Documenti di Didattica
Documenti di Professioni
Documenti di Cultura
is
a
sponsored
program
of
Prescott
College
The
V
ision:
the
needs
of
There
is
a
lack
of
opportunities
for
teachers
to
improve
their
practices
in
meeting
ethodology.
students
of
color
through
culturally
responsive,
a
uthentic
and
research
based
m
institute
that
The
Xican@
Institute
for
Teaching
and
Organizing
(XITO)
is
an
urban
educational
will
fill
the
gap
in
Xican@/Latin@
schooling
for
students
and
practitioners
with
the
goal
of
impacting
future
education
policy.
The
M
ission:
XITO
strives
to
support
t
he
X
ican@/Latin@
c
ommunity
t
hrough
t
eacher
p
articipation,
social
justice
pedagogy,
and
c
ommunity
o
rganizing.
X
ITOs
p
ractices
a
re
s
teeped
i
n
X
ican@
Indigenous
epistemology,
which
drives
the
intentions,
structures,
and
practices
of
the
institute.
The
Rationale:
laws,
policies
and
practices,
including
HB
Arizona
is
a
testing
g
round
for
anti-Xican@/Latin@
2281
(A.R.S.
15-112
&
15-112),
the
anti-Ethnic
Studies
law
banning
Mexican
American
Studies
courses
in
public
schools.
Given
that
many
such
political
experiments
have
been
successfully
exported
from
Arizona
to
the
larger
nation,
XITO
addresses
the
implications
of
this
legislation
by
offering
workshops
in
community
organizing
a
nd
critical
teaching
to
counter
this
trend.
In
addition
to
teaching
workshops,
XITO
supports
the
continued
teaching
of
XIcan@
Literature
and
XIcan@
Studies
in
Tucson,
Arizona.
XITO
thrives
other
Ph
to
support
Mexican
Americans
Anita
aFnd
ernndez,
Latin@s,
the
largest
and
fastest
growing
minority
g
roup
i
n
t
he
n
ation,
b
y
c
oordinating
a
policy
on
the
local,
state,
r
egional,
or
national
level.
viable
way
of
affecting
XITO
Anita
Fernndez,
P
h.D.
-
Director
Curtis
Acosta,
Ph.D.
Sean
Arce,
M.Ed.
Jos
Gonzlez,
M.A.
Norma
G
onzlez,
M.Ed.
XITO Facilitators
eliminated
classes
to
continue
on
in
a
non-
formal
setting
for
college
credit
from
Prescott
College.
Anita
is
also
the
co-founder
of
La
Tierra
Community
School,
a
K-8
Expeditionary
Learning
school
in
Prescott,
AZ.
award-winning
educator
that
has
been
featured
in
the
documentary
Precious
Knowledge,
The
Daily
Show
with
John
Stewart,
and
his
classes
were
subject
of
multiple
profiles
by
CNN,
The
New
York
Times,
and
The
Los
Angeles
Times
amongst
many
other
media
outlets.
He
received
his
Bachelor
of
Arts
from
Willamette
University
in
Salem,
Oregon;
a
Masters
of
Arts
in
Language,
Reading,
and
Culture
from
the
University
of
Arizona;
and
a
Doctorate
in
Teaching,
Learning
and
Sociocultural
Studies
at
the
University
of
Arizona.
Anita
Fernndez
is
a
scholar
activist
at
Prescott
College
(Arizona)
and
teaches
in
both
the
undergraduate
Education
program
and
the
graduate
program
in
Social
Justice
and
Human
Rights.
Anitas
work
in
education
began
as
a
high
school
English
teacher,
which
influenced
her
graduate
work
to
focus
on
preparing
activist
teachers
who
are
both
compassionate
and
critical.
Anita
is
locally
and
nationally
involved
with
organizations
that
focus
on
Chican@
access
to
education,
social
justice
activism,
critical
pedagogy
and
transformative
teacher
education.
Anita
has
worked
closely
with
the
now
banned
Mexican
American
Studies
Department
in
Tucson,
and
in
that
work
she
created
a
structure
for
the
eliminated
classes
to
continue
on
in
a
non-
formal
setting
for
the
XITO Facilitators
epistemologies.
