How To Welcome a New Student

How To Welcome a New Student: A Guide for Teachers, Created by Students

CUNY-IIE collaborated closely with the PS 212Q Immigration and Education Leadership Team (IELT) to collaboratively learn about ways to include immigration-related issues in their classroom.

The outcome was this guide, written and illustrated by the third-grade dual language bilingual students in class 3-312 in June 2023 in PS 212Q. It was supported by their teacher, Marina Velasquez, and Danielle Mahoney-Kertes, UFT Teacher Center Literacy Coach. 

This guide illustrates important and practical tips on how to embrace and integrate a new immigrant student into the classroom and school community. This project quintessentially showcases that children are not too young to learn about immigration.

Not Too Young: Immigration in
Elementary Schools Video Series

The CUNY-Initiative on Immigration and Education (CUNY-IIE) partnered with public schools across New York State over three years. These collaborations led to the creation of school-wide projects that center immigration and education in elementary schools.

This series features the projects from three CUNY-IIE partner schools. These collaborations showed that teaching about immigration needs to happen as early in students’ schooling as possible.

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