Roy E.
Howard, Ph.D.Gallup Graduate Studies Center, Western New Mexico University
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Roy E.
Howard, Ph.D.
Gallup
Graduate Studies Center, Western
New Mexico University
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| Vita
II. LANGUAGE AND CULTURE
B. FOCUS: TEACHING LANGUAGE AND
CULTURE
I have been teaching
with music since 1965, and have been formally researching
the use of music by regular classroom teachers to teach language,
culture, and other classroom topics since 1985. The greater part
of my research and creative productivity has gone into this focus
since then resulting in grants, exhibits, creative works, volumes
of instructional materials, conference presentations, articles,
and many presentations in schools.
Since I am not a member of any of the language minority groups
that I serve, I have developed a strategy which allows me a role
in these communities: music. I am very visible and accepted as
a musician. I believe that the time I spend tuning
pianos, composing,
performing with various instruments in *musical groups, and story telling in the schools contributes
to my aesthetic perspective,
and my ability to connect to the community and the local students.
*Current musical groups | Milagro
Band | Al Romero
Band | Flashback
Band | Red Rock
String Ensemble | 1st
Ward Choir
1. RESEARCH
RESEARCH GRANT. Howard, Roy E.; Mariana Murguia-Ferrer; and
Dan Gomez. "Songs for Schools Summer Youth Program",
Private Industry Council (JTPA), $35,156. Summer, 1992.
RESEARCH GRANT. Howard, Roy E.; Mariana Murguia-Ferrer; and Dan
Gomez. "Songs for Schools Summer Youth Program", Private
Industry Council (JTPA), $33,156. Summer, 1991.
RESEARCH GRANT. Ferrer, Mariana Murguia; and Roy E. Howard. "Summer
Youth Program: Music for Schools", Private Industry Council.
$30,000 (Summer, 1990).
RESEARCH GRANT. Howard, Roy E.; and Mariana Murguia-Ferrer. "A
Qualitative Study of the Use of Music in the Bilingual Classrooms
of West Texas", College of Education funding 1990-91, $900.
RESEARCH GRANT. Howard, Roy E. "Music in Bilingual Education,
A Qualitative Study of Teachers in Special Language Programs",
funded by the College of Education, Texas Tech University. 1988-89.
$600.
RESEARCH. "Music in Bilingual Education, A Qualitative Study
of Teachers in Special Language Programs".
RESEARCH. "A Production and Instructional Based Drop Out
Prevention Program".
RESEARCH.
2. PUBLICATIONS
Howard, Roy E. "El Cestero
en el Cinco de Mayo" in Bradshaw, J. (Editor) College
Anthology of Poems, Book II, California Education Center,
San Diego, CA: 1998.
Howard, Roy E. "El Cuetlaxochitl: La Flor de la Navidad"
in Bradshaw, J. (Editor) College Anthology of Poems, Book II,
California Education Center, San Diego, CA: 1998.
Howard, Roy E.; and Mariana Murguía-Ferrer. "Empowerment
of Students with Four bilingual Techniques for Cantos, Cuentos,
y Drama", Proceedings of the
2nd Annual International Conference on the Emerging Literature
of the Southwest Culture. The University of Texas at El
Paso. September, 1996, pp. 91-102.
Howard, Roy E. "Broadening the Teacher's Perspective About
Language and Culture", Journal of Educational Issues of
Minority Language Students. Vol. 3, Fall 1988, pp. 21-25.
Howard, Roy E. "A Creative Musical Approach to Teaching English
as a Second Language (RESEARCH REPORT)", Selective Proceedings
of the 1986 Rocky Mountain Regional TESOL Conference. Albuquerque,
New Mexico, May, 1987, pp. 54-63.
Howard, Roy E. (Editor). The Four
Corners Academy of Music Bulletin, Farmington, New Mexico,
Biweekly. (Editor and writer of professional articles in each
issue, August to December, 1986)
3. CONFERENCES
Presented at the Colorado Association for Bilingual Education
Conference: "El Cinco de Mayo: the People Who Wanted to Be
Free", breckenridge, Colorado, October, 1999.
"Native American Music for
the Classroom" and "El Ciclo de Diciembre en México",
February 15-19, 2000, San Antonio, Texas; National Association
for Bilingual Education Conference.
