Rhoda Coleman, Ed.D.
Research Fellow/Professional Development Specialist

EDUCATION
Doctor of Education     Teacher Education in Multicultural Societies: Language and Literacy
University of Southern California, 2006                
Master of Arts Administration
California State University, Los Angeles, 2005    
Master of Science:  Reading
Loyola Marymount University,1985
Bachelor of Science: Social Science             
University of Southern California, 1969 (Magna Cum Laude) 
                                                           
CREDENTIALS AND CERTIFICATES
Administration Credential Tier 1 (Eligibility Certificate)  
California State University, Los Angeles, 2006 
Clear Specialist Instruction Credential, Reading,  K-12    
Loyola Marymount University 1985
Life Standard Elementary Teaching Credential, K-8
University of Southern California, 1973
Language Development Specialist Certificate 1992       

tel: 562-985-5806
email: rcoleman@csulb.edu

After 29 years as a teacher in grades 1 through 6 in the Lennox School District near Los Angeles, Rhoda Coleman became a reading/language arts consultant for the Los Angeles County Office of Education. She provided professional development to districts, wrote and produced 26 teacher training videos and designed and taught online courses for reading, writing and English language development. She then taught credential candidates as full-time faculty at California State University, Dominguez Hills for three years. While completing her doctorate in Educational Leadership: Language and Literacy at the University of Southern California, she was a full-time staff member in the teacher education program. Dr. Coleman has supervised student teachers and taught methods in history/social science, reading/ language arts and theories of English language acquisition and learning.  She also teaches in the Reading Certificate program at UCLA.

Dr. Coleman is a series consultant for Harcourt Social Studies, is an active trainer for the California Reading and Literature Project at UCLA, the California History/Social Science Project, and continues to consult for Los Angeles County Office of Education, working with Program Improvement schools.  Currently she is a research fellow for the Center for Language Minority Education and Research at California State University, Long Beach. 

She was California Teacher of the Year in 1995, California Council for the Social Studies Teacher of the Year in 1996, a recipient of the Milken National Educator Award in 1996 and a recipient of USC's ROSE Award in 2000.