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Dr. Evelyn Robles-Rivas, Ph.D. is the current Director of the Office of Multilingual Learner Services for New Haven Public Schools. Prior to this role, she served as the Supervisor of Language & Community Partnerships in Meriden Public Schools. She is also the former principal of Worthington Hooker School in New Haven, CT. She was very supportive of the arts integration and played an active role coaching teachers, helping them identify best practices to develop students’ reading and writing skills and implementing integrated units based on an arts integration model. Through these methods, along with her leadership style, she helped keep this highly diverse school as a creative and productive place where all students succeeded.
Previously, Dr. Robles-Rivas was the Title VII Coordinator and Staff Developer in the Bilingual/ESOL Education Department at the Waterbury Public Schools. In this role, she coordinated curriculum and staff development projects for all bilingual, ESOL teachers. She is also an adjunct professor at SCSU Leadership program, and was an adjunct professor of methods and curriculum in the Connecticut's Alternative Route to Certification Program.
Dr. Robles-Rivas’ expertise, research activities and conference presentations include standard-based curriculum, sheltered instruction, and standards for effective pedagogy, supervision of teacher and arts integration into the curriculum. She earned a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Puerto Rico, a Master of Arts Degree in Education, and a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Connecticut.
Dr. Robles-Rivas is devoted to serving and giving back to her community. She is a board member at the Spanish Community of Wallingford, SCOW, and a former board member of Junta for Progressive Action in New Haven. In 2015, Dr. Robles-Rivas’ contributions to the Latino community were formally recognized by the Progreso Latino Fund (PLF) .
Previously, Dr. Robles-Rivas was the Title VII Coordinator and Staff Developer in the Bilingual/ESOL Education Department at the Waterbury Public Schools. In this role, she coordinated curriculum and staff development projects for all bilingual, ESOL teachers. She is also an adjunct professor at SCSU Leadership program, and was an adjunct professor of methods and curriculum in the Connecticut's Alternative Route to Certification Program.
Dr. Robles-Rivas’ expertise, research activities and conference presentations include standard-based curriculum, sheltered instruction, and standards for effective pedagogy, supervision of teacher and arts integration into the curriculum. She earned a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Puerto Rico, a Master of Arts Degree in Education, and a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Connecticut.
Dr. Robles-Rivas is devoted to serving and giving back to her community. She is a board member at the Spanish Community of Wallingford, SCOW, and a former board member of Junta for Progressive Action in New Haven. In 2015, Dr. Robles-Rivas’ contributions to the Latino community were formally recognized by the Progreso Latino Fund (PLF) .
