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[Re-]Entry Education Connie Li Jack Swiggett Serena Wong Our Team Jack Swiggett Connie Li Serena Wong Newcomers to a Former prison/jail country inmates Both groups need to navigate society. Chad Martens Jarrod Mock Leeno Wong

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[Re-]Entry Education

Connie Li Jack Swiggett Serena Wong

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Jack Swiggett Connie Li Serena Wong

Our Team

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Former prison/jail inmates Newcomers to a country

Both groups need to navigate society.

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Chad Martens Jarrod Mock Leeno Wong

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  • What was your experience?
  • How did it make you feel?
  • Unexpected difficulties?
  • Unexpected ease?
  • Story about meeting

someone new

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“I should’ve tried harder to mix into society, instead of looking for comfort and staying with people like me”

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“I want to learn, I just don’t know how” Resignedness

vs

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Felt good knowing someone here

SAY THINK DO FEEL

Common goal Totally different environment Experience is the best way to learn Culture is less important to learn than language Have to be uncomfortable to learn language Watches English news/movies Speaks Chinese at home Familiar is comforting Daunted Resigned Overwhelmed Speaks English at work

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NEEDS:

Be comfortable being uncomfortable when learning a new language

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NEEDS:

See learning language in positive light

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Chad Martens Jarrod Mock Leeno Wong

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Chad Martens Jarrod Mock Leeno Wong

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  • What types of educational programs

already exist? What works/doesn’t work?

  • What differences do you see between

teaching prison inmates and teaching students in a traditional classroom?

  • What impact do these programs have
  • n the lives of prisoners who complete

them?

  • Tell us about a time when a teacher did

something unexpected.

  • Tell us about a time when a course was

particularly helpful for an inmate.

  • Logistical questions
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“It’s a cage we need to expand”

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Efficiency in the classroom Inefficiency in learning

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No electronics One size fits all; efficient

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Classroom environmen t Strapped for cash Fragmented programs Resistant to change Inefficient Deserves more funding Lots of potential in inmates Needs more specialization Develops materials for teachers Works with inmates Invested Empathy Lack of trust Overwhelmed

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NEED:

Tailored approach to education

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NEED:

Unification of resources to increase accessibility

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Summary

Newcomers

Change attitude toward learning

Former inmates

Get access to what we take for granted

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Thank you

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