MAAEA

Massachusetts Asian American Educator’s Association Meeting Dorcester, MA November 10, 2014 5:30PM - 7:30PM Blog: http://maaea.blogspot.com Google Group: maaea@googlegroups.com People in Attendance: Go Sasaki, Katie Li, Jessica Tang, Ann Cheng, Marie Zhang, Lieu Nguyen, Richard Chang BAASIC Workshop Brainstorm Why do you think the numbers are this way? Reflect on your own education and whether or not you had Asian American role models in education and how they might/might not have affected you? What is it like being an Asian American educator? What did you grow up thinking you’d be? What do your parents want you to be? What are different roles in education that you can have? Which ones have impacted you? Asians and expectations around accents and where did you learn you couldn’t be a teacher? What might prevent Asians from being teachers? Within the culture? Within the education system? Glass ceilings—Asians need to be over qualified. Wh...

Agenda for October 6, 2014 Josiah Quincy Upper School 900 Washington St., Boston MA 02111 October 6, 2014 5:30PM - 7:30PM Blog: http://maaea.blogspot.com Google Group: maaea@googlegroups.com People in Attendance: Go Sasaki, Katie Li, Jessica Tang, Ann Cheng, Marie Zhang, Selena Tan, Jennifer Doo, Lieu Nguyen, Dzung Nguyen, Richard Chang Agenda Check-ins Member Support Time Research APA populations and Educator numbers in MA Complete planning objectives for Spring and Summer BASIC Event Planning Look ahead to Winter Events and Vietnamese outreach Brainstorm about what we want to know Pick priority questions Research/Data Questions 1.      How many Asian teachers in each school? Attrition rate of each teacher? 2.      Applicants? Hires? Retentions? 3.      Breakdown of Asian demographics (ethnicities) 4.      Hiring pool data? (goal if you are tryin...

MAAEA September Meeting Josiah Quincy Upper School 900 Washington St., Boston MA 02111 September 8, 2014 5:30PM - 7:30PM Blog: http://maaea.blogspot.com Google Group: maaea@googlegroups.com People in Attendance: Go Sasaki, Pamela Chu, Katie Li, Jessica Tang, Jonathan Yip, Richard Chang, Ann Cheng, Sandi Tang, Marie Zhang, Sarah Chang Agenda: -Check-Ins -Why did you become an educator?  What issues do you face as an APA involved in education? -MAAEA History -Member Support Time -MAAEA Calendar MAAEA History Troubleshooting Issues MAAEA Calendar of Events: One event per season this year. Fall : Presentation/Workshop at BASIC (11/21) “Why Become an Asian American Educator?” Objective: Recruit more APA teachers to the profession Winter : Lunar New Year/Tet Dinner - Reach out to SE Asian members and populations Spring : TAG Conference Summer : BBQ Next Meeting: October 6, 2014 Josiah Quincy Upper School 5:30PM - 7:30PM Ob...

MAAEA August Potluck Meeting Jobs With Justice 3353 Washington St, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 August 22, 2014 1:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Blog: http:// maaea .blogspot.com Google Group: maaea @googlegroups.com People in Attendance: Go Sasaki, Pamela Chu, Katie Li, Jessica Tang, Sue Hua, Daniel Nguyen Agenda: -Check-Ins -Why did you become an educator?  What issues do you face as an APA involved in education? - MAAEA History - MAAEA Priorities -Leadership Structures MAAEA History: 1980’s – MAAEA founded, with approximately 40 members.  Did a variety of events including intergenerational discussion – high school students on a panel discussing issues they face to elementary student parents., scholarship fund for APA educators, advocating for APA teachers in various districts. 2004 MAAEA revival: Chris Tang and Sophia Kim, Raymond.  Organized a couple of summits, had a meeting, presentation, panel discussionwith Dr. Carol John...

June 2014 Potluck (6/8/2014) Jobs With Justice 3353 Washington St, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 1:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Blog: http://maaea.blogspot.com Google Group: maaea@googlegroups.com Attendees: Richard Chang, Christopher Day, Katie Li, Tim Nagaoka, Go Sasaki, Jessica Tang Agenda: -Check-in -Debrief Event -MAAEA Goals for Next Year -Leadership/Membership Structure MAAEA May Event Debrief Pluses Deltas -Well organized event (well structured) -Attendance was very decent -MC, Videographer, Panel Facilitator -Many people hearing this for the first time, not just preaching to ourselves -Good idea to get graduate students (continue for next steps!) -Hope that children got something from it. -Heard good things through the grapevine about the event -Lorrayne stepped in for the event. Poised, great! -Heard questions from people that don’t normally have voice. -Recruit more from teacher programs (graduate programs) next year. -Don’t worry...

May 2014 Potluck (5/4/2014) Notes Jobs With Justice 3353 Washington St, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 1:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Blog:  http://maaea.blogspot. com Google Group: maaea@googlegroups.com Attendees: Richard Chang, Katie Li, James Liou, Tim Nagaoka, Go Sasaki, Cynthia SooHoo Agenda: -Check In/Celebrations -Revist Meeting & Organization Norms -APA Heritage Month Event "The Untold Story of Asian Immigrant Students in BPS: An Interactive Historical Overview and Community Discussion" -Open Mic/Forum -Check In/Celebrations Rose/Thorn/Bud and Celebrations -Revisit Meeting and Organization Norms Meeting Norms: Agree to Disagree Step Up/Step Back Confidentiality (Vegas Rule) Share plot not characters, ask permission, safe place to vent and work through issues Organization Norms: Shared leadership structure Consensus Model (Fist to Five) Unified Front Group Vision, Visible, Response to APA Issues, Spokesperson, Address ...