Howard, Roy E.; Murguia-Ferrer, Mariana. "Fiestas de Diciembre",
National Association for Bilingual Education Conference.
January 26-30, 1999, Denver, Colorado.
Howard, Roy E.. "Teaching Native American Music in the Schools",
National Association for Bilingual Education Conference.
January 26-30, 1999, Denver, Colorado.
Howard, Roy E.; Murguia-Ferrer, Mariana. "El Arte de Enseñar
Atravez de una Fiesta", Texas Association for Bilingual
Education Conference. October 20-23, Corpus Christi, Texas.
Howard, Roy E.; Murguia-Ferrer, Mariana. "El Ciclo de Diciembre
en la Clase Bilingüe", Texas Association for Bilingual
Education Conference. October 20-23, Corpus Christi, Texas.
Murguia-Ferrer; and Roy E. Howard. "December Worldwide: Thematic
Approach to Language and Culture" Annual Conference of
the New Mexico Association for Bilingual Education. Albuquerque,
NM, January, 1996.
Howard, Roy E.; Murguia-Ferrer, Mariana. "Music to Teach
Content, Spanish, Mexican Culture", California Association
for Bilingual Education, San Jose, California, January, 1996.
Murguia-Ferrer; and Roy E. Howard. "Oir, Ver, Hacer",
California Association for Bilingual Education, San Jose,
California, January, 1996.
Howard, Roy E.; and J. Janeen Howard. "ESL with Music";
Inservice for Las Cruces Public Schools. Las Cruces, New
Mexico. December 9, 1996.
Howard, Roy E.; et al. "Music to Teach English, Spanish,
Culture" Annual Conference of the New Mexico Association
for Bilingual Education.
Howard, Roy E; "Dinéji" Dahodíítaa¬"
The New Mexico Association for Bilingual Education, April
3, 1998, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Howard, Roy E. "Educación con Música",
The New Mexico Assocation for Bilingual Education, April
4, 1998, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Howard, Roy E. "ESL in Song", The New Mexico Assocation
for Bilingual Education, April 4, 1998, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Howard, Roy E.; Mariana Murguía. "Idioma y cultura
con Cantos y Cuentos". National Association for Bilingual
Education Conference. February 24-28, 1998, Dallas, Texas.
Howard, Roy E.. "Día de los Muertos". Grand Prairie
School District, Texas. October, 1997.
Murguia-Ferrer, Mariana; Howard, Roy E. "Calendario Cultural",
California Association for Bilingual Education Conference,
February 27, 1997.
Murguia-Ferrer, Mariana; Howard, Roy E. "Cultura Mexicana
en la Clase Bilingüe", California Association for
Bilingual Education Conference, February 26, 1997.
Howard, Roy E.; Mariana Murguía; Brandon Perrault; Luís
Quiñones; Cindy Torres. "Teaching Language and Culture
con Cantos y Cuentos". National Association for Bilingual
Education Conference. February 8, 1997.
Howard, Roy E. "Música para Mayo", Second Annual
Fort Worth Independent School District Bilingual/ESL Spring Conference.
February 26, 1994.
Howard, Roy E.; Nestor Placencio; Rosalina Amaro; Luís
Cañez; Jesús Ortiz; Margaret Placencio; Gloria Ríos;
Brandon Perrault; Olga Rodríguez. "Mexican American
Music for the Bilingual Classroom", 23rd Annual Conference
of the New Mexico Association for Bilingual Education. Albuquerque,
NM, April 14-16, 1994.
Howard, Roy E.; Socorro Herrera-Terry. "Llano Estacado Hispanic
Culture Symposium", July 1992.
Conference cochairman. "Third Texas Symposium on Hispanic
Educational Issues", Texas Tech University, June 14-15, 1991.
"An Ethnographic Study of the Mexican American Music of West
Texas: Classroom Applications", NABE 21st Annual International
Bilingual/Bicultural Education Conference, National Association
for Bilingual Education,, Albuquerque, New Mexico, January 29
- Feb 1, 1992.
Metzger, Janet G.; A. Charee Carison; Daniel P. Gomez; Roy E.
