ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Pearl Arredondo - Teacher
Pearl Arredondo helped establish a pilot middle school that teaches students to be good communicators in the 21st century.

Why you should listen

Pearl Arredondo grew up in the impoverished East Los Angeles neighborhood of Boyle Heights. She was raised by a single-mother, a long time Los Angeles Unified School District office secretary, who saw firsthand the challenges facing students in public schools. To ensure that she got the best education in the district, Arredondo was bussed to schools almost an hour away from home.

Arredondo graduated and moved on to Pepperdine University, where she received both a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts in Education and Instructional Leadership. She was the first in her family to graduate from college and began her teaching career at San Fernando Middle School (SFMS) -- the very middle school she attended eight years prior.

At SFMS, she embraced the mission of enhancing educational opportunities for historically underserved students. To do so, she launched the school’s Multimedia Academy, which serviced 350 low-income students. After three successful years, the Multimedia Academy faculty decided it was time to make a full split and become a separate school. In 2010, she helped lead an ambitious reform agenda, through a pilot reform model, that focused on technology development, improving outcomes for children and strengthening families. The team founded San Fernando Institute for Applied Media (SFiAM), the first pilot school established in the Los Angeles Unified School District at the middle school level.

Arredondo is passionate about increasing student access to technology and closing the digital divide, and is a tireless advocate for technology-based curriculum that prepare students to enter a global economy. Her goal is to make SFiAM a model of educational reform.

Currently, Arredondo is pursuing a Master of Science in Educational Administration and is a 2013 National Board Certified Teacher candidate. She is also part of the 2013 Teach Plus Teaching Policy Fellowship and serves as the Vice President of SFiAM’s Governing Council. She is featured in the short documentary film TEACHED Vol.1: “The Blame Game,” and is a role model for young Latinas seeking to make a difference in their communities.

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Pearl Arredondo: My story, from gangland daughter to star teacher

Pearl Arredondo: Cerita Saya, dari anak anggota geng menjadi guru idola

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Pearl Arredondo tumbuh besar di East Los Angeles, putri dari seorang anggota geng senior yang sering keluar masuk penjara. Banyak guru yang menganggapnya gagal karena punya masalah dengan otoritas. Sekarang sebagai seorang guru, ia membuat sekolah yang berbeda dari biasanya, dan menceritakan pengalamannya pada murid-muridnya, agar mereka tahu bahwa tidak apa jika terkadang PR bukanlah hal utama yang ada dalam benak mereka.
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Pearl Arredondo helped establish a pilot middle school that teaches students to be good communicators in the 21st century. Full bio

