Cambio de Colores

2004

 

Education

 

·        Coalition Building- organizing resources

·        Higher Education

·        Current Education Needs

 

Coalition Building

 

-         Age specific issues

-         Connecting organizations

-         $  $  $  $  $  $

 

Current Education Needs

 

-         Interaction between ESL and Special Education to include children and adults

-         Instructional strategies

-         Integrating families into the educational process

-         $  $  $  $  $  $

 

Higher Education

 

-         Dream Act- financial aid specific to undocumented

-         University/college research on issues

-         $  $  $  $  $  $

 

What are the key issues you would like to see addressed in the next year?

 

·        Dream Act

·        Connect organizations grants; avoid duplication

·        Development Alliance

·        Coalition Building formalize @ Cambio

·        Change mentality of kids toward going beyond High School (work done through caucuses)

·        Age specific coalition

·        Mental Health Needs

·        Financial aid for college students (not only to citizen)

·        Clear cut and standardized rules for ESL kids ßŕ special education

·        Best practice instructions for ESL class rooms ŕ research based ; ŕ ELL children

·        Family support for Early Development (Intervention_

                                                                           i.      How to investigate system

·        Bilingual Hearts for ALL teacher ŕ Cultural sensitivity

·        Research panel Midwest: focus University

i.         What has been done/

ii.       Where are gaps/

·        What is being done on CE for immigrants

             EDUSAT

 

·        Gangs

 

What resources are needed to address these issues?

 

·        Get other states’ resources to conference

·        Caucus(es) at conference to permit sharing information

·        $  $  $  $  $  $

 

·        Edusat

·        Information sharing PRIOR to conf. Web C.T. or chat room

·        Links on website to other resources

·        Monthly updates on website to show progress of conference development

·        Education coalition/

Exists in STL Alianzas

·        Best practice could be ‘hand on”

·        DESE at conference

·        Experts on specific issues

i.                     Dream ACT

ii.                   ESL ŕ decision makers/ policy makers

·        State financial aid form Higher Education Commission

·        High School Counselor’s Academy

i.                     We preset to them

·        Share resources at International Center @ UMSL

·        Different week for conference because Education conferences given in same time slot

·        How to share research?

 

What role are you willing to play?  How about others in your organization and the community?

 

·        University/ college students Latino presence

·        Nancy

·        ŕ Adelante

·        Nuestra Imagen magazine

·        Alianzas

·        Grad School @ STL University—H. Kayser= contact person