The following article was written by Bright Ideas contributor Kristina Robertson about her efforts to create a supportive community for immigrant students and familie
Nadra Shami currently serves as a Language and Literacy SIOP Trainer in Dearborn, MI.
Muhidin Warfa is the Director of the Multilingual Department of Minneapolis Public Schools. In this Q&A written for Colorín Colorado, he talks about how the district supports its immigrant families.
Learn why a strengths-based approach is so important and effective for English language learners (ELLs) who have experienced violence, trauma, and chronic stress, and what kinds of strategies to use in the classroom in order to begin integrating this a
Half the students in U.S. schools are experiencing or have experienced trauma, violence, or chronic stress.
Professional development activity: Identifying our cultural groups
Veteran ELL teacher Becky Corr describes an activity in which educators identify various cultural groups to which they belong and begin to form connections based on those shared experiences.