Victor Is Not My Name!
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Street
Life
Victor Rios grew up in Oakland, California in a single parent household, in poverty and on welfare. He joined a gang at the age of thirteen and by age sixteen he had dropped out of school and had been incarcerated several times. Having witnessed the tragic murder of his best friend by gang rivals, Victor hit a critical juncture in life at which point he made the decision to transform. With the support of educators and mentors, Victor redirected his attitude towards life, and returned to school to eventually acquire a Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley.
The Classroom Application Handbook
This Classroom Application Handbook is a companion volume for practitioners in need of research-based best practices to apply with students. Inside is a wealth of resources created for educators seeking practical, teacher-tested strategies to support the prosperity-based practices in From Risk to Promise: A School Leader’s Guide to Professional Learning in Prosperity-Based Education. This handbook contains teacher-tested classroom activities, engaging strategies, and instructional tips.
My Teacher Believes in Me
This book helps educators with the task of re-adjusting the educational system’s understanding of marginalized youth from a deficit perspective to an asset perspective
This book discusses three main strategies as fundamental for beginning the process of emotion-informed approaches and culturally responsiveness in educational settings:
Remove the deficit perspective in education, value the stories that young people bring into the classroom, and provide students with the social, emotional, and material tools they need for success.
Punished: Policing the Lives of Black and Latino Boys
Rios finds that the very system that criminalizes them and limits their opportunities, sparks resistance and a raised consciousness that motivates some to transform their lives and become productive citizens. Ultimately, he argues that by understanding the lives of the young men who are criminalized and pipelined through the criminal justice system, we can begin to develop empathic solutions which support these young men in their development and to eliminate the culture of punishment that has become an overbearing part of their everyday lives.
The Classroom Application Handbook
In Human Targets, Rios takes us to the streets of California, where we encounter young men who find themselves in much the same situation as fifteen-year-old Victor. We follow young gang members into schools, homes, community organizations, and detention facilities, watch them interact with police, grow up to become fathers, get jobs, get rap sheets—and in some cases get killed. What is it that sets apart young people like Rios who succeed and survive from the ones who don’t?
My Teacher Believes in Me
This title helps parents understand and navigate the U.S. education system. Parents are taught how to become advocates and leaders in their children’s education. The authors discuss how cultural lessons make a difference in the lives of Latino children as they journey through the K-12 and higher education system. Educators may utilize this book to encourage parents to engage in leadership and academic activities and to make their schools more welcoming and culturally relevant. Practical examples and detailed lessons about various higher education options are discussed.
A School Leader's Guide to Professional Learning in Prosperity-Based Education
For educational leaders who plan to deliver these modules with their staff, we recommend A School Leader’s Guide to Professional Learning in Prosperity-Based Education. Our program provides school leaders the necessary tools to deliver a full year (12 total modules) of high-quality professional learning.
Self-study
Toolkit for
Teachers
For classroom teachers who wish to embark on this work with their PLC teams, we recommend the Self-Study Toolkit for Teachers. This guide mirrors our volume for school leaders, but is designed with independent teacher teams in mind.
Project GRIT: Generating Resilience to Inspire Transformation
Project GRIT: Generating Resilience to Inspire Transformation was created to support young people in strengthening the mind, body, and soul. This book tells the story of an inspiring curriculum developed for young people who have been left behind. Project GRIT aims to inspire educators and service providers on how to develop programming that can positively impact the lives of the lives of the young people they serve.
Publications by Dr. Rios
Victor Is Not My Name!
Pre-order advanced reader copies of my new book, Victor Is Not My Name! and be the first to receive the book ahead of its official publication.
