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I asked a university student--what are 1-2 words of wisdom that Higher Education needs to hear to address students' inclusivity? He answered:
1. Create an space to listen to your students.
2. Create a nurturing environment with holistic services.
-Jamir I. Graham, Senior Class Representative at Holy Names University.

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Narrative Spaces - Nonprofit location of Creative Expressions, a community writing group I co-facilitated for teen and young adult mothers. We produced a writing & publishing project titled, She Said...Sleep with your own eyes.

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Narrative Spaces - Nonprofit location of Creative Expressions, a community writing group I co-facilitated for teen and young adult mothers. We produced a writing & publishing project titled, She Said...Sleep with your own eyes.

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Association House’s mission is to serve a multi-cultural community by providing comprehensive, collaborative and effective programs in English and Spanish. We promote health and wellness and create opportunities for educational and economic advancement.

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Providing comprehensive, collaborative and effective programs in English and Spanish. Promoting health, advancing education and economic opportunity in Chicago.

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Narrative Spaces - Nonprofit organization where I did ethnographic research and supported the creative work of youth. Here critical pedagogy was accomplished through productions and performances with the literacy of the body and its materialization in language/voice, self-representation, and social engagement.  

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Narrative Spaces - Nonprofit organization where I did ethnographic research and supported the creative work of youth. Here critical pedagogy was accomplished through productions and performances with the literacy of the body and its materialization in language/voice, self-representation, and social engagement.  

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"BEEN HERE, STILL HERE - OVER 50 YEARS AND COUNTING. Since 1969, Free Street has been at the forefront of the movement to create affordable, inclusive, and innovative theater in communities across Chicago."

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Since 1969, Free Street has been at the forefront of the movement to create affordable, inclusive, and innovative theater in communities across Chicago.

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Narrative Spaces - Video Machete was another nonprofit organization with whom I worked to support youth media education and creative development. The organization was "founded in 1994, as an organization of activists, artists, students and youth all working towards positive social change with many communities."  

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Narrative Spaces - Video Machete was another nonprofit organization with whom I worked to support youth media education and creative development. The organization was "founded in 1994, as an organization of activists, artists, students and youth all working towards positive social change with many communities."  

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Through critical media and visual literacy we addressed progressive social and cultural issues. Ethnographic research resulted in a collaborative university-community project. We created an oral history curriculum, produced a video documentary, and held a symposium and public screening. This was pedagogy for social agency. See Investing in Youth Media...to learn more about about the work that Video Machete and other youth organizations continue to accomplish through grant partnerships.

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Investing in Youth Media - A Guide For Grantmakers

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Addiction-Recovery Programs Work to Reach the Students Who Need Them Most

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New Narratives - Collegiate Recovery Programs Changing Lives

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New Narratives - Collegiate Recovery Programs Changing Lives

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This article tells the story of "Eric Van Eck, a graduate who is now a recovery and prevention coordinator at the College of New Jersey." The recovery program “was an absolute life-changer for me,” Van Eck says. “I had a lot of shame, a lot of guilt, a lot of feelings of being different-than … It helped me find my voice.”

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New Narratives - Changing the Face of Leadership & Professional Representation

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New Narratives - Changing the Face of Leadership & Professional Representation

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Exceptional Minds. Extraordinary Futures. We provide high-achieving students of color from low-income communities the opportunities they need to thrive at top colleges and in meaningful careers. This is the Thrive Model.

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We provide high-achieving students of color from low-income communities the opportunities they need to thrive at top colleges and in meaningful careers.

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New Narratives - Thirty-Three Years of Sustaining Academic Enrichment & Advancement

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New Narratives - Thirty-Three Years of Sustaining Academic Enrichment & Advancement

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High Jump equalizes access to education for Chicago middle school students who have exhibited academic ambition and potential and who are of limited economic means.

As Director of High Jump from January 1998-July 1999, I had the great joy of contributing to its impact in the following ways:
-  Served to holistically develop 80 students in collaboration with parents, teachers, colleagues, and community partners.
-  Co-designed an interdisciplinary curriculum with teachers.
- Designed and initiated the course, Issues & Ideas.
- Initiated multicultural awareness, holistic development, and diversity inclusion activities for teacher, student, and parent development.
- Proposed and developed an alumni mentorship program.

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Tuition-free academic enrichment in Chicago

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New Narratives - Coaching for Student Success

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New Narratives - Coaching for Student Success

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The ACE and iAchieve programs have one overarching goal: to provide personalized support to eligible students that need to meet a specific cGPA to maintain an institutional scholarship by helping them achieve their academic goals, fulfill their academic potential and provide them with New York Tech resources to succeed.

Grateful and thrilled to volunteer as an academic coach for students early in their journey at New York Tech.

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ACE is designed to provide academic support to eligible undergraduate students who need to raise their cumulative GPA to meet scholarship requirements. Students are provided with individualized support and encouraged to explore their academic goals and plans to improve barriers to their academic success.

