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Martinez-Sierra, Julio

Senior Instructor
EdD
Interamerican University of Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
School Affiliation

Cambridge College School of Education

Education

Ed.D. - Interamerican University of Puerto Rico - Special Education Administration and Supervision
M.S. - University of Phoenix (PR) - School Management, Administration and Supervision
Master's degree - Fordham University - Bilingual Special Education
B.A. - University of Puerto Rico - Business Education

Licenses and Certificates

Illinois: Transitional Bilingual Educator Endorsement, Bilingual Education Teacher – Spanish, Learning Behavioral Specialist I

Puerto Rico:  District Superintendent, Secondary School Principal, Special Education Supervisor, Teacher Evaluator in Special Education, Special Education Teacher, Business Education Teacher.

New York City:  Business Education, Academic Courses (Business Schools)

Professional Experience

Eleven and half years of experience teaching college courses in special education.

Thirteen years of experience in administrative duties in the public and private sector, such as: Adult Education Program Supervisor, Special Education Supervisor, School Director, Assistant School Director in postsecondary school (Evening Section), Evening Educational Coordinator in postsecondary school.

Fourteen years of experience teaching special education in both bilingual and monolingual public and private schools in Puerto Rico, New York City and Illinois.

Fifteen years of teaching bilingual and monolingual office skills in post secondary schools in New York and Puerto Rico.

Selected Presentations

Strategies for Students with Autism.  Specializing and Strengthening Skills to Support Students’ Needs.  Autism a new beginning, 2nd. Forum Autism Research, Autism Academy, Awakening the child with developmental disabilities, The autism faces, Learning Management System, Graduate writing – APA Styles, Educating the children with Autism, Discipline Procedures in Special Education, IDEA 2004, Learning Expectations in Mathematic,  Crisis Intervention in Special Education, Administration of the Woodcock-Muñoz-R Battery, Crisis Intervention, Children and Youth Institutional Abuse, Alternate Evaluation in Special Education, The silent world of deaf, The use of manipulatives in Mathematics.