Meet Your Instructor
As a National Board Certified Teacher (NBCT) and Exceptional Needs Specialist, Maria makes her classroom a great place for learning by having a research based instructional model incorporating the use of self-directed learning cycle where her students learn the different 21st Century skills targeted by career standards. Her lessons include more rigor, more technology and more independent practice than ever before. Her goal is to ensure that her students have an explicit and accelerated path to college and career readiness despite their challenges. Every year, more and more students rise to the challenge in her classroom where they are given the right resources, supports, and time to master the skills. She has a consistent track record of student progress where in the past, Maria’s students have demonstrated 4-6 years of reading growth surpassing their yearly reading growth goal of 1.5 years.
Maria is dual certified in Special Education (SPED) & Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) and on top of being a classroom teacher, Maria is also a Teacher Leader. She has served as an Executive Board Member of her Teacher's Union for 6 years, and in 2019-2020 was with the Chancellor’s Teacher Cabinet. In both capacities, and as a National Board Professional Learning Facilitator, she's been having conversations with policymakers and politicians about the value of National Board Certification to students and teachers, advocating for supports for National Board Candidates and elevating the professional voice of teachers. Maria also helps in making sure that her school district has great teachers in the classrooms every year as a Teacher Selection Ambassador.
A.C.C.E.S.S. Literacy Framework™ Introductory Masterclass
This professional development certification provides you with proven strategies, practical tools, and immediate implementation plans to effectively serve students who are both English Language Learners and have documented learning disabilities. What You'll Learn: - How to distinguish between language acquisition and learning disabilities - Evidence-based instructional strategies for dually-identified students - AI-enhanced tools to streamline differentiation and IEP writing - Culturally and linguistically responsive teaching practices - Assessment protocols and data collection methods - Collaboration strategies for working with multilingual families Who This Is For: Special education teachers, ELL/ESL specialists, general education teachers with diverse learners, instructional coaches, and administrators supporting bilingual special education programs.
A.C.C.E.S.S. Literacy Framework™ Introductory Masterclass
This professional development certification provides you with proven strategies, practical tools, and immediate implementation plans to effectively serve students who are both English Language Learners and have documented learning disabilities.
What You'll Learn:
- How to distinguish between language acquisition and learning disabilities
- Evidence-based instructional strategies for dually-identified students
- AI-enhanced tools to streamline differentiation and IEP writing
- Culturally and linguistically responsive teaching practices
- Assessment protocols and data collection methods
- Collaboration strategies for working with multilingual families
Who This Is For:
Special education teachers, ELL/ESL specialists, general education teachers with diverse learners, instructional coaches, and administrators supporting bilingual special education programs.
Highly Effective
"Your presentation methods helped me stay engaged because you organized ideas in a clear and step-by-step way, especially when using strategies like RACE and scaffolded prompts. The use of simple explanations, mnemonics, and examples made the lesson easy to follow. The icons and structured format also helped me quickly understand each part without feeling overwhelmed. As a listener, I could easily see what to do first, next, and last, which kept me focused and involved in the discussion."
Highly Effective
"The concrete examples that the speaker gave made me stay focus on talk. I don’t talk a lot during the discussion because I’m more focused on my note-taking because I didn’t want to missed out the strategies that the speaker shared. "
Highly Effective
"I commend how the presenter delivered the contents . It is evident she is well-knowledgeable and she is very welcoming when it comes to the participants, its just that it seems that the flow of the activities were a little bit overwhelming for us to follow, it would have been better if a powerpoint of the details we were discussing where shown, as well as the activities and questions. Over all, we definitely learned something that we can use for a more productive teaching. Thank you very much and more power!"
Example Curriculum
- Section 1: Welcome (7:43)
- Section 2: Module Day 1 A.C.C.E.S.S. Masterclass (9:31)
- Section 3: Module Day 2 A.C.C.E.S.S. Masterclass (12:51)
- BONUS: RACE Writing Strategy, and 10 more Anchor Charts and Graphic Organizers
- BONUS: Playbook Anchor Charts- Reading, Writing, Math | RACE, STAR, FIND | SPED & ELL
- BONUS: A.C.C.E.S.S. Literacy Framework™ | Anchor Chart Poster | Special Education & ELL
- BONUS: A.C.C.E.S.S. Literacy Framework Bridge | Science of Reading UDL | SPED & ELL
- BONUS: A.C.C.E.S.S. Lesson Plan Template 55-Min | SPED IEP ELL Differentiation
- Section 4: Assessment & Next Steps (3:02)
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