Sonia Nieto
Dr. Sonia Nieto talks about her thoughts on education and current projects she is working on.
Sonia Nieto is Professor Emerita of Language, Literacy, and Culture, School of Education, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, she was educated in the New York City Public Schools. She attended St. Johns University, Brooklyn campus, where she received a B.S. in Elementary Education in 1965. Upon graduation, she attended New York Universitys Graduate Program in Madrid, Spain, and received her MA in Spanish and Hispanic Literature in 1966. A junior high school teacher of English, Spanish, and ESL in Ocean Hiil/Brownsville, Brooklyn, in 1968 she took a job at P.S. 25 in the Bronx, the first fully bilingual school in the Northeast. Her first position in higher education was as an Instructor in the Department of Puerto Rican Studies in Brooklyn College, where she taught in a bilingual education teacher preparation program co-sponsored with the School of Education. Moving to Massachusetts with her family in 1975, she completed her doctoral studies in 1979 with specializations in curriculum studies, bilingual education, and multicultural education.
In this video, Dr. Sonia Nieto answers the following A+ Challenge's questions:
- How are schools of education doing in preparing principals and teachers for today's diverse school enviornment?
- What are some characteristics of effective school leadership?
- What are you working on these days that you are especially excited or 'on fire' about?
