Candidate for
Board Member; West Contra Costa Unified School District

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Challenges jeopardizing our students in West County

1. Disproportionate attendance at resource -poor
schools and lack of access to
fully qualified teachers.
2. Some parents with low incomes and a low level of
formal education.
3. Need to improve our scores, both on Advanced
Placement tests, SAT,PSAT
and the Exit Exam.

My GOAL IS TO IMPROVE THE EDUCATION OF ALL STUDENTS:

1. PROMOTE ACCESS TO MORE ACADEMICALLY RIGOROUS
COURSEWORK
FOR ALL STUDENTS, HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR EVERY
STUDENT.
2. CALL FOR THE STRENGTHENING OF DROPOUT PREVENTION
PROGRAMS.
3. PROMOTE RESEARCH BASED INFORMATION ON EFFECTIVE
INSTRUCTION FOR LINGUISTICALLY DIVERSE STUDENTS,
SUFFICIENT RESOURCES TO HELP ALL STUDENTS ACHIEVE;
4. CONTINUE TO SUPPORT FEDERAL AND STATE LEGISLATION
THAT ALLOWS UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS TO SEEK A CHANGE
IN THEIR
CITIZENSHIP STATUS SO THAT THEY CAN ATTEND COLLEGE
AND SEEK
EMPLOYMENT AND BECOME CITIZENS SO THAT THEY CAN
VOTE;
5. CONTINUE TO HELP RESURCE-POOR SCHOOLS IMPROVE AND
PROMOTE
STRATEGIES THAT WORK , INCLUDING EARLY CHILDHOOD
EDUCATION PROGRAMS;AND PARENT EDUCATION AND PARENT
INVOLVEMENT PROGRAMS;
6. REINTEGRATE MUSIC AND ART BACK INTO OUR SCHOOLS AT
ALL LEVELS;
7. RAISE THE SALARIES OF OUR TEACHERS. CLASSIFIED
STAFF AND PRINCIPALS SO THEY DO
NOT LEAVE US FOR OTHER DISTRICTS, ENHANCE THE
RETIREMENTS
BENEFITS ALSO, QUALIFIED TEACHERS IN EVERY
CLASSROOM;

Resume:

Education and background:

Retired high school and college teacher with over
40 years in public education and community service.
Active member of the following organizations:
1. Co-chair of the Concilio Latino of West
Contra Costa County and also chair of the education
committee of the Concilio Latino. Monthly meetings
with our superintendent addressing issues dealing
with our Latino community.
2. Retired divison of the American Federation of
Teachers/California Teacher's Assocation.
3. Vice-chair of the Civilian Bond Oversight
Committee for the WCCUSD (West Contra Costa Unified
School District).
4. Chair of the Montalvin Manor Redeveloment
Advisory Committee
5. Board of Directors, South West Voter
Registration Drive, 2003-2004 (for West Contra
Costa
County).
6. Local Capacity Building Program for WCCUSD.
Goal is minority hiring for school projects.
7. Board member of the Ed. Fund- secretary
8. Speaker's bureau Amnesty International,
member of the Educator's Network of Amnesty
International.
9. President of the AARP chapter of Pinole , Ca.
10. Tutor in the METAS program of Contra Costa
College. Primarily in A.P. History and A.P.
Spanish
Language exams. Tutored for 3 weeks at Richmond
H.S.,summer of 2006, preparing students for the
Exit
Exam.
10. Contra Costa Grand Jury, 2003-2004, Foreperson,
2004
-2005
11. Strategic Planning Core Team, West Contra Costa
Unified School District, sub committee:
Community
Engagement
12. Accountability Task Force WCCUSD, active member
13. Service Learning Advisory committee, WCCUSD

PREVIOUS TEACHING POSITIONS: College of Marin- 1967-1979, founder of Ethnic Studies. Wallenberg High School, San Francisco, 1983-1998.Teacher of Advanced Placement classes: Spanish and Spanish Literature. Department chair of World Languages, Art and Music. Tamalpais High School, Mill Valley, Ca. 1967-1982. Taught history, Spanish. and department chair of history department. Marin Catholic High School- Marin County, and Daniel Murphy High School, Los Angeles 1962-1965, as a member of the Dominican Order. Retired San Francisco Unified School District 1998.

SPEAKER'S BUREAU FOR AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL: 1980's-2006 National chair of the Educator's Network of Amnesty International (1993-1997) Areas of expertise: Mexico, Central America, labor isues, human rights issues, human rights education. Native American rights (U.S. and Mexico).

NUMEROUS FACT FINDING MISSIONS TO MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA: 1980'S to the present. Areas of expertise: Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Mexico. Gathered information of human rights abuses for Americas Watch, Amnesty International, Comision Estatal de Derechos Humanos de Puebla, Mexico, Queretaro,Chiapas, Morelos and also la Comision Nacional de Derechos Humanos de Mexico. And also for human rights organizations of the Catholic Church in Mexico and Central America.(llamada la Comision de Derechos Humanos ). Fact finding delegations and voter observation with Global Exchange in Mexico (4 delegations).

PRESENTER OF WORKSHOPS ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND EDUCATION: Queretaro, D.F. Mexico, Puebla for Amnestia Internacional y la Comsion Nacional de Derechos Humanos de Mexico.1996,1997,1998,1999,2000 . Summer workshops, taught in Spanish. Only U.S. presenter

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

Labor history, Latin American History, Human

I have spoken at numerous graduation ceremonies with PIQE (PARENT INSTITUTE FOR QUALITY EDUCATION) in our school