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Jura, Debra Dowell was born on February 20, 1952 in Modesto, California, United States.
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Debra Dowell Jura
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Debra Dowell Jura, American Bilingual educator. Certified language development specialist, California, certified reading recovery teacher; certified reading specialist California Department Education. Grantee Selma Unified School District, 1987, Selma Public Education Foundation, 1994,S. United States dollar Public Education Foundation, 1996.
Education
Certified teacher, California State University, Fresno, 1986; Bachelor of Science, California State University, Fresno, 1994; M Language Development, Pacific College, 1995.
Career
Bilingual teacher, Selma (California) Unified School District, since 1986;
mentor teacher drug prevention education, Selma (California) Unified School District, 1989-1993;
mentor teacher health education, Selma (California) Unified School District, since 1993;
mentor teacher language development and early literacy, Selma (California) Unified School District, since 1996;
staff developer, Selma (California) Unified School District, 1996-1997. Project Drug Alcohol and Tobacco Education coordinator Selma Unified School District, since 1989, chair Healthy Kids Healty California task force, since 1990, parent educator, since 1992. Member of advisory board Gang Task Force, Selma, since 1993.
Member English Language Arts Curriculum Committee, since 1990, Health Curriculum Committee, since 1993. Mentor teacher Early Literacy, 1996-1997. Member coordinating committee Giftedand Talented Education, 1996, 97-98, member of advisory board, 1996.
Instructor 2nd grade literacy group, mentor teacher Beginning Teacher Mentor Program, since 1998, adult literacy/English as Second Language Selma High Adult School. Mentor Beginning Teacher Support Advisory, since 1998.
Achievements
Membership
Member El Concilio, Fresno, 1993-1994, Fresno Zoological Society, since 1980, Selma Public Education Foundation. Member National Education Association, California Teachers Association, National Council Teachers Education, C.U.E.
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Daughter of Charles Hubert and Peggy Sue (Hittle) Dowell. Divorced; children: Aaron Vincent, Amanda Lael.
