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AN EXAMPLE OF COLLABORATION:

BILINGUAL PARENT EDUCATION AND STUDENT

LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE

LUZ MARIA GALBREATH|DIRECTOR OF THE ORTIZ PROGRAMS | WHITTIER COLLEGE

LILIA TORRES‐COOPER|DIRECTOR OF FED & STATE CATEGORICAL PROGRAMS | WUHSD

JAFET DIEGO ‘15| STANDIFORD FELLOW | WHITTIER COLLEGE

OUR PARTNERSHIP

Participating School Districts

* Whittier City * El Rancho Unified * Montebello Unified * Little Lake City

* East Whittier * Whittier Union High * South Whittier * El Monte City

OUR MISSION

“Empowerment through Education”

HISPANIC OUTREACH TASKFORCE

Mission Statement:

Our Mission is to improve the quality of life of Hispanics and the

community through programs in education, health, economic

development, financial literacy and the cultural arts.

HISPANIC OUTREACH TASKFORCE

Founded in Whittier, CA in 1990,

and incorporated in 1993 as a

501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

HOT partners with private

businesses, government

agencies, and community

members to provide programs

and services in the communities

of Southeast Los Angeles County.

ANNUAL EVENTS

1. Serve Our Neighbors (SON)

Backpack giveaway/Health Fair

2. Positive Image Awards (PIA)

3. Arte y Música

4. Chief’s Advisory Group

5. CHOICES Youth Conference

6. Parent Education (PEC) & Student

Leadership Conference (SLC)

7. Scholarship Award Reception (SAR)

HISTORY OF PEC

In 2000 HOT partnered with the Center of Mexican-American

Affairs at Whittier College to sponsor the first Parent Education

Conference

Eighty-nine parents from one city and two high schools

participated in the first PEC

2014 HOT PEC/SLC

REGISTRATION NUMBERS Parents Students

El Rancho Unified School

District

33 8

East Whittier City School

District 31 0

Montebello Unified School

District 32 24

South Whittier School

District 33 28

Whittier City School

District 41 3

Whittier Union High

School District 100 98

TOTAL 270 161

2014 HOT PEC/SLC

REGISTRATION NUMBERS

NUMBERS BY LEVEL & LANGUAGE

Elementary Parents Secondary Parents 126 171

English Spanish

82 44

English Spanish 91 80

BILINGUAL PARENT EDUCATION AND

STUDENT LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE

Information to local K-12 parents on:

College Preparation

Academic Support

Parent engagement opportunities

Bilingual workshops (English and Spanish)

Student Leadership Conference (6-12th grades )

WC undergraduate students, members of the national

organization Students for Education Reform (SFER)

College Fair

PEC PACKETS FOR PARENTS

Color-coded bilingual materials:

Letter from Whittier College president

Conference schedule

Campus map

Evaluations

Certificate of participation

Presenters’ bios

Hot information & acknowledgments

Blank name tag & raffle ticket

PEC: EVALUATION & ASSESSMENT

Each participant receives an evaluation form in their packets.

Evaluations are filled-out and turned in prior to receiving lunch.

Evaluations indicate:

Primary reason parents attend is because of their high

motivation that their children do well in school and attend

college.

Topics have evolved to include presentations that represented

the parents’ highest interests:

PARENT EDUCATION CONFERENCE (PEC)

OVERVIEW OF THE DAY

7:30am Registration

8:00am–8:20am Welcome and Introductions

8:20am–8:30am (Parents split into English/Spanish

workshops)

8:30am–9:00am Student Panel

9:00am–10:00am 1st Workshop – “Road to College”

10:00am–10:10am Break

10:10am–11:20am 2nd Workshop - Parent Panel/“Parent

Engagement Presentation”

11:20am–11:35am (Transition to other classrooms/Break)

11:35am–12:30pm 3rd Workshop - “Academics”

12:30pm–1:30pm Lunch and College Fair

STUDENT LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE

PARTICIPATING STUDENTS

A total of 105 students from

6th to 12th grade

Districts: Whittier Union

High School District,

Whittier City School District,

Montebello Unified School

District, South Whittier

School District, El Rancho

Unified School District, and

Whittier City.

