This guide was written and illustrated by the third-grade dual language bilingual students from PS 212Q. It highlights how teachers and administrators can welcome and integrate new immigrant students into the school community.

PS 212Q's Immigration and Education Leadership Team created 'How to Welcome a New Student,' a guide developed by third-graders for teachers. Students share practical tips on embracing and integrating immigrant newcomers into classrooms.

Elementary students at PS 340X worked with families to showcase artifacts from their immigrant backgrounds. See the My Story, Our Story gallery featuring 150+ cultural stories and family histories.

See how Children's School of Rochester's Family Literacy Program brings families into classrooms to compare education systems. Families discuss bilingual education and share their cultural perspectives.

Listen to three immigrant college immigrant students reflect on support from undocumented educators, their dreams of teaching, and fears tied to immigration barriers.

Listen to three immigrant college immigrant students reflect on support from undocumented educators, their dreams of teaching, and fears tied to immigration barriers.

This video follows two community educators who redefine teaching through innovative, nontraditional paths, showing how immigrants uplift students and lead with hope and commitment despite barriers.

In this video, NYSYLC youth share how they empower immigrant peers through leadership development, educational advancement, and self-expression.

The video highlights MinKwon Center’s Youth Empowerment Program, which serves as a space for immigrant youth to engage in advocacy and self-expression. 

Watch two DACA recipients share career paths and journeys, showing how resilience and education inspire dreams and build supportive communities.

This video uncovers the world of two immigrant artists, as they weave their distinct narratives of resilience and transformation. It showcases how art becomes a tool of self-expression, education and advocacy.

This report examines the barriers undocumented immigrants face in pursuing education degrees and teaching careers, drawing on focus groups and survey data to highlight key challenges in New York State.

This CUNY-IIE policy brief presents targeted recommendations that seek to foster equitable educational opportunities for all students, regardless of immigration status.

This 3-part guide helps undocumented students assess how supportive education programs are, offering a rubric, self-advocacy checklist, and key questions to inform their decisions.

This guide outlines a pilot program developed by NYSYLC to create, fund and support immigrant liaison roles to support immigrant-origin students in K-12 schools.

This short guide supports school staff and communities in creating an immigrant liaison role, outlining key duties, funding tips, selection considerations, and insights from liaisons in the pilot program.

These webinars outline actionable steps for policymakers and educational stakeholders to advance equity for immigrant-origin students, their families, and the educators who interact with them in New York State schools and districts.

In this panel, speakers helped clarify NYS Education Department's policies on undocumented students completing fieldwork/student teaching, taking certification exams, and receiving certification.

This program equips faculty members with resources and scholarship that can support them in teaching in-service or pre-service educators about the intersections between immigration and education in their classes.

This virtual module focuses on adopting translanguaging pedagogy to support immigrant-origin students in PK-12 classrooms. Earn 15 CTLE credits learning to leverage linguistic and cultural practices students bring to schools.