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I. CARIBBEAN EVENT THIS WEEKEND!
II. CHAPTER ELECTIONS
III. SPANISH POSITIONS
IV. MIRACLE THEATRE PERFORMANCE
V. BALLET FOLKLORICO DE VERACRUZ
VI. WAFLT FALL CONFERENCE - CALL FOR PROPOSALS
VII. UW WORKSHOP: Teaching Listening
using
Unscripted and Semi-Scripted Materials
VIII. UPCOMING EVENTS AT THE UW:
CENTER FOR SPANISH
STUDIES
IX. NY TIMES ARTICLE: Hispanic Voter
Is Vivid in
Parties' Crystal Ball
X. SEATTLE TIMES ARTICLE: Discipline
puzzle aired in
class
XI. SEATTLE TIMES ARTICLE: Breaching
the Latina
'ceiling' in education
I. CARIBBEAN EVENT THIS WEEKEND!
The Juan de Fuca Chapter of the American Association
of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP)
is
offering a Caribbean Festival in Yakima this
Saturday,
April 21st. During this workshop for Spanish
Teachers
you will learn about Caribbean games and songs,
food,
videos, dances and literature. A booklet
with
information for students and some recipes will
be
provided.
The festival will go from 11:00 a.m. till 4:00
p.m.
This workshop will be followed by a Caribbean
dance
party at Ricardo Chama's place at 7:00 p.m. The
price
is $12 for AATSP members and $15 for non-members.
First 45 registrations get a free Calendar from
Puerto
Rico.
For more information or for registration please
contact Ricardo Chama, Eastern Vice-President
of the
Juan de Fuca Chapter of the American Association
of
Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese at:
Yakima Valley Community College
ATTN: Ricardo Chama
P.O. Box 22520
Yakima, WA 98907-2520
Phone: (509) 574-4814
Fax: (509) 574-6860
rchama@yvcc.cc.wa.us
II. CHAPTER ELECTIONS UPDATES / CORRECTIONS:
Nominations are now being accepted for the board
positions listed below. Nominations close
on
May 31. Voting takes place by mail ballot
in
September. Nominations are open to all
members in
good standing. Please e-mail your nomination
to:
Carol Froelich (carolkent2@home.com).
If you are nominating yourself, please write
a 200
word statement (longer if you'd like).
The
description should include years teaching, service
to
the language community, a little bio with relevant
info, and ideas for the chapter. We strongly
encourage you to nominate yourself and/or a colleague!
1. President (one-year term 2001-2002, then 2
year
terms beginning 2002)
2. Northwestern Vice-President (1-year term 2001-2002,
then 2 year terms beginning 2002)
3. Southwestern Vice-President (2-year term)
4. Secretary (1-year term 2001-2002, then 2 year
terms
beginning 2002)
5. Treasurer (2-year term)
(Two year terms are the rule: JUST this
once the
President, Secretary and NW VP have one year
terms,
that way we elect half the board every two years.)
The following board members plan on running again:
Steve (President), Paloma (NW Vice President),
Oriana
(SW Vice President), Jay (Secretary).
For more information, please see our constitution
at
http://aatsp.20m.com/constitution.htm
III. SPANISH POSITIONS
1) VIEW RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (SEATTLE)
View Ridge Elementary School, located in NE Seattle,
off Sandpoint Way, is looking for a part-time
Spanish
teacher starting this fall for our afternoon
program.
If you know of anyone who might be interested
in this
position, or have any suggestion how to find
a Spanish teacher who enjoys teaching children,
would
you please e-mail me at: kimefukei@home.com
Thanks very much,
Kim E. Fukei, Language Coordinator, View Ridge
Elementary School
2) Busco a alguien con experiencia que enseñe
una
clase de español elemental I en el verano,
del 20 de
junio al 15 de agosto. La clase se reúne
de lunes a
jueves de 9.10 a 10.30. El libro que usamos es
¿Sabías
que?. Si sabes de alguien, por favor dale mi
dirección
y número de teléfono: (253) 840-8346.
Preguntar por
Victoria Mayorga.
