Time: 2:00-3:30 pm CTS

Location: In person,
AIR Office
10 S. Riverside Plaza, Suite 600
Chicago, IL 60606

Description: REL Midwest will host a 90-minute documentary screening and panel discussion on evidence-based practices to support Latino students on their pathway to a postsecondary education. Researchers Jennifer Trujillo and Awilda Rodriguez discuss instructional practices teachers can use to support Latino students in high school and strategies and approaches to encourage Latino student success in college. The program also features stories from students, families, and educators at Cesar Chavez High School in Detroit and Migrant Student Services at Michigan State University. This screening will provide an opportunity for educators, parents, and students to learn more about the best practices to support Latino students on their paths to a postsecondary education.

After the screening, REL Midwest will facilitate a panel discussion. Attendees will have an opportunity to ask questions about panelists’ experience, the research, and programs featured in the documentary.

Partnership or Research Alliance: Midwest Career Readiness Research Alliance

Audience: The main audiences for the in-person screening will be individuals and organizations in the Chicago area involved in supporting Latino students throughout their pathway to postsecondary education (K–12+), including program staff, state and local education agency representatives, school leaders, teachers, higher education program staff, researchers, community members, community-based organizations, and policymakers.

Speakers:

• Andrea Cortes, postsecondary coach, Network for College Success, The University of Chicago
• Lyzz Davis, senior researcher, REL Midwest
• Sarah Rand, Documentary Producer, REL Midwest, Chicago, IL, moderator
• Luis Narvaez, strategic project director, Office of Language and Cultural Education, Chicago Public Schools

Report Citations: Bordes-Edgar, V., Arredondo, P., Kurpius, S. R., & Rund, J. (2011). A longitudinal analysis of Latina/o students’ academic persistence. Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 10 (4), 358- 368. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ942428