Howard. "Just Say Coyote:
The Use of Ethnic Narrative in Drug Abuse Prevention",
Western Speech Communication
Gomez, Daniel; and Roy E. Howard . "Cultural Influences on
Prevention of Drug Abuse: What Aspects of Hispanic Cultural Attitudes
Towards Beer and Cigarettes we must Change for Effective Prevention
", 19th Annual Conference. Texas Association for Bilingual
Education, October 24-26, 1991, Laredo, Texas.
Gomez, Daniel and Roy E. Howard. "Integrating Mexican American
Music and Culture into the Regular Classroom", Lubbock Area
Association for Bilingual Education Fall Conference, October 12,
1991, Lubbock, Texas.
Ferrer, Mariana Murguia; Dan Gomez;
Marta Gonzalez Stitts; Roy E. Howard. "Cantos Para Todos:
Teaching Spanish and English with Music", Annual Bilingual/Bicultural
Conference, New Mexico Association for Bilingual Education,
Albuquerque, NM, 18, 19 April 1991.
Herrera-Terry, Socorro; Mariana Murguia Ferrer; Roy E. Howard;
and Dan Gomez. "Hispanic Mosiaic: Use of a Chronological
Calendar to Enhance Students' Awareness of Their Identity",
17th Annual Spring Bilingual Conference. Texas A&I
University, March 7-8, 1991, Kingsville, Texas.
Gomez, Dan; and Roy E. Howard . "Cultural Influences on Drug/Alcohol
Abuse Prevention: How the Educator Can Help", 17th Annual
Spring Bilingual Conference. Texas A&I University, March
7-8, 1991, Kingsville, Texas.
Howard, Roy E.; Mariana Murguia-Ferrer; Dan Gomez; and Roderick
Grubbs. "Mexican American Music for your Classroom and Performing
Groups", Texas Music Educators Conference, San Antonio,
Texas, February 7, 8, 9, 1991.
Howard, Roy E. "Customs, Culture, and Traditions of the Hispanic
People", Project Family Life Tutor/mentor Training,
Levelland, Texas, January 28, 1991.
Howard, Roy E. "Navajo Culture", International Women
Luncheon, January 22, 1991, Ranching Heritage Center, Lubbock,
Texas.
"Cantos Para Todos: Teamwork and Production = Success for
the At-Risk Student", NABE 20th Annual International Billingual/Bicultural
Education Conference, National Association for Bilingual Education,
Washington, D.C., January 9-12, 1991.
Howard, Roy E.; and Mariana Murguia-Ferrer. "Cantos Para
Todos: Teamwork + Production = Success for the High Risk",
Nineteenth Annual TABE Conference, Texas Association for
Bilingual Education, November 1-3, 1990, Lubbock, Texas.
Ferrer, Mariana; and Roy E. Howard. "La Musica Mexicoamericana
en la Clase Bilingue", NABE 19th Annual International
Bilingual/Bicultural Education Conference, The National Association
for Bilingual Education, Tucson, Arizona, April 21-25, 1990.
Howard, Roy E. "Language and Culture Retention and Development",
NABE 19th Annual International Billingual/Bicultural Education
Conference, The National Association for Bilingual Education,
Tucson, Arizona, April 21-25, 1990.
Howard, Roy E., Chair of panel discussion: "Retention and
Development of Native and Immigrant Languages and Cultures",
18th Annual International Bilingual/Bicultural Conference of
the National Association for Bilingual Education, May 7-13,
1989, Miami, Florida.
Howard, Roy E. "A Musical Method for Bilingual Education",
NABE 16th Annual International Bilingual/Bicultural Conference,
March 29 - April 3, 1987, Denver, Colorado.
Ferrer, Mariana Murguia; and Roy E. Howard. "Cantos Para
Todos, Music for the Bilingual Classroom", The 19th Annual
Regional Conference Colorado Association for Bilingual Education
Conference, Greeley, Colorado, September 27 - 29, 1990.
Howard, Roy E. "Native American Education Using Native Language",
18th Annual Regional Conference, Colorado Association for
Bilingual Education, October 19-21, 1989, Durango, Colorado.
