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Mission and Vision of The Bronx Institute of Lehman College

The vision of The Bronx Institute is to foster and promote equity and excellence in the education and learning of Bronx students in K-20, by involving administrators, teachers, parents and the students themselves in high quality programs that support and enhance the educational opportunities of the students.

The Mission of The Bronx Institute (BI) is to further research and advance leadership relevant to the improvement of education and the quality of life in the Bronx and to provide a forum to discuss, analyze , and identify potential solutions to contemporary social, political, cultural, and economic challenges facing the Bronx community in particular and other urban areas at large.

As a community resource, the BI is committed to act in cooperation with other academic institutions, community groups, and organizations to develop joint projects, especially those that enrich the educational needs of Bronx students.

Factors for Student Success:
- Strong Home-School Partnership
- Parent Engagement
- Parent Advocacy
- Family & Community Support
- Early & Sustained Exposure to Higer Education
- Understanding & Respect for Language and Culture
- Linking & Accessing Services and Resources in the Community
- Building Positive Peer Groups & Identifying Role Models
- High Self-Esteem & Self-Worth and Empowerment
- Providing a Program of College Preparatory Education
- Local & State-wide Educational Policy

The Research Mission of The Bronx Institute includes encouraging the publication and dissemination of research on the history and culture of immigrants and their institutions in the Bronx and in urban America generally. The Bronx Institute encourages research on educational policy issues and seeks actively to further pedagogic effectiveness throughout the pre-K-20 pipeline through teacher training lectures, workshops, and summer institutes. It also seeks to understand the unique Bronx social and cultural mix. Toward these ends comparative research—among ethnic groups, communities, and across historical eras—is emphasized, especially within the evolving “great cities” rubric of contemporary educational and social science research.

For further information, contact David A. Badillo, Ph.D., Associate Director for Research at 718-960-6767, david.badillo@lehman.cuny.edu

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ENLACE - ENgaging LAtino Communities for Education

Funded by the Kellogg Foundation, Engaging Latino Communities for Education (ENLACE) ensures accountable, competitive, and rigorous instruction for Latino students, their parents, and the larger community through an array of enrichment supports towards the goal of higher education. The program uses the Hispanic cultural identity as an asset on which to build pride, camaraderie, and ambition. ENLACE supports positive institutional change affecting K-16 Latino education.

Director: Naomi Barber, (718) 960-7742, naomi.barber@lehman.cuny.edu

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GEAR UP

The U.S. Department of Education-funded Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) program provides low-income Bronx students with the academic support, skills, preparation, and inspiration to pursue and succeed in post secondary education. Enrichment components engage students, parents, and educators. Services students receive include testing preparation for the Regents and PSAT/SAT, computer access and literacy courses, multi-faceted summer programs, college and career workshops, academic counseling, educational field trips, college visitations, and arts programs.

Director: Bruce Irushalmi, (718) 960-8446, bruce.irushalmi@lehman.cuny.edu

GEAR UP Recognition: Washinton Center for Best Practices:
This past July, ten Bronx Institute GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs) students were invited to Washington D.C. to attend the annual National Council for Community and Education Partnerships (NCCEP) conference. There the students engaged participants from GEAR UP programs across the country in a workshop entitled “Joining Theory and Practice,” that focused on low-income middle and high school students of the Bronx.

Students spoke on behalf of their summer program experiences. Topics included the Borough Buzz journalism program, Teenage Art Collective, Web Design, Entrepreneurship, Youth Public Interest and Lobby, College Ambassadors, and Film Making. The Bronx Institute GEAR UP’s presentation attracted widespread attention due to its unique constituency of talented student presenters.

As the group of poised high school juniors confidently demonstrated their abilities, one of the spectators, a staff member of Congressmen Chaka Fattah (D-PA), became so impressed with the students that he chose the Bronx Institute GEAR UP program to appear on the Washington Center for Best Practices website. This non-profit organization highlights successful programs and shares this information nationally in the hope of improving higher education opportunities for all students: http://www.washingtoncenter-bestpractices.org/BestPracticeSix20041216.doc

We congratulate our students for effectively carrying out the goals of the GEAR UP program and also for gaining this well deserved recognition.

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The INTELL Teacher Fellowship Program
INnovative Teaching of English Language Learners

The INTELL Teacher Fellowship Program has the distinction of being the Bronx Institute’s first teacher Fellowship program funded by the U.S. Department of Education Office of English Language Acquisition. The program was developed to encourage subject-based teachers of English Language Learners (ELL) to use their subject-based classes as arenas in which to build English Language skills with their students. In support of teacher capacity to assist ELL students, the program collaborates with the Lehman College Education Division, Department of Middle and High School Education to give teaching fellows the opportunity to achieve ESL certification or Bilingual Extension through courses at Lehman College. The academic component allows fellows to take five courses totaling fifteen graduate credits toward certification.

