As we celebrate National Bilingual/Multilingual Learner Advocacy Month during the month of April, we are excited to welcome Dr. Luis Cruz to Southeast Polk this Wednesday, April 17th.
Luis F. Cruz, PhD, is a sought-after presenter, coach, thought leader, and accomplished author in the field of education. His over 30 years of practical experience as a teacher and an administrator at the elementary, middle, and high school levels, coupled with his ability to effectively communicate research-based approaches focused on the need to ensure high levels of learning for all students, has earned him acknowledgment and praise from an array of education communities around the country.
Born to immigrant parents from South America, Dr. Cruz blends his experience as an English Learner raised in a low-income community in Los Angeles with his professional experience and insight to advocate the need for public school educators to acknowledge that there is a disconnect between our inherited and antiquated public school system and the diverse student population we aim to serve today. He, therefore, advocates that public school educators learn and commit to redesigning a school system never designed to ensure high levels of learning for all the students in schools and classrooms across our country.
In addition to being an accomplished and highly desired keynote speaker, Dr. Cruz has established a skilled and effective manner for helping audiences, both small and large, learn about the Professional Learning Community at Work® and Response to Intervention at Work™ processes, transformational leadership, school culture, the role of a guiding coalition, and creating environments conducive to the success of students learning English as an additional language—to name a few of the themes for which he is contacted.
Dr. Cruz is the best-selling author of Time for Change: Four Essential Skills for Transformational School and District Leaders, which he co-authored with Dr. Anthony Muhammad, and is currently working on several books focused on strengthening multitiered systems of support for student intervention and enhancing learning outcomes for emergent bilingual students.
April 17th Professional Learning Schedule
8:00 AM - 9:15 AM Secondary Staff
All secondary staff, please report to the HS Auditorium and be ready to begin at promptly 8:00 AM.
English Learner teachers, Curriculum Coordinators, Principals, and District Leaders will meet with Dr. Cruz throughout the day.
2:00 PM - 3:15 PM Elementary Staff
All elementary staff should report to the JH Auditorium and be ready to begin promptly at 2:00 PM. We realize that due to dismissal times, not all teachers will be able to get to the Jr. High by 2:00. We will also have a virtual option available at buildings. More information on this will be shared tomorrow.
For those coming to the Jr. High, you will need to find places to park that do not include the Yellow Brick Road area (Buses start lining up at 2:30; students dismissed at 2:45). The JH will have the doors unlocked that are directly west of the auditorium so that teachers will not need to walk through the entire building to get to the auditorium. Please use the bathrooms by the entrance door (west side) as many students will be using the bathrooms on the south side of the auditorium at the end of the day. We realize that this is at the end of the day, but if you are able to carpool with colleagues, this will reduce traffic at the busy dismissal time.
We appreciate everyone's flexibility and we look forward to learning from Dr. Cruz on Wednesday!
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