Howard, Roy E. "The Arts in ESL: A Creative Musical Approach
to ESL", Workshop, The Fourth Rocky Mountain Regional
TESOL Convention, October 16-18, 1986, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Ferrer, Mariana Murguia; Dan Gomez; Marta Gonzalez Stitts; Roy
E. Howard. "Cantos Para Todos: Teaching Spanish and English
with Music", Annual Bilingual/Bicultural Conference,
New Mexico Association for Bilingual Education, Albuquerque, NM,
18, 19 April 1991.
Herrera-Terry, Socorro; Mariana Murguia Ferrer; Roy E. Howard;
and Dan Gomez. "Hispanic Mosiaic: Use of a Chronological
Calendar to Enhance Students' Awareness of Their Identity",
17th Annual Spring Bilingual Conference. Texas A&I
University, March 7-8, 1991, Kingsville, Texas.
Gomez, Dan; and Roy E. Howard . "Cultural Influences on Drug/Alcohol
Abuse Prevention: How the Educator Can Help", 17th Annual
Spring Bilingual Conference. Texas A&I University, March
7-8, 1991, Kingsville, Texas.
Howard, Roy E.; Mariana Murguia-Ferrer; Dan Gomez; and Roderick
Grubbs. "Mexican American Music for your Classroom and Performing
Groups", Texas Music Educators Conference, San Antonio,
Texas, February 7, 8, 9, 1991.
Howard, Roy E.; and Mariana Murguia-Ferrer. "Cantos Para
Todos: Music for the Bilingual Classroom", The Colorado
Association for Bilingual Education Conference, Greeley, Colorado,
September 27 - 29, 1990.
Ferrer, Mariana Murguia; and Roy E. Howard. "La Musica Mexicoamericana
en la Clase Bilingue", 
The
Sixteenth Annual Bilingual Education Conference, Texas A&I
University, 23 February, 1990.
Howard, Roy E. "Music in Bilingual Education, A Qualitative
Study of Teachers", Texas Association for Bilingual Education
Conference, October 27-19, 1988, Dallas, Texas.
Howard, Roy E. "A Musical Method for Bilingual Education",
Spring Bilingual Conference Bilingual Education Conference,
Texas A & I University, 26 February, 1988, Kingsville, Texas.
Howard, Roy E. "Customs, Culture, and Traditions of the Hispanic
People", Project Family Life Tutor/mentor Training,
Levelland, Texas, January 28, 1991.
Howard, Roy E. "Navajo Culture", International Women
Luncheon, January 22, 1991, Ranching Heritage Center, Lubbock,
Texas.
Ferrer, Mariana; Roy E. Howard; and Dan Gomez. "El Cinco
de Mayo", Annual Cinco de Mayo Celebration, Lubbock,
Texas, Comerciantes Organizados Mexico-Americanos, May 5, 1990,
Lubbock, Texas.
Ferrer, Mariana; and Roy E. Howard. "La Musica Mexico Americana
en la Clase Bilingue", Fifth Annual District Award Conference,
April 19, 1990, Pearsall, Texas.
Ferrer, Mariana; and Roy E. Howard. "La Musica Se Usa Para
Ense|ar El Idioma", American Association of Teachers of
Spanish and Portuguese, November 4, 1989, Lubbock, Texas.
Ferrer, Mariana; and Roy E. Howard. "La Musica Mexico Americana
en la Clase Bilingue", Lubbock Area Association for Bilingual
Education Fall Conference, October 7, 1989, Lubbock, Texas.
Ferrer, Mariana; and Roy E. Howard. "El Dieciseis de Septiembre",
Fiestas del Llano, September 14, 1989, Lubbock, Texas.
Howard, Roy E. "Our Hispanic Friends", Bloomfield
New Mexico Stake Multicultural Conference, Bloomfield, New
Mexico, June 10-11, 1989.
Ferrer, Mariana; and Roy E. Howard. "The Mexican American
Music of West Texas", Hispanic Southwest: A Symposium
of History, Literature, and Folk Art, Lubbock, Texas, May
5, 1989.
Howard, Roy E., and Daniel P. Gomez. "Music in Second Language
Programs", Lubbock Area Association for Bilingual Education
Fall Conference, Lubbock, Texas, October 8, 1988.
