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 |  | Sandra Mercuri is the Bilingual Education Program Director and TESOL Director at Fresno Pacific University. She has worked extensively on staff development projects and presented at both national and international professional conferences. She co-authored two books with David & Yvonne Freeman and is currently working on a book with Denise Rea: Reaching Goals, Meeting Standards: Strategies to Help Second Language Learners in Today's Schools (Heinemann, In Press).
Sandra’s expertise includes working with Bilingual & ELL students on developing academic language across the content areas, implementing and evaluating bilingual and dual language programs, and implementing differentiated instruction for dual language settings across disciplines and for second language learners in mainstream classrooms. |
Sandra Mercuri's Selected Presentations
Conference Presentations
| Sandra has presented extensively both at national/international and state/regional conferences. Read about her most recent conference presentations. |
Available Presentation Topics from Sandra Mercuri
| Sandra presents on a wide range of topics related to English as a Second Language (ESL) and English Language Learning. Click here for a complete list. |
Highlighted Presentations
| Read about some of Sandra's current consulting work with districts in California and Utah. |
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Published Works by Sandra Mercuri
Supporting Preliterate Older Emergent Readers in Becoming Bilingual and Biliterate
|  This 2000 Talking Points article by Sandray Mercuri describes her work with a group of 4th, 5th, and 6th grade students who struggle with reading and writing in both their native language and in English. The article describes how Sandra's classroom routines and themed units empowered her students to become bilingual and biliterate. |
Publications by Sandra Mercuri
| Sandra has collaborated with Drs. David and Yvonne Freeman and Denise Rea on several books and written journal articles about various aspects of meeting the needs of English Language Learners. See the complete list of her publications here. |
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Related Resources
Education and Experience
| Read about Sandra's education and professional experiences as a bilingual program director, teacher, and consultant. |
Teaching English Language Learners Kit
|  Featuring the book Closing the Achievement Gap by Yvonne Freeman, David Freeman, and Sandra Mercuri, this kit provides the guiding principles and practices for supporting literacy development of long-term and limited formal-schooling ELL students in middle and high school. |
ELL Pathways
|  ELL Pathways is an online professional development opportunity for teachers, coaches and administrators to develop understanding and skills in working with English language learners. Essential questions, video clips, related readings and tools for classroom application guide individuals or groups in an investigation of how to increase achievement levels of ELL students. |
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