Pearl Arredondo: My story, from gangland daughter to star teacher
Pearl Arredondo: Povestea mea, de la fiică de gangster la profesoară model
Pearl Arredondo helped establish a pilot middle school that teaches students to be good communicators in the 21st century. Full bio
Double-click the English transcript below to play the video.
care făcea legea străzii.
mare parte din viața mea
cu dinții de independența ei.
dați afară din clasă
care așteptau sa fie muștruluiți.
trebuie să facă față la multe
într-o zi l-am găsit pe tata
profesorii se schimbau des.
„O să faci naveta cu autobuzul
partea bună a orașului.
o cauză pierdută.
la care fusesem și eu
să salvez cât mai mulți copii
copiilor cum am fost eu,
fiecare dintre noi are o poveste,
trebuie să termin școala.”
și să mergem mai departe.
unde copiii să se simtă în siguranță
lecția 1.2 de la pagina 5, nu;
și nu e terminată.
riguros și relevant pentru ei,
editat filme, au de toate.
în rețeaua locală de troleibuz.
de când ne-am înființat școala.
să lucreze în echipă,
să poată fi mândră,
pentru ei în fiecare zi
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Pearl Arredondo - TeacherPearl 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.
Pearl Arredondo | Speaker | TED.com