Elsa Salazar Cade:  

Life Elsa Salazar Cade holds a Bachelor of Science in Education from the University of Texas at Austin, a Master of Arts in Educational Administration from Niagara University and also holds School District Administrators Certificate For New York State from Niagara University. She taught two years as a fourth grade spanish bilingual teacher in Austin,Texas, one year as a reading and math remediation teacher. She assisted in the writing of a hands-on science curriculum for the fourth grade level of the Austin Independent School District, Summer, 1976. She also participated in the design and teaching of an after school program for gifted minority students in language arts and art January -May 1977. During the summers of '79 and '80, she compiled a collection of insects that were found in commercial vineyards throughout Niagara Peninsula for Agriculture Canada. Elsa has taught as a 7th and 8th Grade science teacher for the city of Buffalo for the past 12 years. She has taught Life Science, Physical Science, Earth Science and Mathematics. Other responsibilities include Science Mentor to K - 6 and Sp. Ed. classes at School #18. She also has assisted the Director of Science with interviews of prospective teachers, writing the final exams for seventh grade life science and eight grade physical science. In 1992, she was invited to write questions for the Regents Competency Exam in Science, Albany, New York. In 1991-92 she was a consultant for Globe publishing; trial tested Globe science book and correlated Globe textbook with New York State syllabus. At the university level, Elsa has been an invited speaker on such topics as "Multicultural Education and the Minority Student" at Niagara University, Niagra Fall,N.Y. "Hands On Science for Students with Special Needs" at Buffalo State University. She also lectured recently on "Human evolution and Sociobiology" at Medille college in Buffalo, N.Y. In summer of 1992, she was science mentor for a National Science Foundation project Science for All Children under the direction of Dr. Cawley and Dr. Doran at U.B. This involved working with others to develop and present "hands-on" activities to 8 teams of special education and science education teachers from the Western New York area. In 1993, Elsa was invited to Educators' Day upon recommendation by State of New York to be honored as one of 100 teachers from Western New York, Michigan, Quebec and Ontario. From 1994-98, Elsa was appointed to Clinical Faculty at the Buffalo Research Institute on Education for Teaching, State University of New York at Buffalo. Elsa had helped teach a general secondary methods course LAI 418/698 in Fall,1994 and had cotaught the secondary science methods course with Dr. Doran for three years. In 1995, Elsa who had dedicated much of her energy to economically disadvantaged and emotionally disabled children,...Expand for more