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So I grewtumbuh up in EastTimur LosLos AngelesAngeles,
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Saya tumbuh besar di East Los Angeles,
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not even realizingmenyadari I was poormiskin.
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tidak menyadari sama sekali bahwa saya miskin.
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My dadayah was a high-rankingberpangkat tinggi ganggang memberanggota who ranberlari the streetsjalanan.
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Ayah saya adalah anggota geng senior yang menguasai jalanan.
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EveryoneSemua orang knewtahu who I was,
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Semua orang tahu siapa saya,
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so I thought I was a prettycantik bigbesar dealberurusan, and I was protecteddilindungi,
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jadi saya pikir saya sangat penting,
dan saya dilindungi,
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and even thoughmeskipun my dadayah spentmenghabiskan mostpaling of my life
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dan meskipun ayah saya sering sekali
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in and out of jailpenjara,
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keluar masuk penjara,
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I had an amazingmenakjubkan momibu who was just fiercelysengit independentindependen.
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Saya mempunyai seorang ibu luar biasa
yang sangat mandiri.
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She workedbekerja at the locallokal hightinggi schoolsekolah
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Dia bekerja di SMA setempat
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as a secretarysekretaris in the dean'sDean officekantor,
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sebagai sekretaris di kantor kepala sekolah,
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so she got to see all the kidsanak-anak that got throwndilemparkan out of classkelas,
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jadi dia selalu melihat semua anak
yang dikeluarkan dari kelas
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for whateverterserah reasonalasan, who were waitingmenunggu to be disciplinedberdisiplin.
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karena berbagai alasan,
yang menunggu hukuman mereka.
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Man, her officekantor was packedpenuh sesak.
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Ya Tuhan, kantornya sangat penuh.
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So, see, kidsanak-anak like us, we have a lot of things to dealberurusan with
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Jadi, anak-anak seperti kami mempunyai
begitu banyak hal untuk dihadapi
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outsidedi luar of schoolsekolah,
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di luar sekolah,
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and sometimesterkadang we're just not readysiap to focusfokus.
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dan terkadang kami tidak siap untuk fokus.
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But that doesn't mean that we can't.
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Tapi itu bukan berarti kami tidak bisa.
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It just takes a little bitsedikit more.
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Kami hanya membutuhkan waktu lebih lama.
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Like, I rememberingat one day I foundditemukan my dadayah
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Seperti, saya teringat ketika suatu hari
saya menemukan ayah saya
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convulsingkejang, foamingberbusa at the mouthmulut,
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kejang-kejang, dengan mulut berbusa,
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OD-ingOD-ing on the bathroomkamar mandi floorlantai.
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overdosis di lantai kamar mandi.
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Really, do you think that doing my homeworkpekerjaan rumah that night
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Yang benar saja, apa Anda pikir mengerjakan PR malam itu
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was at the toppuncak of my priorityprioritas listdaftar?
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menjadi prioritas teratas saya?
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Not so much.
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Tidak juga.
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But I really neededdibutuhkan a supportmendukung networkjaringan,
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Tapi saya betul-betul membutuhkan jejaring pendukung,
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a groupkelompok of people who were going to help me
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sekelompok orang yang akan membantu saya
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make sure that I wasn'ttidak going to be
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memastikan bahwa saya tidak akan menjadi
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a victimkorban of my ownsendiri circumstancekeadaan,
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korban dari keadaan saya sendiri,
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that they were going to pushDorong me
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dan mereka akan mendorong saya
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beyondluar what I even thought I could do.
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jauh lebih dari yang bahkan saya sendiri bisa bayangkan.
01:30
I neededdibutuhkan teachersguru, in the classroomkelas, everysetiap day,
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Saya membutuhkan para guru, di kelas, setiap hari,
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who were going to say, "You can movepindah beyondluar that."
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yang mengatakan,
"Kamu bisa melakukan lebih dari ini."
01:37
And unfortunatelysayangnya, the locallokal juniorJunior hightinggi
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Dan sayangnya, SMP setempat
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was not going to offermenawarkan that.
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tidak akan menawarkan dukungan seperti itu.
01:42
It was gang-infestedgeng-penuh, hugebesar teacherguru turnoveromset ratemenilai.
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Daerah kami sangat dikuasai geng, sehingga para guru selalu silih berganti.
01:46
So my momibu said, "You're going on a busbis
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Jadi ibu saya berkata,
"Kamu akan naik bus ke sekolah
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an hourjam and a halfsetengah away from where we livehidup everysetiap day."
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yang jauhnya satu setengah jam dari rumah kita setiap hari."
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So for the nextberikutnya two yearstahun, that's what I did.
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Jadi selama dua tahun berikutnya,
itulah yang saya lakukan.
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I tookmengambil a schoolsekolah busbis to the fancymewah sidesisi of townkota.
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Saya naik bus sekolah ke daerah elit di sisi lain kota.
