The North Bay International Studies Project
presents
A 2007 Summer Program for Teachers


A Multicultural Conference for K-12 Educators
KAPWA: You and I are One
Infusing Filipino and Filipino American Content in the Curriculum

Conference Agenda

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FRIDAY, JUNE 15
9:00 - 10:00 Registration in Commons
10:00 - 10:15 Opening Remarks - Professor Les Adler, Dean of Extended Education (Sonoma State University), Fr. Albert Alejo (Ateneo de Davao), Leny Strobel (Sonoma State University), and Miriam Hutchins, Director of North Bay International Studies Project (Sonoma State University)
10:15 - 10:45 Kapwa Introduction - Holly Calica, San Francisco Unified School District
10:45 - 11:45 THE FILIPINO AMERICAN COMMUNITY AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
  Initiatives for Community-Educational Partnerships
  Presentations and Presenters:
History of Pin@y Educational Partnerships, Allyson Tintiangco-Cubales, San Francisco State University
Filipino Indigenous Concepts: Impact on Community Formation and Educational Issues, Mamerto C. Canlas, Bayanihan Community Center, San Francisco
Little Manila in Stockton, Dawn Bohulano Mabalon, San Francisco State University
11:45 - 12:15 Response and Input: Fr. Albert Alejo - Contemporary Educational Issues in the Philippines (Overview)
  Dialogue and Reflection: Philippine and Filipino American Educational Issues: Are There Common Threads?
12:15 - 1:15 Lunch served at SSU Commons
  Music: by MAHAL.
Video: Local History/Sonoma County: Preview of Oral History Project
Remembering the Manongs, Filipino American National Historical Society, Sonoma County Chapter MURAL project
Kapwa Art Collaboration, Holly Calica
1:15 - 2:15 EDUCATIONAL ISSUES IN K-12 AND HIGHER EDUCATION
  Conceptual Frameworks for Curriculum Design
  Presentations and Presenters:
Theorizing from Pain, Passion and Hope: The Development and Effects of a Decolonizing Curriculum, Patricia Espiritu Halagao, University of Hawaii
Grounding Theories and Contexts for Developing Filipino American Curriculum, Joanie May Cordova, Drexel University
Decolonizing Pedagogy: Teaching and Learning Filipina/o American Studies With Urban Youth, Allyson Tintiangco-Cubales, San Francisco State University
2:15 - 2:30 Break
2:30-3:30 Educational Issues in K-12, Post-Secondary, and Teacher Training Programs
  Presentations and Presenters:
Mentoring Teachers and Student Teachers on Filipino American Issues, Oscar Penaranda, Master Teacher, New Haven Unified School District
Language Issues and the Language Heritage Curriculum, Leo Paz, City College of San Francisco
Teacher Training Programs and the Needs of Filipino American Students, Penelope Flores, San Francisco State University
What (non-Filipino American) Teachers May Not Know, But Need to Know, About Their Filipino American Students, Melissa Ambrose, Fulbright Fellow, Oceana High School.
3:30-4:00 Input and Synthesis, Fr. Albert Alejo and Holly Calica
4:00 - 6:30 Dinner Break
7:00 - 9:00 Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall, Sonoma State Iniversity
Masters's of Ceremonies: Virgel Paule, Oceana High School
Philippine National Anthem: The Children of the Filipino American Community in Sonoma County, conducted by Nora Valle
Opening Ritual: MAHAL
Keynote Address: Kapwa and Loob: Contributions of Filipino Concepts to Multicultural Education, Fr. Albert Alejo, S.J.
Cultural Perfpormance: by the Barangay Dance Company
  This event is open to the public. Tickets at the door for $10. Free to registered conference participants.

