{"id":907,"date":"2023-02-23T18:17:01","date_gmt":"2023-02-23T18:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.wearedream.org\/?p=907"},"modified":"2026-03-25T18:35:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T22:35:13","slug":"spotlight-jakeel-daniels","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/wearedream.org\/es\/blog\/spotlight-jakeel-daniels\/","title":{"rendered":"SUE\u00d1O destacado: Ja&#039;Keel Daniels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Para Ja&#039;Keel Daniels, decano acad\u00e9mico fundador de la escuela secundaria DREAM Mott Haven, el camino hacia una carrera en educaci\u00f3n infantil no siempre fue claro. Como joven estudiante afroamericano que cursaba sus estudios en las escuelas privadas de la ciudad, afirma que le cost\u00f3 mucho encontrarse a s\u00ed mismo, optando por mantener la cercan\u00eda con amigos que no siempre actuaban correctamente. Durante su primer a\u00f1o de preparatoria, Ja&#039;Keel recuerda que lo expulsaban de clase con frecuencia, que ten\u00eda que cumplir castigos casi a diario y que, finalmente, se enfrent\u00f3 a la expulsi\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<p>Tras haber tenido la oportunidad de permanecer en la escuela en per\u00edodo de prueba, Ja&#039;Keel atribuye a dos cosas el haber cambiado su rumbo: su pasi\u00f3n por el b\u00e9isbol, que le brind\u00f3 oportunidades para jugar en la Divisi\u00f3n I y a nivel profesional, y el haber conectado con profesores que compart\u00edan experiencias y antecedentes similares.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYo era un estudiante que no valoraba el sistema educativo porque sent\u00eda que el sistema no me valoraba a m\u00ed\u201d, afirma. \u201cFue necesario que, durante mi adolescencia, profesores y mentores de mi mismo origen racial me guiaran para que mi relaci\u00f3n con la educaci\u00f3n cambiara\u201d.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ja&#039;Keel jug\u00f3 b\u00e9isbol en Jackson State y Savannah State, donde obtuvo su licenciatura. Obtuvo su maestr\u00eda en Relay Graduate School of Education y actualmente est\u00e1 cursando un doctorado en alfabetizaci\u00f3n en Hofstra. En Mott Haven, Ja&#039;Keel no solo se desempe\u00f1a como decano de la escuela, sino que tambi\u00e9n trabaja en varios programas, incluyendo la colaboraci\u00f3n de la escuela con Breakthrough, que ofrece una v\u00eda acad\u00e9mica rigurosa y con apoyo financiero para estudiantes de secundaria que planean asistir a escuelas preparatorias privadas en la ciudad; Saturday Academy, el programa de DREAM Mott Haven que se enfoca en mejorar el rendimiento estudiantil en matem\u00e1ticas y lengua y literatura; y los programas deportivos de la escuela, que incluyen f\u00fatbol americano sin contacto, baloncesto y, por supuesto, b\u00e9isbol.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEl cari\u00f1o que recib\u00ed me impuls\u00f3 a brindar mi apoyo a otros estudiantes que comparten experiencias similares\u201d, dice Ja&#039;Keel, quien tambi\u00e9n est\u00e1 en su segundo a\u00f1o como parte del Programa de Director Residente de DREAM. \u201cEsta obligaci\u00f3n hacia quienes lo necesitan se ha manifestado en una pasi\u00f3n de siete a\u00f1os por ser maestro y administrador\u201d.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Puedes escuchar m\u00e1s de Ja&#039;Keel viendo <a href=\"https:\/\/bronx.news12.com\/bronx-education-administrator-gives-back-inspires-students\">El segmento reciente de News12<\/a> en su historia.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wearedream.org\/es\/join-the-dream-team\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-974\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.wearedream.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-05-24-at-11.01.25-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"583\" height=\"73\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wearedream.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-05-24-at-11.01.25-AM.png 583w, https:\/\/wearedream.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-05-24-at-11.01.25-AM-300x38.png 300w, https:\/\/wearedream.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-05-24-at-11.01.25-AM-18x2.png 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 583px) 100vw, 583px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>El camino hacia una carrera en educaci\u00f3n infantil no siempre fue claro para Ja&#039;Keel Daniels, decano acad\u00e9mico fundador de DREAM Mott Haven Middle. <\/p>","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":6881,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-907","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community-voices"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>DREAM Spotlight: Ja&#039;Keel Daniels &#8211; 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