1. Mr. Bradley, principal at Lopez Middle School, recently attended a seminar on evidence-based approaches to parent and community involvement. He was introduced to research that defined the most meaningful involvement programs. At the seminar, Mr. Bradley most learned that meaningful programs ensure that parental involvement is linked to:…
Hispanic children can be affected by their culture and commitment to their families drastically socially, educationally,…
Mr. Joshua Hoppe’s perspective is very interesting and useful. I can certainly appreciate his expertise working in a multiracial school. One very important point that he makes is similar to Miss Washington which is communication and team work. Mrs. Joshua explains very well the value in communicating and working as a team with the pupil’s family. The most important message is to build rapport and embrace my student’s cultures. I will use my ear to listen to my students needs and use my eyes to appreciate difference.…
I am interning at Barrio Logan College institute (BLCI). BLCI is a non-profit organization whose mission to help children from the community who are predominantly Latinos, to become the first in their families to attend college. They serve students starting in 3rd grade through graduating high school seniors. BLCI provides academic assistance such as tutoring, college preparatory classes and one-one-one counseling. Additionally, BLCI also believes that helping the parents of their students is important; therefore in 2011 the parent program was instated with the goal of encouraging parents to become more involved in their children’s education. As an alumnus of BLCI, I decided that my internship would be a great opportunity for me to help parents…
According to the document League of United Latin-American Citizens From Civil Rights Organization, 1929, The League of United Latin American Citizens, originally called the United Latin American Citizens, is the oldest and largest continually active Latino political association in the United States and was the first nationwide Mexican-American civil-rights organization. The Mission of the League of United Latin American Citizens is to advance the economic condition, educational attainment, political influence, housing, health and civil rights of the Hispanic population of the United States. Because of the increasing generational shift away from Mexico as a source of identity, the new group’s models were American rather than Mexican. English…
Great Schools Staff. Schools: Involved Parents. Succesful kids. How important is cultural diversity at your school?. 2002. greatschools.org/find_a_school/defining_your_ideal…
Living as a Hispanic individual during the 1950’s and 1960’s proved to be difficult. This struggle was widely seen in the rural Hispanics schools. Many students in schools of east LA lived this while many not knowing it.…
Along with that, within the plans’ goals is the idea of incorporating more Chicano representation among universities and colleges. El Plan de Santa Barbara proposes the idea of alternative procedures for reaching the Chicano objectives. The plan, makes the suggestions of the resources available and what to do with in order to succeed. Nonetheless, the plan assumes that Chicanos will eventually give back to their families and communities. Therefore, it is believed that a student group is more effective if it has the support of the community, and that is why the community plays a major role in the development of this…
The increase in Hispanics have impact our school enrollment. This requires educating staff to understand this new culture of students. We have made adjustments to enrollment documents. Many Hispanic students do not have birth certificates, social security numbers and immunization records. In addressing our African American students, we visit the neighborhoods of our students to get a better understanding of their culture. The principal did a staff tour of all the neighborhoods that feds into our high school. This is an enlightening…
When you consider that Hispanics have the highest fertility rates and the youngest population of people when compared to whites and other minority groups it becomes apparent that Hispanic immigration is tremendously impacting the U.S. education system. “In major cities such as Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, New York, and Miami, where bicultural students comprise from 70 to 90 percent of the student population, dropout rates of 50 percent and greater are the norm” (Darder, 1). So the question now becomes; what is the cause of this underachievement? Darder points out in her article, The Problem with Traditional American Pedagogy and Practice,…
As an Asian American Student Advocacy Project youth leader who represents the Asian Pacific American community, I partook in a project in which I communicated with officials through town hall hearings to further an ethnic studies campaign in New York City public schools. This is an effort to build cross-cultural understandings to combat bullying and stereotypes, and promote engagement in school curriculums to limit immigrant alienation. In turn, this will bring forth a close-knitted community.…
I strongly believe that communicating with colleagues and parents is the key towards student success and leading a school. I have had the opportunity to share and collaborate with teachers, parents, and the community I’ve worked in. I’ve held presentations that have provided parents with information of what our children need to master at every grade level. By doing so, I have been invited to conferences to provide others with information on Bilingual Programs and to share my ideas of Dual-Language programs in forums with other fellow educators across the state. All in all, these experiences have given me the confidence and grit I need to lead a successful and effective learning…
Carrasquillo, A. (1991). Hispanic children and youth in the United States. New York: Garland Publishing.…
The goal of this study is to analyze 8th grade minority and non-minority parent perceptions of student-led conferences, and if student-led conferences have any benefit on student achievement, parental involvement, motivation, and accountability. Student-led conferences are a strategy to involve parents in student’s academic success. Based on Bouffard and Steffen (2007), research has revealed that family involvement benefits vary across demographic groups, it is important for educators to be aware of cultural and background factors which are exclusive to their school communities (Bouffard and Stephen, 2007). Bouffard and Steffen (2007) found that “research links family involvement in middle and high school to students’ positive academic and social outcomes”…
Engaging in the community as well as engaging ourselves with the issues of our society makes us aware and open to the different theories regarding the roles and relationship that contributes to it. Awareness and being concerned to the society are some of the characteristic that we all should have to be able to understand what the things that most of the times are affects our engagement to the society that we have now. This essay mainly gives knowledge and understanding about community engagement and critically discusses the role as well as the relationship of community engagement to the society. In addition, there are some relevant theories to be used in discussion on the roles and relationship of community engagement to the society that may help better understand the nature of community engagement such as ethical theory, communicative theory and citizenship theory.…