Sentences with phrase «understanding immigrant students»

Strong school leaders who value understanding immigrant students, who use data to measure progress, and who engage the community broadly are essential.

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This fascinating tour is taken by about 44,000 students annually and is a must for any NY history buffs or for anyone seeking to better understand the life of our earliest immigrants.

Her book, Balancing Acts: Youth Culture in the Global City (University of California Press 2010), challenges teachers, administrators, and parents to look beneath the outward manifestations of youth culture — the clothing, music, and tough talk — to better understand the internal struggle faced by many minority students and children of immigrants as they try to fit in with peers while working to lay the groundwork for successful lives.

Under the wing of principal Solomon, eighth grade English and social studies teacher Tracy Goodman and her colleagues found a way to help their students understand and appreciate the immigrant experience by becoming «immigrants» themselves.

Her forthcoming book, Balancing Acts: Youth Culture in the Global City (University of California Press 2010), challenges teachers, administrators, and parents to look beneath the outward manifestations of youth culture — the clothing, music, and tough talk — to better understand the internal struggle faced by many minority students and children of immigrants as they try to fit in with peers while working to lay the groundwork for successful lives.

It also explored teachers» perception and understanding of the sociocultural and past educational experiences of immigrant students from Ghana.

It's not surprising that many educators struggle to understand and address the challenges English language learner (ELL) and immigrant students face.

Over the course of the past few months, the Student Voice Team has spoken with refugee and immigrant students to not only gain a better understanding of their personal experiences but also hear their take on the new Administration and the worldwide refugee crisis.

We can not develop a more comprehensive and effective approach to serving ELL students without teachers who understand the cultural nuances of immigrant populations.

Using NCES Surveys to Understand the Experiences of Immigrant - Origin Students.

The course develops an understanding of program evaluation measures, and requires students to be able to demonstrate this knowledge for purposes of making data based decisions to develop intervention plans for a variety of learners including students with disabilities and other special concerns such as youth from foster, immigrant and migrant families, students who are at risk and students from language diverse communities.

Please click here for the Understanding and Supporting the Educational Needs of Recently Arrived Immigrant English Learner Students webinar slides

Please click here for the Understanding and Supporting the Educational Needs of Recently Arrived Immigrant English Learner Students webinar

These arriving immigrants bring tremendous assets and strengths to U.S. classrooms and communities, yet it remains important to build understanding of how existing structures can best support these students» success in U.S. schools.

When ethnographer Angela Valenzuela spoke with immigrants in Texas — Mexican - American parents and students — and dug into the meaning of the Spanish word «educacion,» (in English: education) they understood it to mean «caring before learning.»