Refugees and Immigrants in Schools
This professional development module includes a variety of activities and experiences designed to raise awareness, understanding, empathy, and competence among educators to address the educator actions.
Most of the activities are adaptable for classroom use and can easily incorporate home language and translanguaging practices.
The module is a step in the journey to better supporting refugee communities and also educating others about their experiences as well. The activities will support educators as they:
Dispel myths and misconceptions about refugees
Engage families as valued members of the school community - Identify and assist refugee students who need additional support due to migratory traumatic experiences
Identify local resettlement agencies and immigrant organizations.
Build on the funds of knowledge of refugee students to develop an asset-based perspectives
Share powerful counter storytelling from multimodal sources about refugee students and families
