Senior Research Scientist
email: Click here
As a senior research scientist at CAST, C. Patrick Proctor applies his expertise in bilingualism, biliteracy, and education to the development of universally designed learning environments for English Language Learners.
An experienced bilingual classroom instructor in both Detroit, MI, and Waltham, MA, Dr. Proctor is certified in Massachusetts to teach Social Studies, grades 5–9, and Transitional Bilingual Education (Spanish) at all levels. He has also reviewed bilingual and special education programs for the Massachusetts Department of Education and provided technical assistance to parents and districts.
At Harvard, he coordinated data collection and conducted analyses for a five-year longitudinal study of cross-language transfer among Spanish/English bilingual students. He also served as a program coordinator for the University's Institute for Statewide Literacy Initiatives, where he helped plan and implement an annual conference for state-level literacy development teams aimed at delivering current trends in reading research.
As a doctoral student, he was involved in teaching courses on second-language reading, bilingualism, and second-language accquisition, among other subjects. While an adjunct instructor at Eastern Michigan University, Dr. Proctor designed and implemented a site-based, graduate-level class on bilingual methods for teachers.
Dr. Proctor has been a consultant for a number of organizations, including the Center for Applied Linguistics in Washington, DC, where he conducted classroom observations as part of a nation-wide longitudinal study of students' language acquisition and academic achievement in two-way immersion classrooms. He has also designed and conducted numerous workshops in bilingual methods and issues for teachers and administrators.
He earned his doctorate in education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, an MA degree from the Stanford University School of Education, and a BA from Clark University.
