Ruben Degollado oral history transcript

Title

Ruben Degollado oral history transcript

Description

A transcript of an oral history of Ruben Degollado, ESL Teacher at Poynter Middle School, on Hispanics in the Hillsboro schools. Mr. Degollado is on the Hispanic Outreach Committee which helps parents. Olga Acuña leads the Office of Hispanic Outreach in the district. At the beginning of the program, students start in ESL focusing on language, vocabulary, and American society. Afterwards they move to classes and are then mainstreamed into English classes. Two types of English are taught and are a part of the learning process – BLCS (Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills) and CALPS (Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency Skills). Degollado was recruited into the Hillsboro School District by Mario Alba for the 1999-2000 school year. During the interview, Mr. Degollado explains his involvement in Unión América, which helps Latino teachers stay connected and get retraining when needed. He goes on to discuss his intended role in administration next year along with Gus Balderas, Adelia Schofield, Mario Alba and Carlos Perez. Principal Mike Scott influenced Mr. Degollado’s decision to teach in Hillsboro instead of Woodburn. Degollado also expresses his thoughts regarding student acclimation. He references research done at Virginia Collier which proved that students who are better acclimated to American culture do better in school. A huge help to this at the high school has been Charlene Rivera, one of the home school consultants in the counseling center. Ms. Rivera is bilingual and is dedicated to helping students adjust. One of the tasks Mr. Degollado has worked on this year has been using the money from the Project Task Grant to offer ESL classes to parents within the community. He also states the recent recognizing of The Office of Hispanic Outreach and now works with NEA.

Creator

Degollado, Ruben

Date

2004

Is Part Of

Century High School Project

Identifier

WCM_OH_26

Rights

In Copyright

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Spatial Coverage

Washington County (Or.)

Hillsboro (Or.)

Subject

Hispanic Americans -- History

Education

Language

English

Extent

1 vol.

Contributor

Orozco, Ana

Type

Text

Source

Washington County Museum