Panel - "Latina Pathways in P-20 Systems and Beyond: Answering the Call" Season 9 (2018)

The California Association for Bilingual Education (CABE) 2-INSPIRE Program works with parents to increase their knowledge about schooling to ensure that parents have vital information about high quality educational options for their children (especially those traditionally underserved and/or attending Program Improvement schools). The Project 2-INSPIRE curriculum informs parents of their role in their children’s education, works with parents so they learn how to work with the information acquired and develops parent leadership skills to ensure their participation and collaboration as part of the school community.   All three levels of the program share the same objective and goal: To increase parental engagement in their child’s learning at home, school, and/or community; and thereby increase their child’s academic achievement. However, each of the levels differs markedly in their approach, strategies, methods, activities, and outcomes for parents and their children.   The panelists are parent leaders who currently serve as officers of the Binational Parent Leadership Institute (BPLI), and as “trainer of trainers” have each passed all three levels, from awareness to mastery to expert.   Proyecto INSPIRE es un proyecto que pertenece a CABE que trabaja con los padres para aumentar sus conocimientos acerca de la escolarización para asegurar que los padres tengan la información vital acerca de las opciones educativas de alta calidad para sus hijos. El plan de estudios del Proyecto INSPIRE informa a los padres de su papel en la educación de sus hijos, trabaja con los padres para que aprendan cómo trabajar con la información adquirida y desarrolla las habilidades de liderazgo de los padres para asegurar su participación y colaboración en el marco de la comunidad escolar.   Los tres niveles comparten el mismo objetivo y meta: aumentar la participación de ...

Tucson continues to be ground zero in the national movement for preserving ethnic studies and protecting public education. Sean Arce, the former director of Arizona's Tucson Unified School District's outlawed Mexican American Studies (MAS) program will speak about the battle for MAS and the next phase of this struggle to save ethnic studies. Arce continues to carry on the legacy of MAS based on the concept of In Lak Ech - the Mayan philosophy of interpersonal responsibility. As a result, the [email protected] Institute for Teaching and Organizing (XITO) has been created with support from faculty at Arizona's renowned Prescott College. XITO is the evolution of the struggle to promote Mexican American Studies in school districts around the country. *Presentation made possible through a working partnership with the Ethnic Studies Student Organization (ESSO), the Sociology Club, the Center for Indigenous Peoples (CIPS), and the Native American Indigenous Student Association (NAISA), with funding provided by the CSUSB ASI Club Allocation Budget (CAB) and the University Diversity Committee (UDC).   Introduction: - Iveth Diaz, Chair, Ethnic Studies Student Organization, CSUSB   Moderator: -  Charli Eaton, Co-Chair, Ethnic Studies Student Organization, Member, CSUSB University Diversity Committee   Speaker: - Martin Sean Arce, Educator/Activist, Co-founder and former Director of the K-12 Mexican American Studies Department in Tucson, Arizona   This segment is date/time stamped: March 27, 2014; 9:50AM   Recommended Citation: CSUSB - Latino Education and Advocacy Days (LEAD), "Advocacy Address: “The Battle for Mexican American Studies (MAS) and the National Movement for Protecting Public Education”" (2014). Latino Education and Advocacy Days (LEAD) Video Recordings. 23. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/lead/23 ...

Featured Address by Hon. Antonio Villaraigosa, 41st Mayor of Los Angeles, California, and National Chairman of the Advisory Board for Education Post, Latino Education and Advocacy Days VII. *Presentation made possible through a working partnership with Del Sol Group and Education Post. Del Sol Group is a Policy & Public Affairs firm specializing in Strategy, Outreach and Leadership. Del Sol Group is uniquely positioned to assist organizations to develop initiatives, strategies and organize communities in key public policy issues, as well as helping businesses flourish through strategic partnerships. Education Post is a non-partisan communications organization dedicated to building support for student-focused improvements in public education from preschool to high school graduation.   Introduction / Moderator: - Dr. Juan Sanchez Muñoz, Senior Vice President and Vice Provost, Texas Tech University   Featured Speaker: - Hon. Antonio Villaraigosa, 41st Mayor of Los Angeles, California, and National Chairman of the Advisory Board for Education Post   This segment is date/time stamped: March 30, 2016; 1:20PM   Recommended Citation: CSUSB - Latino Education and Advocacy Days (LEAD), "Featured Address: "Hon. Antonio Villaraigosa, LEAD Summit VII"" (2016). Latino Education and Advocacy Days (LEAD) Video Recordings. 19.https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/lead/19 ...