3) Clases particulares. Una ejecutiva necesita
que el
profesor vaya a su empresa por una hora a la
semana
para ensenarle espanol. Media hora usando el
metodo de
TPR y media hora de gramatica o conversacion.
Ella
esta en el nivel intermedio. El sueldo es de
$16.00
por hora para empezar. Preguntar a Marita Paly:
Dpaly@aol.com
IV. MIRACLE THEATRE PERFORMANCE
The Miracle Theatre's final production of its
2000-2001 Season of Magic and Dreams will be
an
exciting new drama "REFERENCES TO SALVADOR DALI
MAKE
ME HOT" from April 20-May 19 in Portland. For
information and reservations call 503-236-7253.
V. BALLET FOLKLORICO DE VERACRUZ - TACOMA PERFORMANCE
On Wednesday, April 25, the Ballet Folklórico
de
Veracruz will be performing at the Pantages Theater
in
Tacoma. The performance begins at 7:30.
Tickets
start at $15. (253) 591-5894
VI. WAFLT FALL CONFERENCE - CALL FOR PROPOSALS
The WAFLT Fall Conference will be held at the
DoubleTree Hotel in Pasco, WA on October 12-13,
2001.
Our theme is "Languages Make the Connection:
Reading
Makes the World Yours." Stephen Krashen is our
confirmed Friday Keynoter. In addition, he will
do
several workshops: one for FL teachers, and then
one
for Language Arts teachers or Bilingual teachers
(or
perhaps even both.)
Two versions of the Call for Proposals are now
available. One is as it has always been. One
is a
joint WAFLT/PNCFL Juried Session Proposal Form.
Members have the opportunity to submit proposals
for
jury review; this is an attractive option for
many of
our college/university members. Both forms will
be
posted within the next few weeks at
http://www.k12.wa.us/walang/
You may also contact Twila Wood at twilawood@cs.com
or
509-585-3222 (w) or 509-735-3153 (h) for a form.
VII. UW WORKSHOP: Teaching Listening
using
Unscripted and Semi-Scripted Materials
You are invited to a workshop for foreign language
teachers of any level!
Amy Snyder Ohta, Assistant Professor and specialist
in
foreign language pedagogy at the University of
Washington, will lead this useful workshop.
During this hands-on workshop, participants will
create materials that they can use in their own
foreign language classes. Participants will learn
how
to create natural sounding semi-authentic audio
materials useful for their own students, and
how to
create worksheets and exercises to
use with the listening materials developed.
Date: Saturday, May 5
Time: 9AM to 12:30 PM
Location: Denny 216
Morning refreshments will be served
Clock hours are available
Please bring:
the textbook you are using (or other materials
to
refer to in making decisions about what it is
you'd
like to develop)
a tape recorder with a microphone (external microphone
preferred)
a blank cassette tape
writing materials and paper
RSVP by 4/29 required to reserve your space. Contact
Lynn Klausenberger by telephone (206)685-6421
or email
lhk@u.washington.edu
Sponsored by: University of Washington Language
Center
Board, Center for International Business Education
and
Research and the Jackson School International
Studies
VIII. UPCOMING EVENTS AT THE UW: CENTER
FOR SPANISH
STUDIES
For more information on any of the events listed
below, please contact the Center for Spanish
Studies
at (206) 221-6571 or spnrectr@u.washington.edu,
or
visit their website:
http://depts.washington.edu/spnrectr/
-Saturday, May 12th: Diversity in Spain
- a series
of four films about Spain and its geographical
and
cultural diversity. This event will include
a section
on the use of films in the Spanish class.
8:30am-5:00pm.
-Tuesday, May 22. Two workshops for Spanish teachers
by the Spanish Consultant Oscar Cerrolaza.
IX. NY TIMES ARTICLE: Hispanic Voter
Is Vivid in
Parties' Crystal Ball
April 9, 2001
Hispanic Voter Is Vivid in Parties' Crystal Ball
By ERIC SCHMITT
The New York Times
WOODBURN, Ore., April 5 — Ever since she became
an
American citizen 20 years ago, Ana Maria Guerrero
has
voted for Democrats. Even so, Mrs. Guerrero,
46, a
cannery worker, is the kind of Hispanic voter
that
politicians of both parties see as a golden prize:
one
whose party loyalties are up for grabs.