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And eventuallyakhirnya, I endedberakhir up at a schoolsekolah
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Dan akhirnya, saya bersekolah
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where there was a mixturecampuran.
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di tengah lingkungan yang beragam.
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There were some people who were really gang-affiliatedberafiliasi dengan geng,
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Ada beberapa orang yang terlibat dalam geng,
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and then there were those of us
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dan ada orang-orang seperti saya
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really tryingmencoba to make it to hightinggi schoolsekolah.
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yang benar-benar berusaha untuk masuk SMA.
02:12
Well, tryingmencoba to staytinggal out of troublekesulitan was a little unavoidabletidak dapat dihindari.
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Namun mencoba menjauhi masalah kadang sulit dihindari.
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You had to survivebertahan.
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Anda harus dapat bertahan hidup.
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You just had to do things sometimesterkadang.
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Kadang-kadang Anda harus melakukan hal-hal lain.
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So there were a lot of teachersguru who were like,
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Jadi ada beberapa guru yang berpikir,
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"She's never going to make it.
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"Dia tidak akan berhasil.
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She has an issueisu with authoritywewenang.
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Dia punya masalah dengan otoritas.
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She's not going to go anywheredimana saja."
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Dia tidak akan menjadi siapa-siapa."
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Some teachersguru completelysama sekali wrotemenulis me off as a lostkalah causesebab.
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Beberapa guru bahkan mencap saya
tidak ada harapan.
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But then, they were very surprisedterkejut
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Namun kemudian, mereka sangat terkejut
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when I graduatedlulus from hightinggi schoolsekolah.
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ketika saya lulus dari SMA.
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I was acceptedditerima to PepperdinePepperdine UniversityUniversitas,
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Saya diterima di Pepperdine University,
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and I camedatang back to the samesama schoolsekolah that I attendedmenghadiri
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dan saya kembali ke sekolah saya sebelumnya
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to be a specialkhusus edEd assistantAsisten.
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untuk menjadi asisten guru khusus.
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And then I told them, "I want to be a teacherguru."
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Dan saya mengatakan kepada mereka,
"Saya mau menjadi guru."
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And boyanak laki-laki, they were like, "What? Why?
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Mereka semua terkejut, "Apa? Kenapa?
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Why would you want to do that?"
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Kenapa kamu mau menjadi guru?"
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So I beganmulai my teachingpengajaran careerkarier
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Jadi saya mengawali karir mengajar saya
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at the exacttepat samesama middletengah schoolsekolah that I attendedmenghadiri,
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di sekolah menengah yang sama tempat saya
bersekolah dulu,
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and I really wanted to try to savemenyimpan more kidsanak-anak
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dan saya benar-benar ingin mencoba menyelamatkan lebih banyak anak-anak
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who were just like me.
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seperti saya.
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And so everysetiap yeartahun, I shareBagikan my backgroundLatar Belakang with my kidsanak-anak,
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Jadi setiap tahun, saya berbagi pengalaman latar belakang saya dengan anak-anak,
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because they need to know that everyonesemua orang has a storycerita,
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karena mereka perlu mengetahui bahwa
setiap orang punya cerita,
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everyonesemua orang has a struggleperjuangan,
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setiap orang memliki perjuangannya sendiri,
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and everyonesemua orang needskebutuhan help alongsepanjang the way.
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dan setiap orang membutuhkan bantuan
dalam prosesnya.
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And I am going to be theirmereka help alongsepanjang the way.
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Dan saya akan menjadi penolong bagi anak-anak ini.
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So as a rookieRookie teacherguru, I createddiciptakan opportunitykesempatan.
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Jadi sebagai seorang guru pemula,
saya menciptakan kesempatan.
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I had a kidanak one day come into my classkelas
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Suatu hari ada seorang anak yang datang
ke kelas saya
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havingmemiliki been stabbedditusuk the night before.
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setelah ditikam pada malam sebelumnya.
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I was like, "You need to go to a hospitalRSUD,
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Saya bilang, "Kamu harus ke rumah sakit,
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the schoolsekolah nurseperawat, something."
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atau ke perawat sekolah, rawat lukamu."
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He's like, "No, MissMiss, I'm not going.
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Dia menjawab, "Tidak, Bu, saya tidak mau pergi.
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I need to be in classkelas because I need to graduatelulus."
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Saya harus ada di kelas karena saya ingin lulus."
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So he knewtahu that I was not going to let him be a victimkorban
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Jadi dia tahu bahwa saya
tidak akan membiarkannya menjadi korban
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of his circumstancekeadaan,
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dari keadaannya,
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but we were going to pushDorong forwardmeneruskan and keep movingbergerak on.
