Educator Webinars > The Immigrant Learning Center

The ILC Public Education Institute Educator Webinars give teachers the latest teaching strategies for working with immigrant students and and lesson plans for teaching about immigration in K-12 and adult classrooms. The Institute convenes the best education experts for free, professional development training every July in the two-day Immigrant Student Success online workshop that features many experts and throughout the year for Current Events in the Classroom webinars. In addition to the online workshop and webinars for educators, we host Immigrant Integration Webinars on related topics including immigrant trauma, local integration policies and re-framing the immigration narrative. We have also created “Welcome to the New World Curriculum and Learning Guide,” a series of lessons based on Welcome to the New World by Jake Halpern, a nonfiction graphic novel following the Aldabaans, a family of Syrian refugees. The curriculum is appropriate for English or social studies classes in grades seven to 11.

A wealth of resources from our webinar series, including material from the 2020 Immigrant Student Success: Strategies and Tools for K-12 and Adult Educators online workshop, are available below.

Download our new teacher resource, the Welcome to the New World Curriculum and Learning Guide.

Recent Webinar

Immigrant Student Success 2020

Participants learned how to support immigrant students and their communities, understand the impact of anti-immigrant policy, and center the immigrant voice across subject areas in the free online workshop 2020 Immigrant Student Success: Strategies and Tools for K-12 and Adult Educators on July 8 and 9, 12:00 to 3:00 PM EDT.

Hosted by The Immigrant Learning Center’s (ILC) Public Education Institute and Re-imagining Migration, participants learned from presentations, group chats, interactive activities and discussions with experts how to:

Integrate immigrant stories, voices, history and culture into curriculum and teaching practices
Incorporate social–emotional learning and provide emotional support for immigrant students in times of crisis
Foster supportive relationships with immigrant students, families and communities
Create inclusive and welcoming learning environments, both in school and online
Understand and manage immigrant trauma, inform teaching strategies
Understand and reflect upon the role of the teacher in the learning and development of immigrant students

Download and share this handy summary and resource guide!

DAY 1: Wednesday, July 8, 12-3 PM
(all times EDT)

