Welcoming New Students: A Guide for Teachers, Created by Students
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The PS 212Q Immigration and Education Leadership Team (IELT) met regularly to collaboratively learn about ways to include immigration-related issues in their classroom. Teachers implemented the lessons and shared the materials they used and students’ work.
One of those outcomes was a guide titled “How to Welcome a New Student,” developed by third-grade students for teachers. 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.
About the 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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This guide was 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.