SATURDAY, JUNE 16
8:30 - 9:00 Registration in Commons
9:00 - 9:30 Philippine National Anthem: The Children of the Filipino American Community in Sonoma County
Opening comments: Fr. Alejo, Leny Strobel, Miriam Hutchins
9:30 - 10:15 Student Panel: I Should Have Learned This Sooner: Looking Back on my K-12 Education
Ahmed Animo, Jefferson Union High School District
Joe Puday, Jefferson Union High School District
Patricia Lim, Jefferson Union High School District
Paula Abbuel, Jefferson Union High School District
Alan David, Jefferson Union High School District
Michael Uyeno, Sonoma State University
Rachel Espinoza, Sonoma State University
Rocky Ramilo Amagan, Sonoma State University
Gabe Galapate, Pilipino Youth Coalition, Vallejo
John Macapinlac, Pilipino Youth Coalition, Vallejo
Angelica Posadas, Pin@y Educational Partnerships
Melissa Nievera, Pin@y Educational Partnerships
10:15 - 10:30 Break
10:30 - 12:00 Breakout sessions in Salazar Hall:

Infusing Filipino & Filipino American Content in the Curriculum: Part I
  MATH: Ethnomathematics: "Convexing the Stone: A Geometry Variation - Islands of the Philippine Archipelago," Penelope Flores, San Francisco State University, ROOM 2014
  ART: Art Lessons Based on Indigenous Peoples (IPs) in Mindanao, Holly Calica, San Francisco Unified School District, ROOM 2023
  LANGUAGE ARTS (High School): How to infuse Filipino and Filipino American Materials in ESL, Social Studies, and English/Language Arts, Oscar Penaranda, New Haven Unified School District; Curriculum for Filipino Heritage Learners, Leo Paz, City College of San Francisco, ROOM 2024
  LANGUAGE ARTS (Elementary School): Infusing Filipino and Filipino American content in Elementary classrooms, Alice T. Ira, Lea Castro, Helen Serafino, Fulbright Fellows, ROOM 2025
  SOCIAL STUDIES: Interracial Cha Cha: The History of Mixed Heritage ilipinas/os, Stephanie Schroeder and Marygrace Burns, Pin@y Educational Partnership; Pinayism, Jocyl Sacramento, Michelle Penez, and Emma deGuzman, Pin@y Educational Partnership, ROOM 2022
  SOCIAL STUDIES: How to Deal with Racism in the Classroom, Arlene Daus and Melissa Nievera, Pina@y Educational Partnership, IN COMMONS
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch in the Commons
Hands-on Demo: Inter-active, Multi-media Online Curriculum: "A Century of Challenge and Change: The Filipino American Story." Patricia Halagao Espiritu, University of Hawaii
1:00 - 2:30 Breakout Sessions in Salazar Hall:
  Infusing Filipino & Filipino American Content in the Curriculum: Part II
  SOCIAL SCIENCE: Using the Philippines as a Case Study for Colonialism and Imperialism in High School Humanities, Melissa Ambrose and Virgel Paule, Fulbright Fellows, ROOM 2025
  SOCIAL STUDIES: "Grounding Theories" and Contexts for Developing Filipino American Curriculum DVD, Joanie May Cordova, Drexel University, IN COMMONS
  THEATRE AND LANGUAGE ARTS: Infiltrating the System - Integrating Filipinos Into a Standards-based Curriculum, Christina Chun, Fulbright Fellow, ROOM 2023
  ART and MUSIC: Filipino American Art and Art History: A Discipline-based Approach, Rico Reyes, Artist and Art Curator; Using Filipino Music and Instruments in the Classroom, Evelie Posch, music teacher, performer, ritualist, ROOM 2024
  MATH: Ethnomathematics: "Algebra of the Philippine Weaving Patterns." Penelope Flores, San Francisco State University, ROOM 2014
  Pin@y Educational Partnerships: Workshop on Using the Filipina/o American Studies Sourcebooks, Allyson Tintiangco-Cubales, Roderick Daus-Magbual, Jonell Molina, and Angelica Posadas, and Nicollette Magsambol, Pin@y Educational Partnership, ROOM 2022
2:30 - 2:45 Break
2:45 - 3:30 Synthesis with Father Alejo
3:30 - 4:00 Closing Ritual by MAHAL

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