I was asked to create a professional presentation that reflects my philosophy of education and research on best practices; this presentation will demonstrate how the two collide.

1. BUILDING
COMMUNITIES
FOR
THE SCHOOLS
Research and Philosophy of Education
by Catherine Silvas
Professor Dr. Centene Richards
CATHERINE'S PRESENTATION

2. Parent Involvement
Philosophy
Tying into Research
Section One - Philosophy of Education
Philosophy and Research
Section Two - Research
Connecting language objective to the culture expo
Key Themes
History Impacting Students
The Shaping of My Educational Philosophy

3. “OUR DEEPEST FEAR IS NOT THAT WE ARE INADEQUATE. OUR
DEEPEST FEAR IS THAT WE ARE POWERFUL BEYOND MEASURE. IT IS
OUR LIGHT, NOT OUR DARKNESS THAT MOST FRIGHTENS US. WE ASK
OURSELVES, WHO AM I TO BE BRILLIANT, GORGEOUS, TALENTED,
FABULOUS? ACTUALLY, WHO ARE YOU NOT TO BE? YOU ARE A CHILD
OF GOD. YOU’RE PLAYING SMALL DOES NOT SERVE THE WORLD.
THERE IS NOTHING ENLIGHTENED ABOUT SHRINKING SO THAT
OTHER PEOPLE WON'T FEEL INSECURE AROUND YOU. WE ARE ALL
MEANT TO SHINE, AS CHILDREN DO. WE WERE BORN TO MAKE
MANIFEST THE GLORY OF GOD THAT IS WITHIN US. IT'S NOT JUST IN
SOME OF US; IT'S FOR EVERYONE. AND AS WE LET OUR LIGHT SHINE,
WE UNCONSCIOUSLY PERMIT OTHER PEOPLE TO DO THE SAME. AS
WE ARE LIBERATED FROM OUR FEAR, OUR PRESENCE
AUTOMATICALLY LIBERATES OTHERS.”
Williamson, 1992
SECTION ONE
PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION

4. It takes a community to raise a child
how to get refugee parents involved in their child's school
PARENT
INVOLVEMENT
SECTION ONE
“S c h o o l s a r e o f t e n a p r i m e
p o i n t o f c o n t a c t b e t w e e n
r e f u g e e f a m i l i e s a n d t h e h o s t
c o u n t r y ” ( R a h , C h o i , N g u y e n ,
2 0 0 9 ) .

5. PHILOSOPHY
My philosophy of education will be like my
motto for teaching.
Research shows that parent involvement
can improve students' behavior, attendance,
and achievement (The Center for
Comprehensive School Reform and
Improvement, 2005).
“Despite the limitations of this work, the
study has robustly demonstrated that
parent’s welcome invitations to participate
in promoting their children’s school
success, that they are happy to receive
training in how to do so most effectively,
and that the parental efforts indeed result
in children’s improved language and
language analysis skills” (Project EASE,
2000)
SECTION ONE

6. TYING INTO
RESEARCHBest practices in education.

7. PHILOSOPHY
Building communities for our schools
RESEARCH
Connecting best practices to This Is
Me Expo
SECTION TWO

8. SECTION TWO
credit: http://www.k12.wa.us/ELA/pubdocs/CLP.pdf
WASHINGTON STATE
COMPREHENSIVE LITERACY PLAN:
BIRTH TO GRADE 12
by the superintendent of public instruction Washington
Key Themes!

9. SECTION TWO
Key Themes!

10. How will the arts help students to reach those objectives?
How will you know the objectives have been reached? What will your
indicators be? Which evaluation tools will you use?
For students who may not be very interested in the arts (poetry, singing,
dancing), how might they be invited into the work? What other medium or
interests can be looped into the project?
What resources do you have on hand to support arts-integration and project-
based learning?
What additional resources might you need?
How will students be involved in designing the project?
How will student work be shared?
How do you envision this creating a stronger community? How will you know
if that goal has been achieved?
Questions I still have
History
Impacting
Students
SECTION TWO

11. the focus is on outcomes (learning) rather
than on activities.
HOW THE TWO
MAKE MUSIC
CONCLUSION

12. THANK YOU
FOR YOUR
TIME.
I hope you enjoyed
my presentation, any
qeustions.
CATHERINE'S PRESENTATION

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