Howard, Roy E. "Cultural Awareness", Annual Bilingual
Education In-service of the Abilene, Texas Schools, February
20, 1988.
Howard, Roy E. Keynote Speaker. "La Cultura, La Lengua,
y la Religion", Charla Fogonera, Sponsored by the
three Albuquerque Stakes of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints. May 31, 1987, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Cochair of the Annual Lubbock Area Association for Bilingual
Education Conference 1987-1992, including one Texas state
conference.
Howard, Roy E. "Integrative Sociocultural Studies, a Proposed
Course for Teacher Education", Third Annual Southwest
Social Science Conference, The National Social Science Association,
October 22, 1988, San Antonio, Texas.
Howard, Roy E. "Bilingual
Teacher Education - Meeting Texas and New Mexico Requirements",
13th Annual Education Conference, Eastern New Mexico University,
Portales, New Mexico, June 10-11, 1988.
Howard, Roy E. "The Effective Use of the Paraprofessional
in the Multicultural Education Setting", Eighteenth Annual
TABE Conference, Texas Association for Bilingual Education,
October 26-28, 1989, Austin, Texas.
Howard, Roy E. "Bilingual Teacher Education: Meeting the
New Texas Requirements", Texas Association for Bilingual
Education Conference, October 27-19, 1988 Dallas, Texas.
Howard, Roy E. "Parent Involvement in the Bilingual Schools",
Parent Night, Lubbock Independent School District, October
17, 1990.
Howard, Roy E. "ESL Methods and Techniques", Annual
Bilingual Education In-service of the Abilene, Texas Schools,
January 21, 1989.
Howard, Roy E. "The Effective Use of the Paraprofessional
in the Multicultural Education Setting", West Texas Children's
Home and School Inservice, January 20, 1989.
Howard, Roy E. "Developing Native Language in the Bilingual
Program", Lubbock Area Association for Bilingual Education
Fall Conference, Lubbock, Texas, October 8, 1988.
4. NEWSPAPER
Howard, Roy E. "Bilingual/Multicultural Conference",
West Texas Hispanic News, October 19, 1988, p. 2.
Howard, Roy E. "'Escuela' is Not Necessarily 'Educación'",
West Texas Hispanic News, October 12, 1988, p. 5.
Howard, Roy E. "Cavazos Addresses TABE", West Texas
Hispanic News, November 2, 1988, p. 9.
Howard, Roy E. "Bilingual Education: Excellence Touches the
Future", West Texas Hispanic News, May 11, 1988, p.
5.
Howard, Roy E. "Bilingual Excellence: Building for the Future",
West Texas Hispanic News, April 20, 1988, p. 5.
Howard, Roy E. "TABE: Ever Vigil", West Texas Hispanic
News, November 4, 1987, p. 6.
5. EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT GRANT. Ferrer, Mariana Murguia; and Roy E. Howard. "El
Dia de los Muertos, a Mexican Tradition", Lubbock Cultural
Affairs Council, November, 1990, $1500.
EXHIBIT GRANT. Southwest Collection. Advisory Board Member,
"Hispanic Settlement in West Texas: A Tale of Two Frontiers",
Proposal to the Texas Committee for the Humanities, 1988-1990.
$14,500. Prepared papers on "Cinco de Mayo" and "Dieciseis
de Septiembre" with Mariana Ferrer.
Ferrer, Mariana Murguia; Dan Gomez; Marta Gonzalez Stitts; Roy
E. Howard. EXHIBIT: "Ofrendas Para Los Muertos, a Mexican
Tradition", Texas Association for Bilingual Education
Annual State Conference, October 30 - November 3, 1990, Lubbock,
Texas.
Ferrer, Mariana Murguia; Dan Gomez; Marta Gonzalez Stitts; Roy
E. Howard. EXHIBIT: "Dieciseis de Septiembre, El Grito de
Dolores", Fiestas del Llano, Lubbock Civic Center, Lubbock,
Texas, September, 14-16, 1990.
Ferrer, Mariana Murguia; Dan Gomez; Marta Gonzalez Stitts; Roy
E. Howard. EXHIBIT: "El Cinco de Mayo, La Batalla de Puebla",
College of Education, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas,
April 1-10, 1990.