Application Information: To apply, call Linda Astacio at (718) 960-5781 or email linda.astacio@lehman.cuny.edu for an appointment to attend an orientation session.

Required Documents: The following documents are required for the orientation:

Copy of undergraduate transcripts (unofficial copy is acceptable)
Proof of immunization (for those born after January 1, 1957)
ID (Drivers license, passport, state ID)
Proof of residence, naturalization or visa status if the applicant was born abroad
Copy of the marriage license (if the applicant’s last name is different from the one on the transcripts)

Student Information: Registration for Fall 2006 Will Take Place in December 2005 and January 2006.

To register, you must receive an email with your courses and course codes from the Bronx Institute Intell Program Office.

Coordinator: Linda Astacio, (718) 960-5781, linda.astacio@lehman.cuny.edu

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The Spanish Language BETAC
Bilingual Education Technical Assistance Center

The Spanish Language (BETAC) promotes equity and excellence in the education of Limited English Proficient/English Language Learners (LEP/ELL), with a particular emphasis on the Spanish speaking community of students, teachers, and parents within the Bronx, Manhattan, and surrounding upstate New York communities. The mission of the Center—which provides high quality support, technical assistance, and professional development—is to enhance the knowledge and competency of its participants in order to implement and sustain instructional programs of academic excellence for Limited English Proficient /English Language Learners (LEP/ELL). The Spanish BETAC is funded by the Office of Bilingual Education, New York State Education Department.

For further information, contact Director Nellie Mulkay at 718-960-5864, nellie.mulkay@lehman.cuny.edu

SBETAC Workshops for Administrators, Teachers, and Parents
For administrators and teachers:

Program Requirements for ELL Students: Part 154 & NCLB Title III
NYSESLAT Training

Workshops for Teachers:

One Model of Utilizing L 1 to facilitate L 2 Literacy Development
Content Area Reading
Differentiated Instruction

Parent Workshops:

Helping Your Child With Mathematics

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TELL - Teachers of English Language Learners

The TELL program in supported by funding from the Federal Office of English Language Acquisition and academically framed by the Lehman College Education Division, Department of Middle and High School Education. Developed for Bronx teachers and administrators in Regions 1, 2 and 9, fellows take fifteen graduate credits applicable to either Lehman’s programs or transferable to other ESL graduate programs.

Application Information
Required documents
Course Sequence

Application Information :
To apply, call Maria Betances at (718) 960-5806 for an appointment. Applicants will spend two hours writing an essay and filling out an application.

Required Documents:
The following documents are required for the orientation:

Copy of undergraduate transcripts (unofficial copy is acceptable)
Proof of immunization (for those born after January 1, 1957)
ID (Drivers license, passport, state ID)
Degrees/certificates
Proof of residence, naturalization or visa status if the applicant was born abroad
Copy of the marriage license (if the applicant’s last name is different from the one on the transcripts)

Course Sequence:
Teachers of English Language Learners (TELL) is a 15-credit graduate program requiring completion of the following courses:

ESC 759 Foundations of Bilingual/Bicultural Education
ES 760 Second Language Learning and Teaching
ESC 761 Teaching ESL to Adolescents and Adults
ESC 766 Teaching ESL Through the Content Areas
ESC 769 Latinos in United States Schools

ESC 759 Foundations of Bilingual/Bicultural Education:3 hours, 3 credits. Bilingual/bicultural education , including history, goals, models, rationale, legal and legislative basis, linguistic principles and language evaluation. Current issues and research findings in bilingual/bicultural education will be studied. Includes field experience.

ESC 760 Second Language Learning and Teaching:3 hours, 3 credits. Psychological principles of second-language learning with their application to teaching. Similarities and differences between first – and- second-language learning and teaching.

ESC 761 Teaching English as a Second Language to Adolescents and Adults:
3 hours, 3 credits. Methods, materials and evaluation for developing literacy skills—speaking, listening, reading, and writing in English for middle childhood, adolescent, and adult English language learners. Covers reading enrichment and remediation, curriculum development, use of relevant software and technology, current standards, and instructional strategies. Includes field experience.

