This document provides an agenda for a workshop titled "Teaching, Leading, and Living in Solidarity" held on April 22, 2017. The workshop consists of sessions for educators to share lesson plans and strategies for supporting vulnerable communities in precarious times, as well as panels on legal rights, building community partnerships, and moving forward with individual and collective action. Key sessions include exploring curriculum for teaching civic engagement at different grade levels, creating school plans to protect immigrant students and families, and discussing alternatives to LAUSD's daily random metal detector searches.

1. Session 1
9:00 - 10:15 AM1
This session will provide an opportunity for middle school
teachers to come together to share lesson plans and unit
ideas, dialogue, and plan action to respond to the threats to
vulnerable communities due to the new leadership in
Washington D.C. The session begins with a group of social
justice teachers sharing their units of instruction, followed by
opportunities for collective brainstorming and planning.
Israel Bautista, El Sereno Middle School
Drew Gutierrez, UCLA Teacher Education Program
Darlene Lee, UCLA Teacher Education Program
Moore Hall 2120
3. Teaching about Civic Engagement
in Precarious Times: Experiencing and Sharing
Curriculum (Middle School)
This session will provide an opportunity for elementary
teachers to come together to share lesson plans and unit
ideas, dialogue, and plan action to respond to the threats to
vulnerable communities due to the new leadership in
Washington D.C. The session begins with a group of social
justice teachers sharing their units of instruction, followed
by opportunities for collective brainstorming and planning.
Jeff Share, UCLA Teacher Education Program
Lizzette Mendoza, Thurgood Marshall Elementary School
María Ortega, Griffith Joyner Elementary School
Moore Hall 3320
2. Teaching About Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
in Precarious Times: Experiencing and Sharing
Curriculum (Elementary)
Sylvia Torres-Guillen, ACLU
Alisa Hartz, Public Counsel
Ilse Escobar, UTLA
John Rogers, UCLA
Physics and Astronomy 1434A
1. Teachers, Know Your Rights: Exploring the
Civil Rights of Teachers and their Students
This panel features two civil rights attorneys and a
community organizer from UTLA. Panelists will explore the
legal rights of teachers to participate in civic and political
activities. It also will address what teachers should know
about the rights of their students to exercise their political
voice.
Welcome
8:30 - 9:00 AMW
Thomas Saenz, MALDEF
John Rogers, UCLA
Annamarie Francois, UCLA Center X
Moore 100
Thomas Saenz, President and General Counsel of MALDEF,
will address new challenges to the civil rights and civil
liberties of students and families in Los Angeles and the role
of educators in fostering inclusive communities and high
quality education.
Teaching, Leading, and
Living in Solidarity
April 22, 2017
8:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Registration & Breakfast
8:00 - 8:30 AM
Welcome
8:30 - 9:00 AM
Session 1
9:00 - 10:15 AM
Session 2
10:30- 11:45 AM
Plenary
12:00 - 12:30 PM
Lunch & Networking
12:30 - 2:00 PM

2. This workshop explores strategies for educators to build
alliances with diverse communities. Panelists will speak to
the challenges that the Trump administration’s rhetoric and
policies have created for particular communities and begin a
conversation about how educators can support and establish
respectful collaborations with these communities.
Session 2
10:30- 11:45 AM2
In response to the current administration and executive
orders on immigration, this session will address and discuss
how leaders can leverage partnerships to support students
and families in these perilous times.
Devora Navera Reed, Office of the General Counsel
Jeffrey Garrett, Partnership for Los Angeles Schools
Nancy Parachini, UCLA Principal Leadership Institute
Moore Hall 2120
1. Leading Schools in Precarious Times: A Session
for School Leaders
This session will address critical issues for educators to
consider as they develop a school plan to protect
immigrant youth and families including: "Sensitive
Locations" and "Sensitive Locations" memos, protecting
student records, communicating the school plan to ease
family fears, connecting educators to immigrant support
organizations, DACA, and options for immigrant youth
including Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) and the
U visa.
Andrea Ramos, Southwestern Law School
Annamarie Francois, UCLA Center X
Physics and Astronomy 2434
2. Creating a School Plan to Protect Immigrant Youth
Yousef Baker, CSULB
Aya Mimura, LA LGBT Center
Mireya Vela, Families in Schools
Angela James, Black Lives Matter LA
Annamarie Francois, UCLA Center X
Physics and Astronomy 2434
7. Building Strong and Respectful Coalitions in
Precarious Times
and Families
This session will provide an opportunity for high school
teachers to come together to share lesson plans and unit
ideas, dialogue, and plan action to respond to the threats to
vulnerable communities due to the new leadership in
Washington D.C. The session begins with a group of social
justice teachers sharing their units of instruction, followed
by opportunities for collective brainstorming and planning.
Eddie Lopez, Roosevelt High School
Miguel Covarrubias, Franklin High School
Mariana Ramirez, Math, Science and Technology Magnet
Academy at Roosevelt High School
Carrie Usui Johnson, UCLA Center X
4. Teaching about Civic Engagement
in Precarious Times: Experiencing and Sharing
Curriculum (High School)
5. Know Your rights: Protecting the Community from
Immigration Enforcement
This session is designed by Los Angeles educators for other
educators/administration interested in learning and building
their skills in maximizing restorative practices through
everyday teaching and learning. By first reviewing the
fundamentals of a Restorative Justice classroom, then
experiencing a circle lesson plan, and finally role-playing
various scenarios in both behavior and academic situations,
participants will deepen their knowledge, skills and mindsets
about a restorative education.
Aileen Adao, Math, Science and Technology Magnet
Academy at Roosevelt High School
Sarah Leimbach-Hollingsworth, Jordan High School
Moore Hall 3340
6. Practicing Restorative Justice in Precarious Times
Martha Ruch, Advancing Justice
Moore Hall 1048
Martha Ruch, attorney with Asian Americans Advancing
Justice Los Angeles, will provide a general overview of
current immigration law related to the needs of
undocumented immigrant youth and families. She will
address immigration remedies available to undocumented
residents and share a “know your rights” primer, including
tips on how families can make a plan in case of emergencies or
detention by immigration enforcement.
Moore Hall 3027

