ASPIRA of the Mid-Atlantic Services | Fall 2024

• Launching Fall 2024 in Piedmont Triad region (urban high school, suburban middle school)
• Focus: Navigating school, health, and economic systems to support student success.
• Meetings: Bi-monthly with on-demand responses available year-round.
• Curriculum: Includes materials from ASPIRA Association's Parents for Excellence (APEX) and ASPIRA Association's Financial Education Institute, along with resources from the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights.

•  Continuation of mentorship programs initiated in 2023.

• Planned in partnership with a Research Triangle university's Hispanic Faculty and Staff organization.
• Materials will be drawn from the ASPIRA Association's Financial Education Institute.

• Recruitment and retention of Hispanic students (first session held September 2024 for a college located in a suburban/rural area of Western NC).
• Higher Education policy review.
• Outreach and support for Hispanic students.

• Task: Identify issues affecting Hispanic students and propose solutions to the ASPIRA Board.
• Opportunity: A Student Representative (age 18-26) will hold a seat on the ASPIRA of the Mid-Atlantic Board.

• Orientation for meetings with Exceptional Student Education staff.
• Health issues and resources.

• Family and community members are invited to provide advice and share concerns with the ASPIRA Mid-Atlantic Board.
• More details: Parent and Community Advisory Committee

• Trauma-informed practices
• Rural bilingual education
• English Learners (ELs)
• Dual Language (DLs)
• Other Multilingual Learners (MLs) 

•   Upon request, access hubs for networking and sharing successful practices for:
  • Heritage language teachers
  • ESOL teachers
  • Content-area teachers of English Learners
  • Dual Language Program teachers
  • School administrators from schools with 10%+ EL enrollment

•   Upon request, access hubs for Hispanic faculty and staff to share best practices.

•  Tips on the interview process.

•  Guidance on screening candidates for employment.

• Access upon request to two-way communication hubs to share best practices with peers.

• Review of district policies affecting English Learners in relation to federal requirements

Please send a request for more information or to be added to the waiting list for the following programs or for any of the programs listed above.

• School or neighborhood-based student leadership clubs for middle school through college
• Mentoring Program
• Tutoring Program 

• Preschool Spanish Heritage Language materials for fostering pre-literary skills. 
• ASPIRA/American Cyber Academy, standards based English/Spanish bilingual curriculum resources to enhance district programs. 
• Scholarship and Fellowship Programs