Maria Serpa Professor Emerita 617.349.8403 mserpa@lesley.edu Bio Selected Publications Selected Presentations Maria de Lourdes B. Serpa, now professor emerita, spent her time at Lesley as a bilingual professor committed to high quality teacher education and equity in educational practice for all students. She is a doctoral senior advisor and has designed Master's programs and doctoral specializations in Bilingual-ESL Special Education. Dr. Serpa served as the director and co-director of two major 5-year teacher education projects funded by the US Department of Education, and Assessing ELLs with Disabilities Institute funded by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education. She also co-directs the UDL-Teaching Portuguese Worldwide Project and is the co-founder of the Portuguese World Language Institute. She maintains international collaborations with University of the Azores, Universidade Aberta, University of Madeira, and CAST.org. Responsible for implementing UDL in Portuguese. Education BS, Boston State College and Magisterie Primario, Azores, Portugal M.Ed., University of Massachusetts, Boston EdD, Boston University Selected Publications Chita-Tegmark, M., Gravel, J., Serpa, M.L, Domings, Y., and Rose, D. (2011-2012). Using the Universal Design for Learning Framework to Support Culturally Diverse Learners, Journal of Education. UDL Bookbuilder Portugués, 2012. Serpa, M.L. (2011). An Imperative for Change: Bridging Special and Language Learning Education to Ensure a Free and Appropriate Education in the Least Restrictive Environment for ELLs with Disabilities in Massachusetts. Boston, MA: The Mauricio Gastón Institute for Latino Community Development and Public Policy. NOTE: This research report was featured in several publications including Edweek, National Public Radio (NPR) and USAToday. Serpa, M.L. & Lira, S.A (2011). Portuguese as Heritage Language in Public and Private K-12 Schools In Massachusetts. Portuguese Language Journal. Conference Chair, 24th Portuguese Language and Cultures Conference, Lesley University & Luso-American Education Foundation. April 6-7th, 2013 Linguistic Differences & Learning (dis)Abilities http://ldldproject.net/. Selected Presentations Universidade da Madeira, Funchal (2016) Universidade dos Açores, Ponta Delgada, UDL (2013) Massachusetts Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, Panel of Experts on the Education of ELLs Harvard Graduate School of Education Learning Differences Conference. 2RTI and English Language Learners (2010) Massachusetts DESE Proficiency Gap & Kindergarten Conferences (2010) Featured speaker Massachusetts International Reading Association Conference (2009)