Service (1994 to present)

College of Education

Appointed to Committee to Rename College (August 2003- present)

Mentor for new faculty (2001 to present)

Personnel Evaluation Committee (Fall 2002- Present)

Faculty Participant in Student Orientations, 1994 to present.

Science materials and equipment purchase, organization, and storage for the joint ASU West Orangewood Elementary School program, 1994 to present.

Elementary Education Curriculum Development Group, 1998 to present.

College of Education Ad Hoc Grading Committee met and proposed amendments to student’s evaluations to include course rigor items. Spring 2001.

Early Childhood Education Mathematics and Science Faculty Search Committee (1997-1998)

College of Education Advisor Search Committee (1998)

Elementary Education Curriculum Development Committee (1997 to 1998)

Bilingual Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies Education Search Committee (1995-1996)

Quality Undergraduate Education through Site-based Teacher Preparation Committee (QUEST) (1994 to 1996)

Teaching Excellence Committee (1994 to 1995)

University

Graduate Studies Committee (2002)

Campus Standards Committee (1997 to 2001, Chairperson from 1999-2001)

Arizona State University Honorary Degrees Committee (1997 to 2001)

Participant in the ASU Speakers Bureau/Experts List (1997 to present)

Worked to establish the ASU West Volunteer Advisory Committee (1998 to present)

Regalia Faculty Participant in Graduation (1997 to present)

Teaching Excellence Committee (1999 to 2001)

Committee for Scholarship Research and Creative Activities (1999 to 2001)

ASU West’s Faculty and Staff Appreciation Program Contest Judge (April 200)

Committee to establish the Outcomes for the ASU West Learning Communities (10/2000)

Faculty Senate (1995 to 1998)

Set up and staffed a demonstration table of the SPLASH program at the Capital Campaign at ASU Main, October 23, 1997.

Information Technology Advisory Committee ASU West (1997)

Worked to establish an ASU West organization, The Quixote Society (www.west.asu.edu/rillero/TQS), to promote community service (1995 to 1997).

Community

Founder, President, and Coach of the Gavilian Peak Elementary School Chess Club, Anthem, AZ (Spring 2003 to Present).

Member of the Board of Directors of the 2005 International Science and Engineering Fair—Arizona (July, 2001 to present).

Community Support for School Science Fairs: Advisor, Judge, and Judge Recruiter (1996 to present)

Advanced Chess Coach, Orangewood Elementary School, Phoenix, AZ (Spring 2003).

Orangewood Elementary School Staff Development, helped obtain 4 external grants to develop the science, technology, and math teaching abilities of teachers (1994 to 2000)

Volunteer at Cradle Beach Camp for three weeks in summer in Angola, NY. Established Science Center, designed learning activities, trained counselors, and taught disadvantaged campers (1998)

Harold W. Smith Magnet School Science Education Development. Helped this school, comprised of low socioeconomic level students in a culturally diverse area, by obtaining two grants for teacher education and procurement of technology, teaching lessons to the class of Mrs. Thomas, and designing and implementing a SPLASH activity. Worked with Dr. González-Jensen to create a Family Astronomy Night, brought Thomas Bopp (co-discoverer of Hale-Bopp Comet) to speak to students, and sponsored and chaperoned student visit to the Arizona Science Center (1997 to 1998)

Volunteer for Heredia, Costa Rica Orphanage. Arranged for Thanksgiving meal. Bought and distributed presents on Christmas day, 1996.

Volunteer for the homeless through St. Vincent De Paul Society (1996 to 1998)

Fruit Gleaner for food kitchens and shelters (1994 to 1996)

Big Brother, Big Brother/Big Sister Program of Franklin County. Weekly visits, outings, and mentoring with a 14 year-old boy (1994)

Summer Volunteer Teacher, Head Start Program. Taught and supervised three- through five-year-old students in a full-year full-day Head Start Program (1994)

Profession

Consulting Editor and Book Reviewer, Science Activities journal, Heldref Publications, Washington DC (1994 to Present).

Member of the Board of Directors of the Arizona Alliance for Science, Mathematics, and Technology. Worked with the group to promote science, mathematics, and technology education through a variety of means, including sponsoring the Arizona Science Olympiad and supporting the International Science Fair and (1997 to present)

Reviewer of Science Books for NSTA Recommends (2002 to Present)

Reviewer for the Electronic Journal of Science Education (1999 to present)

Site Coordinator for the State Finals Science Olympiad B (Grades 6 to 9) held at ASU West (1998 to 2002)

Free non-conference presentations to teachers (1995 to 1999) including Hands-On Science and Parental Involvement to Increase Achievement in Science (2 hours, 2/22/99, University of Akureyri, Iceland); Energizing Science Activities( 2 hours 11/98, ASU West); Parent Involvement Through Hands-on Science, (2 hours, 4/11/96, Oakwood Elementary School); Living in Water Workshop (6 hours, 11/4/95 at ASU West); The Write Now Approach for Promoting Conceptual Change in Science and Mathematics (2 hours, 1/19/95, Royal Palm Middle School)

Educational Advisory Committee for the National Energy Foundation (Central Arizona Region). Planned two-hour and weekend inservice teacher workshops (1996 to 1999).

Media Reviewer, The American Biology Teacher (1996 to 1999)

State of Arizona Representative for the Ernest L. Boyer Technology Summits for Educators sponsored by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. (1997)

Member of the Microbial Literacy Writing Team of the National Association of Biology Teachers (1997) 

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