1. The Certificate of Equity Based Teaching
Because faculty don’t get many opportunities for learning about recent research in college teaching, culture, and higher education;
We serve diverse populations in NM; it is crucial that instructors and staff are culturally competent;
Cultural competence makes your teaching more effective and your relationships with students more satisfying.
UNM Taos Spring 2017
Kristi begins here
REQUIREMENTS:
Attend 4 out of 5 workshops (10 hours)
Complete an online reflection
Present a workshop at UNM Taos Fall Faculty Orientation
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2. Why Colleges (and Classrooms) Aren’t Color Blind
Learning Goals:
Be able to:
Be able to define cultural competence in your own words;
Describe two ways an instructor can act as culturally competent in the classroom, to proactively bridge cultural gaps between students and the institution.
Why Colleges (and Classrooms) Aren’t Color Blind
Session 2: Feb 17
Dr. Melissa L. Salazar, ESCALA Educational Services
Amber Gordon, UNM Taos English Faculty and CASA

3. U.S. Higher Education: What do we know about the role gender, ethnicity, and poverty play?
Might want to say a word or two about the use of Latino, Hispanic, Chicano, and the diversity of this population in the US and how people refer to themselves. WE use Hispanic when the term requires it, but will use the Latino/Hispanic word interchangeably.

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6. Some myths about the U.S. Latinx population
1. The population is escalating….Overall, the Latinx population growth in the U.S. has slowed in cities: most growth in the Latinx population is now occurring in the U.S. South and in North Dakota;
2. Illegal immigrants are increasing in number…Most population growth in Latinx is from the U.S. born population, not new immigration;
3. Most of the Latinx population is illegal…The U.S.-born Hispanic population now exceeds the foreign- born Hispanic population.
Stepler and Lopez, “U.S. Latino Population Growth and Dispersion Has Slowed Since Onset of the Great Recession.” Pew Research Center: Hispanic Trends.
Funny quote by Professor of Humanities Arturo Madrid: “We are already your neighbors and fellow workers, and are or soon will be your in-laws.” HA!

9. Fewer Hispanic high school students are are dropping out…

10. …and young Hispanic college enrollment rates are zooming upwards...

11. A greater percentage of every group expects to graduate from college than they were in 1990.
Greatest gains in confidence are Black (+30 percentage points) and Hispanic (+26 percentage points) 10th graders

15. And the completion rate between Hispanics and Whites is ~7-8 percentage points, no matter what type of school they attend
Source: American Enterprise Institute. (2010). Rising to the Challenge: Hispanic College Graduation Rates as National Priority.

17. Sean Reardon, "School Segregation and Racial Achievement Gaps," and "The Geography of Racial/Ethnic Test Score Gaps.
Available at Stanford University cepa.stanford.edu/seda/
Poverty is correlated with educational outcomes more than any other factor

18. What’s not a myth: Latinx are over-represented in the U. S
What’s not a myth: Latinx are over-represented in the U.S. poor (25% of all Latinx live in poverty)

19. Achievement gap between rich and poor children starts in Grade 3
Students from the most and least socioeconomically disadvantaged school districts perform four grade levels apart on state standardized tests.
Source: “Local education inequities across U.S. revealed in new Stanford data set,” Rabinovitz, April 29, 2016
The biggest predictive factor in academic success is family income. What is privilege when it comes to school? parental support, low stress neighborhood, safety and security, adequate food, sense of belonging
Graphs from GradNation.org

20. Schools that serve a high percentage of poor children are:
More likely to have long-term substitutes or poorly qualified teachers
More likely to have turnover in their staff and administrators
Less likely to have college preparation courses
The biggest predictive factor in academic success is family income. What is privilege when it comes to school? parental support, low stress neighborhood, safety and security, adequate food, sense of belonging
Is our ‘equal’ educational system working?
Graphs from GradNation.org

21. …the poverty gap exists in college completion too!
Wealthiest students
Poorest students

22. What does this data tell us about the impact of gender, ethnicity, and/or poverty in the college classroom? Are each of these factors ‘cultures’?
Reflection Questions

23. Intriguing Statistics about Taos: What does this mean?
Graduation Rates
51% Taos High
71% Taos Academy
77% Vista Grande
% Free/Reduced Lunch Rates
83% Taos High
51% Vista Grande
Remediation Rates When Students Enroll in College
Taos High 51% (just about the same as the state average)
Taos Academy 71%
Vista Grande 77%
Intriguing Statistics about Taos: What does this mean?