Critical Issues in our Communities by Michael Wickert https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic I want you all to brainstorm some issues that are important to our communities and then we will explore how we, as educators, can be the source of positive change en-us 2020-10-14 18:24:05 UTC 2020-10-16 20:40:04 UTC hello@padlet.com student engagement https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/830330351 2020-10-14 21:36:56 UTC https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/830330351 Sometimes students don't know what to ask https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/830331476 2020-10-14 21:37:39 UTC https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/830331476 Model behavior, don't assume they know info https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/830332276 2020-10-14 21:38:08 UTC https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/830332276 Work together to see what if there are issues we all have in common. https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/830333048 2020-10-14 21:38:36 UTC https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/830333048 Lack of funding for school and programs https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/830333341 2020-10-14 21:38:48 UTC https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/830333341 Yvette G. https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/830334222 Lack of representation ]]> 2020-10-14 21:39:21 UTC https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/830334222 Not being able to fulfill the basic needs https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/830334890 2020-10-14 21:39:44 UTC https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/830334890 Work along with organizations that would like to support communities and school https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/830336163 2020-10-14 21:40:34 UTC https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/830336163 Understanding School mwickert8 https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/830336644 Some families say they value school and education, but do not really know how to and why to support their children while they are in school.]]> 2020-10-14 21:40:53 UTC https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/830336644 We can work together to identify the main issues and hopefully come with a solution https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/830337169 2020-10-14 21:41:12 UTC https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/830337169 Financial and Resources need for students. https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/830337441 2020-10-14 21:41:22 UTC https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/830337441 Yvette G. https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/830338432 It wasn’t until college when I found a community trying enlarge knowledge of experience in being Hispanic/Latino and helping others ]]> 2020-10-14 21:41:59 UTC https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/830338432 Outreach mwickert8 https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/830338470 Schools (teachers, school staff, administrators) can begin to explicitly explain the importance of school and teach parents how to help their children]]> 2020-10-14 21:42:00 UTC https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/830338470 Fulfill basic needs https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/830340704 I have seen how families struggle in covering the basic needs of their family, and it is hard for the kids to do well in school]]> 2020-10-14 21:43:18 UTC https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/830340704 Outreach (me) mwickert8 https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/830341128 As a teacher in the discipline of education and as the DEBER Program Director, I can teach students about the importance of working with families in the community.]]> 2020-10-14 21:43:34 UTC https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/830341128 There are programs that can help students with these needs and with materials and college resources, such as EOPS, CARE, Outreach, Financial Aid Technicians. https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/830341653 2020-10-14 21:43:53 UTC https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/830341653 Outreach (we) mwickert8 https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/830342772 Collectively, we can instill the need and value of working with families and community members in our future teachers, especially those who will work in dual language programs.]]> 2020-10-14 21:44:36 UTC https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/830342772 Fund programs that are in charge of covering these basic needs to help the students https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/830343321 2020-10-14 21:44:49 UTC https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/830343321 Work together in funding these programs to really help the students in need https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/830345170 2020-10-14 21:45:55 UTC https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/830345170 https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/833758803 1.support for students who lost someone because of COVID]]> 2020-10-15 19:27:49 UTC https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/833758803 Supporting our children when it comes to education. Many families support their child in many different ways, but in many families they prefer their child to go work rather than to go to school and get an education with a better job. https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/833759138 2020-10-15 19:27:56 UTC https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/833759138 Understanding opportunities mwickert8 https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/833759843 It is important for students, families, and educators to understand the wide range of opportunities & careers available to college students.
 ]]> 2020-10-15 19:28:08 UTC https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/833759843 My Opportunities mwickert8 https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/833763889 When I was in high school, I didn't know what I wanted to do and I felt like no one really talked to me about what opportunities were available for school and careers. I also did not know about financial aid that was available to low-income students,]]> 2020-10-15 19:29:23 UTC https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/833763889 https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/833765147 Creating a safe place for students to have help in and not be afraid to ask for help when in need. To also support those that don't have a helping hand in life as well in education. I would like to present this to people since I had this support, but I grew around people who never did. Which resulted in them dropping out of school.

]]> 2020-10-15 19:29:48 UTC https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/833765147 https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/833766994 It was very difficult for me to concentrate knowing that my grandmother could die because of covid, and many students could be in a similar situation.]]> 2020-10-15 19:30:27 UTC https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/833766994 https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/833768015 I would like to work with these students and support them in any way possible to assure that they achieve their goal no matter the cause. To also create a healthy environment for them to communicate well with other students and support each other.]]> 2020-10-15 19:30:48 UTC https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/833768015 What I can do mwickert8 https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/833769237 As an educator, I can work with my students and families to help them understand the wide range of careers that are available. For example, many students enter college studying art or music, but their families feel that is a waste of time. However, there are a lot of jobs in the entertainment industry that hire art and music majors because they learn skills to support music, movies, television, theatre, etc. And those students can work in those fields.]]> 2020-10-15 19:31:14 UTC https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/833769237 https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/833771923 Reach out to students and ask how they are doing in classes. If they need any help with registering, or transferring. Or small talk to make sure they aren't as stressed as they are.]]> 2020-10-15 19:32:09 UTC https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/833771923 What we can do mwickert8 https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/833776234 Collectively, we can expose students to people who work in industries or in careers that they love and let them explain how they got there. By pooling our collective resources, we can really make direct connections between professionals and students.

