色情视频

鈥淏ut I think this fellowship is exciting because it's taking what I've learned from DLE, from being a classroom teacher and from being an EL coordinator and bringing it to that next level...鈥�

A few months ago, Amber Riehman (鈥�14, 鈥�15, 鈥�20) found herself listening to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.鈥檚 famous 鈥淎ll, Here, Now鈥� speech. King 鈥� speaking in 1966 at the height of the Civil Rights movement 鈥� warned against what he called 鈥済radualism,鈥� asserting: 鈥淲e want all of our rights, we want them here, and we want them now.鈥� For Riehman, those words made an impact.

鈥�'All, Here, Now' has been really sticking in my head as a mantra these last few months 鈥� and it's really been driving a lot of the work I've been doing at my site,鈥� said the 色情视频 alumna who now teaches social science and is an English learner (EL) coordinator at El Cajon Valley High. 鈥淪o often you鈥檒l say, 鈥榃ell, this is a small step in the right direction.鈥� Well, how many steps does it take to get there?鈥� 

Riehman recently learned she鈥檒l have a chance to contribute to the macro level change she鈥檚 long wished to see. In the wake of completing her master鈥檚 degree in Critical Literacy and Social Justice from  (DLE), she has been selected to the Teach Plus California Teaching Policy Fellowship for 2020-21. 

Teach Plus is a national organization that aims to empower teachers to take leadership over key policy and practice issues that advance equity, opportunity and student success. As part of the fellowship, Riehman will work on policy issues with the California Department of Education and receive a stipend to support her work, research and community impact.

鈥淓ven going back to my undergrad at 色情视频, I've always had this yearning to make change,鈥� Riehman said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 why I became a teacher; I thought if I have 100 kids per year, times however many years, that's some change right there. But I think this fellowship is exciting because it's taking what I've learned from DLE, from being a classroom teacher and from being an EL coordinator and bringing it to that next level 鈥� a level where change on a large scale is possible.鈥�

Riehman said she is excited for the chance to analyze systemic inequities within the educational system. She is particularly interested in tackling issues of access 鈥� where students are hindered by language barriers or because the content itself is not culturally relevant.

Through her experience in the DLE master鈥檚 program, Riehman said she gained the opportunity to reflect on her own ideology and biases and to 鈥渞eally study critical pedagogy and apply that to address issues of inequity and access.鈥� She credits her mentor, Cristina Alfaro, for encouraging her to pursue the fellowship when she wasn鈥檛 sure if she would even apply

鈥淗er mentorship has given me the tools, but also the courage to pull up a seat at the table and say, 'I belong here too.'鈥� Riehman said.

鈥淣ow, I'm wondering how I can use my platform and my privilege to shake things up and disrupt systems. 

鈥淚t's got me thinking, 'What can I do? How can I learn and listen but also engage?'鈥