Type Of Valli Reflection: Case Study: Unaccompanied Minors?

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1. Type of Valli reflection chosen to discuss the following question: ¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬Critical Reflection
Topic: Unaccompanied Minors
After reading the website Educational Services for Immigrant Children and Those Recently Arrived to the United States as well as Manolo’s story in Schools Helping Guide Unaccompanied Minors to a Better Life, what are some of the facts that impacted you, and why? What aspects of your current teaching practice would you have to change, and in what way would you change them to accommodate unaccompanied minors in your classroom (whether you have them now in the future)? After reading Manolo’s story in particular, I was shocked by the amount of hardship he had to endure getting to the United States and how much he and many other unaccompanied minors have to endure to have a better life in the United States (Álvarez, 2014). This type of information …show more content…

I am a first year teacher and have very little experience and I work in title 1, high poverty school. This year I have implemented equitable chactersitics of creating a safe place for my students, expectations for respect in my classroom, collaborating with other skilled educators, participating in advanced education coursework and attending professional development. I know these are equitable characteristics because students are more likely to succeed in a setting where they will feel safe and respected by others. This is important for all students, but can be especially important for students in low-income families that may have one or more ACES that they must cope with every day at school. Next, collaborating with more skilled teachers and coaches helps me diagnose problems and help reach struggling students. Last participating in professional development and working on my master’s degree helps me keep up to date in what is going on in education and helps me in constant state of learning, growing and improving my

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