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CURRICULUM VITA GERTRUDE MARILYN TINKER SACHS, PH.D. POSITION Department Chair JAN 5, 2015 - Associate Professor, Tenured 2008–PRESENT English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Language, Literacy Georgia State University College of Education Department of Middle and Secondary Education SOCIAL PROFILE Academia.edu https://gsu.academia.edu/GertrudeTinkerSachs Linked-in www.linkedin.com/pub/gertrude-tinker-sachs/9a/122/571/ OFFICE ADDRESS 30 Pryor Street, Room 647, Atlanta, Georgia 30303 P. O. Box 3978, Atlanta, GA 30302-3978 Phone: 404.413.8384 / Fax: 404.413.8063 Email: [email protected] EDUCATION Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) 1989 Department of Curriculum Ontario Institute for Studies in Education University of Toronto Focus of Studies: Reading and Language Development Dissertation Topic: Levels of Cultural Familiarity and Strategy Use in Reading Comprehension Committee Members: Dr. Carl Bereiter (Chair), Dr. Dale Willows, Dr. Michael Canale; University External Examiner – Dr. Ellen Bialystock (York University) http://scholarworks.gsu.edu/mse_facpub/ Master of Education (M.A.) Gertrude M. Tinker Sachs, Ph.D. November 2015 Page 1 Department of Curriculum Ontario Institute for Studies in Education University of Toronto Focus of Studies: Reading Thesis Topic: Dialect and Reading: The Question of Interference http://scholarworks.gsu.edu/mse_facpub/ Master of Science in Education (M.Sc.) 1981 (part-time, Bahamas campus) School of Education University of Miami Focus of Studies: Education, Language and Reading Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) 1979 (part-time, Bahamas campus) School of Education University of Miami Focus of Studies: Education, Language and Reading Teaching Certificate with Honors 1974 Bahamas Teachers’ College University of the West Indies Focus of Studies: Secondary Education, Language Arts and Social Studies SPECIALIST Advanced Training Sessions in Reading, three weeks full time each year 1975 - 1978 TRAINING Organization of Canadian Overseas Development (OCOD) Antigua Teachers’ College (2 x 3 weeks) Barbados Teachers’ College (3 weeks) 12 Credits in Library Science 1976 – 1977 College of the Bahamas PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS ASSISTANT Faculty of Education, Georgia State University 2003–2007 PROFESSOR Department of English, City University of Hong Kong 1995-2003 LECTURER Institute for Language in Education, Bonham Campus 1991–1995 (renamed) The Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong Government PART TIME School of Professional and Continuing Education 1993 – 1994 Gertrude M. Tinker Sachs, Ph.D. November 2015 Page 2 University of Hong Kong Course: Introduction to Reading in English (October -November) Part time Faculty of Education 1989-1990 College of the Bahamas Course: Reading Methods in the Primary School Part time Ministry of Education Masters in Reading Course, York University 1987 Substituted for one three hour session Topic: Theoretical and Practical Issues in Reading Comprehension Faculty of Education, University of Toronto 1987 Part time Substituted for one three hour session Topic: Reading and Multicultural Issues for Teachers of Children from the West Indies TEACHER S.C. McPherson Secondary School, Nassau, Bahamas 1974-1982 Subjects: English Language, Reading, Library Science (Grades 7-9) Department Head Levels Taught: Grades 7-9 Extracurricular activities: Library Prefects, Drama and Debating Clubs House Mistress (Wahoo) Language Arts Specialist and Literacy Program Developer 1989-1991 T.G. Glover Primary School (Grades 1-6) Programs Developed: Language Enrichment Program: Lower/middle primary students and ESL Haitian immigrants Parents Education Program (PEP) Cross-age (Peer) Tutoring in Reading (Primary 4-6) Support Program for New Learners of English (English as a Second Language) T. G. Glover’s Motivational Program Lock Away the Textbooks Teachers’ Program (theme-based cross curricular culturally responsive teaching without textbooks) SPECIAL COURSES 19 English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers representing more than ten 2011 countries Teaching Excellence Award Fellows for three months (US Department of Education) http://www.irex.org/news/2011-tea-teachers- arrive-us, Gertrude M. Tinker Sachs, Ph.D. November 2015 Page 3 TEACHING & Action research, teacher professional development and curriculum change RESEARCH Reading in a first /second/foreign language, English as a second dialect INTERESTS Cooperative learning, task-based teaching and learning Globalization in the curriculum; culturally responsive pedagogies RESEARCH IN Perceptions of Dialect (College of the Bahamas with Jessica Minnis) PROGRESS Globalization Project with Colleagues from Macau and Thailand: Drs. Yan Wang, Matilda Wong and