Associate Professor
Sullivan Hall Room 434
(718) 990-1476
saldanad@stjohns.edu
Dr. Saldaña is an urban educator. She prepares inservice
and preservice teachers to work with students who are economically,
socially, ethnically, and linguistically different from the
mainstream student population. She has taught in elementary
schools in Houston, Texas and has done research in elementary,
middle, junior high, and high schools. She has taught in the
University of Houston System at several of their campuses and has
also taught in a graduate alternative certification program for
bilingual teachers in Guadalajara, Mexico.
Currently, Dr. Saldaña teaches at St. John's University in the
School of Education, Department of Early Childhood, Childhood, and
Adolescent Education. Courses taught include classes for both
elementary and secondary education majors, at the undergraduate and
graduate levels. She is also the recipient of two major
grants, a federal GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness
for University Program), and a grant from the New York City
Department of Education for over-aged and under-credited high
school students. In addition to working on her grants, Dr.
Saldana works with a number of school districts and schools to
provide professional development for administrators and
teachers.
Education
Ed.D., 1994, University of Houston, Houston, TX. Major:
Curriculum and Instruction with concentrations in Teacher Education
and Multicultural Education
M.Ed., 1981, University of Houston, Houston, TX. Major:
Curriculum and Instruction with a concentration in Reading
B.S., 1977, Pace University, New York, NY. Major: Elementary
Education with a concentration in Early Childhood Education