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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 [email protected]
Luz Galbreath
Lilia Torres-Cooper [email protected]
Hispanic Outreach Taskforce
562.789.0550