OUR MENTORSHIP MODEL

CEC Staff Mentors →

Whittier College Students

College Mentors → High

School Mentors

High School Mentors →

Junior High School Students

HIGH SCHOOL WORKSHOPS

Goals:

1. To provide grade level

appropriate curriculum

2. To explain the essentials

3. To create a comfortable

and accessible space

4. To foster a mentorship

pipeline

JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL WORKSHOPS

Goals:

1. To provide grade level

curriculum

2. To initiate/maintain

exposure to college

3. To create a mentorship

pipeline

4. To have fun!

COLLEGE FAIR

Participating colleges:

1. Whittier College

2. Mount St. Mary’s College

3. East Los Angeles College

4. Rio Hondo College

5. UC Irvine

6. Cal Poly Pomona

7. Cal State Fullerton

8. UCLA

COLLABORATING WITH STUDENTS

Providing professional

development opportunities

for students

Working with bilingual

communities, students of

color, first gen students, and

undocumented students

Empowering students

WHITTIER UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT “TO ACHIEVE AND MAINTAIN EXCELLENCE”

Whittier Union High School District is located approximately 10 miles

southeast of the heart of Los Angeles. It comprises some 41.65

square miles. WUHSD is made up of 5 comprehensive schools, 1

continuation school, 1 alternative studies program and 1 adult school.

WUHSD serves over 13,000 students.

CHANGES IN THE PAST 13 YEARS

IN STUDENTS WE SERVE

4% Other

10% English

Learners

10% White

86% Hispanic

76% Soc Econ Dis

20% R-FEP

28% 31% 31%

40% 41%

46% 50%

52% 53%

58% 61%

67%

STUDENTS RECEIVING FREE OR

REDUCED MEALS

VISION STATEMENT

The Whittier Union High School

District will provide all students

with an engaging, quality

standards-based instructional

program delivered by a well-

trained staff resulting in

improved student achievement.

“WHATEVER IT TAKES”

It is the mission of the Whittier Union High School District to

achieve & maintain excellence in providing a comprehensive

education for all students.

WUHSD’S AREAS OF FOCUS

Instruction- student centered, high

expectations, standards based

Collaboration- qualified, caring teachers,

shared vision, data analysis

Directed Preventions and Interventions, not

invited

Parent Engagement

Community

…we must use all of our energies and resources to focus on a

common priority- improved student achievement

BUILDING BLOCKS OF COLLABORATION

Communication

Create awareness, ensure understanding

Establish partnerships- mutual benefit

Identify key players

Create forums and structures that allow

for discussion

Cooperation- coordinating & sharing

resources

POSITIVE OUTCOMES

Student scholarships

Exposure to college

Student and parent leadership development

Access to additional college resources

Community/relationship building

Creating pathways to success

WHITTIER COLLEGE

WHITTIER COLLEGE - HISTORY

Founded by Religious Society of Friends ( Quakers) in 1887

Named in honor of John Greenleaf Whittier, prominent Quaker,

poet, and leader in the abolitionist movement

Although no longer affiliated with the Society of Friends, the

College remains proud of its Quaker heritage and deeply

committed to its enduring values: respect for the individual,

fostering community and service, social justice, freedom of

conscience, and respect for human differences.

WHITTIER COLLEGE: FACTS & FIGURES

About 1/3 of Whittier students are first-generation college

students.

Whittier is recognized as an HSI:

Hispanic student enrollment of 38%

Whittier’s 4-year Latino graduation rate for the Class of

2012 was 65.3%.

57% of the Summa Cum Laude graduates in 2012 were

Latino

26% of Whittier graduates have gone into teaching

including:

2011 California award-winning WUHSD superintendent

Sandy (Sanchez) Thorstenson ’77

FRESHMAN PROFILE

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

International 3% 1% 4% 1% 2% 2% 3% 3% 4% 4%

Native

American 1% 1% 1% 2% 1% 0% 0% 1% 1% 2%

African

American 4% 4% 4% 4% 7% 6% 4% 5% 5% 8%

Asian 6% 5% 11% 8% 11% 9% 12% 9% 13% 13%

Hispanic 27% 21% 25% 26% 32% 29% 33% 40% 40% 40%

White/Other 59% 68% 55% 59% 47% 54% 48% 42% 37% 32%

WHITTIER COLLEGE

THE LEGACY OF MARTIN ORTIZ

For more information please contact:

Jafet Diego jdiego@poets.whittier.edu

Luz Galbreath

lgalbreath@whittier.edu

Lilia Torres-Cooper Lilia.Torres-Cooper@wuhsd.org

Hispanic Outreach Taskforce

562.789.0550