“ 1) Jose Luis Vilson is a math teacher, coach,
and data analyst for a middle school in the Inwood / Washington
Heights neighborhood of New York, NY.
He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Syracuse University and a master’s degree in mathematics
education from the City College of New York. A New York City Teaching Fellows,
Jose Vilson spoke at the NYCTF Induction Ceremony in 2007 in Lincoln Center.
He has worked on developing professional development for his fellow teachers on
such topics as working on goals for the classroom and using educational data
systems. Through his work as an educator, he’s developing a citywide and
national voice for all teachers, working with groups such as the Teacher
Leaders Network and the General Electric Fund to promote new ideas for
educators, creating assessment tasks, and developing curriculum maps. When not
working on these occupations, he’s also a committed poet, writer, web designer,
and community organizer. He co-authored the book Teaching 2030: What We Must Do
For Our Students and Public Schools … Now and In The Future with Dr. Barnett Berry and 11 other
accomplished teachers. He currently serves as the president of the Latino
Alumni Network of Syracuse University, as a board member on the Board of Directors
for the Center for Teaching Quality, and has served as board member for Media
Make Change, an organization committed to the integration of social justice and
social media. He’s part of the first cohort of Acentos Fellows as part of the
Acentos Foundation, and a member of LATinos In Social Media (LATISM), the
Capicu Poetry Group, BlogCritics, and the AfroSpear. He has been featured in
American Latino TV, CNN, Black Web 2.0, Electronic Village,
and Common Cents / Penny Harvest.
2) Many times, when people define an entity,
whether it’s a thought or a person, they talk about what it is not. That’s
certainly not my intention. After all, I believe that a man’s actions speak
stronger than a man’s words. So consider this blog a documentation of action.
In my lifetime, I’ve done more than I could
have ever imagined. I’ve written and given speeches, played ambassador for my
alma maters, participated in protests, saved lives, volunteered at hospitals,
acted in various musicals and plays (mostly small-time), and won various
awards, academic and otherwise. I’ve traveled the country, and I hope to travel
the world as well. I’ve met tons of people, designed many a website, teach
inner-city children, performed my poems, and survived the most desperate times
here on the Lower East Side.
Here are some of my blog’s major
acknowledgements:
2007 Weblog Awards Nominee for Best Education
Blog
Famous Blogs’ Blog of the Day Award, February
5th (co-win with Smashing Magazine)
One of Scholastic Instructor’s Top 20 Teacher
Blogs of 2009
Rated #36 Top Education Blog of 2009 by
PostRank
Featured on LiveStrong.com, CNN.com, Time Out New York Magazine, NY Mag Intelligencer, and the Chicago Sun-Times
Featured on GothamSchools.org, AllTop.com, and
MiBodegaOnline.com”
