ES 499 Spring Break Course:
Intense Challenging Successful
Welcome to Georgia Weinblatt's Web page
AN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE SITE
FOR TEACHERS and ESL STUDENTS
Our group "20 as 1" was given the task of finding
out why the drop out rate in Oregon is so high for Latino and African Americans?
Over the course of five days our group actively listened to stakeholders
from the top of the educational ladder to the bottom, legislators, superintendents,
principals, teachers, students parents and community advocates. The
message was loud and clear, Oregon's educational system breaks down at
the top of the ladder! Not enough money, poor assessment practices,
not enough resources or curriculum materials...ultimately our education
with or without the resources has been left up to the teachers who are
overworked and underpaid. Oregon needs more spanish speaking teachers and
teachers of color. My message to college students that are prospective
teachers is to take a long, hard look at our public school system. Know
that you will be the key to student success. The skills that
you bring with you to the classroom must also include warmth, care, creativity,
and a willingness to find ways and opportunities for all student success.
Learn the language of your students and encourage them to use it to build
their skills on and teach other students about cultural differences and
likenesses. Share to learn!
Use the Internet to find helpful instructional materials.
Click on the pictures below
to link to individual sites:
PASO
PARTNERS: This link is designed to help teachers increase achievement
of Hispanic children whose first language is not English. Download
lessons on dinosaurs, oceans, and much more.
NINOS
del MUNDO: Connect children from Spanish speaking countries around
the world. Create an awareness of other children around the globe
who also speak Spanish as their native language, and have students gain
a basic knowledge of other cultures.
FAMILY
HERITAGE:This class is looking for schools to join it in projects
in which students will study various cultures with an eye towards cultivating
tolerance among people around the world. Everyone needs to have more
exposure and understanding of their own heritage and other cultures to
possess tolerance of all people. URL:mailto:jchampli@int1.mhrcc.org
DICTIONARIES
AND TRANSLATORS:This site has links to translation dictionaries for
37 languages. It has created its own experimental translating dictionary,
which can translate your typed words into English, Spanish, French, German
or Italian.
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