Jose Rodriguez is the Director of Parent and Community Engagement at UnidosUS, and oversees UnidosUS’s Padres Comprometidos parent engagement program that is implemented across twenty-four states. The goal of Padres Comprometidos is to ensure that the Latino families can navigate the US public school system to support their children's academic success. With over thirty years of experience as a K -12 teacher, coordinator, and consultant, Jose has assisted school districts in the areas of English language acquisition and parent engagement. A fifth generation American, Jose grew up in a rural community in South Texas, where the home language and culture were nurtured and maintained. Upon entering school Jose was immersed in an English only environment
While immigrant youth may gain useful knowledge and skills, they miss out significantly on culture resources because they become Americanized. Subtracting schooling occurs in a variety of ways. Classifying ESL (English as a second language) are labeled “limited English proficient rather than as Spanish dominant” (p. 173), faculty and staff linguistically butcher names through mispronunciations, materials such as the school handbook that does not even mention the ELS program are not provided in English, and information is withheld from capable youth which can result in failure. This chapter also addresses the divisions among youth such as Latina female friends, religious immigrant males, immigrant females in trouble, ESL students, mixed generation groups, and U.S. born
Esmailyn Gonzalez signed by The Washington Nationals baseball team who assume Esmailyn Gonzalez was 19 at the time because fake identification card Gonzalez showed them when he signed to the Washington Nationals. The team found out Gonzales lied about his identity. In the result they felt that Gonzales defraud them to get signed. The team saw him as the most valuable player, the golden child, however, they after founding out he was 23 years old, Gonzalez years of playing great didn't matter anymore. Furthermore, I choose Identity Theft and MLB third on my list because Gonzales took advantage of The Washington Nationals baseball team, he broke the contract, the law and The Washington Nationals team has every right to sue Carlos Gonzalez for
Gelnesidar Martinez submitted a complaint on August 26, 2015, regarding Ernest A. Solomon. Martinez alleges that during her divorce proceedings she gave Solomon $27,000 to buy out her husband’s half of the equity in their home. According to Martinez a deal was never reached and Solomon failed to return her money. Solomon has allegedly violated Mass.R.Prof.C. 8.4c.
One day, I discovered that our ESOL department was short of bilingual resources. Since then I dedicated a few hours every week after school to help students who recently arrived in the country. I helped them navigate the school while helping them improve their grades in math and English. In a similar fashion, I tutored at an at-risk youth program called “Alternative House” that provides afternoon programs for kids to prevent them from dropping-out of school or joining juvenile street gangs. I remember that despite my Latino identity, it took ample time and understanding to gain the student’s trust. I had to shift goals from teaching them math to help them cope with a new country, new language, new life. I accomplished some of that by fostering a sense of camaraderie, curiosity, and
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During the initial assessment, Mr. Jose Rodriguez, a 36 year old Hispanic male, asked to be evaluated for stress and anxiety. He was accompanied by his sister, Adriana Barrera, and his wife Rosy Rodriguez. Mr. Rodriguez has a prior military history with little or no combat engagements. The initial assessment revealed that Mr. Rodriguez father whom he had a close relationship had passed away about a year ago. Mr. Rodriguez has been married for 16 years and has three children. On February 20, 2017 an initial assessment was conducted from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. Instruments used were the Juhnke-Balkin Life Balance Inventory,and the Beck Anxiety Inventory.
Since Rick Hahn made his decision to rebuild clear, the new names acquired have been building anticipation. The likes of Lucas Giolito, Michael Kopech, and Reynaldo Lopez have South Side fans thinking big. Adding onto that, the late season success of Carlos Rodon flashed signs of big potential only made the anticipation greater. It is only fair considering not every team has four top-100 pitching prospects. However, the excitement should go beyond just the new faces. Somewhere buried in the Chicago White Sox system are the players that used to hold the label of “the future”. These players have been around only to be eventually overlooked by fans because of the new wave of prospects coming in. The most notable of these players is the glasses wearing, flame throwing right-handed pitcher Carson Fulmer.
Adriana Flores: Interested in pursuing a leadership position as a school board member and to sit on a board. Has been approached by her local high school to run for school board in District 21. Also, received an inquiry from North Central Public Health to serve on the board. Desires to enhance communication skills; connected with local toastmasters and public speaking trainings. Linked with the Progressive Change Campaign Committee who is hosting the National Candidate Training in Washington D.C. Will continue to pursue leadership development. Adriana is connected with Julia Ramírez-García, School Board Member from HRCSD and Manuel García, The Next Door Board Member.
