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Resources for DiversityThere are currently 27 resource(s) for Diversity in the NCPIE database. To order a resource, please contact its publishing organization. ASPIRA Association, Inc.
1444 I Street NWSuite 800 Washington DC 20005 Voice: 202-835-3600 Ext. 114 Fax: 202-835-3613 Contact: Hilda Crespo, Vice President, Public Policy Contact E-mail: hcrespo@aspira.org Web Address: www.aspira.org
Resource Title: The APEX Workshop Series Manual and Facilitators Guide Price: $85.00 Description: The APEX Workshop series has 10 workshops which address parent training. They promote parent engagement in their children's education and in the leaderhip structure of their schools. Also included is a Facilitator's guide available in both English or Spanish. Resource Title: Making the Most of Your Child's Education: A Guide for Parents Price: $5.00 each Description: An easy to read introductory curriculum on parent involvement written specificcaly for Hispanic parents. Embrace Diverse Schools
6807 Bluecurl CircleSpringfield VA 22152 Voice: 703-644-3039 Contact: Eileen Kugler Contact E-mail: EKugler@EmbraceDiverseSchools.com Web Address: www.EmbraceDiverseSchools.com
Resource Title: Building Partnerships with Immigrant Parents Description: Highlights lessons learned from a unique parent partnership program created in a high school where half of the parent population was born outside the United States. Resource Title: Partnering with Parents and Families to Support Immigrant and Refugee Children at School Description: Immigrant students face unique mental health challenges, often unidentified and untreated, that impact their academic success. Building a partnership with their families can be a key to supporting mental health of the students and their entire family Resource Title: Debunking the Middle-Class Myth: Why diverse schools are good for all kids Price: $29.95 Author: Eileen Gale Kugler Description: In this award-winning book, Eileen Kugler highlights how diversity in schools stimulates and deepens education for each child, an advantage lost to homogenous schools. She challenges each stakeholder to take part in strengthening our diverse schools. George Washington University Center for Equity and Excellence in Education
1730 N. Lynn StreetSuite 401 Arlington VA 22209-2004 Voice: 703-528-3588, 800-925-3223 Fax: 703-528-5973 Contact: Janet Brown Contact E-mail: jbrown@ceee.gwu.edu Web Address: ceee.gwu.edu
Resource Title: Promoting Excellence Series Price: $8 for set Author: CEEE Description: This series of publications is designed to provide tools for those seeking sound, research-based models and strategies for the design or evaluation of services for English Language Learners. Hispanic Policy Development Project
122 East 42nd Street42nd Floor New York NY 10168 Voice: 202-822-8414 Contact: Siobhan O. Nicolau, President
Resource Title: Queridos padres, en los Estados Unidos la escuela es nuestra tambien Description: Parent booklets that contain empathetic messages in Spanish to U.S. Hispanic families explaining the importance of families in education and how families can work with the schools their children attend. Resource Title: Together is Better: Building Strong Partnerships Between Schools and Hispanic Parents Description: This publication presents information, strategies and techniques for teachers, principals, and school districts derived from parent-school partnership projects developed to encourage cooperation between Hispanic families and the schools their children attend. National Council of La Raza
1111 19th Street NWSuite 1000 Washington DC 20036 Voice: 202-785-1670 Fax: 202-776-1792 Web Address: www.nclr.org
Resource Title: Job Readiness Tool Kit Price: $15 Description: 240 pp. The Job Readiness Tool Kit is a unique resource for community-based job readiness programs serving Latino youth and adults. Lesson plans guide instructors through culturally-relevant, interactive exercises for job training workshops or entire courses. Lessons use worksheets, discussions, research, interviews with peers or mentors, role-plays, group projects, presentations, self-assessment exercises, and games. The Tool Kit addresses: Getting Started and Motivated; Self-Assessment and Promotion; Job Search and Selection; Applying for the Job; Getting Ahead in the Workplace; Problem-Solving At Work; and Career Planning. The Tool Kit was made possible by a grant from the Coors Brewing Company. Available in both English and Spanish. Resource Title: Academia del Pueblo: Math and Science Price: $45.00 Description: 600 pp. Part of the Project EXCEL series, ADP-MAS aims to increase and strengthen informal math and science education opportunities for Hispanic elementary school students. ADP-MAS is designed to be implemented by community-based teachers and para-educators in collaboration with neighborhood schools. Curriculum highlights include Nuestro Mundo Creativo (Our Creative World) work stations, which feature connections between the lessons presented and the arts. Literature Links connect math and science to stories, poetry and picture books, and Parent Links tie home experiences to classroom learning. Available in English with English and Spanish student handouts. Resource Title: Sabemos y Podemos: Learning for Social Action Price: $15 Description: 220 pp. In the Sabemos y Podemos: Learning for Social Action curriculum, "power" means using language and literacy skills, not as ends in themselves, but as a means to social action. A resource for ESL, Literacy, or Adult Basic Education programs, Sabemos y Podemos explores: school success for Latino children, expanding work options and improving working conditions for Latinos, and identifying community issues that might range from tenant concerns to police harassment. It provides guidelines for organizing for change, and for forming alliances with youth, parents, teachers, co-workers, and community members. Funded by Western Union, as part of their Aprender Es Poder education program. Available in both English and Spanish. Parent Educational Advocacy Training Center
100 N. Washington StreetSuite 234 Falls Church VA 22048 Voice: 1-800-869-6782 TTY: 1-703-923-0010 Fax: 1-800-693-3514 Contact: Michelle Frappier Contact E-mail: Frappier@peatc.org Web Address: www.peatc.org