Ferrer, Mariana Murguia; Roy E. Howard. EXHIBIT: "Las Ofrendas
Para Los Muertos, a Mexican Tradition", Bilingual/Multicultural
Resources Center, Texas Tech University, November 1-3, 1989,
Lubbock, Texas.
Ferrer, Mariana Murguia; Roy E. Howard. EXHIBIT: "Dieciseis
de Septiembre, El Grito de Dolores", Fiestas del Llano,
Lubbock Civic Center, Lubbock, Texas, September, 14-16, 1989.
Ferrer, Mariana Murguia; Roy E. Howard. EXHIBIT: "El Cinco
de Mayo", Hispanic Southwest: A Symposium of History,
Literature, and Folk Art, Lubbock, Texas, May 5, 1989.
6. INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
Contracted by the Education Technology Improvement Project, of
the Navajo Education Technology
Consortium to convert Navajo Educational materials into multimedia
for teacher orientation using current technologies. Current projects
include a Historical
Synopsis of Navajo Education, CULTURAL
CONFLlCT - School - Community - Curriculum, , "Dr.
Seuss Goes Rezzy", "Navajo
Music for Classroom Enrichment", Mae
Beth Bidibé Holó, and several other materials.
Completed "Mexican Culture" e-book with graphics,
songs, and links (also used as a text for EDBL 568) //the extensive
graphics and sound files do not appear in this text only version
: http://www.cantos.org/Booksfolder/StartHere/index.html
Working on additional e-books, CDs, etc. http://www.cantos.org/Booksfolder/Books.html
, including "Diciembre Mundial"
I developed a new bilingual story telling technique which I have
named "cuentos encadenados" or "chained bilingual
stories". For example: "El
Hombre, El Muchacho, y El Burro"
Project in progress: illustrated e-book series: "Ma'ii dóó Na'nilkaadi", "How Music Came to the Earth" and other stories.
I developed, recorded, and published many resources for teachers:
Howard, Roy E.; Murguia-Ferrer, Mariana. Educación
con Música. Volume VII, Cantos Para Todos, Gallup,
NM, Edition 7, February, 1998 .
Howard, Roy E.; Murguia-Ferrer, Mariana. Educación con
Música. Volume VII, Cantos Para Todos, Silver City,
NM, Edition 3, 1997 .
Howard, Roy E. ESL with Song. Volume III, Cantos Para Todos,
Silver City, NM Edition 3, 1997.
Howard, Roy E. Anillo de Compromiso. Volume Xb, Cantos
Para Todos, Silver City, NM, 1996.
Murguía-Ferrer, Mariana; and Roy E. Howard. Diciembre
Mundial. Volume IX, Cantos Para Todos, Silver City, NM. 1996.
Howard, Roy E.; et al. Traditional Mexican American Songs for
the Classroom, Lubbock: Bilingual/Multicultural Education
Resources Center. 1992.
Howard, Roy E. ; et al., Songs and Stories for a Healthy Life.
Lubbock: Bilingual/Multicultural Education Resources Center. 1992.
Howard, Roy E.; Mariana Murguia-Ferrer; and Beverly Usher. Christmas
Songs from Many Lands. Lubbock, Texas: Bilingual/Multicultural
Education Resources Center. 1990. Second edition 1991.
Ferrer, Mariana Murguia; Dan Gomez; Marta Gonzalez Stitts; Roy
E. Howard El Dieciseis de Septiembre, Volume 4. Lubbock,
Texas: Cantos Para Todos, Inc. August, 1990.
Ferrer, Mariana Murguia; Dan Gomez; Marta Gonzalez Stitts; Roy
E. Howard. Songs for English, Volume 3. Lubbock, Texas:
Cantos Para Todos, Inc.. August, 1990.
Ferrer, Mariana Murguia; Dan Gomez; Marta Gonzalez Stitts; Roy
E. Howard El Cinco de Mayo, Volume 2. Lubbock, Texas: Cantos
Para Todos, Inc. August, 1990 (2nd edition).
