Dr. Sanchez is an Associate Professor and co-Coordinator of the UTEEM Early Childhood program, http://gse.gmu.edu/programs/uteem/, in the Graduate School of Education at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. The nationally recognized unified teacher preparation program blends the fields of early childhood education, early childhood special education, bilingual/second language education, and multicultural education. The primary goal of the program is to prepare teacher candidates to work with culturally, linguistically and ability diverse young children and their families in diverse community settings. Upon completion of the triple licensure program, graduates are awarded teaching licenses in three areas: early childhood, PK to grade three; early childhood special education, birth to age five; and English as a second language education, a PK to grade 12 endorsement.

Dr. Sanchez has been associated with several school districts and universities, including New York City Board of Education, Houston Independent School District, Brooklyn College, and University of Houston. She has consulted with organizations and agencies throughout the United States, Puerto Rico and Venezuela, including school districts, community agencies, universities, migrant Head Start and Head Start programs, family programs, special education providers, and educational research laboratories, and serves on various advisory boards. Dr. Sanchez is known for her interest in integrated teacher education programs, using family stories and cultural dilemmas to prepare teachers to work with diverse children and their families, and early bilingualism. She is co-author of Project Kaleidoscope, http://www.kihd.gmu.edu/chdinfo/kaleido.html, a set of curriculum and training materials for inservice professionals working with culturally, linguistically, and ability diverse young children and their families, and is co-Principal Investigator of Educators Without Borders, http://kihd.gmu.edu/ewb/, a federally funded project designed to increase the number of under-represented ethnic and language minorities to the field of early childhood special education.

• Graduate School of Education
• Center for Language and Culture
• Early Childhood Education
• Elementary Education PK-6
• Multilingual/Multicultural Education

• Personnel Preparation and Professional Development in Early Education of Diverse Learners (EDUT - 805)

• Infant/Toddler Development in Family and Cultural Contexts (EDUT - 521)
• Frameworks for Unified, Transformative Early Care and Education (EDUT - 781)
• Policy Perspectives Affecting Diverse Young Learners and Their Families (EDUT - 782)
• Seminar in Emerging Issues of Education (EDUC - 895)
• Secondary Curriculum and Strategies for Mild Disabilities (EDSE - 429)
• Characteristics of Students with Disabilities who Access the General Curriculum (EDSE - 540)
• Secondary Curriculum and Strategies for Students with Disabilities who Access the General Curriculum (EDSE - 629)
• Curriculum and Methods: Severe Disabilities (EDSE - 661)
• Consultation and Collaboration (EDSE - 662)
• Cognitive Development of Diverse Young Children (EDSE - 667)
• Developmental Pathways of Diverse Learners, Birth-Adolescence (EDUT - 411)
• Developmental Pathways of Diverse Learners, Birth-Adolescence (EDUT - 511)
• Assessment of Diverse Young Learners (EDUT - 612)
• Curriculum Across the Content Areas for Diverse Learners, K-3 (EDUT - 614)