ESCALA's 2024 HSI week kick-off activities! 

HSI TRIVIA! Join us weekly for our HSI Trivia and submit an answer to win prizes from the ESCALA Tiendita.

• • Requirements to participate: You must be following us and every like/comment/share = 1 giveaway entry to the raffle. 

  • How to submit? Post a comment with an answer, engage with other comments below, and share with your HSI community! 

We will be tracking comments and likes for giveaways and will conduct a drawing for winners at the end of each week. Winners will then be tagged in a post and announced each Friday at 4 pm Pacific. All tagged winners must reach out to us by the following Wednesday to claim their prize. 

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Envisioning Servingness Wall Padlet

Tell us what your vision of Servingness on your campus! Submit a post to our Padlet and check out how others describe something they'd see, hear, or feel when an HSI is serving Latine students.

• Click here to access the Servingness Padlet

Register for one or more of our free 2024 HSI Month Webinars!

Our webinars are all free during HSI Month. Use the dropdowns below to read more details and access the specific registration links.

Tuesday, September 17 from 1:00-1:45 pm PT

Addressing the "All Students" Question in your HSI with Dr. Melissa Salazar and Jasmine Nunley

Join us for this FREE webinar, the first in our series of Burning Questions Webinars that address some common issues that arise when doing HSI work. 

In this inaugural webinar, we will explore a thought-provoking burning question that we often hear: Why should we focus on and center our Latinx/e students? What about "all students"?

We will discuss the different ways we go about answering this question, the different reasons it comes up, and offer you ideas on how you might address this question in your own context. Bring your colleagues: the information is geared towards anyone working in an emerging or current HSI (and much of the discussion is relevant to MSIs as well!) See you there!

• • Click here to register for the free Burning Questions Webinar.

Monday, September 23 from 12-12:45 pm PT

Get to know the ESCALA’s HSI Practitioner Conocimientos Series (PCS) with Suzi Reyes and Debbie Reyes

This one's for all our dedicated HSI staff! Familiarize yourself with ESCALA’s Practitioner Conocimientos Series (PCS). This program is compromised of 6 asynchronous of research-backed frameworks and conocimientos (knowledge) to help you become a better HSI practitioner. Learn how to utilize the program in a cohort model among large groups of staff and some best practices to increase engagement. Stay until the end of the webinar to receive a discount code* to register for one or more modules!

• • Click here to register for the Conocimientos Webinar.

*Discount can only be applied for those who attend the webinar. 

Thursday, October 3rd from 9-9:45 am PT

Teaching STEM in Hispanic Serving Institutions with Dr. Margarita Otero-Diaz

This one is for all our higher education STEM practitioners serving Latinx/é students!  Learn more about ESCALA’s STEM-X Course in Culturally Responsive Practices for STEM-HSI Faculty This research-based course, designed and facilitated by STEM faculty in 2 and 4-year HSIs, features practical examples of high-impact practices that disproportionately benefit Latinx/é students. We will share data from our course pre and post surveys to show how the course transforms classroom experiences for Latinx/e students, and empowers STEM practitioners into change agents at their institutions.

• • Click here to register for the STEM-X Webinar

Envisioning Servingness Wall Padlet

Tell us what your vision of Servingness on your campus! Submit a post to our Padlet and check out how others describe something they'd see, hear, or feel when an HSI is serving Latine students.

• Click here to access the Servingness Padlet

Thursday, October 10 from 9-9:45 am PT

Did you miss the "All Students in HSIs" webinar in Sept? In Case You Missed It....

Join us again for this FREE webinar, the first in our series of Burning Questions Webinars that address some common issues that arise when doing HSI work. In this webinar we explore a thought-provoking burning question that we often hear: "Why should we focus on and center our Latinx/e students? What about all students?"

We will discuss the different ways we go about answering this question, the different reasons it comes up, and offer you ideas on how you might address this question in your own context. Bring your colleagues: the information is geared towards anyone working in an emerging or current HSI (and much of the discussion is relevant to MSIs as well!) See you there!

• • Click here to regsiter for the #ICYMI Burning Questions Webinar.

Throughout the Weeks of October 7-18

Ways to continue to engage with us:

• Continue to add to our Envisioning Servingness Wall

• See all of the HSI Trivia winners

Monday, October 21 from 11 am-12 pm PT

Mutually Reinforcing Professional Development: Building Capacity and Measuring Institutional and Classroom Progress towards Equity for Latinx with Dr. Melissa Salazar, Dr. Margarita Otero-Diaz and Kesia Ceniceros

ESCALA Education invites you to attend our quarterly ESCALA Institutional Transformation Webinar. All practitioners at your institution are invited to attend. This unique opportunity is $150/per institution and free for institutional members!

• • Want to sign up? Use this link to access the registration form.