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Professional Accreditation
Universities attended:
MA Education Administration from CA State University, Sacramento, CA - Year 2000
Multiple subjects Teaching Credential from Multilingual & Multicultural Center of CA State University, Sacramento, CA Year: Year 1996
MA Social Work from Delhi School of Social Work, University of Delhi, India
Bachelors in Science ( Biology & Chemistry) from Maitreyi College, University of Delhi, India
Bachelors in Hindustani Music (Sangeet Visharad) from Gandharva Mahavidyalay, Delhi, India
Certified Teacher of Yoga: Yoga Shiromani from The International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center, Kerala, India
Professional Work
After working for twenty years, Heera retired in June 2014 from her school teaching career. Worked as a Teacher of Fifth Grade/Third Grade/Writing Resource Teacher for Grades 1-6 in Elk Grove Unified and served as a positive role model for the last twenty years. Advocate of communal harmony and diversity.
Science Fair Coordinator 1997-1998 & from 2012-2014
Coordinator of Author’s Night and Writer’s Showcase: 2009-2010
Gifted and Talented Education (G.A.T.E.) Coordinator from 2002-2008
Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity Seminar Facilitator from 2000-2006.
Teacher Researcher at the UC LMRI, UC Davis from 2000-2004.
You can read the professional paper written and presented by Heera Kulkarni in November 2004 at the Public Education Network (PEN) conference in Washington DC, found at the following link starting on page 74:
Title: Parent Participation: A Positive Power for English Language Learner Student Achievement on Page 74