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Mary L Johnson, Ceo
South Gate, California 90280
Mary Johnson
Dover, Delaware
Mother of four, three sons and one daughter
Ronald Johnson, Earvin Johnson, L.C. Johnson, Mya Johnson
Areas of Expertise: Urban education; Parent Involvement; NCLB educational access and equity; parents' and students' rights; education reform; Parent Education.
Biography
Mary Johnson, Co/Instructor of the Urban Parent Teacher Education Collaborative program at Pepperdine University Graduate School of Education and Psychology, specializes in the influence of racial and cultural differences on teaching and learning, particularly in urban schools, and how these differences affect the way teachers, parents and students interact. As an advocate, she strives to reach new methods for distributing information about school conditions to state and federal agencies, and continues to collaborate with educational researchers, school administrators and educators, and community organizers and advocates.
She is a regularly cited expert on NCLB, parent education, and parents' and students' rights. Mary has been profiled in several book publications, such as Learn Power by Dr. Jeannie Oakes and Dr. John Rogers and the 2007 Harvard Review winter edition, written by Dr. John Rogers. She has conducted multiple workshops and seminars, working with teachers, parents and administrators at all levels to improve teaching and learning in multicultural settings.
Johnson is also chairperson for Parent Collaborative at Los Angeles Unified School District, and President of the advocacy organization Parent-U-Turn. As chairperson of Parent Collaborative, her background as advocate has helped her lead the way towards the transformation of LAUSD's parent involvement 1900’s model into a 21st century parent model that has parents as advocates. Johnson's interest is in developing advocates out of parents, and then into leadership roles that help parents to navigate their children beyond high school into universities.
Valerie Munoz
Parent-U-Turn
Vice President
Lynwood, California 90262
Through the UCLA Parent Project at Center X, I serve a s Parent Director for the project. Since 1995 I have
work as consultant or advisory role on parent programs for vary School District such as Inglewood, LAUSD
schools. The program is a 13 weeks workshps series that empower parents on how to get their children beyond high
school into a university. As Parent Educator I get to help parents to empower themselves to be the best
advocate for their children and others,
I instill in parents that knowledge is powerful for social change we must know the history of
education to be able not let history repeat itself. As Parent-U-Turn members I assisted the organizationin coordinating a Day of Dialogue where teachers and parents coming together to discuss State Standards andwhy we use them.
Parent U Turn participates actively in the communities where they work.
Scholarships for Youth: PUT Members have sponsors a total of 6 students for the last two to full four years' commitment. Every year we sponsor additional 3 students. Each Student that we sponsor gets a check for $400. PUT also give $100 Saving Bonds to two Middle School students, one for most improve and high achievement.
Annual Thanksgiving Distribution: PUT members have done this event since 1997. PUT distributed out average 450 turkeys / groceries to needy families of . Also in Lynwood PUT distributed 75 turkeys/groceries to needy families,
Annual Toys Distribution: PUT members have done this event since 1997. PUT distributed over average of 3000 toys to needy children’s of . Also in Lynwood PUT distributed 1000 toys to needy children.
First Annual Youth Civil Engagement: PUT members and Pepperdine University coordinator 13 Students from Southeast Los Angeles County to attend 2008 Democratic National Convention, The students attend DNC from August 25 to 29 in Denver, Colorado. The students attended the convention as student’s researchers, around issues such as health care, education and immigration.
Parent U Turn informs and educates parents and community members on ways to improve student’s academic achievement.
Parent Survival Guide: PUT members developed this bilingual guide to empower parents with the information they need to advocate for their children in school and to go to college. Parents will use the Parent Involvement Survival Guide to create a strong, workable environment in schools where they feel welcomed and respected.
Parent Curriculum Project Institute: Parent U Turn members participated in this 13 week institute which helped them make sense of curriculum, standards, instructional and assessment. Parents formulated an understanding of their role in school reform efforts by creating an action plan, focused on how organized parent leaders can influence the quality of achievement of all students. Parent-U-Turn have trained over 5000 parents in .
