The annual Immigrant Student Success free virtual conference was held on July 12 and 13, 2022, 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM EDT, hosted by The Immigrant Learning Center’s Public Education Institute. As always, we brought you experts from across the country to tackle the big issues facing immigrant and refugee students of all ages as well as how to integrate immigration into the classroom so that all students benefit. New this year: Specialized sessions for early childhood and elementary, middle and high, and adult ESOL educators. A link to the recording will be shared with everyone who registered. View the full agenda here.
Certificates of completion are available by request. This virtual conference is for K-12 and adult educators, administrators, counselors, volunteers and librarians.
The conference covered:
- How to foster belonging, identity and self-efficacy in your students
- How to incorporate culturally relevant pedagogies
- How more diverse books can improve student outcomes
- How to strengthen teacher-student relationships
- The impact of immigration on school safety
- Using theater to build student confidence in ESOL classrooms
- New immigration lesson plans from The ILC Public Education Institute
- And much more!
This is the latest free webinar hosted by The ILC Public Education Institute. View recordings and resources from past webinars on immigrant integration, education and research including our 2021 Immigrant Student Success online workshop.
[2021 Immigrant Student Success] was EXACTLY what I was looking for: Practical, applied learning for teachers and creative ways to elicit participant interaction while still using a webinar format. Thank you for your work and for making this FREE resource available to teachers everywhere.
–Kristyn Joy, adult educator and 2021 Immigrant Student Success attendee
It is amazing and I am SO glad I got to attend/participate. I’m starting a new job in August in a more diverse school and I feel so fortunate that I am now better prepared than I would have been had I not attended.
–Lisa Brougham, grade 6-12 counselor/advisor and 2021 Immigrant Student Success attendee
Presenters:
Emily Francis, ESOL teacher, Concord High School, NC
Laura M Jimenez, PhD, associate dean for equity, diversity and inclusion, Boston University
Anthony Peguero, PhD, professor of criminology & sociology, Arizona State University
Jalene Tamerat, EdD, dean, Sposato Graduate School of Education, Boston, MA
Patrick Sylvain, PhD, assistant professor, Simmons University
Adam Strom, executive director, Re-imagining Migration
Christiana Gianetta, ESOL teacher, The Immigrant Learning Center, Inc.
Jessica Lander, ELL history/civics teacher, author, Making Americans: Stories of Historic Struggles, New Ideas, and Inspiration in Immigrant Education
Andrea Bien, PhD, clinical assistant professor, elementary education, literacy and language, Boston University
Kathleen McGovern, PhD, assistant professor of literacy, language, and culture, University of Southern Maine
Alaisa Grudzinski, EdD, school social worker, Sewanhaka High School, NY
Andy Koppel, volunteer citizenship instructor, The Immigrant Learning Center, Inc.
Jill Eisenberg, vice president of business development, curriculum and literacy strategy, Lee & Low Books
Jennifer M. Bondy, PhD, associate professor, School of Social Transformation at Arizona State University
Presenters:
Emily Francis, ESOL teacher, Concord High School, NC
Laura M Jimenez, PhD, associate dean for equity, diversity and inclusion, Boston University
Jalene Tamerat, EdD, dean, Sposato Graduate School of Education, Boston, MA
Patrick Sylvain, lecturer in African and African American Studies, Brandeis University
Adam Strom, executive director, Re-imagining Migration
Christiana Gianetta, ESOL teacher, The Immigrant Learning Center, Inc.
Jessica Lander, coauthor, Powerful Partnerships: A Teacher’s Guide to Engaging Families for Student Success
Andrea Bien, PhD, clinical assistant professor, elementary education, literacy and language, Boston University
Kathleen McGovern, PhD, assistant professor of literacy, language, and culture, University of Southern Maine
Alaisa Grudzinski, EdD, school social worker, Sewanhaka High School, NY
Andy Koppel, volunteer citizenship instructor, The Immigrant Learning Center, Inc.
Jill Eisenberg, vice president of business development, curriculum and literacy strategy, Lee & Low Books