
Dr. Al Felice
Ms. Patricia Vickman, Executive Director of Administration for the Oshkosh Area School District (OASD), writes:
“It’s not often that one finds a person who understands the ”nuts and bolts” of an educational system, has the capacity to ‘think out of the box’ in order to maximize the efficiency and efficacy of what a system does and can so effectively engage the staff he works with to challenge their thinking. His scholarship and his connections with state and national level resources have contributed not only to the depth of discussion to be held but also an advocacy created as both ambassador and confidante.”
For the past two years I served as the internal Educational Consultant for Disproportionality and Diversity Issues with the Oshkosh Area School District.
I am a writer, researcher, and thinker on the area of diversity and education.
I have developed of a comprehensive framework for addressing the issues of diversity on a universal, selected and targeted basis both in the community and in the district. Known as the Building Relationships In Diverse Groups for Educational Success (BRIDGES) project, I initiated conversations with both internal and external stakeholders to examine and influence the cultural contexts in our district – from student to family to staff to the larger community.
I established the North-Side Alliance (NSA), a group of the six principal leaders of the Title 1 schools in the District – each school having in excess of forty percent poverty. This Alliance was established so principals of schools with similar student populations, and hence similar challenges, could collectively network with community resources and each other, in meeting the educational needs of the students. Working relationships between and among schools, as well as other community resources were created and maintained.
As you know, part of the issue of poor rates of recruitment and retention, is the lack of readiness of children from traditionally underrepresented populations, to fully engage in social and academic culture of the higher education environment. Another issue is poor student-to-institute matching. For many parents of first-generation students, the concept of student-to-institute is foreign. Many of our parents are simply elated to have their kids going to college. As we know, it is not that simple.
Let’s talk.
Dr. Al Felice
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I have shared your blogs with several of my students here in the Atlanta University Center. I am happy to report that in addition to your current readership, many of the students here are eager to read more from you.
Please bless us with more blogs soon.
Yours in Service,
Dr. Christopher K. Bass
Dr. Bass,
Thank you so very much for your comment…and to your students also, a heart-felt thank you. If we advance through conversation, even the tough ones, tomorrow will be secured.
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Thank you Kelly. I did not know that anyone was reading it – so my enthusiasm to write was slowed. I am re-energized by the many wonderful comments I have recently received. Thank you.
As the principal of an elementary school with a 90% poverty rate and ethnically diverse student body, I needed help with strategies for engaging African American parents and effectively educating African American children. I was so fortunate to have the opportunity to work closely with Dr. Al Felice.
Dr. Al supported our school’s efforts in numerous ways. He shared his knowledge and experience with staff, facilitated parent focus groups to engage parents in conversations about education, provided individual guidance to families in collaboration with staff, and offered his expertise during times of crisis. Most importantly, though, Dr. Al helped me to build my capacity as an educator to better understand and meet the needs of students and families. Even though Dr. Al is no longer a consultant for our school district, his work is sustainable because of the capacity he built in our poeple.
You are a very special gift to that District. They are both blinded and partnered in quasi conservative thought that will hurt our community’s future – but… Oh well!
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You are quite correct. Our wishes and hopes do not change “current realities.” However, given that “current realities” is a dynamic concept, with effort, our wishes and hopes may yet be realized. 🙂
Dr. Felice: I read your featured item in today’s State Journal. It is unfortunate that you, along with EVERY other racial profiteer of our time, have decided to ignore the root problem the black culture faces: Illegitimacy.
When young black men stop impregnating young black women with whom they have a mere casual if not simply lustful relationship, the fate of the next generation of blacks might finally change. But as long as people such as your refuse to make illegitimacy a keynote item on your agenda of what needs to change, it won’t. And ten years from now your wish lists will be much the same.
Kindest regards, Mark Peterson
Dear Mark: Let me first thank you. For without engagement, even if powerfully and aggressively half-educated, we will not move forward. You do advance a strong point…not around the issue of illegitimacy, as that in and of itself is non-causative. There has been no identified causal relationship between a child born out of wedlock, parents who choose not to marry, divorced parents, adoptive children, or children born to same-sex parents and what you so aptly term “the fate.” I recognize your word-choice “illegitimacy” and “impregnating” as a fevered attempt at inciting divisiveness. Again, I smile in acknowledgement. Your use of those terms is “nice” but your argument lacks legitimacy. (I am using your own words – pretty cool eh!) What you allude to, and I agree with, is a too-early sexual maturing of many of our young men. This tends to be needs and environmentally-based. Any environment lacking in adult, male influence and supervision will demonstrate this. (please see,http://thesestonewalls.com/gordon-macrae/in-the-absence-of-fathers-a-story-of-elephants-and-men/) Why this environment consistently lacks male adult presence, is socially and historically based. This is an issue that needs to be addressed. One of your greatest challenges though Mark, is the stalled perception of singularity. I would strongly encourage you to expand your readiness to learn on this issue, because we do need you as a partner in this change.
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