11:59-12:03
Welcome, Introduction, Troubleshooting, Agenda

Denzil Mohammed, The ILC Public Education Institute

12:03-12:15
Immigration Data and Policy Update

Denzil Mohammed, The ILC Public Education Institute

Title	Description	Media	Author
Welcome to the New World Curriculum and Learning Guide	Curriculum and Learning Guide for the graphic novel Welcome to the New World	PDF	The ILC
Immigration Data and Policy Update	Presentation Slides from 2020 Immigrant Student Success Webinar	PDF	Denzil Mohammed, The ILC
Immigration Data and Policy Update	Presentation Recording from 2020 Immigrant Student Success Webinar	Video	Denzil Mohammed, The ILC
Seeing Contemporary Immigration through an Historic Lens	Presentation Slides from 2020 Understanding Immigration Today: Current Events in the Classroom Webinar	PDF	Adam Strom, Re-imagining Migration
Seeing Contemporary Immigration through an Historic Lens	Presentation Recording from 2020 Understanding Immigration Today: Current Events in the Classroom Webinar	Video	Adam Strom, Re-imagining Migration
Strategies for Teaching Current Events in the Classroom	Presentation Slides from 2020 Understanding Immigration Today: Current Events in the Classroom Webinar	PDF	Laura Tavares, Facing History and Ourselves
Strategies for Teaching Current Events in the Classroom	Presentation Recording from 2020 Understanding Immigration Today: Current Events in the Classroom Webinar	Video	Laura Tavares, Facing History and Ourselves
Understanding Immigration Today Summary and Resource Guide	Summary and Resource Guide from 2020 Understanding Immigration Today: Current Events in the Classroom Webinar	PDF	The Immigrant Learning Center Public Education Institute
Changing the Conversation About Migration: Tools for Educators	Presentation Slides from 2019 Immigrant Student Success Workshop	PDF	Liz Dawes Duraisingh and Sarah Sheya, Project Zero
Changing the Conversation About Migration: Tools for Educators	Presentation Recording from 2019 Immigrant Student Success Workshop	Video	Liz Dawes Duraisingh and Sarah Sheya, Project Zero
Understanding Immigration Today Summary and Resource Guide	Summary and Resource Guide from 2019 Immigrant Student Success Workshop	PDF	The Immigrant Learning Center Public Education Institute
Angel Island Curriculum Guides	Curriculum and other resources for teaching about the history of Angel Island	Website	Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation
Analyzing Anti-Immigrant Attitudes in Political Cartoons	Blog post, teaching ideas and primary source documents about teaching using anti-immigrant cartoons	Website	Re-imagining Migration
Current Events Teacher Checklist	Teacher checklist for teaching current events to middle and high school students	Website	Facing History and Ourselves
Out of Eden Learn	Free online learning program for youth around the world	Website	Project Zero, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Huddled Mass or Second Class?: Challenging Anti-Immigrant Bias in the U.S.	K-12 curriculum unit to build empathy, establish facts, and empower students to challenge discrimination	Website	Anti-Defamation League
We Were Strangers Too: Learning about Refugees through Art	Middle and high school lesson using artwork to help students understand the refugee crisis and promote empathy	Website	Anti-Defamation League
What is the Dream Act and Who Are the Dreamers?	High school lesson in which students learn about the DREAM act and reflect on different perspectives	Website	Anti-Defamation League
Who Are the Children at Our Border?	Middle and high school lesson in which students learn about why unaccompanied children seek entry to the United States and reflect on how to respond	Website	Anti-Defamation League
Becoming American: Immigration Experiences	This lesson focuses on the experiences of Chinese and Jewish immigrants in America during the late 1800s as a means of exploring the process of becoming “American” and looks at what makes someone an American	Website	Facing History
Art & Remembrance Lesson Plans	Series of lesson plans and resources that connect the art and story of Holocaust survivor Esther Nisenthal Krinitz to contemporary human migration and human rights issues	Website	Art & Remembrance
What is Our Obligation to Asylum Seekers?	Lesson plan to help students understand international and US policy on asylum and its human consequences	Website	Facing History and Ourselves
The Immigration Detention Syllabus	Sixteen-part series of readings and tools to support education, research and action to examine the U.S. immigration detention system	Website	Freedom for Immigrants
