Joshua Schulze, Ed.D. Assistant Professor of Education Nevada State College Phone: 702-992-2000 E-Mail: joshua.schulze@nsc.edu Areas of Expertise Teaching of English as Second Language Academic Literacy Development, K-12 Second Language Writing Systemic Functional Linguistics Genre Pedagogy Education Ed. D. University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Department of Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies. Language, Literacy and Culture Program. Dissertation: Supporting the Persuasive Writing Practices of English Language Learners through Culturally Relevant Systemic Functional Linguistic Pedagogy Dissertation Committee Members: Dr. Meg Gebhard, Chair, Associate Professor of Education Dr. Jerri Willett, Professor and Chair of Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies Dr. Anne Herrington, Professor, Department of English M.A B.A. University of Southern Mississippi. Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures University of Richmond. Richmond College. School of Arts and Sciences. Professional Experience Assistant Professor of Education School of Education Nevada State College Henderson, Nevada 2013- Visiting Professor of Graduate Education College of Education and Human Development University of Massachusetts Boston 2008-2013
Page 2 New Teacher Developer Office of Teacher and Leadership Effectiveness Department of Professional Development Boston Public Schools ESL Teacher and Language Acquisition Team Facilitator Boston Public Schools ESL Lecturer Valencia Community College, Orlando, Florida Department of English as a Second Language 2010-2013 2008-2010 2000-2005 Classroom Teacher ESL Immersion Grades 2-3 District of Osceola Public Schools, Florida Classroom Teacher Grade 6, English as Foreign Language International American School of Warsaw, Poland 1997-2005 1995-1996 Publications: Peer Reviewed Paugh, P. & Schulze, J. (Eds) (In preparation) Meeting them where they are: SFL, academic literacy and urban ELLs. To be submitted to Corwin Press. Schulze, J. (2011) Persuasive Writing: A systemic functional view. GIST: Education and Learning Research Journal, (5), 127-157. Schulze, J. (2009) Testing: A Systemic Functional View of High Stakes Test Preparation Material. Colombian Applied Linguistics Journal, (11), 80-92. Schulze, J. & Ramirez, A. (2007) Intertextuality as resource for building English language learners generic competence: a systemic functional view. Colombian Applied Linguistics Journal, 9 (1), 69-98 (In preparation) 2011 2009 2007 Presentations Meeting Them Where They Are: Employing Culturally Relevant SFL based pedagogy to Support Academic Language Development (2013) Proposal submitted to the Communities of Inquiry Conference, University of New Hampshire, Manchester, NH May 4, 2013. 2013
Page 3 Informing the Teaching of Academic Language through Systemic Functional Linguistics (2012) Paper presented at Massachusetts Association for Colleges for Teacher Education Conference, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts, October 19, 2012. Supporting the Academic Literacy Development of English Language Learners through Systemic Functional Linguistics (2012) Paper presented at the 40 th Annual Massachusetts Association of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (MATSOL) Conference, Framingham, Massachusetts, May 3, 2012. Genre Based Approaches to Academic Writing for English Language Learners (2010) Paper presented at the 8 th Annual Conference of Teachers as Researchers, University of New Hampshire, Manchester, May 5, 2010. Making the Case: A Systemic Functional Analysis of An English Language Learners Persuasive Writing (2010) Paper presented at the 4 th Annual Literacy Essentials Conference, Central Connecticut State University, March 20, 2010. High Stakes Test Preparation Materials: A Systemic Functional View (2009), Paper accepted for presentation at the Annual Conference of the American Association of Applied Linguistics, Denver, Colorado, March 21, 2009. Testing, Testing: An Systemic Functional Analysis of the Ideational Metafunction in High Stakes Test Preparation Materials for ESL students (2008), Paper presented at the University of Massachusetts Amherst Centennial Marathon, Amherst, Massachusetts, June, 13, 2008. Constructing Genre Awareness Through Talk (2008), Paper presented at the 2008 Teachers of Speakers of Other Languages Annual Conference, New York, New York, April 4, 2008. Genre Talk: ELLs Perception of Academic Literacy (2008), Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the American Association of Applied Linguistics, Washington, DC. April 2, 2008. This One is More About Learning: Genre Talk and the Emerging Genre Awareness of English Language Learners (2007), Paper presented at the 28 th Annual Conference of New England Educational Research Organization-Portsmouth, New Hampshire, April, 2007 And What About My Kids? Examining Critical Pedagogy in Practice for Elementary Linguistically Diverse Learners (2006), Paper Presented at the 3 rd Annual International Conference on Education, Labor and Emancipation-Juarez, Mexico October 1, 2006
Page 4 Research Experience Research Fellow ACCELA-Access to Critical Content and Language Acquisition Project, Springfield, MA Reading and Research Supervisor Springfield, MA Public Schools and ACCELA 2005-2008 2008-2009 Higher Education Teaching Experience: Courses Taught Nevada State College, Henderson, NV EDRL 442 Literacy Instruction I EDRL 471 Language Acquisition, Development and Learning EDRL 483 Methods in Bilingual Education University of Massachusetts Boston EDUC 646 Understanding Principles and Practices of Reading ECHD 640 Language and Literacy Development in Early Childhood EDCG 697 Advanced Strategies in Teaching Literacy to ELLs and SPED 2 0 1 3-2013- 2009-2013 Cambridge College Springfield, MA BAM 105: College Writing 1 EMC 301 Integrated Language Arts and Reading 2007-2008 Professional Development Institute for Training and Development, 2007, Amherst College Worked with Dr. Meg Gebhard to coordinate technology and support visiting international educators from Norway as they developed lesson plans incorporating systemic functional linguistics and genre theory New Teacher Institute, Boston, MA Developed and implemented courses to support new teachers in implementing district literacy initiatives regarding academic literacy 2007 2010 Professional Participation TESOL Convention Proposal Reviewer 2008/2010 UMass Education Department Search Committee 2008 National Council of Accreditation in Teacher Education Consultant 2008
Page 5 Honors and Awards Boston Plan for Excellence Funds for Teachers Award $3,600 2012 Sontag Prize in Urban Education $3,000 2010 Sontag Prize in Urban Education $3,000 2009 ACCELA Graduate Fellowship Award $36,000 2005-2008 Professional Affiliations and Memberships Teachers of English as a Second Language 2008- National Association of Teachers of English 2007- American Association of Applied Linguistics 2009- Massachusetts Teachers of English as Second Language 2009- International Association of Systemic Functional Linguistics 2010- North American Association of Systemic Functional Linguistics 2010- Language Study Wayra Spanish Language Academy Tamarindo, Costa Rica 40 hours Ixbalanque Spanish School, Copan, Honduras 80 Latin Immersion, Buenos Aires, Argentina 90 ECCELA Language School Buenos Aires, Argentina 50 Centro Venezolano, Caracas, Venezuela 40 Intercultura Language School, Heredia, Costa Rica 60 2010 2008 2006 2003 2002 1997 Teaching Credentials National Board Certification in Middle Childhood Literacy US 2004- English as a Second Language MA 2008- Elementary Education MA 2008- English Language Arts and Literature MA 2008-