ESC 766 Teaching English as a Second Language through the Content Areas:3 hours, 3 credits. Methods, materials, and evaluation for developing literacy skills—speaking, listening, reading and writing in English for speakers of other languages through the content areas of mathematics, science, and social studies. Covers curriculum development, use of relevant software and technology, current standards, and instructional strategies. Includes field experience.

ESC 769 Latino in U.S. Schools: 3 hours, 3 credits . Interdisciplinary study of educational issues affecting Latinos in the United States, with a focus on the urban school setting. Utilizes educational, historical, literary, linguistic, and sociological sources to analyze issues

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Research Programs

David A. Badillo and Herminio Martinez, “Bronx Tales: Old Immigrants, New Immigrants, and Urban Revitalization in the Bronx.” PSC-CUNY Faculty Grant 36-1247 [2005-2006] (Preliminary research for a book-length study on old and new immigrants in the Bronx.)

David A. Badillo and Andrea Hill, “Making of ‘Mr. Bronx’: Elias Karmon, the Puerto Rican Community, and Ethnic Relations in the 1950s”
(Research for an article in a scholarly journal on the life and work of a prominent Bronxite.)

David A. Badillo, “From Tejanos to Transnationals: The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) and the Evolution of Latino Civil Rights.” (Book length study of a major Latino civil rights organization.)

Publications

The Bronx Institute is pleased to announce the availability of examination copies of the following monographs.

THE LATINO EDUCATIONAL CRISIS: Do Teachers Hold the Key to Transforming the Educational Outcomes of Latino Students? By Mildred Vazquez, Gloria Zuazua and Herminio Martinez. 62 pages.

BEYOND ELLIS ISLAND: Latino Immigration to the United States. By Joel Najar. 45 pages.

Recent BI Staff Publications:

David A. Badillo, Ph.D., Associate Director for Research:

“ Titi Yeya’s Memories: A Matriarch of the Puerto Rican Migration,” Research in Urban Sociology 7 (Fall 2004): 137-158. [Issue on Race and Ethnicity in New York City]

“ Mexicanos and Suburban Parish Communities: Religion, Space, and Identity in Contemporary Chicago,” Journal of Urban History 31 (November 2004): 23-46.

“MALDEF and the Evolution of Latino Civil Rights” Research Report, Institute for Latino Studies, University of Notre Dame (2004).

“Los inmigrantes mexicanos y el barrio de Hull-House: Integración de reforma y religión,” in Fernando Alanis, ed., La comunidad mexicana en Estados Unidos: Aspectos de su historia (San Luis Potosí, Mexico: El Colegio de San Luis, 2004).

“From La Lucha to Latino: Ethnic Diversity and Political Identity in Chicago,” in Gilberto Cardenas, ed., La Causa: Civil Rights and Struggles for Equality in the Midwest (Arte Público Press, 2004).

“Incorporating Reform and Religion: Americanization and Mexican Immigrants in Chicago,” in Cheryl R. Ganz and Margaret Strobel, eds., Pots of Promise: Mexicans, Reformers, and the Hull-House Kilns, Chicago, 1920-1940 (University of Illinois Press, 2004).

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Previous Bronx Institute Programs
F.I.E.

The Fund for the Improvement of Education (FIE), a federally funded program brought an eight-day training session to parents from the ENLACE program and teacher candidates from Lehman College instructed participants. It instructed parents and teachers on methods and strategies for teaching math, after which the participants used their skills to tutor students from five high schools during summer programs, after-school programs, and weekend sessions. The training and tutoring model has brought services to approximately two-hundred students.

Contact person: Linda Astacio, (718) 960-5781, <linda.astacio@lehman.cuny.edu>

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LUMINA Foundation for Education Paraprofessional Institute

Funded by the Lumina Foundation for Education, the Paraprofessional Institute was a year-long experimental program designed to meet the educational needs of low income adults working as paraprofessionals in New York City Schools. The program addressed several educational needs: 1) to prepare large numbers of teachers for service in New York City Schools; 2) to provide social and professional mobility opportunities for low income workers serving as paraprofessionals; 3) to meet the professional development requirements of the No Child Left Behind legislation; and 4) to enhance the knowledge base and sills of paraprofessionals working with students in our schools. The target population consisted of paraprofessionals in a local Bronx school district.

Contact person: Dr. Herminio Martinez (718) 960-8934.

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NSF Parent Academy in Math Science & Technology

Funded by the National Science Foundation, this program involved parents and children in math, science, and technology programs and reinforced the importance of math and science as academic subjects. The program utilized community learning centers in an inquiry based approach, one that stimulated parents to increase their skills and support their children’s performance while inspiring children to achieve higher in the subject areas.

