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Agent Of Social Capital: An Autoethnographic Study Of A First Time Superintendent, Juan I. Martinez
Agent Of Social Capital: An Autoethnographic Study Of A First Time Superintendent, Juan I. Martinez
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This autoethnography analyzes how my experiences growing up on the Mexico-United States border influenced my superintendency. My particular focus was on my role as an agent of social capital for all students, including low-socioeconomic, at-risk and minority students. Collectively, over fifty percent of school-aged children in the United States are now from a minority ethnic group, of which Hispanic/Latino students constitute the vast majority. Research on academically successful minority students suggests that the social capital students receive from institutional agents at school expands opportunities for academic and lifelong success. Traditionally, however, institutional agents are teachers, counselors, and social workers, not …