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Hector Bojorquez, B.A.
Education Associate, Intercultural Development Research Association
Hector Bojorquez, B.A., is the web specialist and trainer at IDRA. He leads integration of technology in providing technical assistance and training to educators. Mr. Bojorquez also develops and enhances online databases for evaluation; develops products for delivery in a variety of formats, including video, audio, CD and the Internet; and establishes communication systems with stakeholders.
Mr. Bojorquez has his bachelor’s degree in English literature from the University of Texas at Austin and his certification in elementary education: pre-kindergarten through sixth grade, bilingual education and English as a second language.
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Hector Bojorquez, B.A.
Recent Writings
- “Youth Take on Budget Cuts – ‘We Want Fully Funded Schools,’” with Aurelio M. Montemayor, M.Ed., IDRA Newsletter, March 2012
- “Technology Integration in Science and Mathematics – The
Opportunity
to Explore,” with Paula Johnson, M.A., and
Veronica Betancourt
, M.A., IDRA Newsletter, September 2011
- Courage to Connect: A Quality Schools Action Framework, contributing author, 2010
- “Supporting the Dream of Going to College Through Powerful Student Engagement,” IDRA Newsletter, March 2010
- "Knowledge for Action – Organizing School-Community Partnerships Around Quality Data,” with Laurie Posner, IDRA Newsletter, January 2008
- “Technology Integration in Everyday Instruction,” IDRA Newsletter, April 2007
- “Facilitating a Vision for Technology Integration,” IDRA Newsletter, June-July 2006
Recent Podcasts
- “Promotora Model for Family Leadership in Education,” with Aurelio M. Montemayor, M.Ed., and Frances Guzmán, M.Ed., February 15, 2013
- “Parents Modeling Math in Everyday Life,” with Paula Martin Johnson, M.A., September 30, 2011
- “Youth, Technology and College Access,” April 12, 2010
- “Youth as Technology Bridges,” March 29, 2010
- “Communities Using Data to Improve their Schools,” with Anna Alicia Romero, June 3, 2008
- “A Model for Successful Reading Instruction,” with Juanita García, December 4, 2006
| Mr. Bojorquez led in the development of the IDRA OurSchool portal, a groundbreaking online portal that helps community and school partners examine their school data and plan joint action to improve school holding power. Through this data-base driven, user-friendly portal, educators and community members can find out how well their high school campus is preparing and graduating students, what factors may be weakening school holding power, and what they can do to address them.
He also developed the technology integration plan for technical assistance through IDRA’s Focusing on Language and Academic Instructional Renewal (FLAIR) model. FLAIR capitalizes on the campus leaders, mobilizing the principal, teachers, librarians and support staff as a force to tailor-make a reading program that is research based and that results in better achievement for all students. Bojorquez led implementation at a pilot campus where teachers are now using technology with their students in the classroom and seeing dramatic results.
Mr. Bojorquez has worked in education for more than 17 years in roles ranging from education specialist for a regional education service center to writing curriculum and training to teaching in a bilingual elementary school classroom.
IDRA is an independent, private non-profit organization, directed by María Robledo Montecel, Ph.D., dedicated to strengthening public schools to work for all children. As a vanguard leadership development and research team for more than three decades, IDRA has worked with people to create self-renewing schools that value and empower all children, families and communities. IDRA conducts research and development activities, creates, implements and administers innovative education programs and provides teacher, administrator, and parent training and technical assistance.
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