Background
Padilla, Elsa Norma was born on February 25, 1947 in Guines, Havana, Cuba. Daughter of Regulo and Esther (Beato) Cuesta. came to the United States, 1962.
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The Courage to Change: Stories from Successful School Reform
(The progress of a complex educational restructuring proje...)
The progress of a complex educational restructuring project in the US state of Arizona is the focus of this book. The goals of the project included: to improve dramatically student achievement in the core subjects; to develop new assessment and evaluation practices; and to develop teaching strategies, curricula and school structures that meet the needs of poor, minority and bilingual students.
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Elsa Norma Padilla
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Elsa Norma Padilla, Cuban School system administrator. Certified elementary teacher bilingual endorsement, special education, administration, Arizona. Grantee: unites states department Education, Tucson, 1984; recipient National Education Association Excellence award, 1994. Board of directors TETRA Corporation, Tucson, 1988-1994, Vista Advisory Council, Tucson, 1990-1993; member City of South Tucson Economics Development Advisory Board.
Education
Bachelor, U. Arizona, 1970; Master of Education, U. Arizona, 1972; certified administration, U. Arizona, 1982.
Career
Special education teacher, Tucson Unified School District, 1970, 1972-1976;
special education program specialist, Tucson Unified School District, 1976-1978;
special education teacher, Tucson Unified School District, 1978-1981;
bilingual diagnostician, Tucson Unified School District, 1981-1984;
assistant director special education, Tucson Unified School District, 1984-1989;
principal, Ochoa Elementary School Tucson Unified School District, 1989-1996;
compliance coordinator, Ochoa Elementary School Tucson Unified School District, since 1996. Part time instructor Arizona Department Education, 1980-1987, Northern Arizona U., 1983-1989, U.Ariz., Tucson, 1983-1988. Member bilingual diagnostic team Tucson School District, 1978, author Bilingual Special Education Program, 1980.
Principal in restructuring of school project funded by Charles Stewart Mott Foundation. Grant reader Office Bilingual Edition and Minority Language Affairs, unites states department Education, since 1995. Consultant in field.
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The Courage to Change: Stories from Successful School Reform
(The progress of a complex educational restructuring proje...)
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The Courage to Change: Stories from Successful School Reform
Membership
Board of directors TETRA Corporation, Tucson, 1988-1994, Vista Advisory Council, Tucson, 1990-1993. Member City of South Tucson Economics Development Advisory Board.
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Married Pedro Manuel Padilla, June 10, 1967. Children: Jorge Alberto, Alejandro Manuel.