Suchada Niminant (paper in preparation) Critical Curricula Development in Haiti with Colleagues in Haiti Fostering the Development of Dialogic Communities of Practice, Bahamas (T.G. Glover Professional Development and Research Primary School) Working with Refugee and Immigrant Mothers with Masters Students in Atlanta, Georgia Interactive Collaborative Summarizing (Teacher Quality Grant) with Dr. Ewa McGrail and Dr. Margo Alexander with Dr. Chante Earl, Doc student Azhar Ashiri Community Research at Seven Courts Housing – Comic Book Project with Dr. Ewa McGrail Atlanta Literacies Project with Drs. Ewa McGrail, Tisha Lewis & Doc students – Nicole Dukes and Kathleen Zackery Globalizing the curriculum with Drs. Chantee Earl, Pier Junor Clarke and Ewa McGrail Research with Visiting Scholars Yong Zhang, Shujuen Pang, Guo, Xiaoming Jinxia Liu Roles: Initiator/Team Leader/Principal/Co-Principal Investigator for the aforementioned SUBMITTED Austin, T. & Tinker Sachs, G. (under review). Using music for deconstructing PAPERS immigrant discourses: A critical analytic approach. In S, Wong (Ed) Dream act activists ACCEPTED & and teacher allies. Are you listening? Teachers’ College Press. UNDER REVISION Tinker Sachs, G. Clark, B., Durkaya, M., Jackson, A., Johnson, C., Lake, W. and Limb, P. (accepted and under revision) Disrupting Perceptions of the Other through Ethnographic Approaches in the Teacher Education Classroom. In Fatima Pirbhai- Illich & Robyn Cox (Eds.), Culturally responsive pedagogy: Critical multicultural literacy education in action. Continuum Press (Bloomsbury Academic), London, UK. Tinker Sachs, G. Jackson, A., Sullivan-White, T. & Wynter-Hoyte, K. (under review) International Journal of Progressive Education). Explorations in developing culturally responsive literacy assessments for Bahamian children. September 2015 Jackson, A. & Tinker Sachs, G. (Under review). Creating Relevance and Critical Inquiry for English Learners in K-5. In J.C. Richards & K. Zenkov (Eds.), Social Justice, the Common Core, and Closing the Instructional Gap. TESOL International. Tinker Sachs, G., McGrail, E., Zackery, K., Dukes, N & Lewis, T. The Atlanta Literacies Project. (Under review) International Multicultural Education Review. April 2015 Paper 1. Gertrude M. Tinker Sachs, Ph.D. November 2015 Page 4 Tinker Sachs, G., McGrail, E., Lewis-Ellison, Dukes, N. D. & Zackery, K. The Atlanta Literacies Project. (Under review) Critical Inquiry in Language Studies. October, 2015 Paper 2. McGrail, E., Tinker Sachs, G., Lewis-Ellison, Dukes, N. D. & Zackery, K. Homeless Adults, Technology and Literacy Practices (Under Review) ATL Literacies Paper 3 Tinker Sachs, G., Grant, R. & Wong, S. (submitted Aug 2, 2015) Thick Description and Deep Understandings. Tackling Questions about Race. (Under review) Multicultural Perspectives. Angay-Crowder, T. & Tinker Sachs, G. (revising). The development of criticality. Preparing for submission to Studying Teacher Education – Self-study Pelissero, A. & Tinker Sachs, G. Language in the Lives of Filipina Domestic Workers in Hong Kong (revising). Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural development. Tinker Sachs, G., (With Chinese Visiting Scholars Shujuen Pan & Yong Zhang). (Finishing). Dik’s language learning in Beijing and Atlanta. Language, Culture and Curriculum/ International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism http://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=aimsScope&journalCo de=rlcc20#.Vg3VMk1dH7g http://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=editorialBoard&journ alCode=rbeb20#.Vg3atE1dH7g Tinker Sachs, G. and Poon, F. (revising) Reading in English as a favourite pastime in Hong Kong. Language, Culture and Curriculum. 40 pages. http://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=aimsScope&journalCode=rlcc 20#.Vg3VMk1dH7g MANUSCRIPTS IN PROGRESS Tinker Sachs, G. (awaiting submission). Cooperative learning in teacher education. Tinker Sachs, G. (awaiting resubmission). Dark-skinned people in TESOL. Tinker Sachs, G., McGrail, E., Many, J., Myrick, C., & Sackor, S. (awaiting submission). ESOL in Georgia: The state of the state. Tinker Sachs, G. (With Chinese Visiting Scholars): Yong Zhang, Jinxia Liu, Xiaoning Guo. (awaiting submission). Doing multiculturalism in the United States - three university teachers. Tinker Sachs, G. (with colleagues in Macau & Thailand) Yan Wang, Matilda Wong and Suchada Ninamat. (awaiting submission) EFL and ESL teachers’ perceptions of globalization. Gertrude M. Tinker Sachs, Ph.D. November 2015 Page 5 Tinker Sachs, G., Minnis, J. (project data being updated). Dialect in the Bahamas: Do all Bahamians speak English the way you do? Tinker Sachs, G., Mantegna, S. (awaiting submission). Conversations with novice teachers of English as a foreign language. Tinker Sachs, G. (underway). Uncle Joe’s