Together we are
PREPARING FOR
TOMORROW IN
EDUCATION
WHO WE ARE
NLERAPP is more than a twenty-year-old consortium of universities and community-based organizations.
Our research has shown us that an exclusively university-based approach is not sufficient to reach our goals. We must also extend our efforts and build partnerships within the larger community including businesses and local community organizations to promote new career opportunities for Latinos and other minorities.
We work to channel information on teacher preparation, teacher job searches, certifications, and policies to provide qualified teachers that are sensitive to students’ needs. Our approach is action oriented to improve the opportunities that children and young adults need to succeed in school, home and life. We are a resource for speakers and research on minority language, culture and relations; consultation about community challenges in education; and research-based policy recommendations that improve the teacher preparation pathways for U.S. minorities, in general.
WHAT WE DO
01.
— We Cultivate
a cadre of Grow-Your-Own culturally competent and critically conscious teachers through an educational pathway premised on a partnership model that promotes and builds on existing community efforts.
02.
— We Seek
to reach beyond academia into the cultural wealth of our communities in order to engage in shared responsibility for the students today that will become the leaders of tomorrow.
03.
— We Approach
via a community-university partnership model to improve school curricula, teacher preparation and instructional quality for Latino/as to serve as a model for academic preparation that meets the demands of multicultural classrooms.
04.
— We Respond
to concerns laid out by the Latino community where they called for quality teaching that is informed by both sociocultural and sociopolitical perspectives that help youth of color to become full participants in our democracy.
05.
— We Work Together
to instill an ethic of care, respect, creativity, and mutual trust in all school-based relationships, promoting integrity in the educational system with the community outside the classroom.
06.
— We Learn
the differences in multicultural needs, values, and populations. Part of NLERAPP’s research is directed at understanding these differences and addressing them in the classroom and community.
NLERAPP is dedicated to creating a national voice for improving the structure of opportunity for Latinas and Latinos in the U.S.
– Dr. Angela Valenzuela
OUR CONSORTIUM