Islamic Networks Group	Several lessons for middle school through college audiences, teaching about Muslims and their faith	Website	Islamic Networks Group
Teaching Immigration with the Immigrant Stories Project	A three-unit curriculum for students grades 8 to adult that helps students learn about immigration, past and present, through original video stories made by immigrants and refugees.	PDF	The Advocates for Human Rights
Energy of a Nation, Immigrants in America, 3rd Ed.	Comprehensive curriculum for teaching about immigration for students in grades 8 to adult, with a module for upper elementary and middle grade students.	Website	The Advocates for Human Rights
Podcasting the Immigrant Experience	This project was implemented by 8th grade students, but this lesson plan can be adapted for students at other grade levels.	Website	Share My Lesson
Everyday Bias	In this lesson, students explore implicit and explicit bias, learn about recent incidents of everyday bias and self-reflect about situations in which they have experienced or encountered everyday type of bias.	Website	Anti-Defamation League
Hispanic Heritage Month Resource Collection	Curated collection of lesson plans, activities, and classroom resources from Share My Lesson.	Website	Share My Lesson
Telling the Family Story	The finished product of this lesson is an illustrated book and an opportunity to read the story aloud to others.	Website	Share My Lesson
Lesson Plans to Create More Welcoming Classrooms	Slides from the 2017 Immigrant Student Success workshop	PDF	Sara Burnett, LMNO Educational Consulting
Lesson Plans to Create More Welcoming Classrooms	Recording from the 2017 Immigrant Student Success workshop	Video	Sara Burnett, LMNO Educational Consulting
Discovering our Shared History: An ESOL Curriculum	Slides from the 2017 Immigrant Student Success workshop	PDF	Sarah Lynn, Pearson English Language Teaching
Discovering our Shared History: An ESOL Curriculum	Recording from the 2017 Immigrant Student Success workshop	Video	Sarah Lynn, Pearson English Language Teaching
Anti-Bias Resources for Educators	Extensive resources for K-12 educators, administrators, students and family members to promote diversity and anti-bias behavior	Website	Anti-Defamation League
The Legacies of Chinese Exclusion	Lesson plan examining the question: How has the history of Chinese exclusion shaped enduring attitudes about difference, citizenship, and American identity?	Website	Facing History and Ourselves
My Part of the Story: Exploring Identity in the United States	Unit of six lessons designed to launch a course about United States history, literature or civic life through an examination of students’ individual identities	Website	Facing History and Ourselves
Becoming American: Exploring Names and Identities	Icebreaker lesson plan in which students create a class identity chart	Website	Facing History and Ourselves
Understanding the Global Refugee Crisis	Lesson plan featuring Samantha Power, former United States Ambassador to the United Nations, and a critical look at a historical moment	Website	Facing History and Ourselves
Teach Immigration Lesson Plans	Collection of 23 lesson plans (and growing) on U.S. immigration	Website	Teach Immigration
Changing Demographics: What Can We Do to Promote Respect?	Grade Level 9-12	Website	Teaching Tolerance
How Does Immigration Shape the Nation’s Identity?	Grade Level 9-12	Website	Teaching Tolerance
Building Welcoming Schools	This toolkit an easily accessible way to promote a welcoming school and participate in Welcoming America’s Welcoming Week.	PDF	Welcoming America
Living Undocumented	Short film Living Undocumented with lesson plan and resource guide	Website	Dr. Tatyana Kleyn, City College of New York
Crossing Borders with Digital Storytelling	Common-Core aligned immigration lesson plan developed by the AIC’s Community Education Center	PDF	American Immigration Council
Immigration Lesson Plans	Lessons, printables, references and articles to enhance U.S. immigration history curriculum, including immigration statistics, lessons on Ellis Island, the Pilgrims and much more	Website	TeacherVision
Public Broadcasting Lessons on Immigration	Lesson plans, videos, audio and documents about U.S. immigration from PBS	Website	Public Broadcasting System (PBS)
Immigration: Stories of Yesterday and Today	Teacher’s activity guide	Website	Scholastic
Primary Source	K-12 lesson plans and resource guides on global issues, cultures and histories.	Website	Primary Source

