Ms. Barbara Maestas
Elementary Education Department
Office: HH 209
Office Telephone: 410-704-2611
E-Mail: bmaestas@towson.edu
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    Courses Taught
ELED 321  Teaching Reading in the Elementary School 
ELED 363 Field Studies for Elementary Teaching 
EDUC 736  Classroom Management 
EDUC 797  Internship 
EDNC 733 Teaching Models and Processes 
EDUC 735  Proseminar 
EDUC 798 Graduate Practicum in Education 
Assigned Time Administration of MAT 

    Vitae

        EDUCATION
 

M.Ed.  1981 Western New Mexico University Major:  Elementary Education; Concentration: English
B.A.  1975 Elmira College  Majors:  Early Childhood and Elementary Education/Sociology

          PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
 

Fall 1998 - present  Towson University, Towson, MD.  Instructor, Department of Elementary Education
Spring 1994 - present Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.  Faculty Associate, Division of Education. 
Fall 1993 - Jan. 1999  Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.  University Supervisor, Division of Education.
Summer 1993  Maryland Hospital Skills Enhancement Program; MD. Instructor, Workplace Literacy Program. 
Fall 1992 - 1998  Essex Community College, Baltimore, MD.  Instructor, Education Department.
Spring 1992  -1998  Dundalk Community College; Baltimore, MD.   Instructor, Education/Early Childhood Department. 
1988 - 1991  Teacher, Cobre Consolidated Schools;  Bayard, N.M.  Teacher in a bilingual classroom.  Grades taught: 3/4;  6; Building Chairperson.
1977 - 1988  Teacher, Lordsburg Municipal Schools; Lordsburg, N.M Teacher in a bilingual classroom.  Grades taught: K, 2, 5.
1975 - 1977  Teacher, Magdalena Municipal Schools; Magdalena, N.M.  Teacher in a trilingual classroom.  Grade taught: 5; Title IX Coordinator. 

 
SELECTED SCHOLARLY AND SERVICE ACTIVITIES
Spring 1998   Baltimore County Police Academy; Baltimore, MD. Provided in-service workshops to Academy teaching staff on lesson planning, instructional strategies, and assessments.
Spring  1997   Odenton Elementary School, Odenton, MD. Presented an in-service workshop on Professional
Development Portfolios to the certified teaching staff.
Spring  1996, 1997  Johns Hopkins University;  Baltimore, MD. Member of a team which reviewed 1996, 1997
professional development portfolios of student interns.
Spring 1994     Dundalk Community College;  Baltimore, MD. Member of Program Review  Committee for the Early
Childhood Education/Child Development  department.
Fall 1994 - present  Dundalk Community College;  Baltimore, MD. Member of the Child Development/Early Childhood
Education Advisory Committee.
Fall 1993     Dacum Resource Center;  Baltimore, MD. Member of Curriculum Design Panel for review of Early Childhood Programs.
Certifications:
State of New York; Permanent Public School Teacher Certificate. Areas of Certification: Nursery, Kindergarten, grades 1 - 6.
State of New Mexico; Ten Year Elementary Teaching Certificate. Areas of Certification:  grades 1 - 8.
State of Maryland; Standard Professional Certificate Areas of Certification: grades 1 - 6; Middle School (R).
Memberships in Professional Organizations:
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development International Reading Association