1975_04 The Daily Collegian April 1975

              2-THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
COMMENTARIES
/Minority teacher representation, disparity stilt?
By Rlcardo I
Chairman, Comlta CHI
(CMcanoo
Is s report to taa CsMawrnta
Legislature tn November, Legla-
lative Analyat A Alan Poet reported that Cattfcsrata'a fajbttc
and pfirato teachar training
eampaeaa are graduating 10,000
teachers each year lata a Job
market that now exMbtts a turnover rate of mm than 10,000
tsaetang positions.
He  alao aald    without adding
To pat aside taw aaad to train
ara la
aty of
that the Chlcano esra*
rnwntty is being offered In taa
achools of this valley
To continue to credential
teachers who are not compels at
to teach ta a Nltnguai, Mcaltaral
setting la to advocate tha preeent
rate of Cbt-
enrollmem of minorities In teacher training at the university aad
college campuses Is low, compared to atate-wtde public echool
enrollment
Poet's study showed thst, al-
chorajh in California CMeaan enrollment in the public achools ia
17 1 par coat, CMcanos sre still
grossly urater-represented with
only 2 per cent of the total cre-
dontlsled teachers
U 'fortunately, ouch ssdstatistics did not warrant isough at-
toatlon to the analyst. In a
summary of the dimrtbutton of
minority groups in teacher training programs, tt waa raotod that
Chlcanoe comprtaa teas than 5
per coot of enroltoea of the state
university aad college system
Obviously, such stutlsties depict
s gross rsctsl dispent.
er tratntng programs across
California. This form of institutional racism directed st the Chl
csno, ta Just one •>sample of the
mls-educatton that barrio chilli    the  valley
Y. al fin. to |
teacher aides with hi Ungual skills
and   proven  teaching ron r»ven<-».
ara mat more capable than many
teachers ta to be blind to late
crucial need to restructure
teacher training programs to
meet the needs ofthe corresponding locsl service areas aa mandated tor in the Ryan Act.
The problems of unequal educational opportunities are of starh
magnitude and so widespread thst
tt wo aid bo unwise to rely on
the efforts of individual school
districts to bring about the kind
of uniform snd romprahaaakBu
teacher training reform needed
Therefore, it ia the r.iorai obligation aad responsibility edjj|:
teacher training programs to take
the lead la providing higher education to CMcanos in odacattorn,
but st tha same ttme fill the urgent need for blcultural teachers
tn California
The affirmative action policy
would he actively realized. A relaxed admissions policy, free of
discriminating raojatramunte aad
tests, available to all who seek
entrance tn the schools of education, is the first logical step in
eliminating educational racism
Summarily, /all efforts should
proceed with the perspective of
providing s true educational experience tor all students
Bee buzzes by boycott   . .
What labor unresft
i lm-
portant educational rweoarce -
Chlcano teachers that can relate
to them Alao, there are more
CMcanoa than Anglos who a re bilingual, and thus better equipped
to deal with the Rngllah language
difficulties  of  the Chlcano etu
- a Note: The following
com me taa ry appeared in the
March Issue of tha Sacramento
Newupnper Guild Newsl.
is  distributed only to
its members,  including the editorial   staff  of  tha Sa. r
Fsee.   and   the   remalnd.
ky    Pul.ltshine   I
eluding the  Fresno and Modesto
liees
While the attention of theenttre
nation was focused on the march
of Cesar Chavez, and his followers
on Ihe Gallo Winery In Mi.let.tn.
ri.e Hjoawtata Baa tot u>*-i Hi
attention mi anythlitg taJ
thing else •K.litorijlh ■
to the dark aad hoptag the monster would go away" waa the way
one observer put It
Unallv.   relm taiitl,.  the storv
made page one. alarm* Ike fold
with   some   presiding from ataf-
fera. The next day tt hadtumlOed
from Bight
CBS. NBC. The San I
Examiner ami The Los Angeles
Times covered the event with
news teams - while The Modesto
Bee sent a reporter and photographer to rover the march (for
all three Bees ami AP!) of over
4.000 people a spot assign
ment aandwl« bed tnlietween other
I hores
for part of a
can provide more effective role
models tor the Chlcano youth.
With the result of ths Lao va.
Nichols deeiotoa by the U S Supreme Court, along with the
federal and state money appropriations tor bteulturaleducation
and the newly instituted Rysn
Act, teacher training programs
nkooarl direct that r attention to the
tsaaa at aaad To deny CMcsno
children s bteultural education
la to dewy them the opportunity
to develop their Intellectual potential to Its tallest degree.
