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Greater Chicago Area United States
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Assistant Professor and Chair of ESL/Bilingual Education Program at Aurora University
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Education
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As an educator, Shajaira seeks to create opportunities for students to connect theory to practice and engage in ongoing reflective thinking. Her research focus and specialties are in English language acquisition programs and African American English.
As an educational leader, she was instrumental in reducing discipline infractions by implementing PBIS and logical consequences, coaching teachers to improve the academic achievement and classroom behavior of students with diverse needs, developing parent outreach programs, and overseeing programs for diverse learners.
Shajaira’s main objective is to work collaboratively with stakeholders in order to address the aca..
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Personal Information
Organization / Workplace
Greater Chicago Area United States
Occupation
Assistant Professor and Chair of ESL/Bilingual Education Program at Aurora University
Industry
Education
About
As an educator, Shajaira seeks to create opportunities for students to connect theory to practice and engage in ongoing reflective thinking. Her research focus and specialties are in English language acquisition programs and African American English.
As an educational leader, she was instrumental in reducing discipline infractions by implementing PBIS and logical consequences, coaching teachers to improve the academic achievement and classroom behavior of students with diverse needs, developing parent outreach programs, and overseeing programs for diverse learners.
Shajaira’s main objective is to work collaboratively with stakeholders in order to address the aca..
Tags
education
esl
bilingual education
ell
english language learners
english language learner
linguistics
english learners
lgbtq students
gay
lesbian
lgbtq
disproportional
special education
sped
applied linguistics
language acquisition
first language
program models
language acquisition programs
culturally responsive teaching
multicultural education
best practices
black english
teacher perceptions
african american english
bilingual
administrators
dissertation proposal
dissertation proposal defense
dissertation proposal powerpoint
See more