On-Demand Virtual Training
Gain strategies for empowering immigrant students, creating more welcoming classrooms and centering the immigrant voice across the curriculum by watching the recordings and reading the materials from the free virtual conference 2025 Immigrant Student Success: Strategies and Tools for PreK-12 and Adult Educators.
Watch the full recording of the conference on Zoom.
Read this list of resources crowdsourced from the webinar presenters and participants.
Modules
Strategies and Tools for Early Childhood Educators to Engage Immigrant Families
Level: Pre-K, Elementary
Iliana Alanís, PhD, Professor of Early Childhood/ Elementary Education, The University of Texas at San Antonio
Check out these resources:
- Advancing Equity and Embracing Diversity in Early Childhood Education (Iliana Alanis Iheoma U. Iruka, Susan Friedman )
- The Essentials: Supporting Dual Language Learners (Iliana Alanis María G. Arreguín, Irasema Salinas-González)
- The Important Book (Margaret Wise-Brown)
Safe, Seen and Supported: Building Inclusive Classrooms for Multilingual Learners
Level: Pre-K, Elementary
Tori Huynh, MEd, First Grade Teacher, Fairfax County Public School
Check out these resources:
- Community Across Cultures Book Guides (The Immigrant Learning Center)
- Best 64 Books About Immigrants and Immigration for All Ages (The Immigrant Learning Center)
- Magic School AI song Generator
- Suno Free AI Music Generator
- Scratch Garden Videos
- The Singing Walrus
I Can Read: Effective Fluency Strategies for SLIFE
Level: Elementary, Middle, High School
Nicoleta Filimon, EdD, ELD Teacher, Haverhill High School
Check out these resources:
- Learning Unlimited: Strategies for Students with Limited or Interrupted Formal Education and Other Struggling Multilingual Learners (Nicoleta Filimon , Christi Cartwright-Lacerda)
- Why Does Fluent Reading Matter? (National Center on Improving Literacy)
- SLIFE Text: Is Technology Making Our Lives Better or Worse? (Filimon, N., & Cartwright-Lacerda)
Supporting Immigrant Students’ Mental Health in Schools and Communities
Level: Elementary, Middle, High School
Sara Castro-Olivo, Associate Professor, Florida International University
Check out these resources:
- Jóvenes Fuertes Curriculum (Project Libertad)
- Family Preparedness Plan (Immigrant Legal Resource Center)
- Family Detention Separation Resource List (Center on Immigration and Child Welfare)
- Immigrant Legal Resource Center’s Community Resources
- Immigrant Family Detention and Separation Resource List (The Center on Immigration and Child Welfare)
- Our Children’s Fear: Immigration Policy’s Effects on Young Children (The Center for Law and Social Policy)
Windows, Mirrors and Migration: Tackling the Literacy Crisis and Building Empathy Through Literature
Level: Middle, High School
Slides and video updated in Oct. 2025
Jill Eisenberg, Vice President of Business Development, Curriculum and Literacy Strategy, Lee & Low Books
Meisha Lamb-Bell, Program Director, Re-Imagining Migration
Check out this webinar:
- Windows, Mirrors and Migration: Tackling the Literacy Crisis and Building Empathy Through Literature Webinar (The Immigrant Learning Center, Oct. 2025)
Check out these resources:
- Re-Imagining Migration Literature Curriculum Resource Toolkit
- Lee & Low Biography Toolkit (available in English and Spanish)
- List of resources crowdsourced from the webinar presenters and participants.
Immigrant Women and the Industrial Revolution: Labor, Activism and Legacy
Level: Middle, High School
Ariana Moir, Education Program Manager, The Immigrant Learning Center
Check out these resources:
- Immigrant Women and the Industrial Revolution (The Immigrant Learning Center)
- Teaching U.S. Immigration Series (The Immigrant Learning Center)
- Educator Resource Hub / Immigration Stories (The Immigrant Learning Center)
- Library of Congress Primary Source Analysis Tool
This resource is sponsored in part by the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Eastern Region Program, coordinated by Waynesburg University.
Elements of Reading Instruction
Level: Adult
Rachel Soule, Assistant Director of English Language Programs, The ILC
Check out these resources:
- Improving Adult Literacy Instruction: Developing Reading and Writing (National Research Council)
- “Applying Research in Reading Instruction for Adults: First Steps for Teachers” (National Institute for Literacy)
- “Developing Fluency Through Oral Reading” (English Teacher Forum)
- A Course in English Language Teaching (Penny Ur)
Learning Stations for Multi-Level, Mixed-Literacy Adult ESOL Classes
Level: Adult
William Linn, ESOL Specialist and Coordinator of ESOL Certificate Programs, Literacy Assistance Center
Busting Immigration Myths: What Educators Need to Know
Level: General
Josh Bedi, PhD, Senior Fellow in Economic Opportunity, Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research
Immigration Know Your Rights Presentation
Level: General
