As Executive Director of the California Foreign Language Project (CFLP) in the School of Education at Stanford University, Dr. Silva is responsible for providing leadership to the Project’s programs statewide, as well as, for overseeing the evaluating of the programs outcomes implemented in each of the sites. Dr. Silva was appointed by the California State Superintendent of Public Instruction to serve as a member of the Professional Development English Learner Advisory Committee, served as Chair of the Recruitment and Retention Committee for Language Educators for the New Vision in Action Project, and was a member of the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) Foreign Language Standards’ Committee. As a member of the State’s Curriculum Commission from 1988-1992, Dr. Silva, chaired the Foreign Language Subject Matter Committee and. In addition, he was a member of several other committees, which in which he advised the State Board of Education on a variety of language related issues. In his capacity as Commissioner, and of as CFLP’s Executive Director, he has chaired several state adoptions of instructional materials for Foreign Language and English Language Development students, and has overseen oversaw the development of criteria for the role of technology in supporting the teaching of languages. For 21 years, Dr. Silva was the co-director of the Summer Seminar for language teachers that which was co-sponsored by the California Language Teachers Association and the California Foreign Language Project. A former high school language teacher, Dr. Silva holds a Bachelors Degree in Foreign Languages and English from California State University Stanislaus, a Master’s Degree in Education Administration from Sacramento State University, Sacramento and a Doctorate in International and Multicultural Education from the University of San Francisco. In addition to his degrees, Duarte holds the following teaching credential authorizations: Administrative Services Credential, Specialist Credential, Bilingual Cross-Cultural Education, and a Standard Secondary Teaching Credential. He taught High School foreign language courses for eight years, and considers those years to be the most fulfilling and professionally enriching experiences of his entire educational career. Duarte is a recipient of the Hal Wingard Lifetime Achievement Award in Foreign Language Education, was awarded a Title VII Fellowship by the US Department of Education, and in 2001 was named Alumnus of the Year for CSU, Stanislaus.
Dr. Padilla is a Professor of Education in the Stanford University School of Education, Chair of the Psychological Studies in Education Program and is the Faculty Advisor for the California Foreign Language Project (CFLP) and the Bay Area Foreign Language Program (BAFLP). Professor Padilla was trained in experimental psychology and conducts research in foreign/second language learning. He is widely published in the areas of second language acquisition and the evaluation of professional development activities for language educators. He recently contributed the chapter on “Quantitative Methods in Multicultural Education Research” for the Handbook of Research on Multicultural Education (2004) and “Second Language Learning: Issues in Research and Teaching” for the Handbook of Educational Psychology (in press). Professor Padilla is familiar with language education from levels at the K-12 level and was the Chair of the Writing Committee for the California Foreign Language Framework for Grades K-12 published in 2003 by the California Department of Education.
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