sponsor – Zapata High School

 

1976-1993     Scholarship Committee member – Zapata High School

 

1973-1976     Courtesy Service Club sponsor – Zapata Jr. High School

 

1973-1976     Student Council sponsor – Zapata Jr. High School

 

1973-94         English-Spanish – Spanish/English unofficial translator Zapata CISD & Texas Agriculture Extension Office

 

 

 

PUBLISHED WORKS

 

• Businesswomen of Zapata County – Past & Present – Zapata County Historical Commission, 2007

• Cantos del Alma y del Corazón – Poesía original (collection of Spanish poetry) Del Alma Publications, 2015

• Hello, Zapata! ¡Hola! (Bilingual children’s book depicting places of interest in Zapata County), 2016

• ¡Todos a Comer! A Mexican Alphabet Book (Bilingual alphabet book featuring Mexican foods), 2017

• An Angel from Above/Un ángel desde arriba (bilingual children’s book about the presence of angels in our lives), 2018

• ¡Todos a celebrar! A Hispanic Customs & Traditions Alphabet Book (Bilingual alphabet book), 2019

• ¡Todos al rodeo! A Vaquero Alphabet Book (bilingual alphabet book), 2020

• Apariciones, Voces, Ruidos, Cosas Inexplicables: An Anthology of Folktales & Personal Narratives From the Texas-Mexico Borderlands, Editor & Contributing Writer, 2022

         

 

RESEARCH PROJECTS

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• Top Students at Zapata High School – The Last Thirty-five Years (factors in the academic achievement of Hispanic Students)

• Spanish Influence in the United States (teaching module)

• Writing Creatively in the ESL Classroom (handbook for teaching writing to language-minority students)

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UPCOMING PUBLICATIONS

 

• Schoolhouse Storybook (bilingual middle grade book on growing up bicultural)

• Biliteracy Handbook (language reference manual for bilingual education teachers)

• Lo que el río se llevó – lo que el río nos dejó (collection of survivor stories of the Flood of 1953 that caused the relocation of most towns in Zapata County)

• Pancake Saturdays and Barbacoa Sundays (bilingual children’s book on biculturalism)

 

 

COMMENDATIONS

 

2011               Zapata County Historical Commission Quinceañera Madrina

 

1992-1993     U.S. Department of Education Doctoral Fellowship, Texas A&M University – Kingsville

 

1990-1991     Zapata High School Level III Career Ladder

 

1990                Zapata High School Teacher of the Year

 

1972-1973     Graduate Fellowship – Texas Woman’s University

 

1969                Class salutatorian – Zapata High School

 

 

 

COMMUNITY SERVICE

 

2016-present Texas Retired Teachers Association- Zapata, TX Chapter, Legislative Chair

 

2016-present  Nuevo Santander Genealogical Society, Member

 

1985-present  Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, Church Lector – Zapata, TX

 

2010-2012      Zapata County Historical Commission, Memer

 

2002-2004    Texas Migrant Council Board of Directors

 

1998-1999      Texas Association of School Boards Region One Board of Directors

 

1997-1999       Zapata County Appraisal District Board, Member

 

1995-1999       Zapata County Independent School District Board of Trustees – Member/Secretary/Vice-President/State Conference Delegate

 

1977-1993      Annual Zapata High School Scholarship Donor

Ongoing         Mistress of Ceremonies for weddings & quinceañeras