Gina Rolleto oral history transcript

Title

Gina Rolleto oral history transcript

Description

A transcript of an oral history of Gina Rolleto, Teacher at Mooberry Elementary School, on Hispanics in the Hillsboro schools. Gina is from Yakima, Washington and began as an elementary classroom teacher in Oregon. She saw the large migrant Hispanic community in Hillsboro and became an ESL instructor. Important for ESL to provide a variety of teaching strategies. Focus on content English, which concentrates on teaching academic English needed for school classes. Union America is a group of Hispanic certified teachers and administrators that came out of the Hillsboro Strategic Plan and was begun by Joe Rodriguez, the Hillsboro School District superintendent. Mulberry is a reading-first school where all students are required to have 90 minutes of reading time in English. Part of this program is a reading assessment called D.I.B.B.L.S., designed by the University of Oregon.

Creator

Rolleto, Gina

Date

2004

Is Part Of

Century High School Project

Identifier

WCM_OH_39

Rights

In Copyright

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Spatial Coverage

Washington County (Or.)

Hillsboro (Or.)

Subject

Hispanic Americans -- History

Education

Language

English

Extent

1 vol.

Type

Text

Source

Washington County Museum