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Latino Education: What’s Working in Georgia
Paul H. Matthews, Ph.D. & Bernadette Musetti, Ph.D.
Co-Directors, Center for Latino Achievement and Success in Education
October 19, 2005
Georgia Demographics: Responding to a Need
-Statewide, Georgia’s overall
population is about 8%
Hispanic: 660,000- 1 million
-Many counties and
communities are already
over 25% Hispanic
-Poultry, construction, carpet, agriculture, …
-By 2008, at least 12 counties are expected to be >25% Hispanic – some as much as 75%! (UGA Selig Center) And by 2050 the largest group…
http://factfinder.census.gov/leg2/98/33492998.gif
2000 Census results, Hispanic/Latino by County
Latino Students in Georgia• Over 120,000 students (PreK-12) identified
as Hispanic were served statewide in 2004-05, compared with fewer than 24,000 in 1994-95.
• Predominantly at lower grades• 2/3 of all Latino students are in just 12 counties
– Gwinnett has ~ 20% of all Latino students– Cobb Co., 10%; DeKalb Co., 6.5%; Fulton Co. 6%;
Hall Co., 5.7%– But smaller counties may be highly impacted too!
Educational ChallengesAbout 60% of Hispanics in GA
classified as Limited English Proficient (LEP)
Hispanic students in GA on average do not graduate at the same rate as other groups: well under 50%
• Scores on high stakes tests, such as GHSGT, CRCT, and others, are lower on average for Hispanics than for other groups• Recent reports (e.g., TRPI 2004) suggest that little is being done overall for helping schools help Latino students
CLASE: State-wide Support since 2003
• Direct work with ~700 teachers
• Team-based work with about 36 school- and district-based teams
• Professional development and support of localized Action Plans for improving Latino education– Parent engagement– Staff development– School climate– Innovative programs
Feedback from Participating Educators“My group is actively seeking ways to make the school inviting for
Latino families. At CLASE we learned more about the needs of Latino students, so now we are offering programs to meet these
educational needs.”
“We have seen academic growth at our school with our ESOL students due to practices and programs implemented from our
Action Plan.”
“It has really impacted the Latino students because the programs are really trying to make them comfortable.”
“It will have a huge effect for years to come.”
“Good impact - educating regular classroom teachers about LEP students and strategies to help these kids. We will continue to
educate teachers and parents.”
“CLASE took us to a new level.”
What’s Working? Illustrative Vignettes
District Level Teams: Top-Down Success• District-level leadership
provides resources, support, funding, and energy to implement new ideas
• Newcomer Academy
• Sheltered Instruction in Science & Literature
• Multicultural Literacy Circles (Book Clubs)
• Using data driven instruction to raise achievement (90/90/90)
• ESOL Endorsement for Teachers
• International Baccalaureate program (beginning in school with high minority student population)
• International Experiences
• School-wide ESOL endorsement at Elementary (2500 students)
• Connecting Reading (Multicultural Literature) to Writing (for Multiple Purposes) for English Learners
• Transition Center and 4 yr old Program
• Community Partners
• Articulation with Technical College
District Level Teams: Top-Down Success
An Elementary School• Spanish Language Support
in K-1 classes
• Even Start (English classes, parenting, classroom time)
• Home Visits
• Bilingual library and book loan to homes
• 2 Staff visits to Mexico
• Sister School in Mexico (scholarship program; 2 libraries established)
• Pen Pal Program Mexico
• Parent Days Hispanic Parents (ESOL students)
• Counselor training
• Hispanic Heritage Night (Mariachis, Folklorico, Student chorus in Spanish)
• Latino Parents Elected to School Council
A Middle/High School Newcomer Academy
• ELLS with Interrupted Formal Schooling
• Core Content (LA, Math, Life Skills and Social and Cultural Adjustment)
• L1 Support• Team Taught• Multimedia Instruction• All Staff doing National
SIOP Training (Title II)• PLAZA COMUNITARIA
• GED Instruction• Transition into ESOL and
Mainstream• Location—INTEGRATED• Support from MS/HS• All electives and Lunch in
Home School• Parent Engagement &
Education• Partners, e.g. Catholic
Social Services
A High School
• Intensive Staff Development
• Focus on Graduation (test prep, tutoring, etc)
• National Site Visits by Staff
• Staff Multicultural Book Club
• Smaller Learning Communities
• HSF College Fair
• Data collection and analysis
• Pre-Collegiate “Steps to University” for ELLs
• Spanish for Native Spanish Speakers
• “Unidos” Student Leadership Club
• 6 “Career Pathways”
• Apprenticeship Program w/ Technical College alignment
• Newcomer Video
• Sheltered Courses
• “0” / “5th” Periods
What else does CLASE do?
