News FeedPamela W. Gardner, M.s.
Pamela Gardner has been teaching in the CFD Department since 1997. Currently she serves as the department's Undergraduate Advisor and oversees the lab classes. She also teaches CFD 353A, Parenting the Young Child. She is involved on campus and in the San Diego community and holds the Child Development Program Director Permit.
Present Position:
Lecturer and Undergraduate Advisor, Child and Family Development Department
College of Education, San Diego State University
Office: College of Education, Office of Student Services
Education and Business Administration 259
San Diego State University
5500 Campanile Drive
San Diego, CA 92182
(619) 594-7035
pgardner@mail.sdsu.edu
Education:
Master of Science in Child Development
San Diego State University
Child and Family Development Department
College of Professional Studies and Fine Arts
Major Areas: Child Development
Adolescent Development
Thesis: “Student Academic Achievement and Parental School
Involvement as a Function of High School Size”
Bachelor of Science in Child Development
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Child Development Department
College of Human Development and Education
Graduated Cum Laude
Major Areas: Child Development
Family Development
Senior Project: “Toys That Enhance Self-Esteem in Young Children"
Credential:
Child Development Program Director Permit
State of California Commission on Teacher Credentialing
Professional Organizations:
Infant Development Association of California
National Council on Family Relations
California Council on Family Relations
National Association for the Education of Young Children
California Association for the Education of Young Children
San Diego Association for the Education of Young Children
Child and Family Development Alumni Association of SDSU
Awards and Recognitions:
Dean’s Award of Excellence
Excellence in Service
College of Education
2009
Outstanding Faculty Award, Department of Child and Family Development
San Diego State University, College of Education
May, 2008, Commencement
Outstanding Faculty Award
San Diego State University
Associated Students University Affairs Board
April, 2008
The Daily Aztec
“Campus Voices – Which Professor has Impressed You the Most?”
Finals Issue, December 14 – 21, 2005
National Council on Family Relations
Association of Councils Meritorious Service Award
November, 2003
Outstanding Faculty Member Award
Faculty/Student Mentoring Program
San Diego State University, College of Professional Studies and Fine Arts
Spring, 2001
Outstanding Faculty Member, Department of Child and Family Development
San Diego State University, College of Professional Studies and Fine Arts
May, 2000, University Commencement
Outstanding Faculty Member Award
Faculty/Student Mentoring Program
San Diego State University, College of Professional Studies and Fine Arts
Spring, 1999
Voted as 46th among the “Top 100 Classes at SDSU”
“The Student Survival Guide”
San Diego State University
1999-2000
University and Community Service:
Board Member, Health and Developmental Services Project Advisory Committee (First Five Commission of San Diego County 2007 - Present
Executive Board Member, Child and Family Development Department Alumni Association of San Diego State University,
2002 - 2007, 2010
Member, Professional Activities Committee, College of Education,2008 - 2009
Participant, Explore SDSU, Child and Family Development Department,2009, 2010
Coordinator, program linking children with special needs with Child and Family Development students, San Diego State University 1996 - Present
Committee Chair, Professional Career Symposium for students of the Child and Family Development Department, San Diego State University, 2002 - 2004
Faculty Advisor, Child and Family Development Student Organization, San Diego State University,2004
Member, Commencement Committee, Child and Family Development Department, San Diego State University,2001 - Present
Member, Newsletter Committee, Child and Family Developmen Department, 2001 - Present
Member, Faculty Merit Increase Committee, Child and Family Development Department, San Diego State University,2000
Participant, Future Aztecs Day, Child and Family Development Department, San Diego State University,2000, 2001, 2002
Co-organizer, Child and Family Development Department Alumni Association of San Diego State University,2000
Coordinator, San Diego State University Child and Family Development Internship Program,1999 - 2006
Member, San Diego State University Alumni Association,1998 - Present
Member, Planning Committee, Center for Teaching and Learning, San Diego State University,2002 - Present
Co-producer, video series on children with special needs, San Diego State University,1998
Secretary, California Council on Family Relations, 2007 - Present
President, California Council on Family Relations, 2001 - 2003
Treasurer, California Council on Family Relations, 1998 - 2000
Member at Large, California Council on Family Relations, 2003 – 2010
Conference Committee Chair, Annual Conference of California Council on Family Relations, San Diego, California, 2002 Conference Committee Member, Annual Conference of California Council on Family Relations, El Centro, California, 2010
Conference Committee Member, Annual Conference of California Council on Family Relations, San Diego, California,
2000, 2006, 2007, 2009
Conference Committee Member, Annual Conference of California Council on Family Relations, Northridge, California, 2005
Editorial Board Member, Quarterly Newsletter of the California Council on Family Relations, 2000 - Present
Member, California Polytechnic State University Psychology and Child Development Alumni Advisory Board, 2003 - Present
“Arts Attack” instructor, Poway Unified School District, 1999 - 2000
Mentor, Adolescent Mentor Program, Poway Unified School District,1997 - 1998
Parenting Skills Mentor, San Diego State University, 1996
Volunteer, Pomerado Christian Preschool, 1988-1990, 1992-1994
Volunteer, Bernardo Heights Middle School, 1997 - 2003
Volunteer, Turtleback Elementary School, 1989 - 2000
Volunteer, Rancho Bernardo High School, 1999 - 2003
Volunteer, San Pasqual High School, 2003 – 2007
Presentations:
Gardner, P. W. & Ritblatt, S. N. (2000, April). The rural, urban, and suburban high school in California: A comparison of student outcomes and parental school involvement. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the California Council on Family Relations, San Diego, CA.
Gardner, P. W. (2000, April). Families and public policy: Personal accounts. Facilitator of panel presentation at the Annual Conference of the California Council on Family Relations, San Diego, CA.
Gardner, P. W. & Ritblatt, S. N. (1999, April). Student academic achievement and parental school involvement as a function of highschool size. Paper presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Albuquerque, NM.
Publication:
Gardner, P. W., Ritblatt, S. N., & Beatty, J. R. (2000, December/January). Academic achievement and parental school involvement as a function of high school size. The High School Journal, 83(2), 21-27.
Book Review:
Prospectus for Adolescence. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth. (reviewed March, 2003)
Supplements package that accompanies Santrock, J. W. (2001). Adolescence (8th ed.). New York: McGrawHill. (reviewed June, 2001)
Reed, A. J. S. & Bergemann, V. E. (2001). A guide to
observation, participation, and reflection in the classroom (4th ed.). Boston: McGraw Hill.
Rice, F. P. (2001). The Adolescent (10th ed.). Needham Heights,
MA: Allyn and Bacon. (reviewed October, 2000)
Teaching Experience Summary:
San Diego State University, California
Child and Family Development Department
1997 to Present
CFD 270 Principles of Child Development
CFD 270L Principles of Child Development Laboratory
CFD 271 Human Development: Early Childhood
CFD 371 Human Development: Middle Childhood/Adolescence
CFD 375A Infant/Toddler Development
CFD 378A Infant/Toddler Laboratory
CFD 378D Children and Families Laboratory
CFD 380 Early Literacy Development and School Readiness
CFD 590L Children with Special Needs Laboratory
CFD 597 Child and Family Development Field Experience
CFD 597L Child and Family Development Laboratory
Additional Child and Family Development Experience:
Cal Poly Children’s Center, San Luis Obispo, California
Strongly Oriented for Action Child Development Center, La Jolla, California
Pomerado Christian Preschool, Poway, California
Planned Parenthood, San Luis Obispo, California
Youth Services Day Treatment Program, County of San Luis Obispo,California
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