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*   •RAaVat<VVI. HOLIDAY    551 *
iAWAll
ibltAif:
e Round!rip jet flights via Pan Am ^
e 8 days, 7 nights first-clsss hotel accom modal ions "^
• Lei greeting^ transfers Ar
e Free admission to Polynesian Show
e Pearl Harbor I -4)K
• Many other features
BaWa,
An explanation" 'Management
doeeat think this story ts that
important *
Could the fact the tonchsoo
meeting hetween Gallo's Public
Relations director and The Modesto Bee managing editor have
entered Into that evaluation0 Or
the full-page ads Gallo ran tn all
three Bees?
And where did that picture
come from that ran in The Boo,
of the marchers passing Taa
Modesto Junk Company It waan't
one of those taken by The Bee
pliotographer assigned to the
event. Perhsps too msny of Ms
ia< tures showed •Boycott Gallo"
Then there was the KOVR-TV
"Action News* film crew on hand,
claiming they were there only If
•sometMng   happens" pre-
aasagewy of a violent nature When
channel 13 finally broodraat a
report of the Saturday activities
the following Monday, the story
had been rassMgnedtoa reporter
of IpsatBh descent. Apparently
under the management assumption 'it takes one to know one."
It seems Incredulous that the
top echelon would be
so overt tn the effort to downplay the • if we are
tutawed newsgarherers and not
twos maters, thts credo must apply to objective editing as well as
objective reporting. The question
ts not one of supporting the trFW
or Ceaar Chavez past tha
t>elief In workers to the right of
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JLMOB TYPIS1  CLERK    Must live in Fresno County   aleo
must   he unemployed or underemployed, Spanish speaktag is
required.
Starting salsry $442 $951 per month
COI NS4LOR   The Boy Scouts of AnWtcs ara Making counselors for their members ths pay is satlsfsctor
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SALkawaUN: Locsl deportment store is looking for so errparl-
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selling men's clothing sod who has the ability to establish
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large Mexican clteotel. Contact Jobs Skills Bank at 7$$ «P*
Street or call 2*6-0895.
SALESMAN Locsl radio station is looking for Spanish I
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Chlcano businessmen tn Fresno. Hanford and Marced. Salary
Is $400 a month
For   more   Information  cnll JOB SKILLS BANK  st 144 fj$$4
or inquire at 729 "P* Street
El Concilio de Fresno
initiates Job Skills Bank
By Ernesto Moreno
La Vox Staff Writer
El Concilio de Fresno, a coordinated body of organization
representatives, agency representatives, and Individuals ofthe
Spanish speaking community,
have Implemented a project that
would benefit the largest ethMc
minority group tn the county of
Fresno.
The Job Skills Hank hss been
initiated to provide tha Spanish
speaking community the sssts-
tance It needs In the ares of em -
ploy men!
•Although there are other
agencies tn Fresno County that
provide stmtlsr services, the
Job Skills Bank will mainly deal
with the problems of the Mexican-
American and his special needs."
said Paul Rivera, coordinator of
the project.
The services offered by the
project are tn the areaa of:
Outreach and Comr
Fducat ton
informing  potential Job-
changers    and    seekers   of the
available   services   at   the Concilio.
Job orientation
preparing the job-aeeker
for the world of work and to Instill tn Mm tne proper skills in
I applying for s job.
Job Iteveloxnneat
lemtfytng new employee
positions in ispattering or saw in
to  finding  tha  tight
employee  tor their company or
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This 75 yesr old men's fraternity is re-
eststelajpang its chapter on campus. To 'esrn
more about thin opportunity and what it car
offer vou, please sftend ou> prerrentetioru ,
APtl 8 e 7 PM
ROOM 909, COUEOI UNION
Job Bank
>mplle information on
employers snd Job seekers on a
data management system that
would enable ths dais referrals
bank to make quick and accurate
match -ups.
Job Referral and Placement
on the busts of the matchups mads by the tab bank, applicants sre sent to the prospective
employer.
Follow-up
a meana of finding oat the
resalts  of the   referral   aad or
placement.
Anyone in the Spanish a
community. 18 vesrsora
who reside In the Ctty or County
of Fresno are eligible if they are
unemployed and seeking work
underemployed (either sesames I
workers receiving a wage taaaf-
nctent to provide for - e needs of
their famtlv or other worawgg tn
the seme situation), employed
persons who have bee" released
from cot rectional Institutions.
military service, or who have
bean dtoaMaH   said RI
Thta project s atn I at satisfying the needs of the Spanish
spaa king person hut will offer Its
services to tarn-one in need of
them, ssld Rivera
Anyoti- the pro-
ject or more information, may
contact Rivera r an\ job Snails
counselor M T$9 • P" «• . Fraawo
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