Title	Description	Media	Author
Culturally Responsive Teaching in Physical & Virtual Classrooms	On-demand webinar discussing how to ensure all students have access to an education that has a positive impact.	Webinar	Education Week
Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Remote Education	Resources to center equity and culturally responsive-sustaining education as teaching and learning moves online	Website	NYU Metro Center
Supporting Families of ELs During the COVID-19 Pandemic	Tips for engaging and supporting families of EL learners.	Website	TESOL International
Getting Ready to Teach Next Year	Online Learning Tips	Website	Edutopia
Ten Strategies for Teaching English-Language Learners Online	Strategies for supporting ELL students with online learning.	Website	Education Week
Engaging Immigrant & English Learner Families in a Virtual World: 10 Lessons Learned	Strategies for supporting EL families with virtual learning	Website	Immigrant Connections

Title	Description	Media	Author
Waking Dream: DACA Stories, Lesson Plans and Discussion Guides	Presentation Slides from 2019 Immigrant Student Success Workshop	PDF	Theo Rigby, iNation Media
Waking Dream: DACA Stories, Lesson Plans and Discussion Guides	Presentation Recording from 2019 Immigrant Student Success Workshop	Video	Theo Rigby, iNation Media
Waking Dream	Series of short videos, with accompanying curriculum, following the lives and challenges of DACA recipients	Website	iNation Media
Green Card Voices	Project to capture immigrant stories through videos, books and programs	Website	Green Card Voices
Waking Dream	Six-episode series showing the reality of young people in the DACA program	Video	Indie Lens Storycast
Muslim Youth Voices	Series of stories showing the many identities and experiences of Muslim Americans	Video	Center for Asian American Media
Immigrant Student Trauma	Presentation Recording from 2018 Immigrant Student Success Workshop	Video	Claire Tesh, LMNO Educational Consulting
Immigrants Escaping War and Conflict: Sharing, Learning and Healing	Presentation Slides from 2018 Immigrant Student Success Workshop	PDF	Claire Tesh, LMNO Educational Consulting
Immigrants Escaping War and Conflict: Sharing, Learning and Healing	Presentation Recording from 2018 Immigrant Student Success Workshop	Video	Claire Tesh, LMNO Educational Consulting
Creating a Pipeline of Hope and How Teachers and Schools Can Respond	Presentation Recording from 2018 Immigrant Student Success Workshop	Video	David Aguayo, University of Missouri; Eileen Kugler, Embrace Diverse Schools; Alaisa Grudzinski, LCSW-R, Molloy College
Immersion: A Short Fiction Film	Twelve-minute film about a ten-year-old boy who has just immigrated from Mexico. He doesn’t speak English but hopes to do well on his math test.	Video	Richard Levien, Director
My Immigration Story	Miriam Martinez told her story at TEDxCarverMilitaryAcademy	Video	TEDx Talks
Psychological Profile of Immigrant and Refugee Students	Slides from the 2017 Immigrant Student Success workshop	PDF	Dr. Usha Tummala-Narra, Lynch School of Education, Boston College
Psychological Profile of Immigrant and Refugee Students	Recording from the 2017 Immigrant Student Success workshop	Video	Dr. Usha Tummala-Narra, Lynch School of Education, Boston College
I Learn America trailer	Video clip of the documentary I Learn America that follows five recent immigrants in their senior year at NYC’s International High School at Lafayette	Video	Jean-Michel Dissard
Interview with Adult Children of Immigrant Entrepreneurs	Graduate students profiled in The ILC report Adult Children of Immigrant Entrepreneurs speak about their emotional and inspirational journeys to success	YouTube video	The Immigrant Learning Center
Promoting Success of Immigrant Students: Charlestown High	A digital story of the struggles of Chinese immigrant students at a Charlestown, MA, high school	YouTube video	Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center
Books that Explore the Refugee Experience	List of books for all grade levels on the experiences of refugees around the world	Website	Edutopia
How Can Schools Best Support Immigrant Students?	Michael Sadowski, author of the book Portraits of Promise, shares the perspective and voices of successful immigrant students from across the country.	Podcast recording	Dr. Michael Sadowski, Harvard Education Press
Asian Immigrants in the U.S.	Recording from 2013 Immigrant Student Success Workshop	Video	Dr. Paul Watanabe, University of Massachusetts Boston.
Latino Immigrants in the U.S.	Recording from 2013 Immigrant Student Success Workshop	Video	Jared Sanchez, University of California
Latino Student Success: A Key Driver on the Road to Goal 2025	Webinar discussing how America’s economic future increasingly depends on graduating more Latinos from college	Video	Lumina Foundation
Research from Excelencia in Education	Research and data on Latino students in higher education on topics such as “What Works for Latino Students in Higher Education” and “Supporting Latino Community College Students”	Website	Excelencia in Education
Growing What Works: Lessons Learned Replicating Promising Practices for Latino Student Success	This report examines the ways in which America can accelerate Latino student success in higher education. It looks at programs and strategies that improve the success of Latino students that can be replicated or scaled up to serve more students.	PDF	Excelencia in Education
Immigrant Struggles, Immigrant Gifts	Immigrant Struggles, Immigrant Gifts chronicles the experience of 11 immigrant groups in the U.S. written by 11 experts in their respective fields.	Book	The Immigrant Learning Center, Inc.
The Sociology of Immigration	Slides from 2012 Immigrant Student Success Workshop	PDF	Dr. Lorna Rivera, University of Massachusetts Boston
The Sociology of Immigration Part 1	Recording from 2012 Immigrant Student Success Workshop	Video	Dr. Lorna Rivera, University of Massachusetts Boston
The Sociology of Immigration Part 2	Recording from 2012 Immigrant Student Success Workshop	Video	Dr. Lorna Rivera, University of Massachusetts Boston
Movie List	List of recommended films that feature the immigrant experience	PDF
Empowering Immigrant Students and Dreamers	Slides from the director and co-producer of the short film Living Undocumented presentation from 2016 Immigrant Student Success Workshop	PDF	Dr. Tatyana Kleyn, City College of New York
Empowering Immigrant Students and Dreamers	Recording of the director and co-producer of the short film Living Undocumented presentation from 2016 Immigrant Student Success Workshop	Video	Dr. Tatyana Kleyn, City College of New York
Leaving Family Behind: Understanding the Irregular Migration of Unaccompanied Asylum-seeking Minors	This article focuses on why unaccompanied minors chose to leave their families and their experiences	PDF	Ignacio Correa-Velez, Mariana Nardoneand Katharine Knoetze
Stress Related to Immigration Status in Students: A Brief Guide for Schools	Guide for educators on classroom support	PDF	Lisa M. Edwards and Jacki Black