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tapi kita harus terus maju ke depan dan
terus berupaya.
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And this ideaide of creatingmenciptakan a safeaman havensurga for our kidsanak-anak
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Dan ide untuk menciptakan tempat yang aman
bagi anak-anak ini
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and gettingmendapatkan to know exactlypersis what they're going throughmelalui,
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dan mengetahui dengan pasti apa yang akan mereka jalani,
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gettingmendapatkan to know theirmereka familieskeluarga -- I wanted that,
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mengenal lebih dalam keluarga mereka --
saya ingin melakukannya,
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but I couldn'ttidak bisa do it in a schoolsekolah with 1,600 kidsanak-anak,
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tapi saya tidak bisa melakukannya di sekolah
dengan 1.600 anak,
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and teachersguru turningberputar over yeartahun after yeartahun after yeartahun.
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dan guru yang keluar masuk setiap tahun.
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How do you get to buildmembangun those relationshipshubungan?
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Bagaimana Anda membangun hubungan
dalam keadaan seperti itu?
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So we createddiciptakan a newbaru schoolsekolah.
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Jadi kami mendirikan sebuah sekolah baru.
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And we createddiciptakan
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Dan kami mendirikan
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the SanSan FernandoFernando InstituteInstitut for AppliedDiterapkan MediaMedia.
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San Fernando Institute for Applied Media.
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And we madeterbuat sure that we were still attachedterlampir
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Dan kami memastikan agar tetap terhubung
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to our schoolsekolah districtdistrik for fundingdana, for supportmendukung.
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dengan pengelola sekolah di distrik kami untuk mendapatkan pendanaan dan dukungan.
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But with that, we were going to gainmendapatkan freedomkebebasan:
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Namun dengan itu, kami akan
mendapatkan kebebasan:
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freedomkebebasan to hiremempekerjakan the teachersguru
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kebebasan untuk mempekerjakan guru-guru
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that we knewtahu were going to be effectiveefektif;
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yang kami tahu akan bekerja dengan efektif;
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freedomkebebasan to controlkontrol the curriculumkurikulum
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kebebasan untuk mengatur kurikulum sendiri
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so that we're not doing lessonpelajaran 1.2 on pagehalaman fivelima, no;
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sehingga kami tidak harus melakukan Pelajaran 1.2 dari halaman lima, tidak;
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and freedomkebebasan to controlkontrol a budgetanggaran,
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dan kebebasan untuk mengendalikan anggaran,
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to spendmenghabiskan moneyuang where it matterspenting,
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untuk mengalokasikan dana pada
hal-hal yang penting,
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not how a districtdistrik or a statenegara saysmengatakan you have to do it.
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bukan seperti yang diatur oleh distrik atau
pemerintah daerah.
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We wanted those freedomskebebasan.
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Kami menginginkan kebebasan-kebebasan itu.
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But now, shiftingbergeser an entireseluruh paradigmparadigma,
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Tapi tentunya, mengubah sebuah paradigma --
cara pandang,
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it hasn'tbelum been an easymudah journeyperjalanan, normaupun is it even completelengkap.
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bukan merupakan proses yang mudah,
dan prosesnya masih terus berjalan.
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But we had to do it.
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Tapi kami harus melakukannya.
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Our communitymasyarakat deservedpantas a newbaru way of doing things.
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Komunitas kami layak mendapatkan perubahan itu.
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And as the very first pilotpilot middletengah schoolsekolah
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Dan sebagai proyek sekolah menengah percontohan pertama
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in all of LosLos AngelesAngeles UnifiedBersatu SchoolSekolah DistrictDistrik,
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di seluruh Distrik Sekolah-Sekolah Los Angeles,
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you better believe there was some oppositionoposisi.
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tentunya ada banyak perlawanan yang kami hadapi.
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And it was out of feartakut --
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Yang semuanya terlahir dari ketakutan --
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feartakut of, well, what if they get it wrongsalah?
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ketakutan atas, yah, bagaimana kalau mereka ternyata gagal?
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Yeah, what if we get it wrongsalah?
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Yah, bagaimana kalau kami gagal?
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But what if we get it right?
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Tapi bagaimana jika kami berhasil?
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And we did.
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Dan kami berhasil.
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So even thoughmeskipun teachersguru were againstmelawan it
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Jadi meskipun guru-guru menentang hal ini
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because we employmempekerjakan one-yearsatu tahun contractskontrak --
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karena kami menerapkan kontrak satu tahun --
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you can't teachmengajar, or you don't want to teachmengajar,
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jika Anda tidak bisa mengajar,
atau tidak mau mengajar,
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you don't get to be at my schoolsekolah with my kidsanak-anak.
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Anda tidak berhak berada di sekolah ini
dengan anak-anak saya.
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(ApplauseTepuk tangan)
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(Tepuk tangan)
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So in our thirdketiga yeartahun, how did we do it?
