About CREATE 
Investigators
The National Center for Research on the Educational
Achievement and Teaching of English Language Learners
A research program funded by the Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education
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Jana Echevarria
Professor of Education, California State University, Long Beach
Associate Director, CREATE
Co-Principal Investigator, The Impact of the SIOP Model on Middle School Science and Language Learning
Jana Echevarria, Ph.D., is a Professor of Education at California State University, Long Beach. Her professional experience includes elementary and secondary teaching in general education, special education, English as a Second Language and bilingual programs. She has lived in Taiwan and Mexico where she taught ESL and second language acquisition courses at the university level, as well as in Spain where she conducted research on instructional programs for immigrant students. Her UCLA doctorate earned her an award from the National Association for Bilingual Education's Outstanding Dissertations Competition. Her research and publications focus on effective instruction for English learners, including those with learning disabilities. She is a nationally known expert on English learners and has written numerous journal articles and book chapters, has written and produced several videotapes and has co-authored several books including Making Content Comprehensible for English Language Learners: The SIOP Model and Sheltered Content Instruction: Teaching Students With Diverse Abilities, both published by Allyn & Bacon. The SIOP Model of instruction is used widely in all 50 states and several countries. In 2005, Dr. Echevarria was selected as Outstanding Professor at CSULB.
Visit Dr. Echevarria's CSULB Web page.
| Featured Presentations |
Dr. Echevarria presented Academic Uses of English: A Focus on Science at the 2007 CREATE Conference.
Dr. Echevarria's webcast seminar, Making Standards-Based Lessons Understandable for English Learners: The Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP) Model, can now be viewed online. |