"I'd vote for a Republican if that person worked
to
make a big change for Latinos," Mrs. Guerrero
said at
a farm workers' union hall here, speaking in
Spanish
of her concerns for better health care and education.
And as the number of Latinos swells, people like
Mrs.
Guerrero, who said she would consider casting
a ballot
for a Republican who "showed respect for Latinos,"
are
indeed commanding the respect of political strategists
of all stripes.
The nation's Hispanic population grew by nearly
60
percent in the last decade, to 35.3 million,
roughly
equaling blacks as the country's largest minority.
As
Hispanics strive to translate their numbers into
the
kind of political influence that blacks have
achieved,
the battle is on among Democrats and Republicans
to
court this still largely untapped and disparate
voting
group.
Hispanics have long held political sway in big
immigrant-rich states like California, Florida
and
Texas. But data from the 2000 census show that
Latinos
are gaining a foothold in plenty of unlikely
places,
like Iowa, North Carolina and here in Oregon,
where
the Hispanic population more than doubled in
the
1990's, to 275,000 people, or 8 percent of the
state.
Oregon's shifting demographics are forcing politicians
like Senator Gordon H. Smith, a Republican who
faces a
potentially tough re-election fight next year
against
the Democratic governor, John Kitzhaber, to devise
campaign strategies aimed for the first time
at
Latinos, many of whom are deeply skeptical of
a party
they view as anti-immigrant.
The stakes are especially high for Republicans
like
Mr. Smith. Of the estimated 55,000 Hispanics
registered to vote in Oregon, the vast majority
are
Democrats. In last fall's presidential race,
Vice
President Al Gore defeated Gov. George W. Bush
by only
6,700 votes out of 1.5 million cast. Pollsters
from
both parties said Hispanics were probably decisive
in
swinging the state's seven electoral votes to
Mr.
Gore.
"The machinery of how to go after the Hispanic
vote in
2002 is in its infancy," said Kurt Pfotenhauer,
Mr.
Smith's chief of staff. "What's important is
what we
do over the next 18 months to focus on getting
this
growing population to come to the polls and come
to
the polls for our candidate."
It is perhaps no surprise that Mr. Smith has
championed a new guest- worker program that could
lead
to legal residency for millions of undocumented
workers nationwide. He has sponsored legislation
to
provide federal aid to combat high school dropout
rates, a critical problem among Hispanics. And
on
Tuesday, Mr. Smith will visit a health clinic
for
migrant workers outside Portland to promote a
plan to
expand health care for the uninsured, including
many
working-class Hispanics.
"I know the farm community and farm workers in
very
personal terms, and have watched how our laws
have
created this subculture that lives in the shadows,"
said Mr. Smith, who made his millions in frozen
foods
packaging.
Similar campaigns to win over Latinos are revving
up
across the country, on school boards and in
legislatures, in Congressional races and in war
councils in the White House.
Mr. Bush's strategists are already planning to
build
on the Spanish- language outreach program that
helped
him capture 31 percent to 35 percent of the Latino
vote last year, according to various polls, the
best
showing for a Republican since Ronald Reagan
in 1984.
But many in Republican circles express worry.
Matthew
Dowd, director of polling and media planning
for the
Bush campaign, has warned the White House and
Congressional Republicans that if Mr. Bush were
to win
the same percentage of minority voters in 2004
as he
did last year, he would lose by three million
votes.
With that bleak forecast, Mr. Dowd, now a senior
consultant for the Republican National Committee,
has
told Republican aides that Mr. Bush must increase
his
share of the black vote to 15 percent from 9
percent
last year; the Hispanic share needs to rise to
about
40 percent.
Earlier this year, Karl Rove, the president's
senior
political adviser, echoed the theme, telling
reporters
that capturing a bigger share of Hispanic voters
"was
our mission and our goal" and warning Republicans
that
that goal would "require all of us in every way
and
every day working to get that done."
