RealNews Division of Educational Opportunity and Access Miami-Dade County Public Schools January 2018 Edition 3, Volume 5 January 2018 Edition 3, Volume 5

Mr. Robert G. Gornto, Assistant Superintendent Mr. Luis Diaz, Administrative Director Dr. Reginald H. Johnson, Administrative Director Ms. Deborah Montilla, Executive Director Ms. Chantal G. Osborne, Executive Director Ms. Karen Boyce, Director Mrs. Geneva Green, Instructional Supervisor

The mission of the Division of Educational Opportunity and Access is to provide an environment for all students to become responsible, productive citizens, lifelong learners and positive contributors to society. Our schools are designed to enable the students to be successful.

Featuring Creating Community Change: Youth Engagement Program

Serving a Community Near You A main ingredient to the success of the Creating Community Change: Youth Engagement Program (CCC:YEP) is the Civic Engagement through the Service

Learning Elective Class. Throughout the year, activities in which CCC:YEP students engaged created community change by Promoting a Safer & Healthier

Community, Serving the Lifespan, and Supporting Environmental Change.

CCC:YEP Team Teacher

Beverly Downing supports

CCC:YEP Students from

Citrus Grove Middle

School as they make cards to

bring holiday cheer to

children who are hospitalized.

“The Red Effect” CCC:YEP Team

Leader Dr. Shanika Brown and

CCC:YEP students from Georgia

Jones-Ayers Middle School served

as School Ambassadors for their Red

Ribbon Campaign.

CCC:YEP students from

Cutler Bay Middle

School visit Grammercy

Nursing Home to celebrate

the holidays with cookies,

company, and caroling!

Bringing awareness to the

plight of those who are

homeless and helping those

who are victims of Hurricane

Irma in Puerto Rico has been

the passion of CCC:YEP

students from North Miami

Middle School.

CCC:YEP Team Leader

Lisa Jones, CCC:YEP

teacher Mark Bell and

CCC:YEP students from

Brownsville Middle

School with their Edible

Gardens.

CCC:YEP Team Leader Terry

Stubbs and CCC:YEP students from

Carol City Middle School

gave their full attention to a

presentation by J.D. Smith, U.S.

Attorney’s Office about issues

related to teens. Subsequently, they

disussed the issues in class to

determine how they might create a

safer community.

Visiting the feeder

pattern elementary

school and serving as

peer helpers to future

students as part of

articulation is a

leadership responsibility

of CCC:YEP students

from Redland Middle

School.

RealNews Division of Educational Opportunity and Access Miami-Dade County Public Schools January 2018 Edition 3, Volume 5

DEOA’s Instructional Leadership

Cohort Sharing Best Practices at

Miami MacArthur Educational

Center

OUR SUPERSTARS Crossing the Finish Line!

School Operations half marathon runners, Ms. Karen Boyce and Ms. Michelle Ulysses-Grant participated in the 16th annual Miami Half Marathon located in Downtown Miami, Sunday, January 28, 2018. The race began in front of the American Airlines Arena and proceeding throughout Miami Beach, Coconut Grove and downtown Miami.

Congratulations ladies on your dedication and perseverance!

We are proud of you!

L to R: Ms. Karen Boyce and Mrs. Michelle Ulysses-Grant showcasing their medals with pride!

Congratulation to Ms. Coleen Mahoney, Miami

MacArthur Educational Center

Ms. Mahoney, English instructor at Miami MacArthur

Educational Center received $3,900 in grants to

purchase materials for her classroom to improve

instruction. Ms. Mahoney was awarded $1000.00 from

Chevron Grant to purchase literacy magazines, stability

ball chairs, standing desk with a foot “fidget” bar, and a

set of answer buzzers to allow students to buzz to

respond to a question. In addition, the Foundation for

New Education Initiatives, Inc. awarded Ms. Mahoney

$2,900.00 to purchase materials such as Maus,

Persepolis, Night/Dawn/Day, and Zlata’s Diary which

are survivor stories. These stories enable her to

educate students about the conflicts created in our

modern world through the words of survivors. Also,

students will create a multi-media project which links

the conflicts of the past to two modern day issues.

Thank you, Ms. Mahoney, for your dedication and

creative teaching style!

Guest Speakers at Andover Middle Student Success Center

A special thank you to WestCare, South Prevention Juvenile Justice Prevention Program for speaking to our Student Success Center students on important topics such as alcohol and tobacco prevention.

CCC:YEP Brings Awareness to Human Trafficking

Once again, on January 25, 2018, Creating Community Change: Youth Engagement Program (CCC:YEP) students joined hundreds of middle and high school students in a groundbreaking event that gathered our diverse community together around the common goal of putting a stop to the sickening business that is Human Trafficking. This event was hosted by Florida National University Powerhouse. Schools participating included: Carol City Middle, Cutler Bay Middle, Georgia Jones-Ayers Middle, North Miami Middle and Redland Middle. Each group of students is tasked with taking this important message back to their school.

Renaming an innovative school,

Dr. Marvin Dunn Academy for Education Friday, January 26, 2018

RealNews Division of Educational Opportunity and Access Miami-Dade County Public Schools January 2018 Edition 3, Volume 5

2018 Teacher of the Year Runner-Up Congratulations to Mrs. Judy Rodriguez,

COPE Center North!

Judy Rodriguez was born in New York City and was nurtured

in Elizabeth, New Jersey. She earned a Bachelor's of Science

Degree in Business Administration with a concentration in

Business Communications from Bryant University in

Smithfield, Rhode Island in 1993.

She has 4.5 years of experience in Quality Assurance within the

pharmaceutical industry. Additionally, Judy received her

Master of Science Degree in Education with a specialization in

Reading, Special Education, and English Language Learners

from the University of Miami in 2007 and a Specialist Degree in

Educational Leadership from Nova Southeastern University in

2012. She’s honored to possess two decades of practice in

education and holds a valid State of Florida teaching

certification in 5 subject areas.

Ms. Rodriguez is proud to be the youngest of eight children of

two Dominican immigrants. She began her career with MDCPS

at Lindsey Hopkins and has enjoyed her tenure at COPE Center

North for the past 8 years; currently teaching

Entrepreneurship, ESOL, and OJT. Judy empowers her

students with the skills to become business owners and life-

long learners.

2018 Rookie Teacher of the Year Finalist Congratulations to Ricardo Losada, Lindsey Hopkins Technical College!

Ricardo “Ricky” Losada graduated from the marine technology program offered at Miami Lakes Technical College prior to its closing in 2002. He has since worked in the field, and has maintained his own business. Through business partners, he learned about the need for a marine service technology instructor at Lindsey Hopkins Technical College; he immediately applied. Mr. Losada started teaching the first class of the Marine Service Technology program in October, 2016. Lindsey Hopkins Technical College is the only institution that offers the program which receives tremendous support from the Miami Bayside Foundation and the City of Miami. The students completed internships with Yamaha in Georgia and local maritime companies. Mr. Losada graduated his first class in December, 2017 as full program completers, and they all obtained gainful employment upon graduation. Mr. Losada takes pride in passing his knowledge of boats to up and coming young adults, thus giving them a career for life. Most importantly, he is proud of the example he is setting for his four sons: dedication to career and family, and giving back to the community.

Parent Workshop at North Region Center with Helen Witty The Power of Parenting -Alcohol and new issues

related to marijuana and teens!

Building relationships!

Mr. Anneliese Bunge Roman, Success Coach at Dorothy M. Wallace COPE building relationships with nearby school staff to follow-up with students previously referred to the Student Success Center.