Immigrant Connections
Bilingual Parent Liaisons: the Juggle is Real
Happy Back to School! This blog post is for all the school-based family engagement staff out there who specifically focus on immigrants,...
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Immigrant Connections
Jul 25, 20194 min read
La Sopa de la Abuela: Using the telenovela as a tool to navigate special education
Update: Since this blog was first posted, Arlington Public Schools made all episodes available for free online! A couple of weeks ago, I...
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Immigrant Connections
Jun 26, 20194 min read
Unsafe Immigrant Children = Future Students
As I look at pictures of immigrant children in cages and read stories about children not having access to safe and sanitary conditions,...
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Immigrant Connections
Jun 20, 20194 min read
Construyendo Collaborative Relationships between Recently Arrived Salvadoran Parents and Educators
I recently attended the Multilingual Learner Conference put on by the Washington DC Office of the State Superintendent of Education...
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Immigrant Connections
May 1, 20194 min read
U.S. Department of Education Hosts EL Parent Roundtable
Today I was fortunate to be able to help the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA) facilitate a...
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Immigrant Connections
Mar 28, 20193 min read
Square Pegs in Round Holes: Breaking Down Barriers for Hiring Family & Community Engagement Staff
I had worked in the refugee resettlement field for over ten years when I decided I wanted to work in schools. I had worked at the local...
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Immigrant Connections
Mar 21, 20193 min read
Building Relationships with Families through Interpreters: What we Can Learn from Marie Kondo
Lately I’ve been watching "Tidying Up with Marie Kondo." I find this show quite enjoyable and it isn’t because everything ends up nice...
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Immigrant Connections
Feb 26, 20192 min read
Dear School Districts: "Immigrant" is Not a Bad Word
There are a number of school districts throughout the United States that call immigrant students “international” students. For example, a...
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Immigrant Connections
Feb 14, 20194 min read
Separate or Together: Unpacking the “EL Family Event” vs. “All-School Family Event” Debate
One of the most common questions that comes up in the world of immigrant/English Learner (EL) family engagement is whether one should...
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Immigrant Connections
Feb 11, 20193 min read
Breaking down the EL & Family Engagement Silos
Welcome to my new blog! If you’ve poked around my website or ever seen me present, you know that my #1 area of expertise is English...
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