Title	Description	Media	Author
Immigration Policy Update 2020	Presentation Slides from 2020 Understanding Immigration Today webinar	PDF	An Le, Mayor’s Office for Immigrant Advancement, Boston, MA
Immigration Policy Update 2020	Presentation Recording from 2020 Understanding Immigration Today webinar	Video	An Le, Mayor’s Office for Immigrant Advancement, Boston, MA
Explainer: Migration	Handout for students about migration	PDF	Facing History and Ourselves
Impact of Immigration Enforcement and Rhetoric on Students	Presentation Recording from 2019 Immigrant Student Success Workshop	Video	John Rogers, PhD, Institute for Democracy, Education and Access, UCLA
School and Society in the Age of Trump	Report based on a survey of more than 500 high school principals nationwide	PDF	John Rogers
First-of-its-kind Survey Reveals Alarming Impact of Immigration Enforcement on Public Schools	Findings of a new national survey of educators	Website	The Civil Rights Project, UCLA
Immigration Data and Trends	Presentation Slides from 2019 Immigrant Student Success Workshop	PDF	Denzil Mohammed, The ILC Public Education Institute
Immigration Data and Trends	Presentation Recording from 2019 Immigrant Student Success Workshop	Video	Denzil Mohammed, The ILC Public Education Institute
Immigrants by State	Fact sheets containing demographic and economic information about immigrants by state.	Website	American Immigration Council
Immigrant Profiles by State	Fact sheets by state containing maps, demographic and economic data	Website	Institute for Immigration Research
Immigration Data on Demand	This free service provides customized fact sheets with maps and data on U.S. immigration.	Website	Institute for Immigration Research
Interactive Immigration Map	An interactive map that depicts how groups of immigrants settled across the United States	Website	New York Times
Migration Data Hub	Collection of white papers and interactive data visualization tools about U.S. immigration	Website	Migration Policy Institute
Timeline of U.S. Immigration	Slides from 2014 Immigrant Student Success Workshop	PDF	Dr. Marcia Drew Hohn, The ILC Public Education Institute

