Adjusting to a new community and school comes with many questions and challenges. The Educators category can provide insight into topics such as ways to help a newcomer student integrate and ways to expand your welcoming classrooms.
Educators
Education is not the filling of a pot but the lighting of a fire.
W.B. Yeats
Helping Students Integrate
Navigating Language Barriers with Students and Parents
Expanding the classroom to be more inclusive of parents and students from different cultural backgrounds can be challenging, but it’s worth the effort.
How to Help a Student with Homesickness
Though ideally homesickness will be addressed at home, teachers can still have an impact and help lessen those negative feelings.
Unconscious Biases and How to Overcome Them
Unconscious biases will fade as you put yourself in different situations and meet different people.
Understanding the Impact of Trauma on Students and Parents
A teacher can be a lifeline that helps students heal from their pain.
Diversity and Inclusion Training and Strategy
As most communities are home to diverse populations, it is important that leadership represent everyone, value diversity, and place importance on inclusivity.
Welcoming Classrooms
Celebrating Cultural Diversity with Activities
Cultivating an inclusive classroom environment will encourage new connections between classmates and help engage students of all backgrounds in learning.
Developing Different Communication Methods with Parents
Beyond language barriers, parents and family members should feel like they are part of the school community.
Dos and Don’ts in the Classroom with Newcomer Students
Schools play a critical role in helping newcomers succeed personally and academically.
Creating an Inclusive Classroom
Learn some ways to help students prosper by promoting inclusivity and equity.
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