Sally Blake

 

a. Professional Preparation

           

            Bachelors of Science Education, Arkansas State University, 1971

            Masters of Science in Education, Arkansas State University, 1978

Doctor of Philosophy, University of Mississippi, 1991

 

b. Appointments

 

            Associate Professor, University of Texas at El Paso

Associate Director, Partners for Excellence in Teacher Education, 1998-present

Director, Texas Pre-freshman Engineering Program, 1997-present

CDA Director, Arkansas State University, 1993-1994

Assistant Professor, Kentucky Wesleyan College, 1991-1993

Instructor, University of Mississippi, 1998-1991

Public School Teacher, 1970-1988

c. Publications

Blake, S. Della-Piana, C., Pacheco, A., Brady, T. & Tchoshanov, M. (2002-2003). Keeping the Whole Village Together: Sharing Responsibility for the Learning of All Students. National Forum of Teacher Education Journal. California State University. 13 (1) p.43-52.

 

Blake, S., Brady, T., & Sanchez, S. (2002). Enculturation of Democratic Principles in the Young: A Vision of Equity Education in Public Schools. NNER. June 2002.

 

Blake, S. (2002) Book Review: Resistance and Representation: Rethinking Childhood

Education. Journal of Professional Studies. Regina, SK Canada 9 (2) pp. 85-88

 

Blake, Sally; Tchoshanov, Mourat; Della-Piana, Connie Kubo; Pacheco, Arturo; Brady, Tom. Report on the Partnership for Excellence in Teacher Education: An NSF Funded Project (NSF DUE-9343612). 2001 Mathematics and Computer Education. V35 n3 p255-63.

 

Blake, Sally; Hurley, Sandra; Tinajero, Josefina; Harder, Vicki. Preservice Teachers' Changing Perceptions of Professional Ethics as They Experience Increased Time in the Schools.  2000

 

 

Tchoshanov, S. Blake, C. Kubo Della-Piana, A. Duval, S. Sanchez. Students' Perceptions of Cross-Disciplinary Team Teaching On Site at a PDS, AACTE 53rd Annual Meeting & Exhibits, Dallas, Texas, March 1-4, 2001

 

Kubo Della-Piana, S. Blake, J. Lopez, S. Hurley. Uncle Sam Wants You: Looking for a Few Good Teachers. AACTE 53rd Annual Meeting & Exhibits, Dallas, Texas, March 1-4, 2001

 

Tchoshanov, M., Blake, S., Pacheco, A., Brady, T., & Kubo Della-Piana, (2001). "The Clinical Model in Teacher Preparation: Win-Win Situation for All,” Direktor Shkoly, Moscow, 35. (The journal "Direktor Shkoly" is well known journal in Russia for the school administrators with the total circulation of 22,600 copies all over Russia).

 

“Literacy Assessment of Second Language Learners,” Assessment in the Content Areas for Students Acquiring English, 2000, Sally Blake, Sandra Rollins & Josie Tinajero,  Allyn and Bacon.

 

Equity for All in Science Education, Sally Blake and Jack Bristol, 1999, Lawrence Hall of Science, Berkeley, CA. (monograph)

           

Mathematics for Young Children (text), 1997, Prentice Hall, Merrill Education.

 

 

d. Synergistic Activities

1.       Designed and piloted the on site, team taught courses where College of Science and College of Education faculty team-teach in schools      1998-present

            2.   Director of Texas Pre-freshman Engineering Program (TexPREP)    1997-present

3.       TexPREP is an accelerated mathematics and science program that lasts eight weeks during the summer at UTEP. Last year 300 middle and high school students participated. The state department of education accredits the program and students receive elective credit.    1996-present

4.  Associate Director of Partners for Excellence in Teacher Education (PETE). This                 program has formed a partnership between Colleges of Science and Education and the El Paso Community College. The program works to improve teaching in the College of Science and content acquisition in the College of Education.    1997-present

5. Eisenhower Trainer for local program.  I have secured Eisenhower funds to train local    teachers in mathematics and science education. These teachers go directly from university classes into classrooms to work with mathematics and science middle and high school students.     1995-present

 

 

Outside Funding 

 

NASA (MASTAP Program)        $200,000/yr for 3 years:         $600,000    

Eisenhower                                     $79,000/yr for 6 years:          $474,000

NASA (PREP)                                $28,000/yr for 6 years:          $168,000

Upper Valley Workforce (WIA)    $45,000 for 5 years                $225,000