Currently
she
is
a
third
grade
teacher
at
the
Greenest
School
in
the
Nation,
Manzo
Elementary
School
in
Tucson,
AZ.
Normas
current
curricular
and
pedagogical
focus
centers
on
ecology,
environmental
justice
and
Indigenous
Traditional
Earth
Knowledge.
Georgina
Cecilia
Perz,
M.A.,
Doctoral
Candidate
UTEP:
Teaching,
Learning
and
Culture
Jose
Gonzlez
is
in
his
twenty-second
year
of
teaching
and
currently
works
for
Tucson
Unified
School
District
teaching
th
6
grade
World
History
at
Roskruge
Bilingual
Middle
School
in
Tucson,
Arizona.
As
a
student
advocate,
Jose
was
one
of
thirteen
plaintiffs
challenging
the
constitutionality
of
HB
2281
(ARS
15-112),
which
has
made
teaching
Chicana/o
Studies
illegal
in
the
State
of
Arizona.
As
and
educator
and
student
advocate,
Jose
anchors
his
instruction
by
implementing
a
Xican@
Critical
Race
Pedagogy,
simultaneously
interweaving
a
humanizing
pedagogy
which
at
its
core
is
grounded
in
Indigenous
epistemologies.
He
works
to
foster
and
facilitate
his
students
academic
identity
through
a
philosophy,
which
is
centered
on
the
students
self-actualization
and
self-
discipline.
Jose
is
the
proud
husband
to
Norma
Norma
Gonzlez
has
been
a
Mexican
Indigenous
Studies
Critical
Educator
for
over
20
years.
Her
research
interest
is
centered
on
culture
and
re-
introducing
Xicana/o
youth
to
Indigenous
Mexican
knowledge
and
wisdom
as
a
means
to
solidify
a
positive
identity.
She
holds
a
M.Ed.
in
Educational
Leadership
and
a
B.A.
in
Elementary
Bilingual
Education.
Professionally
Norma
was
a
curriculum
specialist
with
the
Mexican
American
Studies
Department
for
ten
years
where
she
developed
curriculum
(K-12)
that
was
culturally
responsive
and
that
implemented
critical
pedagogy
and
indigenous
advocate
of
grassroots
organizing,
Georgina
sits
on
the
Social
Justice
in
Education
Task
Force,
collaborates
with
local
womens
organization,
La
Mujer
Obrera
and
Centro
Sin
Fronteras
Border
Agricultural
Workers
Project,
developing
workshops,
organizing
fund
raising
events,
poetry
nights
and
"Pelicula
y
Platica"
cultural
film
screenings
in
order
to
keep
the
message
on
the
forefront.
One
of
her
proudest
endeavors
is
"Tu
Libro
-
an
initiative
she
spearheaded
to
provide
Libros
to
students
and
their
families.
Jesus
Chucho
Ruiz
-
Calpolli
Teoxicalli
of
life,
commitment
to
social
justice,
and
obligation
to
the
Tucson
community,
Chucho
has
served
as
a
central
facilitator
of
la
tradicon
Nahua
within
the
Calpolli
Teoxicalli,
a
constellation
of
Nahua
familias
in
Tlamanalco,
Aztlan.
Chucho
has
always
answered
the
call
to
meet
the
needs
in
of
the
Chicano
community
as
spiritual
advisor,
authentic
community
leader,
and
barrio
intellectual
-
particularly
as
the
Chicana/o
community
has
been
under
attack
through
racist
laws
(HB
2281
&
SB
1070)
and
dehumanizing
practices.
Elias
Serna
Doctoral
Candidate,
UC
Riverside;
Raza
Studies
Now,
and
Chicano
Secret
Service.
Elias
is
an
English
doctoral
student
at
UC
Riverside
and
currently
teaches
Chicano
Studies
at
Cal
State
L.A.
and
Dominguez
Hills,
and
is
directing
the
PYFC
Summer
Arts
Program
in
Santa
Monica.
In
2013
he
won
the
National
Collegiate
Book
Collecting
Contest
hosted
by
the
Library
of
Congress
for
his
collection
titled
Chicano
Movement
Banned
Books.
