Educational Background:

Ed.D.   Teachers College, Columbia University                                 
International Educational Development with a specialization in Bilingual/Bicultural Education, 2007

Dissertation:Multicultural Education and Bilingual Teachers: An examination of convergence and divergence across ethnolinguistic groups

M.Ed.   Ohio State University                                                       Elementary Education, 1997

B.S.       Ohio State University                                                                    
Pre-Service in Elementary Education, 1996

Teaching Experience:

• Morrow Elementary School, Morrow, GA- Grades 4, 5
• Escuela Internacional Sampedrana, San Pedro Sula, Honduras - Grade 3

Courses Taught:

• Education that is Multicultural (EDCE 5700C)
• Bilingual Student Teaching Seminar and Supervision  (EDCE 45800 & 41600 and EDCE 0501G & 0502G): Click here to learn more about
  professional portfolios in the student teaching seminar
  
• Content Research Seminar in Bilingual Education (EDCE 2203I)
• Seminar in Educational Research (EDCE 2900I)
• Theories and Practice of Bilingual Education (EDCE 5300C)
• Methods of Teaching English as a Second Language (EDCE 5400C)

Publications:

Books:

• Reyes, S., & Kleyn, T.  (in-press).  Teaching in Two Languages: A
  practitioners’ guide for K-12 bilingual educators.  Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin
  Press.

Magazine Articles:

• Menken, K., & Kleyn T.  (April 2009).  The difficult road for long-term English learners.  Educational Leadership, 66(7).  [Available:
  http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational_leadership/apr09/
  vol66/num07/The_Difficult_Road_for_Long-Term_English_Learners.aspx]
  

Book Chapters:

• Kleyn, T. (2008). “Garífuna es nuestra manera de ser, es lo que somos”:
  Enfoque de identiades e hibridaciones en la transculturación.  (“Garífuna is our way of being, it is who we are”: A focus on identity and hybridity within transculturalism.). In F. Nájera and P. Viturro (Eds.), Escrituras, Polimorfías e Identidades (pp. 63-85) (Writings, Polymorphics and Identities).  Buenos Aires, Argentina, Libros del Rojas.
  English Translation
  
  

Invited Book Reviews:

• Kleyn, T. (2008). Affirming Diversity: The sociopolitical context of
  multicultural education (5th Ed.).  Language Policy, 17(3):297-299. DRAFT in pdf
• Kleyn, T. (2006).  Imagining Multilingual Schools.  Teachers College Record. [Available: http://www.tcrecord.org/content.asp?contentid=12885]

Report:

• Menken, K., Kleyn, T., Chae, N.  (2007). Meeting the needs of Long-Term English Learners in High Schools.  Report to the New York City Department of Education, Office of English Learners.
  For more information about the Long-Term English Language Learner Project see the following website:
  http://web.gc.cuny.edu/dept/lingu/rislus/projects/LTELL/index.html

Peer Reviewed Articles:

• Menken, K., & Kleyn, T.  (in-press). The long-term impact of subtractive
  schooling in the educational experiences of secondary English learners.
  International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism.
• Kleyn, T.  (forthcoming). Cultural mismatch in Honduran Garífuna communities: The role of culture, race and language in schools.  Diaspora, Indigenous and Minority Education.
• Kleyn, T.  (2008).  Speaking in colors: A window into uncomfortable
  conversations about race and ethnicity in U.S. bilingual classrooms.  GiST: The Colombian Journal of Bilingual Education, 2:13-23.
• Torres-Guzman, M., Morales-Rodriguez, S., Han, A., & Kleyn, T.  (2005).  Self-designated dual- language programs:  Is there a gap between labeling and implementation?  Bilingual Research Journal, 29(2), 453-474.  [Available: http://brj.asu.edu/content/vol29_no2/art10.pdf]

Selected Conference Presentations:

• “When change is the only consistency: The case of Long-Term English
  Learners in secondary schools.”  Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Conference, San Diego, California, April 2009 (with Menken & Chae)
• “Bilingual Education from the Top Down to the Bottom Up: Policy, Leadership, and Practices in New York City.”  Symposium presented at American Educational Research Association Conference, Chicago, Illinois, April 2007 (with Hunt & Menken)
• “Multicultural Education and Bilingual Teachers: An examination of convergence and divergence across ethno-linguistic groups”  Paper presented at the New Educator Conference, City College of New York, October 2006
•  “Is a Read Aloud just a Read Aloud? An intertextual and interactional cross-cultural analysis.”  Paper presented at the National Association of Bilingual Educators Conference, San Antonio, Texas, January 2005 (with Torres-Guzman)
• “Dual Language Programs? A closer look at self-designated dual language programs in NYC.”  Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Conference, San Diego, California, April 2004  (with Torres-Guzman, Morales & Han)
• “Race, Language and Schooling:  The construction of Garifuna.”  Paper presented at Comparative International Education Society National Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 2003

Invited Presentations:

• “Educating Emergent Bilingual Students: A closer look at what we know, what we do and what we can change.”  Presentation for the Bilingual/ESL Teacher Leadership Academy, Bank Street College, April 2009
• “Illuminating Strategies for All Teachers of ELLs.”  Presentation for Restart High Schools, New York City Department of Education, April 2008
• “Garífuna, ladino y/o negro: Formas identitarias e hibridaciónes transculturales.”  Paper presented at Transamérica: Confrontando las porosas fronteras de la posmodernidad, Centro Cultural de España en Buenos Aires, Argentina, October 2007
  
• “Pink Trucks and Blue Dresses: Exploring and challenging gender and sexuality.”  Presentation at La Escuelita Dual Language Preschool, New York, New York, August 2007
• “Where’s the Culture? Study groups as a tool to facilitate multiculturalism.”  Presentation at the New York City Department of Education Dual Language Learning Network Spring Conference, New York, March 2006 (with Hunt)
•  “Inclusive Schools, Exclusive Practices: The case of two Garifuna communities in Honduras.”  Brown bag lecture presented at the Institute of Latin American Studies, Columbia University, New York, November 2003
•  “Bilingual Education in the United States.”  Workshop presented at Universidad Pedagogica Nacional, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, August 2002

Honors and Awards:

• PSC-CUNY Research Award, 2009-2010
• National Association of Bilingual Education Outstanding Dissertation Award - 2nd Place, 2008
• Spencer Research Training Grant, 2006
• General Scholarship, 2003, Teachers College, Columbia University
• Latin American Studies Field Research Grant, 2003, Columbia University

Professional Affiliations:

• AERA-American Education Research Association
• NABE- National Association of Bilingual Education

Professional Service:

• Referee for GiST: The Colombian Journal of Bilingual Education, 2009
• Referee for Bilingual Research Journal, 2009
• Referee for International Journal of Multilingualism, 2008
• Referee for Diaspora, Indigenous and Minority Education, 2008
• Reviewer for Lawrence Erlbaum Publishers, 2008
  
• Education panel on the university committee on research awards, 2007-present
• Associate Editor, The New Educator Journal, 2007-present
• PSC-CUNY Grant Reviewer, 2005