ASYNCHRONOUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
SELF-PACED COURSES:
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Supporting Unaccompanied Immigrant Youth in U.S. Schools: For the past few years, over 100,000 unaccompanied immigrant children crossed the Southern border each year and were in the custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement. What brings these youth to the U.S., what happens when they get here, and how do they end up in our classrooms? What type of education, if any, do they receive in ORR custody and how can we support these students when they enroll in our schools? This course is part of English Learner Portal's Cultural Proficiency & Equity Pathway. Click here to register.
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Understanding the Backgrounds of Refugee Students & Families: While refugees are typically a small percentage of English Learners in U.S. schools, those that we do have often have complex backgrounds and needs. Do you have students from Afghanistan, Ukraine, Congo, Burma, Syria, Iraq, Somalia, or other war-torn countries? If so, this training is for you! This course provides valuable information on how you can support your refugee students and families as they integrate and adjust to the U.S. overall, and specifically with education. This course is part of English Learner Portal's Cultural Proficiency & Equity Pathway. Click here to register.
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Immigrant Family & Community Engagement in Schools (Part 1): Parent involvement - or what we now call family engagement - is increasingly being used as a strategy to support student achievement and to close opportunity gaps. Join us to learn about best practices for engaging the immigrant, refugee, and English Learner families in your school or district! This course is the first of 3 for English Learner Portal's Family Engagement Pathway. Click here to register.
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Immigrant Family & Community Engagement in Schools (Part 2): Parent involvement - or what we now call family engagement - is increasingly being used as a strategy to support student achievement and to close opportunity gaps. Join us to learn about best practices for engaging the immigrant, refugee, and English Learner families in your school or district! This course is Part 2 of 3 of English Learner Portal's Family Engagement Pathway. Click here to register.
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Cultivating Leadership Skills Among Immigrant & English Learner Parents (Part 3): During this course we discuss programs and strategies for cultivating leadership skills among refugee and immigrant parents for engaging in decision-making and advocacy at the school and district levels. This is Part 3 of 3 of the Parent Engagement Pathway. Click here to register.
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Click here to enroll in the full Family Engagement Pathway.
​• Automatic enrollment in all 3 courses noted above
• 15-hours of courses, self-paced
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Note: We partner with English Learner Portal and University of Massachusetts Global for much of our online professional development in order to offer graduate credit.