He
is
co-
organizing
the
4th
Raza
Studies
Now
Conference
(August
23
in
Santa
Monica)
which
has
drafted
El
Plan
de
Los
Angeles
envisioning
Ethnic
Studies
in
high
schools.
With
Johnavalos
he
co-founded
the
Xican@
Pop-Up
Book
Movement
-unfolding
in
Riverside,
Texas,
Minnesota,
Salt
Lake,
South
LA
and
all
over
Aztlan
-
that
promotes
Raza
Studies
arts
and
science
through
pop
up
books,
in
order
to
proclaim
that
you
can
ban
Chican@
books,
but
theyll
still
POP
UP!
Johnavalos,
M.A.
UC
Riverside,
Department
of
Music
With
a
Masters
Degree
in
Ethnic
Dance
Education
from
Stanford
University
1978,
and
a
B.A.
in
Sociology
from
UC
Santa
Cruz,
"Johnavalos"
(John
Rios
aka
juan)
has
been
teaching
Mexican/Xican@
dance
at
4
UC
campuses
for
the
past
25
years.
Currently
a
lecturer/adjunct
with
the
Department
of
Music
at
UC
Riverside
he
serves
as
premier
director
of
the
UCR
Studio
for
Mexican
Music
and
Dance
(SMMD)
where
he
collaborates
with
famed
pioneer
of
mariachi
women
Laura
Time
8:30
am
-
9:00
am
9:00
am
-
9:30
am
9:30
am
-
10:00
am
10:00
am
11:00
am
11:00
am
11:15
am
11:15
am
-12:15
am
Institute
Workshop
Sessions
Check
in
and
light
breakfast
Welcome:
Anita
Fernndez
Opening
Ceremonia:
Calpolli
Teoxicalli
Introductions
&
Self-Assessments
In
LakEch:
Framing
the
Political
Landscape
and
the
Need
for
Activist
Oriented
Pedagogy
-
Anita
Fernndez
Break
The
Nahui
Ollin
as
a
Pedagogical
Framework
Jose
Gonzlez
&
Norma
Gonzlez
Lunch
The
Nahui
Ollin
as
a
Content
Framework
Jose
Gonzlez
&
Norma
Gonzlez
Room
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
Break
Tezcatlipoca,
Quetzalcoatl,
Huitzilopochtli,
and
Xipe
Totec
in
the
Social
Studies
Classroom:
TBD
Knowing
Ourselves,
Our
Students,
and
Our
Community
-
Sean
Arce
Day
One
Summary
&
Workshop
Evaluations
TBD
6-26-15
Institute
Workshop
Descriptions
Title
Description
In
this
opening
workshop,
XITO
Director
Anita
Fernndez
will
describe
Arizonas
current
political
In
LakEch:
Framing
the
Political
landscape,
how
it
necessitates
culturally
responsive
and
activist
oriented
pedagogy
as
well
as
its
Landscape
and
the
Need
for
impact
on
national
educational
policy.
An
overview
of
the
battle
to
preserve
Mexican
American
Activist
Oriented
Pedagogy
Studies
will
set
the
framework
for
the
institute
bringing
focus
to
the
mission
and
vision
of
XITO.
The
Nahui
Ollin,
was
developed
and
utilized
by
the
former
Mexican
American
Studies
teachers
as
The
Nahui
Ollin
as
a
Pedagogical
a
pedagogical
framework
that
fosters
culturally
sustaining
teaching.
The
framework
will
be
Framework
unpacked
by
participants
as
they
will
delve
into
the
critical
components.
This
pedagogical
framework
fosters
an
academic
identity
in
students
and
is
a
humanistic
approach
to
creating
respectful
relationships
with
students.
The
Nahui
Ollin
is
a
multifaceted
philosophy
that
also
functions
as
a
content
framework.
The
Nahui
Ollin
as
a
Content
Participants
will
learn
about
this
content
framework
and
how
they
can
apply
it
as
they
introduce
Framework
concepts
to
their
students.
As
a
content
framework
it
is
centered
in
an
inquiry-based
approach
to
learning
through
action
research.
