Proactive socially critical behavior that prepares one to voice
and strategically plan to challenge the status quo in systems where
inequities impede students’ academic success.
Be agents for
change, especially for the educational equity for All
students
Be
champions for creating pathways for All students to
achieve high aspirations
Be
advocates for inclusion in rigorous preparation for All--especially
poor and minority youth
Making
available and using data to help the whole school look at
student outcomes.
Advocating
for student experiences and exposures that will broaden
students' career awareness and knowledge.
Aggregate
and disaggregate data from my practicum and internship site
looking at data across different groups of students, the
degree in which these groups are achieving success in school,
and identifying the needs of these specific populations.For example is the large Hispanic population
underrepresented in gifted programming?What percentages of girls are in upper level math and
science programming?
Continue
to attend community and school board meetings
to stay abreast of issues effecting children and education
within my community.
Participate in the Athens
Child Watch Tour
presented by the Junior League. This field trip
introduce dozens of business, civic, religious and political
leaders to the problems facing the youngest residents of
Athens-Clarke County. The tour stops in some of
Athens-Clarke's most disadvantaged neighborhoods and visits to
programs designed to help children in those neighborhoods and
across the community
Continue
to increase my awareness and knowledge of career development concepts and theories so I
can advocate for student experiences that will broaden their career
awareness.
Continue
working with the Atlanta
Outreach Center which provided community and home-based
education and support to families at risk of child abuse and
neglect. This includes various service areas such as,
providing parent support through home visitation, leading
parent education groups, and facilitating school-based child
abuse prevention programs for children.
Continue
in-service training as a Court
Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) which prepares community
volunteer appointed by a judge to speak up for the best
interests of an abused or neglected child involved in a
juvenile court deprivation proceeding.
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