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Jadi pada tahun ketiga kami,
bagaimana pencapaian kami?
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Well, we're makingmembuat schoolsekolah worthbernilai comingkedatangan to everysetiap day.
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Jadi, kami membuat sekolah menjadi tempat yang layak didatangi setiap hari.
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We make our kidsanak-anak feel like they mattermasalah to us.
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Kami membuat anak-anak merasa bahwa mereka penting bagi kami.
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We make our curriculumkurikulum rigorouskeras and relevantrelevan to them,
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Kami membuat kurikulum yang ketat dan relevan
bagi mereka,
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and they use all the technologyteknologi that they're used to.
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dan mereka menggunakan semua teknologi yang biasa mereka gunakan.
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LaptopsLaptop, computerskomputer, tabletstablet -- you namenama it, they have it.
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Laptop, komputer, komputer tablet -- sebut saja,
mereka mempunyainya.
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AnimationAnimasi, softwareperangkat lunak, moviemakingmoviemaking softwareperangkat lunak, they have it all.
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Animasi, software, program pembuat film,
mereka punya semua itu.
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And because we connectmenghubungkan it to what they're doing —
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Dan karena kami menghubungkannya dengan
apa yang mereka lakukan --
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For examplecontoh, they madeterbuat publicpublik servicelayanan announcementsPengumuman
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Contohnya, mereka membuat iklan layanan masyarakat
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for the CancerKanker SocietyMasyarakat.
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untuk Komunitas Kanker.
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These were playeddimainkan in the locallokal trolleytroli systemsistem.
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Iklan tersebut ditayangkan pada sistim trem setempat.
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TeachingPengajaran elementselemen of persuasionbujukan,
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Kami mengajarkan elemen-elemen persuasi,
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it doesn't get any more realnyata than that.
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tidak mungkin bisa lebih nyata dari ini.
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Our statenegara testuji scoresskor have gonepergi up
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Nilai Ujian Nasional sekolah kami sudah meningkat
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more than 80 pointspoin sincesejak we'vekita sudah becomemenjadi our ownsendiri schoolsekolah.
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lebih dari 80 poin sejak kami mendirikan
sekolah kami.
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But it's takendiambil all stakeholdersstakeholder, workingkerja togetherbersama --
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Tapi itu membutuhkan semua pihak
untuk bekerja sama --
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teachersguru and principalskepala sekolah on one-yearsatu tahun contractskontrak,
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para guru dan kepala sekolah dalam
kontrak satu tahun,
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workingkerja over and aboveatas and beyondluar theirmereka contractkontrak hoursjam
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bekerja melebihi dan melampaui jam kontrak mereka
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withouttanpa compensationkompensasi.
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tanpa kompensasi.
06:55
And it takes a schoolsekolah boardnaik memberanggota
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Dan itu membutuhkan anggota dewan sekolah
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who is going to lobbylobi for you and say,
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yang akan melakukan lobi untuk Anda dan berkata,
07:00
"Know, the districtdistrik is tryingmencoba to imposememaksakan this,
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"Ketahuilah, pemda mencoba untuk
memaksakan hal ini,
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but you have the freedomkebebasan to do otherwisejika tidak."
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tapi Anda mempunyai kebebasan untuk melakukannya secara berbeda."
07:05
And it takes an activeaktif parentinduk centerpusat
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Dan dibutuhkan lembaga orang tua murid yang aktif
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who is not only there, showingmenunjukkan a presencekehadiran everysetiap day,
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yang tidak hanya sekadar ada,
menunjukkan kehadiran setiap hari,
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but who is partbagian of our governancepemerintahan,
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tapi yang menjadi bagian dari
pengelolaan sekolah kami,
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makingmembuat decisionskeputusan for theirmereka kidsanak-anak, our kidsanak-anak.
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mengambil berbagai keputusan bagi anak-anak mereka, anak-anak kita.
07:20
Because why should our studentssiswa have to go
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Karena mengapa murid-murid kita harus menempuh
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so farjauh away from where they livehidup?
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perjalanan jauh dari tempat mereka tinggal?
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They deservepantas a qualitykualitas schoolsekolah in theirmereka neighborhoodlingkungan,
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Mereka berhak mendapatkan sekolah berkualitas
di tempat tinggal mereka,
07:29
a schoolsekolah that they can be proudbangga to say they attendmenghadiri,
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sebuah sekolah yang mereka dapat dengan bangga mengatakan bahwa mereka bersekolah disana,
07:32
and a schoolsekolah that the communitymasyarakat can be proudbangga of as well,
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dan sebuah sekolah yang dapat dibanggakan juga oleh komunitasnya,
07:36
and they need teachersguru to fightpertarungan for them everysetiap day
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dan mereka membutuhkan guru-guru untuk berjuang bagi mereka setiap harinya
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and empowermemberdayakan them to movepindah beyondluar theirmereka circumstanceskeadaan.
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dan memberdayakan mereka untuk bisa mencapai melampaui keadaan mereka sekarang.
07:45
Because it's time that kidsanak-anak like me
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Karena sudah waktunya bagi anak-anak seperti saya
07:48
stop beingmakhluk the exceptionpengecualian, and we becomemenjadi the normnorma.
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berhenti menjadi pengecualian,
dan menjadi norma yang diterima.
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Thank you.
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Terima kasih.
07:54
(ApplauseTepuk tangan)
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(Tepuk Tangan)
Translated by Rommy Rustami
Reviewed by Dewi Barnas