2:15
pm
2:30pm
2:30
pm
4:30
pm
4:30
pm
4:45
pm
Time
8:30
am
-
9:00
am
Check
in
and
light
breakfast
9:00 am - 9:15 am
9:15 am - 10:15 am
Room
TBD
TBD
Barrio
Libre
TBD
10:30
am
-
12:00
pm
Culturally
Responsive
Pedagogy
Presentation
in
Action:
Amoxtli
Yayauhqui
Tezcatlipoca:
El
Camino
Hacia
Nuestro
Ser
Interno
Norma
Gonzlez
12:00
pm
-1:00
pm
Lunch
TBD
1:00
pm
-2:00
pm
Literacy,
Libraries
&
Liberation:
Mujerisma
in
the
Classroom
TBD
2:00
pm
-2:15
pm
Break
2:15
pm
4:15
pm
Si
Se
Puede!
Chican@/Latin@
Literature
and
Culturally
Responsive
Pedagogy
In
Action
TBD
Curtis
Acosta
4:15
pm
4:30
pm
Day
Two
Summary
&
Workshop
Evaluations
TBD
4:30
pm
6:30
pm
Break
6:30
pm
8:30
pm
XITO
Dinner
hosted
for
conference
participants
TBD
6-27-15
Institute
Workshop
Descriptions
Title
Description
This
session
will
offer
teachers
who
work
with
Raza
students
with
an
indigenous
rooted
process
Culturally
Responsive
Pedagogy
of
attaining
self-love
centered
on
the
Tlamanalcayotl
philosophy
of
life
(Nahui
Ollin-
four
Presentation
in
Action:
Amoxtli
movement).
Given
that,
an
underlying
goal
guiding
this
presentation
is
to
begin
to
transform
the
Yayauhqui
Tezcatlipoca:
El
negative
impact
of
colonization
and
the
tragic
effects
it
has
had
on
indigenous
Raza
people
of
Camino
Hacia
Nuestro
Ser
this
continent
for
the
past
five
hundred
years.
Poetry
will
be
utilized
for
that
reflection
and
Interno
introspection
in
such
a
manner
whereby
participants
can
profoundly
interact
with
their
inner-self
as
they
create
their
beautiful
story
in
the
tangible
form
of
an
amoxtli
(a
codex).
An
interactive
session
of
machiliztli
tlazohtla
mahuitzli
(knowledge,
love,
respect)
offering
Literacy,
Libraries
&
Liberation:
mujerisma
~
the
pedagogy
of
brown
and
black
womyn
in
classroom
communities.
A
reading
and
Mujerisma
in
the
Classroom
discussion
of
culturally
and
herstorically
responsive
literature
will
be
offered
with
the
purpose
of
developing
personal
frameworks
for
implementation
in
knowledge
sharing
environments.
Si
Se
Puede!
Chican@/Latin@
This
session
is
an
interactive
teaching
model
of
the
acclaimed
Mexican
American
Studies
Literature
and
Culturally
program
in
Tucson
led
by
Chican@/Latin@
Literature
teacher,
Curtis
Acosta.
Participants
will
Responsive
Pedagogy
In
Action
have
an
opportunity
to
experience
a
sampling
of
the
pedagogy
and
curriculum
through
a
simulated
classroom
experience
that
focuses
specifically
on
Chican@/Latin@
literature.
