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Giving voice to students experiencing homelessness: Sharing lessons from students’ stories. Kathy Mustacato Wigtil, Ed.D . Department of Curriculum & Instruction. Presentation Agenda. Why give students a voice? What did they say about how homelessness influenced their education?
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Giving voice to students experiencing homelessness:Sharing lessons from students’ stories Kathy Mustacato Wigtil, Ed.D. Department of Curriculum & Instruction
Presentation Agenda • Why give students a voice? • What did they say about how homelessness influenced their education? • What did we learn from listening? • Discussion and Questions
What do educational theorists say?Culturally Responsive Teaching (CRT) &Care Ethics
Why do educators need to listen? • Lack of current studies related to achievement and educational outcomes for homeless students (Cowen, 2017; Ingrim et al., 2016) • A need to understand what factors contribute to educational resiliency and academic success (Bryan, 2015; MacDonald, 2013)
We need stories… • Portraiture: a term described by Lawrence-Lightfoot and Davis (1997) as a “method of inquiry and documentation” (p. 3) to share the students’ voices in a way that develops a rich, complex story of their experiences with homelessness and schooling Source: Sports Illustrated, October, 2014
Here is what I asked students? • How has homelessness influenced the student’s educational outcome? • What interventions did the student find the most helpful? • What interventions did the student find the least helpful?
Here’s what I concluded: For Educators • Need Social Workers and Counselors who are trauma trained • Need Community Partners • Create opportunities to include students • Post-secondarytraining
Here’s what we can do: • Programs • On Your Own: Navigating the Road to Independence (Jumper, 2010) – Support groups for students transitioning to post-secondary life • Student Advisory Boards (Aviles de Bradley, 2015; Nieto, 2013) – Seeking student input on programs and initiatives • Florida State University’s Unconquered Scholars Program (Field, 2015; Jackson, 2017). • Community Partnerships • Using Social Work Interns • Food Pantries & Resale Shops/Clothes Closets • SNAP benefits
Discussion - take a few minutes to share with your neighbor(s): can you think of ways to include students’ stories in your work? What would that look like?Questions? Kathy M. Wigtil, kathy_wigtil@baylor.edu