Creating a College Culture for Latino Students: Successful Programs, Practices, and Strategies - Softcover

Delgado Gaitan, Concha

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1452257701 ISBN 13: 9781452257709

Publisher: Corwin, 2012

Synopsis

Help your Latino students become college-bound!

You know that your Latino students face harsh odds. By the numbers, Latinos are the most underrepresented group on college campuses. How can educators guide students to overcome those barriers? This groundbreaking book has the answers you need, brought together from the nation′s most outstanding college-readiness programs for Latino students.

Concha Delgado Gaitan, an award-winning professor, scholar, and first-generation Latina college graduate, shares winning strategies that work―districtwide and within your school. In this book, you′ll find guidance on:

• Creating a "college culture" in elementary, middle, and secondary schools, both within the classroom and throughout the building 
• Working with families and community organizations to promote Latino students′ school achievement and college goals
• Best practices for coaching students, including five essentials for college preparedness

Whether you′re a superintendent, principal, counselor, or classroom teacher, Creating a College Culture for Latino Students can help you make a difference in the lives of your Latino students and support them on their path to college.

"Delgado Gaitan′s writing justifies the need for a comprehensive strategy starting at an early age in a child′s life to ensure the dream of a college education."
―Rosemary Papa, Del and Jewell Lewis Endowed Chair of Educational Leadership
Northern Arizona University

"The inclusion of stories depicting the actual and courageous journeys that students have traveled to achieve their goal is both poignant and impressive. Of particular note, Delgado Gaitan covers the topic of college planning with parents, a critical component of the successful Latino experience."
―Carmella S. Franco, Former Superintendent and State-Appointed Trustee
Whittier, CA

About this title

About the Author

Concha Delgado Gaitan, PhD, is an award-winning ethnographic researcher and professor of sociocultural studies in education. She received the George and Louise Spindler award for her contributions to the field of Anthropology and Education from the Council of Anthropology and Education of the American Anthropological Association. Her early career as a teacher and school principal informs her later work as a practicing anthropologist in communities and professor at the University of California, Davis. Concha has also worked in the field of public health education in Latino communities, combining that interest with her dedication to issues of social justice and education. She is a national and international speaker as well as a consultant on the numerous topics that inspire her work.

Among her many scholarly publications are her books where she presents her work as an ethnographer working with disenfranchised families and communities toward their empowerment and extending practical lessons to educators: (1) The Power of Community, (2) Protean Literacy, (3) Crossing Cultural Borders, (4) Literacy for Empowerment, (5) School and Society, (6) Involving Latino Families in the School, (7) Building Culturally Responsive Classrooms, and this most current one (8) Creating a College Culture for Latino Students. In a different book, Prickly Cactus, she turns the lenses inward to look at the role of family and community in her life during a time of major health crisis. Concha works and lives in the San Francisco Bay area with her husband Dudley Thompson. For more information, please go to www.conchadelgadogaitan.com  or contact Concha at concha@conchadg.com.

Edition details

• Publisher: Corwin
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1452257701
• ISBN 13: 9781452257709
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192