Even so, political analysts caution against
overstating the immediate impact of the Hispanic
vote.
About a third of the country's Latinos
are under 18,
and many newly arrived Hispanics are not yet
citizens.
In last year's presidential race, their influence
was
negligible because Latino voters are concentrated
in
states that offer the most electoral votes, like
California, New York and Texas, and those states
were
solidly aligned with Mr. Bush or Mr. Gore. The
Midwestern battleground states had far fewer
Hispanics.
The nation's Hispanic and black populations are
now
roughly equal, but blacks hold 39 seats in the
House;
Hispanics hold 21 seats. To strengthen their
representation, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus
has
set up a political action committee to identify,
recruit and raise $2 million to $4 million for
Hispanic candidates.
Redistricting could also create opportunities
for
Hispanics. The surprising surge of Latinos could
turn
Republican strongholds like Florida, Arizona,
New
Mexico and Colorado into swing states. Texas
may soon
join California as the second big state in which
non-Hispanic whites are no longer a majority,
and
Democrats there are hoping to capitalize on this
trend, possibly running a multimillionaire Hispanic
businessman, Tony Sanchez, for governor.
More than 80 percent of Latinos in Congress and
in
state legislatures are Democrats, but that does
not
guarantee that new immigrants will align themselves
with that party.
"Latinos are conservative on abortion, but very
progressive on health care and gun control,"
said
Harry P. Pachon, president of the Tomas Rivera
Policy
Institute, a research organization in Claremont,
Calif.
Indeed, many Republicans are pinning hopes on
Latino
conservatism to help Mr. Bush overcome Democratic
voter registration drives to win Hispanic support
in
2002 and 2004.
"Democrats have won the first skirmishes, but
it's a
long battle and Republicans are bringing in the
big
bazookas," said Representative Thomas M. Davis
III of
Virginia, who heads the House Republican re-election
committee. "There's no question the Republicans
need a
greater share of Hispanic voters to stay in the
majority."
Here in Oregon, Democrats slightly outnumber
Republicans, and nearly a quarter of registered
voters
are independents. Latinos' political visibility
is
slight. There is only one Hispanic in the 30-member
State Senate, Susan Castillo, a Democrat from
Eugene,
and none in the 60- member State House.
There is a sprinkling of Latinos through county
and
local offices, including Serena Cruz, the first
Mexican-American on the Multnomah County Commission,
a
five-member board that governs Oregon's largest
county, which includes Portland.
Republicans here express confidence that their
policies and values will attract Latinos despite
registration that runs 9-to-1 for Democrats.
"The Hispanic population in Oregon is up for grabs,"
said Dan Lavey, a Republican political strategist
who
was the Bush campaign coordinator in Oregon.
"The
party and candidates who get there first, most
often
and with sincerity will have greater long-term
success."
Republicans are counting on people like Enedelia
Hernandez Schofield, 42, the daughter of migrant
workers and principal of Echo Shaw Elementary
School
in Cornelius, outside Portland. Ms. Schofield
was a
Democrat who switched parties after studying
Mr.
Bush's education policy. "It agreed with what
we were
doing at this school," she said.
But Latinos here in Marion County, a farming community
in the Willamette Valley 30 miles south of Portland,
are divided. In the last decade, Woodburn became
the
largest Oregon city where Latinos are a majority
(just
over half of its 20,100 people, up 139 percent
in a
decade).
Rigo Mora, 38, whose clothing store on Front Street
in
Woodburn reverberates with Mexican band music,
said
the choice of parties was easy for him. "Republicans
are doing a better job on taxes," he said.
But at a time when Republicans in the State Senate
are
pushing to abolish bilingual education, many
Hispanics
here cannot fathom the notion of voting for them,
even
moderate Republicans like Senator Smith.
Ana Maria Guerrero's husband, Hector, 46, a board
member of Voz Hispana, a Latino voter participation
group, shook his head when asked if he could
ever vote
Republican, saying, "Republicans seem bent on
cutting
all our programs."
