Puentes Familiares: Facilitating Family Partnership in Out of School Time

• In Event: AERA Roundtable Session Friday 11:45 am
  In Roundtable Session: Frameworks of Empowerment: Enabling Youth and Families to Take Action through Out of School Time Experiences

Abstract

Familial involvement in a students’ education has positive impacts on students' performance. However, few studies have examined the role of Hispanic immigrant family collaboration in out-of-school time (OST). Using participatory research within a university-community partnership, while adopting culturally sustaining pedagogy (CSP) and Ishimaru’s equitable collaboration framework, we analyzed over 100 hours of field notes, nine interviews with family members and three with nonprofit staff, as well as two focus groups with children and their university mentors. CSP included translanguaging and positioning family as experts (e.g., funds of knowledge) which resulted in parent capacity building, co-learning, a heightened sense of belonging, positive ethnic identity for children and family, and play time that built connections and improved academic access and wellbeing.

Authors

• Amy Vatne Bintliff, University of California - San Diego

• Ashley Yung Batchelor, Arizona State University

• Rogelio Becerra Songolo, University of California - San Diego

• Itzel Gonzalez Velazquez, University of California - San Diego

• Sayra Martinez, La Colonia De Eden Garden Inc

• Aylin I Paez, University of California - San Diego

• Ernesto Orozco, University of California - San Diego