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O’Hara,
Susan
Associate Professor (Teaching)
Executive Director, Center for the Support of Excellence in Teaching (CSET) |
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My research agenda focuses on teacher professional development. Specifically, I investigate approaches to providing a challenging and meaningful science, math and technology-enhanced curriculum to linguistically and culturally diverse populations. My recent research has focused on the impact of hypermedia authoring on the academic vocabulary development of English language learners. I have extensive experience in developing, facilitating and evaluating large-scale professional development initiatives that have targeted many different education audiences. I have co-authored articles for numerous journals including the Journal for the Education of Students Placed at Risk, the Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, and Teacher Education Quarterly. She has co-authored two books for classroom teachers, NETS Grades 6-8 Multidisciplinary Resource Units and Teaching Vocabulary with Hypermedia, 6-12. |
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* Ph.D. Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education, University of California Davis, September 18th 2000.
* MA Applied Mathematics (emphasis in statistics), University of Southern California, 1995.
* BA Mathematics and Physics, University College Dublin, Ireland. 1988 |
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* 2008-Present: Co-Investigator on Next STEP (Sustaining Teachers Exemplary Practices).
* Fall 2005-July 2009. Associate Professor. Department of Teacher Education, California State University Sacramento. Core Faculty, Independent Doctorate in Educational Leadership and Policy.
* Fall2006-Fall 2007. Associate Chair. Department of Teacher Education, California State University Sacramento.
* Fall 2000-Fall 2005. Assistant Professor. Department of Teacher Education, California State University Sacramento.
* 1998-2003: Statistical Consultant. Center for Research on Education, Diversity and Excellence (CREDE) Project.
* 2000-2002. Co-Principal Investigator on a Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers for Using Technology (PT3) grant. A three-year U.S. Department of Education Grant.
* 2001-2002. Co-Researcher on a project titled Meeting the Challenge of Diversity: A Professional Development Model for Teacher Educators.
* 2001-2001. Co-Principal Investigator on an Intel Teach to the Future grant.
* 1999-2001. Evaluation Specialist for the Return of the Salmon Project, Funded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
* 1996-2000. Evaluation Specialist for Project WRITE, funded by the Texaco Foundation. Principal Investigator, Maureen McMahon.
* 1996-1998. Research Assistant. Puente Project, Language Minority Research Institute (LMRI) University of California, Davis. |
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| * Since July 2009 |
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* Co-Principal Investigator on grant funded by the Linguistic Minority Research Institute (LMRI). This study investigated the impact of authoring hypermedia projects on the science vocabulary development of Spanish speaking, ESL 6th and 7th grade students.
* Co-Investigator on Next STEP (Sustaining Teachers Exemplary Practices). The goals of this project are to: (1) establish learning outcomes for third through eighth grade math teachers, who are in their third, fourth or fifth year of teaching, (2) develop and implement a professional development program for these teachers to meet their specific curriculum and pedagogical goals related to the new California Algebra initiative , (3) develop a set of standards that move beyond the induction standards and are designed for third through fifth year teachers in California, and (4) increase grades 3-8 student achievement in the algebra strand. A Teacher Quality, Mathematics and Science grant proposal, to obtain further funding for this project, was submitted in October, 2008. |
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* O’Hara, S. & Pritchard, R. (2008). Hypermedia authoring as a vehicle for vocabulary development in middle school English as a second language classrooms. The Clearing House. 82(2), 60-65.
* O’Hara, S., & Pritchard, R.H. (2008). Using hypermedia to teach vocabulary in grades 6-12. Columbus, OH: Pearson Merrill Prentice Hall.
* O’Hara, S. & Pritchard, R. (2008). Promoting the science vocabulary development of English learners with hypermedia authoring projects. Proceeding of the Society for Education and Information Systems, Technologies and Applications (EISTA).
* O'Hara, S. & Pritchard, B. (2008). Science vocabulary and concept development in a middle school ESL classroom. In K. McFerrin et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (pp. 4747-4754). Chesapeake, VA: AACE
* Pritchard, R.H., & O’Hara, S. (2008). Reading in Spanish and English: A comparative study of processing strategies. The Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy.
* O’Hara, S., & Pritchard, R.H. (2008). Meeting the challenge of diversity: Professional development for teacher educators. Teacher Education Quarterly.
* Pritchard, R.H., & O’Hara, S. (2007). Using think alouds to identify and teach reading comprehension strategies. CATESOL Journal. |
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* Phone: 650-498-5177
* Email: sohara@stanford.edu
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