Her Seminars and Workshops
The content and the length of each of the following seminars can be modified to meet the needs of the school or district.
Let’s Empower Them! /Increasing Hispanic Parental Involvement (6-Hour)
One of the leading indicators of student academic success is parental involvement. This seminar opens the floor for teachers, school administrators, guidance counselors and social workers to discuss the following questions: What is parental involvement? What kind of parental involvement do we need? What kind of parental involvement can we get? Participants learn the basic components of a successful school parental involvement program and are provided with strategies to get the kind of parental involvement that would improve Hispanic student academic achievement.
Increasing Latino Student Academic Achievement (3-Hour)
This seminar promises to provide guidance counselors, social workers, and teachers and school administrators a deep understanding of the challenges that the Latino student population faces on a daily basis. Participants hear the students’ “voices” and learn how to see the world through their eyes. Participants are empower to serve the Hispanic student population not only with a greater awareness and understanding but also with practical classroom and school strategies that can increase Hispanic academic achievement and performance on standardized tests.
The “No Tener Papeles” Internal Tug-of-War: The Impact of the Undocumented Status on Student Academic Achievement (3-Hour)
School psychologists, social workers, guidance counselors, teachers and school administrators become aware and experience some of the challenges that undocumented high school students face on a daily basis. Participants learn about the negative forces involved in the students’ internal “tug-of-war”. People who attend this seminar are provided with down-to-earth strategies to become a positive force, decrease drop-out rates and increase enrollment in post-secondary programs.
Family Divide: The Greatest Challenge Hispanic Families Face Today in America (3-Hour)
Educational practitioners who work with Hispanic immigrant families awake to the reality of the ever-growing gaps that exist within the Hispanic family. Participants discuss how the linguistic, cultural, educational, immigration-status and digital gaps affects parents’ ability to navigate the American Educational System and monitor their children’s education. This seminar provides realistic strategies to empower parents to parent their children and reduce these family gaps.
Helping English Language learner (ELL), Hispanic and Low Income Students Become Test-Taker Experts (3-Hour)
ELL, Hispanic and Low Income students face great and very specific challenges in testing situations and some of these challenges have little to do with the content being tested. This seminar not only provides teachers and school administrators with a deeper understanding of the challenges these student populations face but it also grant participants proven-to-work school/classroom practices and test-taking strategies that will allow students to improve their performance in any testing situation.
The Ten Competencies to Reach Proficiency in Navigating the American Educational System
(5 Two-Hour Workshops) – These workshops are for parents and are delivered in Spanish during evenings and weekends.
Parental involvement is one of the leading indicators of student academic achievement. There is a positive correlation between their level of involvement and the level of proficiency in navigating the American Educational System. These series of workshops allows parents to learn and discuss the ten competencies that describes the level of proficiency they need to successfully monitor their kids’ education and support the schools’ efforts to increase the academic achievement of all students.