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Pearl Arredondo - Teacher
Pearl Arredondo helped establish a pilot middle school that teaches students to be good communicators in the 21st century.

Why you should listen

Pearl Arredondo grew up in the impoverished East Los Angeles neighborhood of Boyle Heights. She was raised by a single-mother, a long time Los Angeles Unified School District office secretary, who saw firsthand the challenges facing students in public schools. To ensure that she got the best education in the district, Arredondo was bussed to schools almost an hour away from home.

Arredondo graduated and moved on to Pepperdine University, where she received both a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts in Education and Instructional Leadership. She was the first in her family to graduate from college and began her teaching career at San Fernando Middle School (SFMS) -- the very middle school she attended eight years prior.

At SFMS, she embraced the mission of enhancing educational opportunities for historically underserved students. To do so, she launched the school’s Multimedia Academy, which serviced 350 low-income students. After three successful years, the Multimedia Academy faculty decided it was time to make a full split and become a separate school. In 2010, she helped lead an ambitious reform agenda, through a pilot reform model, that focused on technology development, improving outcomes for children and strengthening families. The team founded San Fernando Institute for Applied Media (SFiAM), the first pilot school established in the Los Angeles Unified School District at the middle school level.

Arredondo is passionate about increasing student access to technology and closing the digital divide, and is a tireless advocate for technology-based curriculum that prepare students to enter a global economy. Her goal is to make SFiAM a model of educational reform.

Currently, Arredondo is pursuing a Master of Science in Educational Administration and is a 2013 National Board Certified Teacher candidate. She is also part of the 2013 Teach Plus Teaching Policy Fellowship and serves as the Vice President of SFiAM’s Governing Council. She is featured in the short documentary film TEACHED Vol.1: “The Blame Game,” and is a role model for young Latinas seeking to make a difference in their communities.

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Pearl Arredondo | Speaker | TED.com

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