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Dr.
Duarte M. Silva
Stanford University
Dr. Duarte Silva is
the Executive Director of the California
Foreign Language Project, in the Center for Educational Research in the
School of Education at Stanford University. The Project, designed to strengthen
and enhance professional development opportunities for California's language
educators, currently has thirteen regional sites at campuses of the California
State University, independent colleges and universities, and county offices
of education. Dr. Silva is responsible for providing leadership to the Project’s
programs statewide, as well as for overseeing the evaluation of the programs’
outcomes implemented in each of the sites.
As a former member of the State’s Curriculum
Commission, Dr. Silva chaired the Foreign Language Subject Matter Committee
and was a member of several other committees that advised the State Board
of Education on a variety of language related issues. In his capacity as Commissioner,
he also chaired several state adoptions of instructional materials for English
Language Development students, and oversaw the development of criteria for
the role of technology in supporting the teaching of languages. For the past
15 years, Dr. Silva has been the co-director of the Summer Seminar for language
teachers, which is co-sponsored by the California Language Teachers Association
and the California Foreign Language Project.
Currently, Dr. Silva is a member of the New Visions
Task Force for Language Education, the Chair of the Recruitment and Retention
Committee for Language Educators, and a member of the National Council for
Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) Foreign Language Standards’
Committee.
Dr. Silva holds a Bachelors Degree in Foreign
Languages and English from California State University Stanislaus, a Master’s
Degree in Education Administration from Sacramento State University, and a
Doctorate in International and Multicultural Education from the University
of San Francisco. In addition to his degrees, Duarte holds the following teaching
credential authorizations: Administrative Services Credential, Specialist
Credential; Bilingual Cross-Cultural Education, and a Standard Secondary Teaching
Credential.
