Format
Individual Presentation
First Presenter's Institution
Denver Public Schools
Second Presenter's Institution
NA
Third Presenter's Institution
NA
Fourth Presenter's Institution
NA
Fifth Presenter's Institution
NA
Location
Session 5 (Scarbrough 3)
Strand #1
Academic Achievement & School Leadership
Relevance
Presenter will provide.
Brief Program Description
Dr. Montoya will discuss the challenges facing Latino education and the difference between the achievement gap and the opportunity gap for Latino students. Issues such as assimilation, familialism, prejudice, discrimination, and language barriers will be covered. Montoya will discuss expectations of Latino boys and girls, how they differ culturally, and how creating classes for parents can help students achieve at higher rates. Professional development will be discussed and why a school’s teaching model needs to be examined to support Latino students.
Summary
Dr. Montoya will discuss the challenges facing Latino education and the difference between the achievement gap and the opportunity gap for Latino students. Issues such as assimilation, familialism, prejudice, discrimination, and language barriers will be covered. Montoya will discuss expectations of Latino boys and girls, how they differ culturally, and how creating classes for parents can help students achieve at higher rates. Professional development will be discussed and why a school’s teaching model needs to be examined to support Latino students.
Evidence
Presenter will provide.
Biographical Sketch
Dr. Wes Montoya is the principal at the Gilliam Youth Detention Center for Denver Public Schools, Denver, CO. He has worked with youth-at-risk, primarily Latino students, for more than 28 years. As a teacher, he taught math, science, and social studies, and has been a Dean of Students and an assistant principal in both low and high performing schools with free and reduced lunch (FRL) populations as high as 100%. Dr. Montoya has worked at the Colorado Department of Education as a Title I Senior Consultant. He completed his Ph.D. at the University of Denver, Denver CO
Presentation Year
2019
Start Date
3-5-2019 10:15 AM
End Date
3-5-2019 11:30 AM
Recommended Citation
Montoya, Wes, "What Educators Need to Know About the Opportunity Gap and Educating Latino Students" (2019). National Youth Advocacy and Resilience Conference. 153.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/nyar_savannah/2019/2019/153
What Educators Need to Know About the Opportunity Gap and Educating Latino Students
Session 5 (Scarbrough 3)
Dr. Montoya will discuss the challenges facing Latino education and the difference between the achievement gap and the opportunity gap for Latino students. Issues such as assimilation, familialism, prejudice, discrimination, and language barriers will be covered. Montoya will discuss expectations of Latino boys and girls, how they differ culturally, and how creating classes for parents can help students achieve at higher rates. Professional development will be discussed and why a school’s teaching model needs to be examined to support Latino students.