Coordinator: Judith Zucker, (718) 960-7879, judith.zucker@lehman.cuny.edu

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LUPI (The Latino Urban Policy Initiative)

The Latino Urban Policy Initiative informed and enriched regional and national discussions regarding the educational needs of Latino students.

Contact person: Dr. David A. Badillo (718) 960-6767, david.badillo@lehman.cuny.edu

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The STELLAR Teacher Fellowship Program

The STELLAR Program was supported by funding from the Federal Office of English Language Acquisition and academically framed by the Lehman College Education Division, Department of Middle and High School Education. Developed for Bronx teachers pursuing a career in ESL or related instruction, this program gave teaching fellows the opportunity to enroll in the Lehman College’s Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) masters program or in ESL certification. Fellows took fifteen graduate credits applicable to either Lehman’s programs or transferable to other ESL graduate programs.

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Contact Information

Herminio Martinez, Ph.D.
Professor, Middle and High School Education
Executive Director, Bronx Institute
Email Address: Herminio.Martinez@lehman.cuny.edu
Phone Number: 718-960-8934
Fax Number: 718-960-5594 Office: Apex 239

Jesús Almonte
College Assistant - Gear Up Network
Email Address: Jesus.Almonte@lehman.cuny.edu
Phone Number: 718-960-7405
Fax Number: 718-960-7219
Office: Apex 241

Kevin Anthony
Project Manager Gear Up Network
Email Address: Kevin.Anthony@lehman.cuny.edu
Phone Number: 718-960-8404
Fax Number: 718-960-7219
Office: Apex 249

Martha Atencio
Program Associate for Mangament Systems, The Bronx Institute
Email Address: Martha.Atencio@lehman.cuny.edu
Phone Number: 718-960-8934
Fax Number: 718-960-5594
Office: Apex 239

David A. Badillo, Ph.D.
Associate Director for Research, The Bronx Institute
Email Address: David.Badillo@lehman.cuny.edu
Phone Number: 718-960-6767
Fax Number: 718-960-7219
Office: Apex 261

Naomi Barber
Deputy Director, The Bronx Institute
Email Address: Naomi.Barber@lehman.cuny.edu
Phone Number: 718-960-7742
Fax Number: 718-960-7219
Office: Apex 243

Maria Betances
Administrative Assistant, TELL Program
Email Address: Maria.Betances@lehman.cuny.edu
Phone Number: 718-960-5806
Fax Number: 718-960-7219
Office: Apex 241

Francis Echevarria
Project Associate Parent Initiatives and CBO Engagement - Gear Up Network
Email Address: Francis.Echevarria@lehman.cuny.edu
Phone Number: 718-960-5597
Fax Number: 718-960-7219
Office: Apex 209

Bruce Irushalmi
Associate Director, Youth and Student Services
Email Address: Bruce.Irushalmi@lehman.cuny.edu
Phone Number: 718-960-8446
Fax Number: 718-960-6909
Office: Apex 245

Iwan Notowidigdo
Coordinator of Sustainability - Gear Up Network
Email Address: Iwan.Notowidigdo@lehman.cuny.edu
Phone Number: 718-960-5619
Fax Number: 718-960-7219
Office: Apex 233

Elsie Padilla-Ayala
Project Manager Gear Up Network
Email Address: Elsie.Padilla-Ayala@lehman.cuny.edu
Phone Number: 718-960-5782
Fax Number: 718-960-7219
Office: Apex 247

Isabel Pradas
Program Associate for College Awareness
Email Address: Isabel.Pradas@lehman.cuny.edu
Phone Number: 718-960-5596
Fax Number: 718-960-7244
Office: Apex 207

Dora Quirindongo
Administrative Assistant Payroll and Purchasing- Gear Up Network
Email Address: Dora.Quirindongo@lehman.cuny.edu
Phone Number: 718-960-8615
Fax Number: 718-960-7220
Office: Apex 241

Luis Reyes, Ph.D.
Visiting Research Fellow
Email Address: Luis.Reyes@lehman.cuny.edu
Phone Number: 718-960-6778
Fax Number: 718-960-7219
Office: Apex 213

Wilma Rosario
Administrative Assistant Human Resources - Gear Up Network
Email Address: Wilma.Rosario@lehman.cuny.edu
Phone Number: 718-960-5780
Fax Number: 718-960-7219
Office: Apex 241

Dita Wolf
Project Manager Curriculum and Instruction - Gear Up Network
Email Address: Dita.Wolf@lehman.cuny.edu
Phone Number: 718-960-5832
Fax Number: 718-960-7244
Office: Apex 203

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