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AFFINITY NETWORKING THROUGH THE Learning Outcomes:
UCSC LATINX INITIATIVE FOR Participants will understand why more teachers of
FUTURE TEACHERS (LIFT) color are needed in California, ways to support
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2022 students to become teachers on their path to
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM teaching, and ways to support preservice teachers of
color.
Target audience:Undergraduate Latinx students
Strand(s): Equity & Justice, Ongoing Healing, K-12
Education

Hosted by: University of California Santa Cruz

Presenter(s): Soleste Hilberg, Ph.D., Director of
Teacher Education
Coordinator: Soleste Hilberg
E-mail: soleste@ucsc.edu

In this workshop, Dr. Hilberg will discuss the Latinx
Initiative for Future Teachers (LIFT) program. A central
goal of LIFT is to address the racial and ethnic
disparities in race and ethnicity between California’s
teachers and the students, families and communities
they serve, as well as support the development of
teacher leaders of equity, justice, and anti-racism in
education. We have a multi-pronged effort to focus
recruitment on students in local public schools and on
UCSC’s undergraduate students, 26.4% of whom self-
identify as Latinx. Research has demonstrated that
being taught by teachers of color (TOCs) is associated
with gains in achievement, graduations rates, and
college aspirations (Carver-Thomas, Kini, & Burns,

2020). No less important is that the TOCs are role
models and sources of inspiration for their SOCs and,
having achieved success in a society with countless
roadblocks to their success, are committed to the
personal, social and academic success of their
students (Rios & Longoria, 2021).

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