Day of Dialogue: PUT organized the first Day of Dialogue in , where teachers and parents came together to discuss why and how schools use the standards in the classroom.
Parent Curriculum Program: PUT members offer this 13 weeks program where parents learn about curriculum in Language Arts, Science, History, and Mathematics and about state standards, assessment, technology in the classroom and statistics on student achievement in .
Urban Parent Recasting Program:PUT members develop a new model for 21 century in 2006. This model was written by parents of color that have successfully navigated their children beyond k-12 grades school structures into college. All of parents that were apart of developing 21 Century Parent Model have or had children in struggling urban school In the past parent leadership have been design by researcher, that lived outside our communities and children never attend a struggling urban school.
Parent U Turns educate parents by modeling student centered learning, authentic assessment and the inquiry process.
Parents participate in a workshop comparing school A (a traditional school symbolized by a fortress) and school B (a 21st century school representing values of a family-centered school environment, with an open door policy where family feel welcome; and participate on all levels of discussion and decision-making within the infrastructure of school).
Parents are engage in a student-centered model classroom environment where they play the role of students. In this student-centered model, parent grapple with meaning-making of school curriculum and constructing their own understanding of how learning in organized in the classroom. Parents use hands-on activities to solve problems and use critical thinking as a way to learn about alternative ways of learning.
Parent U Turn provide information about college access to parents and students.
Initiative Parent Conference (LABI): Parent U Turn organized, recruited and facilitated this conference atUCLA, which was attended by over 380 parents. The focus of the conference was for parents to learn about college requirements, financial assistance and how to work with school counselor and administrators.
College Preparatory Workshops: PUT Members assisted EAOP department at UCLA, by recruiting parents as facilitators. Parents participated in the application process by filling out college registration application and financial aid packets. Parents became agent for change as representive of EAOP , at local school sites in conducting college fairs, and college preparation workshops for parents and students.
UCLA Latino Alumni parent Conference: PUT members helped plan, implement this conference and to recruit a total of 250 parents from to the UCLA Campus. The purpose of the parent conference was to acquaint parents with university campus resources, politic of bilingual education, strategies and for language acquisition and financial resources for colleges. Furthermore, parents participated in an open forum with higher education representatives about college preparatory requirements and a principal/teacher panel about issues of public schooling.
Parent U Turn informs and educates parents and community members on ways to improve student’s academic achievement.
Parent Survival Guide: PUT members developed this bilingual guide to empower parents with the information they need to advocate for their children in school and to go to college. Parents will use the Parent Involvement Survival Guide to create a strong, workable environment in schools where they feel welcomed and respected.
Parent Curriculum Project Institute: Parent U Turn members participated in this 13 week institute which helped them make sense of curriculum, standards, instructional and assessment. Parents formulated an understanding of their role in school reform efforts by creating an action plan, focused on how organized parent leaders can influence the quality of achievement of all students. Parent-U-Turn have trained over 5000 parents in .
Day of Dialogue: PUT organized the first Day of Dialogue in , where teachers and parents came together to discuss why and how schools use the standards in the classroom.
Parent Curriculum Program: PUT members offer this 13 weeks program where parents learn about curriculum in Language Arts, Science, History, and Mathematics and about state standards, assessment, technology in the classroom and statistics on student achievement in .
Urban Parent Recasting Program:PUT members develop a new model for 21 century in 2006. This model was written by parents of color that have successfully navigated their children beyond k-12 grades school structures into college. All of parents that were apart of developing 21 Century Parent Model have or had children in struggling urban school In the past parent leadership have been design by researcher, that lived outside our communities and children never attend a struggling urban school.
Parent U Turns educate parents by modeling student centered learning, authentic assessment and the inquiry process.
Parents participate in a workshop comparing school A (a traditional school symbolized by a fortress) and school B (a 21st century school representing values of a family-centered school environment, with an open door policy where family feel welcome; and participate on all levels of discussion and decision-making within the infrastructure of school).
