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Denise StewartDenise Stewart, M.A., is a specialist in English Language Development (ELD) and Specially Designed Academic Instruction in English (SDAIE). She holds a Master’s degree in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) from New York University and a Bachelor of Arts in French from Hunter College. Her teaching experience covers university, teacher training, and high school. As a former bilingual education trainer for Los Angeles Unified School District (Los Angeles, California, USA) from 1989 to 1998, she moved with ease into the California Teacher Association’s Respect a Child-Respect a Teacher program (Cross-Cultural Language Acquisition and Development alternative) which she stayed with until it ended in 2003. While in LA, she was part of an educational consultant group specializing in ELD and SDAIE teaching strategies and CLAD test preparation. With her move to the Bay Area, she now conducts California Teacher of English Learners (CTEL) trainings for the Santa Clara County Office of Education and delivers presentations in local Bay Area school districts. She was an online adjunct Insructor for The University of San Diego’s CLAD courses, until the end of their program, and National University. She is listed in “Who’s Who in The World”, “Who’s in American Education” and “Who’s Who in America.” In 2007 she was invited to go to China as a delegate for People to People’s World Conference on Foreign Languages.

Denise is an active member of the California Association for Bilingual Education (CABE), the California Association of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (CATESOL), the National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE), and Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), and has led workshops on a regular basis with all of them. In 2007 she was selected as a delegate to the People-to-People Ambassador’s Conference on World Languages in October.

Marnie SchwartzMarnie Schwartz, M.A., specializes in English Language Development (ELD) and Specially Designed Academic Instruction in English (SDAIE). She holds a Master ’s degree in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) from The School for International Trainings, an M.A. in Psychology from Sonoma State University and a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Harpur College. Her teaching experience covers university, teacher training, Adult School, credit and non credit Community College and K-12. Over the past seven years Marnie’s emphasis has been on staff development and teacher training. Marnie worked for California Teacher Association as a trainer for their Respect a Child-Respect a Teacher program (Cross-Cultural Language Acquisition and Development alternative) which she stayed with until it ended in 2003. Part of that time she worked full time for them. Marnie conducted California Teacher of English Learners (CTEL) trainings for the Santa Clara County Office of Education as well as AB 2913 and delivers presentations in local Bay Area school districts. She was an online adjunct Insructor for The University of San Diego’s CLAD courses, until the end of their program, and National University.

Marnie is an active member of the California Association for Bilingual Education (CABE), the California Association of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (CATESOL), the National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE), and Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), and has led workshops on a regular basis with all of them. She has been a board member for CATESOL and for the regional chapter of the California Council on Adult Education. She has presented at conferences for CABE, NABE, TESOL, CATESOL, ACSA and CCAE on the local, regional, state, national and international level. She has testified for the Adult Education SubCommittee in the California Assembly.

Cheryl Sawyer Cheryl Sawyer, M.A., has been a teacher with the Los Angeles Unified School District for 26 years where she taught at all levels: elementary, secondary, and adult education. She taught English as a Second Language(ESL) and bilingual classes (math, biology, health) at the junior high level. Her high school teaching experience includes ESL, bilingual math, specialized primary language classes and computer and technology classes. As a Mentor teacher, she trained many new instructors in bilingual education and techniques. Ms. Sawyer’s experience with sheltered English techniques led to a presentation for the 1994 CATESOL convention. From 1998-2000 she trained teachers in technology in the California Technology Literacy Challenge Grant for Middle Schools. Cheryl earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Spanish from Humboldt State University, with a minor in Sociology and Psychology. She finished a Masters Degree in Secondary Education specializing in Educational Technology in June 2004. She has developed and taught online professional development courses for Los Angeles Unified School District in their UPDATE program (uniting Professional development and technology education). Presently, she teaches technology courses as an Adjunct Instructor at College of the Canyons in Valencia, CA for the Computer Information Technology Department.

Cheryl is an active member of Computer Using Educators (CUE), California Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (CATESOL) and the International Society for Technology in Education (iste). She regularly presents at annual and regional conferences on technology applications for English Learners.

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