X. SEATTLE TIMES ARTICLE: Discipline
puzzle aired in
class
Monday, April 09, 2001, 12:00 a.m. Pacific
Discipline puzzle aired in class
by Keith Ervin
Seattle Times staff reporter
A racially diverse Garfield High School language-arts
class spent two days this week trying to make
sense of
school-district statistics showing that
African-American students in Seattle high schools
are
more than twice as likely to be suspended or
expelled
as students of other races.
Students in Laura Strentz's class - about half
of whom
are white and a third black - spoke frankly and
were
articulate in their discussion.
They invited a Seattle Times reporter to attend.
Strentz felt the dialogue would give students
an
opportunity to discuss the issues and know their
voices had been heard.
Several Garfield students said African Americans
are
more likely than whites or Asians to challenge
a
teacher who speaks harshly or disrespectfully
to
students.
"In society, black people have been so disrespected
that when the teacher yells at them, they feel
disrespected. Among my friends, if someone's
yelling
at you and people see you being disrespected,
people
will go, 'Aren't you going to do something about
that?' " said Alaina Caldwell, a black student.
At Garfield, 15 percent of black students and
2.9
percent of non-black students were disciplined
last
year. The school has more than 1,700 students
- 47
percent are white, 35 percent black, 13 percent
Asian
American, 4 percent Hispanic and 1 percent Native
American.
Discipline was apparently heavier-handed at some
other
schools, such as Cleveland High, where 46 percent
of
blacks and 23 percent of whites received punishment.
In each of Seattle's 20 comprehensive high schools
and
middle schools, African Americans were disciplined
at
significantly higher rates than other students.
Shaunte Howlett, a black student, recalled getting
in
trouble for speaking angrily to a teacher she
felt had
been sarcastic to her. "She was doubting me as
a
student so I had to do something back."
Those comments prompted Taiwan-born Ada Chen to
say
she was taught to "never, ever" speak disrespectfully
to a teacher.
Several students said their behavior in school
reflects their parents' expectations. "People
act the
way they're raised," said Carrie McCann, who
is white.
"Every single Asian that I know, including myself,
we
have parents that are very big on education,"
Chen
said. "It's not about, 'Honey, try your best';
it's
'You'll get a 4.0 or I'll sit you down for a
lecture.'
"
Students also were good-natured in their discussion
of
a potentially volatile issue. When one boy started
to
say, "I agree ... " the boy he was agreeing with
quipped, "It's because we're both white."
Some students said African Americans are disciplined
more than their fellow students of other races
partly
because blacks more frequently engage in behavior
that
teachers find disruptive. But some disciplinary
cases
are initiated by white teachers under circumstances
in
which black teachers would handle the issue themselves
rather than sending students to the office, several
noted.
James Davis, a black sophomore who is not in Strentz's
fourth-period class, said later that African-American
students sometimes are suspended because they
"just do
ignorant things." But he said he was upset about
an
administrator who allegedly asks blacks but not
whites
to show their hall passes.
Despite some disagreements, students generally
felt
that one source of unnecessary discipline is
arguments
that erupt when teachers yell or speak insultingly.
Rocheta Lovelace, a black student, praised an
African-American teacher who is able to tell
sassy
students firmly and convincingly to sit down
and be
quiet. Most white teachers facing a similar challenge
would send those students to the office for
discipline, she said.
The issues discussed by the Garfield students
have
prompted discussions by adults around the district
as
well. Brian Benzel, the school district's chief
operating officer, said racially disproportionate
discipline is an issue in other districts, but
few
have raised it as publicly as Seattle.
While the district will explore ways of narrowing
the
discipline gap, Benzel said the order and safety
in
schools will not be compromised. "We're not talking
about changing our definition of civility or
what it
takes to succeed in our collective society,"
he said.
Keith Ervin's phone number is 206-464-2105. His
e-mail
address is kervin@seattletimes.com.
XI. SEATTLE TIMES ARTICLE: Breaching
the Latina
'ceiling' in education
Tuesday, April 03, 2001, 01:22 a.m. Pacific
Breaching the Latina 'ceiling' in education
by Florangela Davila
Seattle Times staff reporter
DEAN RUTZ / THE SEATTLE TIMES (Photo) Twelve-year-old
Cynthia Barajas, watched by friend Alethia Puga,
leaps
off the steps of the University of Washington's
Denny
Hall. Over a Subway sandwich in the Husky Union
Building yesterday, Mary Herrera talked about
going to
college.
