


Dr. Gilda Martinez gmartinez@towson.edu
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@ Towson University
WORK RELATED LINKS... ESOL STUDIES AND INFO:
ADOLESCENT STUDIES:
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Her work involves:
PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCES: Dr. Martinez has presented at various state, national, and international conferences on topics such as best practices in early literacy instruction, ESOL reading and writing strategies, mentoring beginning teachers, team building, and creating home-school connections. She has also published articles in the: School Community Journal, Internet Teachers of English as a Second Language (TESL) Journal, Education Review, Reflections Journal, Children and Libraries, and co-authored the book What works? Promising Practices for Improving the School Readiness of English Language Learners. She is fluent in Spanish, and enjoys providing workshops to parents in her native language.
EDUCATION: Her dissertation was a multiple-case study of 26 Maryland public librarians from ten libraries in urban, suburban, and rural areas. By interviewing and observing librarians, she investigated how they were implementing information from an emergent literacy training they attended (that she and Elaine Czarnecki provided) into their daily practices. She also reviewed the librarians' outreach documents. Her goal was to unveil how the training was being used, what librarians were doing during their story times to promote school reading readiness skills, and what types of outreach they provided. The results were positive.
Costa Rica Study Abroad
Dr. Martinez with a few of her students, her mother (sitting), An actual photo taken by Dr. Martinez of the and Dr. Laster (on the left) at the "the Fruit Loops" toucan, formally called the International Reading Association
World Congress.
Keel-billed Toucan.
Dr. Martinez and the Minister of Education in Costa Rica. A local newscaster in San Jose, Costa Rica with Dr. Valdes.
We went on a canopy tour, which included zip lining We ate at Rosti Pollo, home of THE BEST tres leches (cake)! and repelling.
Dr. Valdes (yes another Dr. Valdes) at Zarcero Park. The study abroad group at Zarcero Park.
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