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Maintaining High Expectations :

Jordan Mazariegos – College Student at TCC Christina Starzl – Conexiones Coordinator Lindsay White, M.A. – Manager Education Outreach Center, TCC. Maintaining High Expectations :. Scholarships and other opportunities for Undocumented students. Jordan Mazariegos.

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Maintaining High Expectations :

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  1. Jordan Mazariegos – College Student at TCC Christina Starzl – Conexiones Coordinator Lindsay White, M.A. – Manager Education Outreach Center, TCC Maintaining High Expectations: Scholarships and other opportunities for Undocumented students

  2. Jordan Mazariegos

  3. Undocumented: lacking necessary documents, as for e.g. permission to live or work in a country • Survival • Circumstances out of the student’s control • Brought over by family members seeking a better life • Overstay of a Visa • Legal error in paperwork

  4. Addressing the Daunting Barriers • Each year, U.S. high schools graduate an estimated 65,000 undocumented students, of whom only 5 percent ever attend college. (Passel, 2003) • For most undocumented immigrants, the major barriers to postsecondary access are both financial and legal

  5. Addressing the Daunting Barriers • First generation going to college • Cannot qualify for federal aid • Needing to support family • Ability to continue career after graduating from college/tech school

  6. How a teacher expectations can make a student a successful DREAMER Brophy and Good  in 1987 found that teachers may unconsciously send different messages to low achievers than to high achievers. For sustaining expectations to occur, it is only necessary that teachers engage in behaviors that maintain students' and teachers' previously formed low expectations (e.g., by giving low-expectation students only drill work, easy questions, etc.) (p. 34, Brophy and Good 1987).

  7. Creating a safe space for Dreamers Establish a climate of trust that allows the student to reveal their situation at their own pace by following these practices: Don’t ask undocumented students to self–identify Be mindful of language used within classroom; say “undocumented” rather than “illegal” Keep a balance of resources that can be available for all students Create student certificates using the students’ full correct names with exact dates

  8. Creating a safe space for Dreamers Have posters that reflect solidarity and support for diversity, similar to California’s AB540 Ally program

  9. When a Dreamer discloses their status….. How you react to their disclosure is critical • The more positively the person receives the information, the more comfortable he or she will make the student. • Assure them of confidentiality • Do not try to “fix” everything without knowing what could jeopardize a student’s immigration status, provide referrals and follow up with student

  10. Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals

  11. Local Resources for Immigrants YWCA Immigrant and Refugee Center 8175 East 17th Street Tulsa OK 918-663-0377  Catholic Charities 2450 N Harvard Ave  Tulsa, OK 74115 (918) 949-4673 Boesche Legal Clinic ,The University of Tulsa 407 S. Florence Ave.Tulsa,   OK   74104 918-631-5799 

  12. National Scholarship Resources for Undocumented Students • Private scholarships on Fastweb.com • Golden Door Scholars • “Like” DEEP (Dream Educational Empowerment Program) on Facebook for updates and applicable scholarships • Educators for Fair Education (E4FC) Life after College: A Guide for Undocumented Students

  13. Opportunities in Tulsa, Oklahoma Lindsay White, M.A. Manager Education Outreach Center, TCC

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