Title	Description	Media	Author
Teaching English with Immigrant Narratives	Presentation Slides from 2019 Immigrant Student Success Workshop	PDF	Federico Salas-Isnardi, FSI Diversity and Education
Teaching English with Immigrant Narratives	Presentation Recording from 2019 Immigrant Student Success Workshop	Video	Federico Salas-Isnardi, FSI Diversity and Education
Integrating Immigration into Read-Aloud and Literary Curricula	Presentation Slides from 2019 Immigrant Student Success Workshop	PDF	Kira Simon and Jinnie Spiegler, Anti-Defamation League
Integrating Immigration into Read-Aloud and Literary Curricula	Presentation Recording from 2019 Immigrant Student Success Workshop	Video	Kira Simon and Jinnie Spiegler, Anti-Defamation League
Books Matter: Children’s Literature	Book lists for various ages to bring challening topics and diverse perspectives into the classroom	Website	Anti-Defamation League
Identities and Stories as Teaching and Community-building Tools	Presentation slides from 2019 workshop Teaching Immigration Now	PDF	Federico Salas-Isnardi, FSI Diversity and Education
Identities and Stories as Teaching and Community-building Tools	Presentation recording from 2019 workshop Teaching Immigration Now	Video	Federico Salas-Isnardi, FSI Diversity and Education
Culturally Responsive Teaching Checklist	Checklist and visual to support teachers in reflection and self-assessment	Website	Re-imagining Migration
Ecology of Identity	“Human ecosystem” model of identity from psychologist Uri Bronfenbrenner	Website	Re-imagining Migration
Multicultural Learning	Set of resources about multicultural education in the classroom	Website	The National Association for Multicultural Education
Teacher as Ally: Taking Back the Immigration Narrative	Presentation Slides from 2018 Immigrant Student Success Workshop	PDF	Federico Salas-Isnardi, Literacy Texas
Teacher as Ally: Taking Back the Immigration Narrative	Presentation Recording from 2018 Immigrant Student Success Workshop	Video	Federico Salas-Isnardi, Literacy Texas
Developing Critical Consciousness: Five Things Teachers Can Do	Presentation Slides from 2018 Immigrant Student Success Workshop	PDF	Lisa Dorner, University of Missouri/Missouri Dual Language Network
Developing Critical Consciousness: Five Things Teachers Can Do	Presentation Recording from 2018 Immigrant Student Success Workshop	Video	Lisa Dorner, University of Missouri/Missouri Dual Language Network
How Teachers’ Pasts Impact Students’ Futures	Presentation Recording from 2018 Immigrant Student Success Workshop	Video	Alaisa Grudzinski, LCSW-R, Molloy College
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? And Other Conversations About Race	The classic, bestselling book on the psychology of racism, fully revised and updated	Book	Beverly Daniel Tatum
Can “Critical Consciousness” Close the Opportunity Gap?	Researchers study how schools engage students of color in analyzing and challenging racial inequity	Article	Sara Rimer, Boston University
Patterns and Perceptions: Breaking Down Implicit Bias	Recording from the 2017 Immigrant Student Success workshop	Video	Stacy Davison, Anti-Defamation League
Debunking the Middle Class Myth: Why Diverse Schools are Good for All Kids	This book helped change the dialogue about the benefits of diversity for every student. It earned two national Book of the Year awards from The National Association for Multicultural Education and Delta Kappa Gamma International.	Book	Eileen Kugler, Embrace Diverse Schools
Models that Value Classroom Diversity	Panel discussion from 2016 Immigrant Student Success Workshop	Video	Silja Kallenbach, World Education, Inc.; Eileen Kugler, Embrace Diverse Schools; Claire Tesh, LMNO Educational Consulting; Susan Rojas, The Immigrant Learning Center, Inc.
Reflections from Teachers of Culturally Diverse Children	Beginning the journey toward increased cultural competence requires teachers to rethink their assumptions and consider life’s issues through the lenses of people who come from cultural backgrounds different from their own.	PDF	Dr. Michaela W. Colombo, Beyond the Journal
ELL Shifting to an Asset-Based Paradigm	Rather than view educating English language learners as a problem, the innovative practioners, scholars and policy analysts writing this issue of VUE urge us to embrace and value ELLs as bicultural, bilingual leaders of the future.	PDF	Annenberg Institute for School Reform
White Privilege	Exercise based on Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack	PDF	Dr. Peggy McIntosh
You Have to Live in Somebody Else’s Country to Understand	Exercise based on poem You Have to Live in Somebody Else’s Country to Understand	PDF	Noy Chao
Developing an Asset-Based Perspective of Immigrant Students	Slides from 2015 Immigrant Student Success Workshop	PDF	Chiara Magini, The ILC Public Education Institute
Developing an Asset-Based Perspective of Immigrant Students	Recording from 2015 Immigrant Student Success Workshop	Video	Chiara Magini, The ILC Public Education Institute
Developing an Asset-Based Perspective of Immigrant Students	Worksheet from 2015 Immigrant Student Success Workshop	PDF	Chiara Magini, The ILC Public Education Institute