Ferrer, Mariana Murguia; Dan Gomez; Marta Gonzalez Stitts; Roy
E. Howard Temas de Historia, Cultura, y Ciencia, Volume
1. Lubbock, Texas: Cantos Para Todos, Inc. July, 1990 (2nd edition).
Dan Gomez; Roy E. Howard, Beverly Usher, et al. Viva la Musica:
Songs for Drug Education, Volume 5. Lubbock, Texas: Bilingual/Multicultural
Education Resources Center, 1991.
Ferrer, Mariana Murguia; Dan Gomez; Marta Gonzalez Stitts; Roy
E. Howard. El Dia de los Muertos/Halloween, Volume 6. Lubbock,
Texas: Cantos Para Todos, Inc. October, 1990.
Howard, Roy E. Christmas in New Mexico: Carols in Navajo, Spanish,
English and Others. Howard Piano Service, Albuquerque, New
Mexico, 1986.
Howard, Roy E. Family Life. Howard Piano Service, Albuquerque,
New Mexico, 1986.
Howard, Roy E. The Beginning Christmas Guitar. Four Corners
Academy of Music, Farmington, New Mexico, 1986.Howard, Roy E.
The Howamac Songbook. Howard Piano Service, Bloomfield,
New Mexico, 1984.
Sheet
Music: "Blessed of the Lord", "Let the Little
Children Come Unto Me", "Set A Date", and many
others. Cantos Para Todos.
Also hundreds of unpublished songs and arrangements for classroom,
choir, mariachi, band, orchestra, etc.
7. SCHOOL PRESENTATIONS
Gave thousands of musical presentations to classrooms, schools
and community groups on Mexican culture, Navajo culture, drug
abuse prevention and other topics in many communities of New Mexico,
Texas, Arizona, and other states. I keep a schedule similar to
the following throughout the school year.
Typical schedule of school visits
23 Aug 97 - Gallup McKinley County School District - presented
6 hours to 31 principals and 34 teachers on culture and foundations
of second language teaching, and OCR requirements.
3 Sep 97 - Met with Principal for 90 minutes, Mr. Parker at Jefferson
Elementary School and attended the culture workshop - it went
very well on identifying cultures and adaptations for teaching.
5 Sep 97 - Toured Navajo Elementary School and met with Principal,
Mrs. Watchman. The culture workshop last Wed. went well on clan
structures.
8 Oct 97 - Church Rock Elementary School - invited by Principal,
Mr. Kaminski - presented to 16 classes in grades K-5 in 7 groups
on Columbus Day & stranger danger in Spanish and Navajo. Gave
45 minute inservice to 16 teachers plus other staff on ESL strategies.
9 Oct 97 - Thoreau High School - Ms. Yazzie - presented to 5 Spanish
classes on Cristóbal Colón, Spanish songs and stories.
Met Vice Principal who remembered me from 23 Aug.
18 Oct 97 - Grand Prairie School District, Texas. 4 hour presentation
to 3 dozen teachers on Día de los Muertos.
22 Oct 97 - Juan de Oñate Elementary School (Ms. Milmine).
Presentations to all classes in the school (Fiesta de Otoño,
Red Ribbon Week).
24 Oct 97 - Jefferson Elementary School Fall Festival. Told scary
stories as part of the fund raiser in the evening sponsored by
the Parent-Teacher Organization.
29 Oct 97 - Belén Elementary School. Presented all day
to entire school in Library on Día de los Muertos, including
presenting an Ofrenda.. Presented in-service to the teachers.
6, 13 Nov 97 - Jefferson Elementary School. Presented on Thanksgiving
to each of the 19 classes.
7 Nov 97 - David Skeet Elementary School. Presented on Thanksgiving
and Día de los Muertos to all classes, including a display
in the Library and an in-service for the teachers.
19 Nov 97 - Red Rock Elementary School (Mrs. Van Andel). Presented
Thanksgiving stories and songs.
20 Nov, 4, 11, 18 Dec - Jefferson Elementary School. Taught a
December Program to each of the 19 classes.
24 Nov 97 - Gallup High School (Mrs. Vant Lant). Presented in
Spanish, English, Russian, and Czech to the ESL class on Thanksgiving
and Christmas.
Sample of ESL Methods Workshop for Indian Education
Roy E. Howard, Ph.D.
Gallup
Graduate Studies Center, Western
New Mexico University
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