ACE eligibility is based on a student's cGPA, full-time enrollment status, and total number of credits completed. Eligible students must also meet SAP (Satisfactory Academic Progress) and must currently receive an institutional scholarship. For more information or to see if you are eligible, contact Financial Aid or contact the ACE Coordinator. Seniors and transfer students are not currently eligible for the ACE program.
iAchieve
iAchieve serves as a precursor to ACE and specifically targets freshmen in their second semester who have an institutional scholarship and would benefit from receiving one-on-one coaching. This program is designed to provide the same support and personalized guidance to students that has proven to be successful in the ACE program but offered earlier in the student's academic career.

iAchieve eligibility is based on a student's cGPA, full-time enrollment status, and they must be in their second semester of their freshman year. For more information or to see if you are eligible, contact Financial Aid or contact the iAchieve Coordinator.
ACE & iAchieve Program Requirements

1. Students must attend a program orientation session to understand the requirements and expectations.

2. Each student participating in ACE or iAchieve is assigned an academic coach who provides guidance and accountability for the duration of the program.

3. Students must complete an end-of-program feedback survey.

Our Goal

The ACE and iAchieve programs have one overarching goal: to provide personalized support to eligible students that need to meet a specific cGPA to maintain an institutional scholarship by helping them achieve their academic goals, fulfill their academic potential and provide them with New York Tech resources to succeed.

Student Testimonials

" The program was a life saver and a reminder to me that my academic career should be taken seriously and it's a long term investment "

" The ACE Program has been one of the greatest things that has both helped me and guided me throughout this semester and the information that I learned from this program will definitely help me in the future. "

" The ACE program is a nice refresher when school becomes stressful and chaotic. It can open one's eyes to many different resources on how to be a better student. "

Contact Us

Rocio Morello
Student Success Program Manager
rmorel01@nyit.edu

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ACE is designed to provide academic support to eligible undergraduate students who need to raise their cumulative GPA to meet scholarship requirements. Students are provided with individualized support and encouraged to explore their academic goals and plans to improve barriers to their academic success.

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Freire, Paolo. Education for Critical Consciousness (1998); pedagogy of the oppressed (1970, 1993). (Highly recommend)

Greene, M. (1988). Freedom, Education, and Public Space, Dialectic of Freedom. New York, London: Teachers College Press.

Greene, M. (1995). Releasing the Imagination: Essays on Education, the Arts, and Social Change. SF: Jossey-Bass.

hooks, b. (1994). Engaged Pedagogy.  Building a Teaching Community.  Teaching to Transgress, Education as the Practice of Freedom. New York, London: Routledge.

McLaren, P. (2007). Life in Schools, An Introduction to Critical Pedagogy in the Foundations of Education. Boston, New York: Pearson, Allyn & Bacon.

Wink, J. (2001).  Critical Pedagogy (Notes from the Real World).  New York: Addison-Wesley Longman, Inc.

Worthman, C. (2002).  “Just Playing the Part” Engaging Adolescents in Drama & Literacy.  New York, London: Teachers College Press.

Hocking, B., Haskell, J., Linds, W. (Eds.) (2001). Unfolding Bodymind: Exploring Possibility Through Education.  VT: Foundation for Educational Renewal.

Langer, J.A. & Flihan, S. (2000).  Writing and Reading Relationships: Constructive Tasks. Newark, DE: International Reading Association.

Anstey, M. & Bull, G. (2006). Teaching and Learning Multiliteracies, Changing Times, Changing Literacies. Newark, DE: International Reading Association.

Flavia Bastos, Maria C. (2001). Making the Familiar Strange: A Community-Based Art Education Framework, Contemporary Issues in Art Education, Yvonne Gaudelius and Peg Speirs (Eds.) New York: Prentice Hall.

Aronowitz, Stanley and Giroux, Henry A.. Education Still Under Siege.

Dewey, John. The School and Society – The Child and the Curriculum. (A historical perspective that seems to stand the test of time…)

Schaafsma, David. Eating on the Street – Teaching Literacy in a Multicultural Society.

Heath, S. & McLaughlin, M.W. (1993). Identity & Inner-City Youth (Beyond Ethnicity and Gender). New York, London: Teachers College Press.

Rose, Mike. Lives on the Boundary – A Moving Account of the Struggles and Achievements of America’s Educationally Underprepared

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As I revisited my work with these community groups--I reflected on the ongoing need for systemic change and the great revitalizations that are necessary to "move the needle," so that designing life is a sustainable project for all.

To riff from the words of English poet, Alexander Pope--working with youth is like having hope that springs eternal.

I welcome thoughts, questions, and opportunities to advance access, equity, and inclusion. My Contact Information: Beatrice Figueroa, bfigue06@nyit.edu or LinkedIn profile.