Rusty Bresser
Supervisor of Student Teaching & Lecturer in Teacher Education
- Email:
- bbresser@ucsd.edu
- Phone:
- (858) 822-3394
Rusty Bresser received a B.A. in Anthropology from UCSD in 1978 and his M.A. degree in Curriculum Design at UCSD in 2001. In addition, he received his Multiple Subjects Teaching Credential through Education Studies in 1979 and three years later, earned a Learning Handicapped Credential from UCSD Extension. Rusty was a classroom teacher (grades K-8) for over 20 years; first at the Children's School in San Diego, then for the Oceanside Unified School District. He was a science instructor for UCSD Extension for five years.
Rusty is a math consultant for the Marilyn Burns Education Associates and is the author of Math and Literature, Grades 4-6, co-author of Developing Number Sense, Grades 3-6, and co-author of Mini-lessons for Math Practice Grades K-2 and Mini-lessons for Math Practice, Grades 3-5.
Rusty is interested in equity issues in education and recently published an article on helping English language learners develop computational fluency in Teaching Children Mathematics, an NCTM journal. He is currently working on two new math resource books for elementary teachers that focus on supporting English language learners in mathematics.