Being a manager is hard in any setting. No matter what level you are in the hierarchy, when dealing with people will always create complex situations. Elena Torres, the director of research for the Carlton’s City Council knows this all too well. She has been the director for the last three years for Carlton City. Initially her job was great. Her staff was performing well and her interactions with the city council and the rest of the city government was gaining her much respect. Progressively over time, new council members were elected and their appointees were below the standard that Torres had expected. The council had also stopped including her in on the hiring
Good, M. E., Masewicz, S., & Vogel, L. (2010). Latino English language learners: Bridging achievement and cultural gaps between schools and families. Journal of Latinos & Education, 9(4), 321-39. doi: 10.1080/15348431.2010.491048
In 2003, Luis Alberto Jimenez, an undocumented and uninsured immigrant, was involved in a car accident where he sustained traumatic brain injuries with an intoxicated Floridian driver. After the accident, he was hospitalized at Martin Memorial Medical center, a private community hospital in Stuart, Florida. Because Jimenez required ongoing care without medical insurance, Martin Memorial was not able to find a rehabilitation facility willing to accept him. Instead, Jimenez remained as a patient of the hospital for many years inducing more than $1.5 million in costs. Of the $1.5 million, Martin Memorial only received $80,000 from Medicaid for the emergency services provided to Jimenez and absorbed the remaining costs associated with his care directly into their budget. Faced with the option of continuing Jimenez's medical needs and the financial costs borne of this care or deporting him from the state, Martin Memorial secured a state court order to authorize the transport of Jimenez to a medical center in Guatemala. Under this court order, which was later deemed invalid upon court issue, the hospital leased an air ambulance at its expense and forcibly transported Jimenez back to Guatemala. This murky legal and ethical dilemma drew public attention
Cuban Luis Ortiz (28-0, 24 KO) challenged exciting WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (40-0, 39 KO).
I dedicated my undergraduate summers to aiding the Mexican-American community in the United States. As a lead research assistant for Project SEED at the University of Texas, my responsibility was to further the project’s goal of understanding the social, emotional, and educational development of “child brokers” in families of Mexican descent. These children often carry the responsibility and the stress of communicating for their parents. My fluency in Spanish allowed me to conduct surveys directly with the participants, and this experience taught me how important an American education and bilingual reforms are to the children of these
(Gee, pg. 18)” In other words, the identity kit of a Latino and Latina student is to allow their culture show in their role as a student, but it is in need of attention regarding the failure education has “provided.” Latinos have been failed by the school systems and their poor retention rates prove that their framework is a deficit model. Latinos need to have an education system that integrates an education that will not disregard their background, family, gender, age, language, and culture. If possible, this will allow them to have a positive impact in student’s grades and most importantly, in themselves. As well as when trying to find new ways that will influence the benefits of a Latino’s work in education, writing should be a great way to begin when it comes to Latino’s. Especially because this is a critical matter in where having the mindset of English being the academic discourse to read and write; it has become an obstacle for Latino’s, since they have to be asked to change
The Latinos education crisis is a prevalent issue in the United States. More and more research has uncovered magnanimous evidence that our education system is failing the students and thus creating a pipeline away from success and higher education and into gangs, prison and poverty. From 2011-12 alone Latinos made up almost a quarter of the enrolled students in public schools, Hispanic status dropout rate was 13% (higher than both African Americans at 8% and Whites at 4%), and 5% of all doctoral degrees conferred were earned by Latinos. (NCES, Digest of Education Statistics 2013). The crisis is a result of compounding failures and the perpetuation of stigmas within the educational, governmental and societal systems. As each of these systems are complex and composed of countless factors, addressing the issues the Latino population face, specifically within schools, is often overlooked and underaddressed. In light of the problems Latinos must compete against, this paper will address the potential for change and how it can be wrought, beginning on the microlevel of the educational system, by mandating and introducing culturally responsive teaching (CRT) into classrooms and school districts nationwide in an effort to counteract the lack of educational support and to decrease tracking of students onto the school to prison pipeline.. This paper will strive to answer the question of how culturally responsive teaching can address the educational deficits of the Latino/a