Resource Title: Reading and Literacy Price: Free Author: PEATC Description: PEATC is developing ways to enable parents and professionals to teach reading skills that incorporate strategies and 'how-to' information. In the area of assessment, we are looking to offer critically needed information. Resource Title: Outreach to African Americans and Latino Communities Price: Free Author: PEATC Description: As Virginia's families continue to diversify, language barriers and cultural differences create additional challenges to children with disabilities and their families. Poverty and Race Research Action Council
1015 15th St. NW#400 Washington DC 20005 Voice: 202-906-8024 Fax: 202-387-0764 Contact: Philip Tegeler Contact E-mail: ptegeler@aol.com Web Address: www.prrac.org
Resource Title: Poverty & Race Newsletter Price: Print subscriptions are $25 per year, $45 for two years. Author: Chester Hartman, Editor Description: This 20-28 page bi-monthly newsletter journal is designed as a forum for communicating news and ideas within the network of researchers and advocates working on race and poverty issues. Reports the results of PRRAC-sponsored research, the advocacy work that research has assisted and other relevant news. Each issue lists in the Resources Section 100-200 recent reports and studies on race/poverty issues. Quality Education for Minorities Network
1818 N Street NWSuite 350 Washington DC 20036 Voice: 202-659-1818 Fax: 202-659-5408 Web Address: qemnetwork.qem.org
Resource Title: Brownbag Discussion Series Description: These documents examine the implications for minorities of proposed educational reform; current and pending relevant legislation; and promising educational strategies and research findings. Resource Title: QEM's Major Reports Description: QEM seeks to bring clarity and focus to issues of public policy as they affect children and youth who have been historically underserved by the educational system. These reports provide background information and current thinking on educational issues and their implications for minorities, highlight exemplary models that demonstrate quality education at work; keep focus on critical issues affecting public policy. Currently available:
Study Circles Resource Center
A Project of The Paul J. Aicher Foundation697 Pomfret Street PO Box 203 Pomfret CT 06258 Voice: 860-928-2616 Fax: 860-928-3713 Contact: vL. (Sally) Campbell, Senior Program Director Contact E-mail: sallyc@studycircles.org Web Address: www.studycircles.org
Resource Title: Montgomery County, Md., Public School Study Circles (DVD) Price: $5.00 Description: A video highlighting the efforts of Montgomery County Public Schools (Md.) Study Circles Program to address racism and student achievement in the district's schools and community. (6 minutes) DVD Resource Title: Education: How can Schools and Communities Work Together to Meet the Challenge? Price: $5.00 print copy Description: A multiple-session discussion guide including recommendations for tailoring the discussion to a particular community or organization's concerns (1997) Resource Title: Helping Every Student Succeed: Schools and Communities Working Together Price: $5.00 print copy Description: A four-session discussion guide to help schools and communities improve academic achievement for all students. (2002) Resource Title: Building Strong Neighborhoods: A Study Guide for Public Dialogue and Community Problem Solving Price: $5.00 print copy Description: A four-session discussion guide on many important neighborhood issues including: race and other kinds of differences; young people and families; safety and community-police relations; homes, housing and beautification; jobs and neighborhood economy; and schools. (1998) Resource Title: Changing Faces, Changing Communities: Immigration & race, jobs, schools, and language differences Price: $5.00 print copy Description: A multi-session discussion guide designed to help communities face the challenges and meet the opportunities raised by the arrival of newcomers; includes pointers on how to involve public officials. (1998) Resource Title: Confronting Violence in Our Communities: A Guide for Involving Citizens in Public Dialogue and Problem Solving Price: $5.00 print copy Description: A four-session discussion guide examining how violence affects our lives, what causes violence, and what can be done in neighborhoods and in schools. (1994) Resource Title: Youth Issues, Youth Voices: A Guide for Engaging Youth and Adults in Public Dialogue and Problem Solving Price: $5.00 print copy Description: A multiple-session discussion guide to help young people and adults address the community issues which involve and impact them. (1996) Resource Title: Where a diverse community comes together to make schools better for all Price: $1.50 print copy Description: In a school district of more than 140,000 students with 160 nationalities represented, study circles provide a bridge for Montgomery County Public Schools to reach out to people of all backgrounds, and a way for schools and community to work together to improve education for all students. (2006) Technical Assistance ALLIANCE for Parent Centers
at PACER Center8161 Normandale Boulevard Minneapolis MN 55437 Voice: 952-838-9000 TTY: 952-838-0190 Fax: 952-838-0199 Contact: Sue Folger, Co-Director Contact E-mail: sfolger@pacer.org Web Address: www.taalliance.org
Resource Title: Parent and Professional Collaboration: A Cultural Perspective Author: Technical Assistance ALLIANCE for Parent Centers Description: This curriculum addresses the development of meaningful parent/professional collaboration. Through a focus on how cultural differences affect how persons understand and relate to one another, the curriculum provides strategies that address barriers to effective cross-cultural communication. Includes: 28 color transparencies in covers, 34-page curriculum for trainers, all in a 1 1/2" D-ring binder. Tellin' Stories Project of Teaching for Change
PO Box 73038Washington DC 20056-3038 Voice: 202-588-7204 Contact: America Calderon, Jill Weiler Contact E-mail: Acalderon@teachingforchange.org Web Address: www.teachingforchange.org
Resource Title: Life Treasures from the Heart of a Child Description: Student stories from the diverse community of Bruce-Monroe Elementary School in Washington, D.C. Resource Title: Teaching for Change Catalog Price: Free Description: Multicultural resources that suggest ways that educators can address the lessons or "hidden curriculum" about race, class and gender that students learn from school.
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