After
building
a
sense
of
community
through
the
experiences
as
a
class,
participants
will
have
an
opportunity
to
engage
in
a
frank
and
candid
discussion
about
the
benefits
of
culturally
responsive
pedagogy
and
curricula,
as
well
as
how
to
assist
teachers
in
the
implementation
of
Time
8:30
am
-
9:00
am
9:00
am
-
9:15
am
9:15
am
-
10:30
am
10:30 am -10:45 am
Institute
Workshop
Sessions
Check
in
and
light
breakfast
Welcome:
Jose
Gonzlez
Opening
Ceremonial:
Calpolli
Teoxicalli
Re-Defining
and
Re-Creating
Xicano
Manhood:
Towards
Counter
Hegemonic
Masculinities
with
and
for
Xicano
Male
Youth
Sean
Arce
Break
10:45am - 12:00 pm
Room
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
Xican@
Pop-Up
Books:
Pedagogies
and
Allegories
Against
Book
Burning
and
the
Ban
on
Xican@
Literature
Elias
Serna
&
Johnavalos
Rios
12:00
pm
1:00
pm
Lunch
TBD
1:00
pm
2:00
pm
Pulling
It
All
Together:
Theoretical
Frameworks
for
Decolonial
Projects
Anita
Fernndez
TBD
2:00
pm
2:15
pm
Break
2:15
pm
3:45
pm
Small
Group
Work
-
share
community
goals
&
report
to
larger
group
for
input
TBD
3:45
pm
-
4:00
pm
Day
Three
Summary
&
Workshop
Evaluations
TBD
4:00
pm
4:30
pm
Closing
Circle
TBD
6-28-15
-
Institute
Workshop
Descriptions
Title
Description
In
this
workshop,
Sean
Arce
will
facilitate
a
critical
examination
of
the
formations,
origins
and
Re-Defining
and
Re-Creating
current
manifestations
of
Xicano
masculinities.
Moreover,
the
current
manifestations
of
Xicano
Xicano
Manhood:
Towards
hegemonic
masculinities
will
be
analyzed
and
pathways
as
possibilities
(utilizing
La
Cultura
Cura
Counter
Hegemonic
Masculinities
as
a
practical
framework)
to
counter
these
hegemonic
masculinities
with
and
for
Xicano
male
with
and
for
Xicano
Male
Youth
youth,
both
inside
and
outside
of
the
classroom,
will
be
presented.
As
historical
subjects
that
have
agency,
the
Xicano
male
has
the
capacity
to
act
upon
his
reality
in
positive
and
transformative
ways
to
re-define
and
re-create
positive
and
healthy
masculinities
for
the
strengthening
of
himself,
his
female
equivalent,
and
his
community.
Adapting
MAS'
Xican@
Paradigm,
and
in
the
context
of
attacks
on
Xican@
indigenous
Xican@
Pop-Up
Books:
epistemologies
-
from
colonial
book
burning
to
the
banning
of
Chican@
Studies
books
in
Pedagogies
and
Allegories
Against
Arizona
-
we
will
walk
participants
through
Xican@
Pop-Up
Book
lesson
plans,
including
the
role
Book
Burning
and
the
Ban
on
of
allegory
and
pop-up
techniques.
We
use
the
concepts
of
self-reflection,
precious
knowledge,
Xican@
Literature
the
will
to
act,
and
transformation
to
explain
classroom
lessons
and
experiences,
as
we
proclaim
that
"you
can
ban
Chican@
books,
but
they'll
still
POP
UP!"
In
advance
of
participants
working
on
their
community
goals
and
projects,
this
final
workshop
Pulling
It
All
Together:
Theoretical
will
offer
a
framework
of
decolonizing
education
to
consider
when
applying
the
institutes
Frameworks
for
Decolonial
epistemology
to
community
work.
A
pedagogy
of
hope
and
love
along
with
liberatory
practices
Projects
that
focus
on
healing
will
be
presented
and
participants
will
be
encouraged
to
engage
in
a
dialogue
on
how
their
specific
work
relates
to
these
frameworks.
Special
Thanks
to:
Calpolli
Teoxicalli
Tlamenalco,
Aztlan
Xican@
Pop-Up
Books*
-
CalifAztlan
The
Xican@
Pop-Up
Book
Movement
was
founded
September
2013,
promoting
awareness
of
the
Tucson
MAS
struggle
and
particularly
the
banning
of
Chican@
Literature.
By
proclaiming
that
"You
can
ban
Chican@
books,
but
they'll
still
pop
up!"
we
spread
awareness
and
promote
the
advantages
of
learning
hidden
histories,
Ethnic
Studies,
and
defending
Chican@
Literature
in
Arizona.
We
have
been
recently
featured
on
NPR
radio's
"Latino
USA"
and
a
fabulous
Ted
talk
by
Ron
Espiritu.
XPUB
Pedagogy
has
popped
up
at
UC
Riverside,
CSU
Dominguez
Hills,
Animo
South
LA
High
School
and
Univ.
Minnesota
St.
Cloud.
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