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Bernice Sanchez - TAMIU Faculty

Dr. Bernice Sanchez

Associate Professor

Online instruction is very much like face-to-face instruction: Students must be actively engaged regularly.


Degrees Held:

  • Ph.D. in Curriculum & Instruction with emphasis in Reading & Writing – Texas A&M University, 2009
  • M.A. in English Literature – Texas Woman's University, 1998
  • B.A. in English – Texas Woman's University, 1995

Career Highlights:

  • Classroom teacher, elementary and secondary schools
  • Secondary English language arts (grades 6-12)
  • Bilingual/ESL- Spanish (EC-12)
  • Reading specialist (Grades EC-12)
  • Texas A&M International University:
    • Director, Write for TX TEA Grant (2015-present)
    • Director, South Texas Writing Project (2008-present)
    • Coordinator, South Texas Writing Project and Write for TX (TEA) Professional
  • Awards:
    • Texas A&M International University COED Scholar of the Year, 2015
    • Laredo Chamber of Commerce School Bell Teacher Award Spring, 2012
    • Texas A&M International University Educator Golden Apple Award Recipient, 2012
    • Texas A&M International University Honorary Membership PHI KAPPA PHI Induction, 2012
    • Texas A&M University System's Teaching Excellence Award, 2010-2012
    • Texas A&M International University Teacher of the Year, 2010-2011
    • Texas A&M International University Doctoral Student Award, College of Education, 2008

In which online degree program do you teach?

M.S. in C&I in Reading

  • Which classes do you teach online?

    Reading EDRD

  • What do you want students in your courses to learn? What are the learning outcomes or objectives?

    • Develop an understanding of the processes of reading and how students construct meaning from text
    • Develop a repertoire of strategies for developing students' emergent literacy skills applicable across content areas
    • Develop a repertoire of strategies to address the diverse learning and literacy needs of students using a variety of instructional practices and literacy assessment tools
    • Learn to communicate effectively through writing and use writing to facilitate learning by exploring, clarifying and thinking critically about literacy and the application of research–based instructional practices in literacy
  • When did you start teaching?

    Fall 1995 (secondary middle school language arts)

  • What advice would you give to those considering this online program?

    Online instruction is very much like face–to–face instruction: Students must be actively engaged regularly.

  • What qualities make someone particularly successful in the field in which you teach?

    Understanding that literacy involves all of the following: reading, writing, communicating, listening and speaking effectively.

  • Tell us something interesting about yourself that your students may not know.

    I'm a certified yoga instructor.

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