AVID & High School (Supporting Newly Arrived Students)

Welcome back to Season 10 of the OEA Grow podcast, in which our host Sakura Hamada explores how we as educators can support newly arrived students. In this first episode of the season, Sakura speaks with Ethelyn Tumalad from Clackamas High School about her work with the AVID program (Advancement Via Individual Determination).

This program supports students throughout all four years of high school to prepare them for college as first-generation students. Ethelyn tells us that the goal is twofold - to help students discover their authentic selves and feel confident that they belong. Sakura and Ethelyn discuss from personal experience how terrifying the classroom can be for newly arrived students.

They explain how educators in any classroom can support students by really listening to each student and celebrating accomplishments rather than focusing on deficits. This week’s episode will suggest ways to incorporate student-centered learning to help students respect one another and see the strengths in each other’s differences. 

 

Resources - 

OEA Member Spotlight on Ethelyn Tumalad

Ethelyn Tumalad named Oregon Teacher of the Year, 2022

AVID program

 

Books recommended by Ethelyn -  

Tony DelaRosa. Teaching the Invisible Race: Embodying a Pro-Asian American Lens in Schools. Foreward by Liz Kleinrock. Jossey-Bass, 2023.

 

Lori Desautels. Connections Over Compliance: Rewiring Our Perceptions of Discipline. Wyatt-MacKenzie Publishing, 2020. 

 

Christopher Emdin. Ratchetdemic: Reimagining Academic Success. Beacon Press, 2021.

 

Gholdy Muhammad. Cultivating Genius: An Equity Framework for Culturally and Historically Responsive Literacy. Scholastic Teaching Resources, 2020. 

Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodriguez. For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts: A Love Letter to Women of Color. Seal Press, 2021. 

 

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