Enlisting and Providing Support

The purpose of the blog is for colleagues and me to enrich each other’s collection of ideas, resources, and personal experiences.

Bilingual Education and Academic Success:

While asking my colleagues for help with my advocacy action plan, my wishes are to find someone who has actually carried out an advocacy action plan. I would like to share some resources that helped me through my advocacy action plan Bilingual Education and Academic Success. These are Resources and/or information that I have found helpful and insightful:                        

                                                  Annotated Bibliography

Bangura, Abdul Karim, and Martin C. Muo. United States Congress & Bilingual Education. New York: Peter Lang, 2001.

This book is about the role of the legislative branch of the National Government of the U.S. in the passage of the 1968 Bilingual Education Act. Four main questions are examined in this book.

DebBurman, Noyna. Immigrant Education: Variations by Generation, Age-at-Immigration, and Country of Origin. New York: LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC, 2005.

In this book DebBurman discusses changes that are arising in the United States because of immigration. The book discusses labor and social issues that relate to immigration and focuses on education practices in the United States that have to adapt to teaching a larger population as well as an ever changing population. "Educational attainment for adult immigrants" and "school enrollment for immigrant children" are the two points of immigrant education most evaluated.

Baker, Keith A., and Adriana A. de Kanter, eds. Bilingual Education: A Reappraisal of Federal Policy. Lexington: LexingtonBooks, 1983.

This book covers all the bases that the Department of Education covered in 1983 when doing a thorough review of Bilingual Education's effectiveness as well as the other alternatives to Bilingual Education. The book was "prepared by the Office of Planning, Budget, and Evaluation (OPBE) of the U.S. Department of Education." (Baker, ix) The information on the alternatives to Bilingual Education still applies, but many new alternatives have been developed since 1983 so it is a little out of date. Most importantly though it recognizes that if Bilingual Education is to be successful, no matter what method is being used, it must be adequately funded and correctly implemented.

My ideas are that, controversial issues such as the theory and practice of bilingual education are an issue that is concern to those of us who will like for bilingual children to succeed in society.

Questions I have about my Advocacy Action Plan are that I wonder if I should present one day or two days. I do not want to overwhelm the people that I am in contact with.  I feel that too much information can become overwhelming if it is not presented with care.

The questions that I have about the presentation that I am about to do is:

How will this advocacy action plan impact the children and families that I help to serve?

How will my colleagues benefit from my plan on Bilingual Education and Academic Success as they help me help those children and the families that we serve?

Will I present with enough passion and commitment to sway other advocates, and professionals to get on board with reference to working the advocacy action plan?

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Assignment 3: Personal Advocacy Journey: Bilingual Education and Academic Success Advocacy Action Plan

Assignment 3: Personal Advocacy Journey: Bilingual Education and Academic Success Advocacy Action Plan Monica L. Boddie

External efforts of internal emotions: knowing that there are going to be challenges, I am prepared to sacrifice time and energy to aid those in need.

 Excitement regarding the process and the ability to make a difference: I am elated that most of the parents, staff, as well as the community show an interest in my advocacy plan.

 Trepidation about the complexity of mobilizing others: The apprehension or trepidation about starting a new advocacy action is at a minimal, I am more excited than anything else.

 Enthusiasm for implementing the plan: My level of excitement and enthusiasm is at a level one hundred. I am greatly anticipating the results of the advocacy action plan, as well as its success.

 Anxiety that your plan will not be immediately effective: I have no anxiety, just anticipation concerning the students, their reactions, the parents, concerning their acceptance, and the professionals for helping to carry out the action plan.

Exploring the internal aspects of implementing my Advocacy Action Plan: While exploring aspects of the Advocacy action Plan, internally I feel that the skills needed and the people to carry out the plan are all in place, or mostly all in place. I see success in the near future.

A quote that you find inspirational regarding the role that advocacy can have in the lives of young children and their families.

"Love is the passion that we feel inside of our hearts that we can't hide. We pretend to hide it, but it burns us more and more until the pain grows and grows and it never ends."
Author Unknown

“Do you not see how necessary a world of pains and troubles is to school an  intelligence and make it a soul?”

John Keats

I like these quotes because they remind me of the love and passion that I have for the bilingual children and families that I serve. Knowing that pain may come, and perhaps trouble I know that with intelligence and perseverance all things are possible with relations to the plan.What inspires and excites you most about your advocacy plan and being an advocate?

The thing that inspires me most is the love of the students as they see that there is someone who cares unconditionally.

What challenges and/or anxieties do you feel related to engaging in the advocacy efforts you have targeted? The challenges and/or anxieties I feel related to engaging in the advocacy efforts that I have targeted are the current developed policies and advice that help the bilingual students and families. The care of the government groups that develop legislation to improve systems or processes for the bilingual students and families.

What do you believe will be most effective in helping you overcome any challenging emotions you may be feeling with regard to presenting and implementing your Advocacy Action Plan?

I believe that with skills in leadership, and guidance  from professionals as well as coordination in relation to the pursuit of excellence in advocacy. I feel that these areas will be most effective in helping me to overcome any challenges and/or feelings regarding my plan.
I can encourage others in advocacy efforts  by:

Learning leadership development and networking, and teaching the skills to all who are concerned.

Helping parents and educators collaborate and learn from each other outside the school setting.

Sharing local and state efforts to bring such institutes together with the community.

• Helping the parents to be leaders and have much to say about bilingual education.

Asking key, critical questions and allow time for parents to respond and dialogue as I provide answers and information. 

• Parent institutes need an ongoing participatory strand for parents by parents that is focused on advocacy, leadership development and networking.