He is also the Faculty Development Chair of a thriving professional development program at that institution, as well as the CALPRO (California Adult Literacy Professional Development Project) Professional Development Center Manager for Orange County, California. Rob is the coauthor of the popular textbook series<em>Stand Out: Standards-Based English</em>. In addition, he wrote the Lesson Planner for <em>The Heinle Picture Dictionary</em>. </p>