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| Title | New Brief: Building Collaboration between Schools and Parents of English Language Learners |
| Body | From http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/newsline/archives/2008/05/new_brief_build.html New Brief: Building Collaboration between Schools and Parents of English Language Learners: Transcending Barriers, Creating Opportunities By Robin Waterman and Beth Harry National Center for Culturally Responsive Educational Systems May 2008 Summary: This brief is grounded in the perspective that parents of ELLs place a very high value on education and are involved in their children's education in important ways, such as ensuring the completion of homework, actively participating in parent-teacher conferences, and attending school-based parent meetings. Yet, some of the parents of ELLs are also limited in their ability to support their children's education as fully as they are capable of and desire. In many school contexts, school staff are also limited in their ability to welcome and include parents while working toward the shared goal of supporting ELL academic success. Barriers pertaining to language, school staffs' lack of familiarity with culturally and linguistically diverse families, and parents' unfamiliarity with U.S. schools can all impede effective parent-school collaboration. The primary goal of this brief is to discuss these barriers and offer concrete suggestions to guide school staff to transcend them. Download the brief from http://www.nccrest.org/Briefs/PractitionerBrief_BuildingCollaboration.pdf . |
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| Inputdate | 2008-06-01 11:16:16 |
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