It's her dream for her daughter, 12-year-old Marissa,
who sat at one end of a cafeteria table at the
University of Washington with her three best
friends,
chattering over pizza slices and ice cream Drumsticks.
Herrera, 50, of Grandview, Yakima County, and
her
daughter were among 40 other pairs of Latina
mothers
and daughters who arrived for a tour of a UW
campus
flush with cherry blossoms and for some insight
on
pursuing a higher education.
College is hardly a certainty for Hispanics who,
according to national statistics, were twice
as likely
as African-American students and nearly four
times
more likely than white students to drop out of
high
school.
Latinas, according to a recent study published
by the
American Association of University Women, were
the
least likely to graduate from high school among
girls
of any racial or ethnic group. And if they get
to
college, they are the least likely of any group
of
women to complete a bachelor's degree.
The lack of achievement can be attributed in part
to
economics and to stereotyping. Bilingualism is
perceived sometimes by educators as a liability,
the
study pointed out.
But for Latinas, there can also be the pressure
of
fulfilling cultural expectations: having children
instead of pursuing a career.
"There is a value that women should stay at home
and
be nurturers - get married and have kids - which
is
fine if that's what you choose to do," said Sandra
Madrid, who married her high-school sweetheart
right
after graduation and waited four years before
going to
college. She is now the assistant dean for student
affairs and administration at the UW Law School.
"The Latino culture is very traditional, very
macho,
in many ways," said Enrique Morales, assistant
to the
vice president for minority-affairs outreach
and
recruitment at the UW. "The family doesn't like
it for
females to go far from home. There's sometimes
a fear
of a large city, of a large urban campus.
"And when you're from rural areas, sometimes the
responsibility of daughters is to take care of
younger
siblings or prepare dinner."
Efforts to reach out to minorities have expanded
at
the UW since the 1998 passage of Initiative 200,
which
eliminated racial preferences in government hiring
and
school admissions.
At the UW, between fall 1998 and fall 2000, the
numbers of African Americans, Native Americans,
Hawaiian/Pacific Islanders and Hispanic/Latinos
declined.
So to diversify the student body, Morales said,
recruitment efforts are carefully tailored. In
speaking to Native American high-school students,
for
example, administrators may stress the need for
a
college education as a way to pursue leadership
positions within the tribe.
To encourage African-American students, administrators
reach out to black churches.
The key, Morales said, is for the university to
come
across as a possibility for anyone.
Yesterday's event, the second of its kind, was
sponsored in conjunction with the UW's Latina
sorority, Gamma Alpha Omega.
The daughters were largely ponytailed sixth-graders
from across the mountains in the Yakima Valley.
The
mothers were a mix of professionals and those
who had
never attended college. Some had never graduated
from
high school.
If she thinks long enough, Herrera can recall
briefly
dreaming about becoming a nurse. It was an
all-too-fleeting vision for a girl who started
working
as a dishwasher when she was 10 and was packing
oranges in Phoenix at the age of 13.
Her daughter Marissa, an honor student at Grandview
Middle School and a basketball and soccer player
as
well, joined three schoolmates for yesterday's
program. And even though she was certain her
best
friend Brittany "I'm a Husky Fan" Contreras,
12, would
surely disapprove, Marissa, when asked about
college,
matter-of-factly replied: "Harvard."
Florangela Davila can be reached at (206)464-2916
or
fdavila@seattletimes.com.
=====
Steven Green, President, sslgrn@aol.com
Ricardo Chama, Eastern V.P., cheetah101@earthlink.net
Paloma Borreguero, NW V.P., paloma@u.washington.edu
Oriana Cadman, SW V.P., ocadman@kalama.com
Jay Adams-Feuer, Secretary, jay@alumni.middlebury.edu
Alexandra Porter, Treasurer, dporter@universityprep.org
WATSP web page: http://aatsp.20m.com
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