Retired as Associate Professor of Education at Cal State San Marcos, San Marcos, CA, but did not retire from the education profession. She continues to teach in the CSUSM Masters’ Program the Joint Doctoral Program with UCSD for Educational Leadership. Delores began her career as a middle grades and high school Language Arts and English teacher. She served as assistant principal, principal, and county office of education administrator. She completed her Ph.D. at Claremont Graduate University in Education Leadership. Following her time in pk-12 education, she became an instructor in higher education at Pepperdine University, then California State University San Marcos, San Marcos, CA, where she retired as Associate Professor. Delores and husband Randall, her favorite Sage/Corwin author, continue to co-write about the application of the four Tools of Cultural Proficiency. They enjoy working together with school districts to guide school leaders on their journey toward equity and social just practices.
Throughout her career, Delores’ primary focus has been developing culturally proficient leaders. She helps educational leaders examine their organizations’ policies and practices, and their individual beliefs and values about cross-cultural communication. Her message to her audiences focuses on socially just educational practices, culturally proficient leadership practices, and diversity as an asset to be nurtured. Her favorite reflective question is: Are we who we say we are?She is coauthor of Corwin publications: Culturally Proficient Instruction: A guide for people who teach, 3rd ed. (2012), Culturally Proficient Coaching: Supporting educators to create equitable schools (2007), Culturally Proficient Learning Communities: Confronting inequities through collaborative inquiry (2009) and A Culturally Proficient response to the common core: Ensuring equity through professional learning (2015).