]]> 2020-10-15 19:33:42 UTC https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/833776234 https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/833776563 help students with resources, and let them know that is ok to not be ok]]> 2020-10-15 19:33:49 UTC https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/833776563 https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/833781273 work as a team to help students, to make them feel better during this difficult situation. Give them time.]]> 2020-10-15 19:35:29 UTC https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/833781273 Understanding student behavior https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/836935040 Some students can display rude, disrespectful behavior. We can tend to view the child as the one to blame, when in reality it can be because of their surroundings at home for example.

]]> 2020-10-16 20:28:35 UTC https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/836935040 https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/836936791 Lack of information for new students from other countries. 
Financial aid opportunities. ]]> 2020-10-16 20:29:32 UTC https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/836936791 byarah_aguirre https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/836939329 Teaching high school students why community college is not bad. Having them understand that is is as good as going to a big name university. I think it would motivate many students to further their education if the knew this, and didn't just hear about the big universities being the best.

]]> 2020-10-16 20:30:40 UTC https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/836939329 Yvette G. https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/836939992 Lack of events (ie. conferences, parent/faculty meeting, etc) 
 targeted for hispanic/latino families]]> 2020-10-16 20:30:59 UTC https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/836939992 Leaving School mwickert8 https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/836940164 It is important to understand which factors contribute to students leaving school. This applies to k-12 and college

]]> 2020-10-16 20:31:05 UTC https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/836940164 https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/836941915 When I came to USA I was in 10th grade, I didn’t know what I was going to do after high school, what school to choose, I did what my counselor told me to do. Now i know there are more opportunities for us and I think it would be better if I knew  all those things when I was in high school. ]]> 2020-10-16 20:32:01 UTC https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/836941915 My Family mwickert8 https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/836942656 We have a lot of family members, including my own brother, who dropped out of high school. We also have family members who started college, but didn't continue. I have also seen a lot of talented students leave school.

]]> 2020-10-16 20:32:26 UTC https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/836942656 Yvette G. https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/836942884 Many students who are latino/hispanic have parents who immigrated from Mexico or South America. As immigrants English is not their first language. It's hard for families to get to understand curriculums and education when they don't feel comfortable or understand the language.]]> 2020-10-16 20:32:34 UTC https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/836942884 https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/836943360 Motivate students to ask questions and ask for help and information about opportunities ]]> 2020-10-16 20:32:46 UTC https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/836943360 Connection to student behavior https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/836944832 Even though I am not a teacher, as a student, it has always been a trend where the most "reckless" children are the ones who don't have a stable connection to their families. This could be caused by family issues, or lack of proper attention to the kid.

]]> 2020-10-16 20:33:34 UTC https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/836944832 What can I do mwickert8 https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/836945490 Personally, I would like to believe that programs like DEBER will help students stay in school, but I need to see some data and get feedback from students. I can also do my best to model being a lifelong learner. ]]> 2020-10-16 20:33:56 UTC https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/836945490 https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/836945658 Work on making workshops for students in order to give them important information so they can make good decisions ]]> 2020-10-16 20:34:01 UTC https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/836945658 byarah_aguirre https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/836946731 I want my siblings to know that after they graduate high school they can be successful going to community college as well as big universities. I don't want them to feel discouraged by teachers or staff saying going straight to universities is better. ]]> 2020-10-16 20:34:40 UTC https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/836946731 Collectively mwickert8 https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/836947865 My hope is that we, as educators, can find ways to connect with struggling and/or reluctant students and help them on their academic journey. This means right now at SWC and later once you become classroom teachers. You might even begin working with parents to encourage them to continue their education while their children are in school. 

]]> 2020-10-16 20:35:18 UTC https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/836947865 byarah_aguirre https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/836948069 I want to be a high school counselor and this is the main reason. Allowing students to know all the things they can do apart from going to the university and getting their degree. Many people can get their associates in community college and be more successful than someone with a masters from a big name university.]]> 2020-10-16 20:35:26 UTC https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/836948069 Yvette G. https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/836948389 Being more inclusive. Supporting the students by understanding the ethnic backgrounds attending the school and learning to accommodate (events, support groups, interpreters, etc.) ]]> 2020-10-16 20:35:37 UTC https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/836948389 byarah_aguirre https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/836951360 Having meetings with students individually, getting to know them on a personal level in which they feel trust to talk about their goals with us. This could help us, teach them and show them how community college is good as well. ]]> 2020-10-16 20:37:13 UTC https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/836951360 Improvement on student behavior https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/836951369 If there cant be a proper figure or connection to the student at home, I would like to be that connection to them. This can be done by being understanding and compassionate towards them instead of displaying hostility. ]]> 2020-10-16 20:37:13 UTC https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/836951369 Yvette G. https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/836951753 Reaching out to the students for support. Helping them understand they have support and can confide with questions/assistance. ]]> 2020-10-16 20:37:26 UTC https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/836951753 https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/836953556 The most critical issues that need to be improved are safe places for children who have immigrant parents and being able to intervene when a child shows signs of abuse ]]> 2020-10-16 20:38:29 UTC https://padlet.com/mwickert8/s3l5hp7167v2s6ic/wish/836953556