• Summer Institutes and Conferences• Outreach Presentations: over 40 topics available
Education
-Effective Strategies for Diverse Classrooms Culture
-Working with Latino Families Health
-Latina Teen Pregnancy • Grants, research, presentations, etc.• Graduate student mentoring and support
Athens-Area Service LearningPinewood Estates/Oasis Catolico
–90 tutors, ~65 students K-6–Friday Culture Days & Special Projects
Garnet Ridge Boys & Girls Club–10 tutors, 45 students K-8
Pinewood Library/Plaza Comunitaria
–15 tutors, 25 students 1-12
www.coe.uga.edu/oasisStudents receive HW help, English help, reading, games, & more
ELAN 4620/6620: service learning with academic credit
Mothers & Daughters in “Conversations of the Soul”
• What: A seven session forum for moms and daughters to voice opinions and concerns, to safely display grief and joy and share dreams for the future.
• Who: Immigrant mothers new to the US & their daughters in elementary or middle schools
• Why: To provide an outlet for addressing social and emotional issues with a focus on educational achievement for both mothers and daughters
• Where: 6 Schools in Metro Atlanta (Gwinnett, Fulton)
International Experiences• 12 teachers each to Costa
Rica or Mexico for last two summers – focus such as teaching
science, social studies– language and cultural
experiences– cross-cultural awareness
• Applied projects – Ex: scholarship and sister
school program for Mexican students begun by teachers from Martin Elementary School
What else does UGA do for Latinos?
• Steps to College: Clarke; Gwinnett• Vamos a la Universidad• TELL• Latino Youth Leadership Program• OVPPSO: UGA Latino Compilation• Campus groups: SLE, HSA, CLACS, Latino Adv. Board• Conferences
– Bilingual Family-School Liaison Conferences– Literacy: Reading & Writing to Learn– Effective Counseling for Latinos
– Latinos & Socioeconomic Development in the SE– PSO National Outreach/Engagement
Integrated Support from UGA• Large scale technical assistance in rapidly
changing communities: the ARCHWAY Project– Cross-campus collaboration by UGA in Colquitt Co.– Coordinated by Office of Vice President for Public
Service and Outreach
• CLASE role: – district-wide CLASE team – response to community requests:
counseling, curriculum development and teacher professional development
– collaboration with ABAC
Two Ideas to Watch For…• Hall County and others are using
INCLUSION as a program model for providing support for English Learners
• ESOL teacher is in the classroom with the mainstream teacher--In contrast to the more common “pull-out” model
• Jones Elementary: organizing by grade level (e.g. 2nd grade ESOL teacher goes into 2nd grade classes)
• Requires COMMON PLANNING TIME
• PUBLIC charter school• Spanish-English Dual
Language Program• Planning to open Fall 2006• The charter has been
submitted in Clayton and Fulton Counties
• Initially K-1, then add grades yearly through 5th
• Mixed classes of native Spanish and English speakers
• Academic instruction in Spanish and English
• ALL CHILDREN learn to read, write, and speak Spanish and English
Unidos Dual Language Charter School
Founder: Dell Perry, [email protected]
www.unidoscharter.org
U nidosDual Language
S chools, Inc.
U nidosDual Language
S chools, Inc.
Want to Know More?
• CLASE website, www.coe.uga.edu/clase• CLASE list-serve• Dr. Bernadette Musetti [email protected]• Dr. Paul Matthews [email protected]• Elida Perez-Knapp [email protected]