We are not Invisible: The Positive Impact of Cultural Relevance in Curriculum During the Pandemic by Alexander Hernandez https://padlet.com/alexanderhernandez5/y66t2xogecfj65sx By Alexander Hernandez He/Him en-us 2021-02-20 06:23:47 UTC 2023-02-22 04:13:27 UTC hello@padlet.com https://www.ncps-k12.org/cms/lib/CT01903077/Centricity/Domain/767/EnglishLearners.png 5 Facts About Me alexanderhernandez5 https://padlet.com/alexanderhernandez5/y66t2xogecfj65sx/wish/1221024960
  • I am a fifth-year teacher 
  • I am a Second-year Curriculum and Instruction doctoral student through University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, and principal-in-training through Texas Region 1. 
  • Have taught from kindergarteners to adults as old as 56 in the K-12 setting.  
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  • Class was more engaging and more comfortable for students and myself.
  • Equity can also apply to technology literacy.
  • There was an increase of understanding, participation and response.
    1. Class assignments, attendance, and scores from District's Benchmark 1 (October) and Benchmark 2 (February)




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  • Growing up on the Texas southernmost border all 
  • Before starting my bachelor's, I was naive about my formative education. I never questioned why the symbol of history, and even my knowledge overall, was a Puritan, Anglo-Saxon, Heterosexual cis-gender individual. I believed that everybody was equal, so I never asked for the other side.
  • However, when I came to Wabash College (an all-male liberal college), my whole world turned around because I realized how different the world was and how unprepared my formative education left me. I was not prepared for change. I was not ready to transition from high school to college. I was not ready to find my voice. I was not prepared because I only knew about necessary state standardized exams, which do not provide the essential resources to survive in college or life.


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  • Brought my poster back 
  • Used my district's Scope and Sequence (for mandated standards) and Seattle's Ethnic Studies Framework for essential questions and additional resources. 
  • Switched platform from Google Classroom to Padlet
  • Incorporated whole person instruction 
    1. readings, discussions, and even the occasional personal care packages I delivered.
  • Got powerful excerpts from various communities.
  • Tried always making to connections to our time.
    1. Diary of Anne Frank 
      1. Holocaust concentration camps related to the Immigrant detention center that is in our backyard.
  • Made instruction bilingually, English and Spanish.

    • ]]>     2021-02-20 06:23:47 UTC https://padlet.com/alexanderhernandez5/y66t2xogecfj65sx/wish/1221024965     Coming back home alexanderhernandez5 https://padlet.com/alexanderhernandez5/y66t2xogecfj65sx/wish/1221024968 1. Teaching in a virtual setting
    2. Teaching a testing subject.
    3. Censoring myself 
    4. District's curriculum was not relevant to my students.
    5. Low participation. 


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  • Cultural identity
  • Intersectionality
  • Cultural curriculum relevance
  • Social paradigms
  • Equity (especially during pandemic)
  • Reforming the status quo.
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    Yellow: Optional]]>     2021-02-20 06:23:47 UTC https://padlet.com/alexanderhernandez5/y66t2xogecfj65sx/wish/1221024975     Any questions? alexanderhernandez5 https://padlet.com/alexanderhernandez5/y66t2xogecfj65sx/wish/1221024977 Please comment any questions that you may have throughout the presentation here. I will answer them throughout, end, or after the presentation. *If you need for us to connect offline, please leave your email and name*]]> 2021-02-20 06:23:47 UTC https://padlet.com/alexanderhernandez5/y66t2xogecfj65sx/wish/1221024977 Theorists alexanderhernandez5 https://padlet.com/alexanderhernandez5/y66t2xogecfj65sx/wish/1247085183
  • John Dewey
    • Student centered education and curriculum
  • Martin Buber 
    • Other and power dynamics
  • Paolo Freire
    • Awareness about power dynamics
    • Changing the current status quo
    • Counter narrative about the oppressed communities
  • Paul Feyerabrand 
    • Education pluralism
  • Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic
    • Critical Race Theory
  • Theodorea Berry
    • Intersectionality
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  • How can we push the momentum for K-12 to transition from education to Education, especially during testing subjects.
  • What should be our focus(es) post-pandemic? 

    • ]]>     2021-02-26 22:27:24 UTC https://padlet.com/alexanderhernandez5/y66t2xogecfj65sx/wish/1247279179     References alexanderhernandez5 https://padlet.com/alexanderhernandez5/y66t2xogecfj65sx/wish/1247298968 Buber, Martin. I and Thou. 2d ed. New York: Scribner, 1958.

    Beaudrie, Sara M., Marta Fairclough, and Guadalupe Valdes. 2012. Introduction: Spanish as a Heritage Language in the United States. In Spanish as a Heritage Language in the United States: The State of the Field, edited by SARA M. BEAUDRIE and MARTA FAIRCLOUGH, 1–18. Georgetown University Press. http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt2tt42d.5

    Dewey, John. The Child and the Curriculum,. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1902.

    Feyerabend, Paul. Against Method. Revised ed. 32.

    Potowski, Kim. 2012. “Identity and Heritage Learners: Moving Beyond Essentializations”. In Spanish as a Heritage Language in the United States: The State of the Field, edited by Sara M. Beaudrie And Marta Fairclough, 179–200. Georgetown University Press. http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt2tt42d.14.

    Rodriguez, Richard (2004-02-03). Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez (p. 14). Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.

    Paley, Vivian Gussin. The Girl with the Brown Crayon. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1997. 

    Delgado, R. & Stefancic, J. (2017). Critical race theory: An introduction (3rd Ed.). New York University Press.
     
    Freire, P. (2018). Pedagogy of the oppressed. Bloomsbury Academic. (Original work published 1968)
     



    ]]>     2021-02-26 22:39:40 UTC https://padlet.com/alexanderhernandez5/y66t2xogecfj65sx/wish/1247298968     Possible Next Steps alexanderhernandez5 https://padlet.com/alexanderhernandez5/y66t2xogecfj65sx/wish/1247325613 - Bring multicultural curriculum back post-state assessment.
    - Look into into other established models.
    - Expanding community outreach
    - Finding ways make our resources more accessible and manageable ]]>     2021-02-26 22:57:12 UTC https://padlet.com/alexanderhernandez5/y66t2xogecfj65sx/wish/1247325613