Rubi Flores

Affiliation

California Association for Bilingual Education

Biography

Rubí Flores, M.A., has extensive expertise working with English Learner and Dual Language Programs. She has served as a bilingual teacher, ESL specialist, dual language teacher, dual language instructional coach, program coordinator and biliteracy curriculum developer. She has worked in schools across Texas, Oklahoma, El Salvador and recently California. She earned a Bachelor's Degree in Bilingual Education from Texas State University and a Master’s Degree in Bilingual and Bicultural Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Texas at Austin. She is a cohort member of the Proyecto Maestría leadership development program through the University of Texas. Mrs. Flores holds a Multiple Subject Teaching credential with a bilingual teacher authorization in California and Texas. She has presented her work with dual language programs and biliteracy instruction at NABE, TABE, Adelante! Dual Language Conference, and at multiple district level sites. Her current work focuses on developing teacher capacity, coaching, authentic methods for biliteracy instruction, teacher Spanish academic language development and effective English language development strategies.