Candidate for
Board Member; Fresno Unified School District; Trustee Area 4

TONY VANG

EDUCATION

Doctor of Education, University of San Francisco ('92)

• Emphasis: Multicultural Education & Second Language Acquisition

• Emphasis: Human Resources and Organizational Development

Postdoctoral courses focus on hands-on math, hands-on science, literacy, and winning strategies for the multilingual classroom.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF EDUCATION, Cal State Univ, Fresno School of Education ('99-Present)

• train future teachers
• supervise student teachers

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & FOUNDER, Fresno Center for New Americans ('91)

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, Lao Family Community of Fresno, Inc. ('82-'91)

PROJECT DIRECTOR, FUSD Adult Refugee Services ('83-'84)

CURRENT COMMUNITY SERVICE

• California Mathematics Council ('95-present)

• National Council of Teachers of Mathematics ('95-present)

• Hmong Community Education Task Force

• FUSD Fair and Equal Opportunity Employment Committee

• FUSD Hmong Teen Suicide Intervention Project

• President, Association of Southeast Asian Educators

• California Teachers Association, State Council Representative (`97)

• Commission on Teacher Credentialing, CLAD/BCLAD Panel ('92-'96)

• Board of Directors, Fresno Tomorrow ('87-`90)

• Board of Directors, California School of Professional Psychology ('89-'91)

• State Advisory Council, California Dept. of Social Services ('85-'89)

• Help develop statewide curriculum and course syllabus for DLN Reading Methods course (CSU Institute for Higher Education, '97)

• Gold Award for "Outstanding Support of Public Education" from California Teachers Association

• Leadership and Commitment, Volunteer Service Award from California Teachers Association

• Leadership Awards from U.S. Health and Human Services Dept, California Assembly, United Way of Fresno County, KSEE 24 Portraits of Success.

• Liberty Bell Award, Fresno County Bar Association, ('92)

• Fluent in English, Hmong, Lao and Thai.

• Project Linguistic Express: A Linguistic Approach to Quality Instruction Leaving No English Language Learner Behind, co-author. A Title III grant, funded by U.S. Dept. of Education ('02)

• A Survey of Teacher Practices and Parental Involvement which Support Language Minority Children's Success in Elementary School, author. ('01-'02)

• Extensive experience as an author of academic articles, and a speaker/presenter before local, state, and national professional and community groups on topics such as:

• Investing Time with Your Children's Education

• Specially Designed Academic Math Instructional Activities for the Elementary Classroom

• Strengthening Your Specially Designed Math and Science Instruction in English for LEP Students

• Exploring Math & Science in the Kitchen & Garage

• Teaching Reading and Writing to Hmong Children

• Cultural Considerations in the School Setting and Home Culture and Its Relationship to Learning

• After School Programs for Hmong Children

• Early Marriage vs. Educational Attainment

• Southeast Asian Youth Delinquency and Its Causes in Fresno

• Multicultural Education as a Collaborative Approach to Teaching Southeast Asian Students

• Education is the Key to Success