3. Plenary
12:00 - 12:30 PMP
Moore 100
MOVING FORWARD:
Individual and Collective Action for
Change
In our closing plenary, Professor John Rogers will facilitate a
panel with Angelica Salas, Executive Director of CHIRLA,
UCLA Education Professor, Pedro Noguera, and UC Santa
Cruz Sociology Professor, Veronica Terriquez. Panelists will
address how educators can take action to support students and
families and expand democracy and justice in these precarious
times.
Angelica Salas, CHIRLA
Pedro Noguera, UCLA
Veronica Terriquez, UC Santa Cruz
John Rogers, UCLA
This workshop provides information on the effects and
implications of the current Los Angeles Unified School
District (LAUSD) Daily Random Metal Detector Search
Policy (Bulletin 5424.2), which requires school
administrators in every public middle and high school to
conduct daily metal detector wanding of students.
Panelists from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU),
UCLA, LAUSD will discuss recent organizing efforts
against the policy. The workshop solicits the voices of
students, teachers, lawyers, community members, and
UCLA faculty and students through small roundtables,
which are designed to encourage sharing experiences and
generating alternative solutions. Ideas from roundtables will
be incorporated into a report of policy and practice
alternatives to be submitted to the LAUSD Superintendent
and Board.
Pedro Noguera, UCLA
Victor Leung, ACLU
Ruth Cusick, Public Counsel
Milinda Kakai, Public Counsel
Vitaly, LAUSD
Jody Priselac, UCLA
Bianca Haro, UCLA
Melissa Goodnight, UCLA
John Rogers, UCLA
Moore 100
5. Our Students are Not Suspects: Alternatives to LAUSD's
Daily Random Metal Detector Searches to Ensure
School Safety
This session will provide an opportunity for high school
teachers to come together to share lesson plans and unit
ideas, dialogue, and plan action to respond to the threats to
vulnerable communities due to the new leadership in
Washington D.C. The session begins with a group of social
justice teachers sharing their units of instruction, followed by
opportunities for collective brainstorming and planning.
Steve Valenzuela, UCLA Teacher Education Program
Mariana Ramirez, Math, Science and Technology
Magnet Academy at Roosevelt High School
Carrie Usui Johnson, UCLA Center X
Moore Hall 3027
4. Teaching about Civic Engagement
in Precarious Times: Experiencing and Sharing
Curriculum (High School)
This session will provide an opportunity for elementary
teachers to come together to share lesson plans and unit
ideas, dialogue, and plan action to respond to the threats to
vulnerable communities due to the new leadership in
Washington D.C. The session begins with a group of
social justice teachers sharing their units of instruction,
followed by opportunities for collective brainstorming and
planning.
Jeff Share, UCLA Teacher Education Program
Lizzette Mendoza, Thurgood Marshall Elementary School
María Ortega, Griffith Joyner Elementary School
Moore Hall 3320
3. Teaching About Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
in Precarious Times: Experiencing and Sharing
Curriculum (Elementary)
Special thanks to the Annenberg Foundation and the California Community Foundation for their generous
contributions to make this event happen.
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