Title	Description	Media	Author
Understanding Immigration Today Summary and Resource Guide	Summary, tips and resource guide from 2020 Understanding Immigration Today webinar for educators	PDF	The Immigrant Learning Center Public Education Institute
Cultivating Upstanders and Welcomers in Classroom and Community	Presentation Slides from 2019 Immigrant Student Success Workshop	PDF	Rachel Peric, Welcoming America, and Art and Remembrance
Cultivating Upstanders and Welcomers in Classroom and Community	Presentation Recording from 2019 Immigrant Student Success Workshop	Video	Rachel Peric, Welcoming America, and Art and Remembrance
Strategies to Mitigate Immigrant Student Trauma	Presentation Recording from 2019 Immigrant Student Success Workshop	Video	Rachel Peric, Welcoming America, and Art and Remembrance; John Rogers, Institute for Democracy, Education and Access, UCLA; Federico Salas-Isnardi, FSI Diversity and Education; Theo Rigby, iNation Media
Building Empathy, Courage and Inclusiveness in the Classroom	Presentation Recording from 2019 Immigrant Student Success Workshop	Video	Kira Simon, Anti-Defamation League; Liz Dawes Duraisingh and Sarah Sheya, Project Zero; Adam Strom, Re-imagining Migration
Impact on Students and Resources for Teachers	Presentation recording from 2019 workshop Teaching Immigration Now	Video	John Rogers, PhD, Director, UCLA’s Institute for Democracy, Education and Access, UCLA
Teaching Immigration Now Summary and Resource Guide	Summary, tips and resource guide from 2019 Teaching Immigration Now webinar for educators	PDF	The Immigrant Learning Center Public Education Institute
Supporting & Protecting Undocumented Students	Guide to what schools and leaders can do to help the undocumented community	Website	Community for Accredited Online Schools
6 Ways to Be an Ally (En español)	Six simple things youth can do to be an ally to targets of name-calling and bullying, in English and Spanish	Website	Anti-Defamation League
3 Ways to Address the Latest News on Immigration With Your Students	Blog post with suggestions for helping students address fears and reflect on immigration policy changes	Website	Facing History and Ourselves
Essential Resources from Re-imagining Migration	List of key resources from 2019 Share My Lesson webinar, “A Framework to Address Anti-Immigrant Bias and Encourage Culturally Responsive Inclusion”	Website	Adam Strom & Aakanksha Gupta, Re-imagining Migration
Building Welcoming Schools Teaching and Lesson Activities	Presentation Slides from 2018 Immigrant Student Success Workshop	PDF	Claire Tesh, LMNO Educational Consulting
Building Welcoming Schools Teaching and Lesson Activities	Presentation Recording from 2018 Immigrant Student Success Workshop	Video	Claire Tesh, LMNO Educational Consulting
The Inner World of the Immigrant Child	Book telling the story of one teacher’s odyssey to understand immigrant children and create a learning environment that is responsive to their feelings and needs	Website	Christine Igoa
Creating a Welcoming Classroom Environment	Article with stages of cultural accommodation and classroom strategies	Website	Colorín Colorado
Using a Strengths-Based Approach with ELs: Supporting Students Living with Trauma, Violence and Chronic Stress	Article with strategies	Website	Debbie Zacarian, Lourdes Álvarez-Ortiz and Judie Haynes, Colorín Colorado
Traumatic Experiences	Resources for working with children and families who have experienced trauma.	Website	Sesame Street in Communities
Supporting Families in a Time of Fear	Article with advice for educators responding to the stress experienced by immigrant students and their families.	Article	Gale Kugler, Educational Leadership
How Teachers Can Help Immigrant Kids Feel Safe	Five ways to inform and support immigrant and refugee students.	Article	Amy L. Eva, Greater Good Science Center
Anatomy of an Ally	Advice on becoming an effective ally in and out of the classroom.	Article	Teaching Tolerance
Immigrant and Refugee Children: Guide for Educators and Support Staff	This guide is for educators, school support staff and service providers who teach, mentor and help open the doors of opportunity for undocumented youth and unaccompanied and refugee children currently living in the United States.	Article	Teaching Tolerance
Building Ally Behaviors- Online Course for Educators	This free 20 minute course will help teachers in Grades 3-7 maintain a positive classroom environment that is safe and inclusive so all students can learn and thrive.	online course	Anti-Defamation League
Empowering Immigrant Students to be Leaders and Advocates	Slides from the 2017 Immigrant Student Success workshop	PDF	Julie Mann, Newcomers High School, NY
Empowering Immigrant Students to be Leaders and Advocates	Recording from the 2017 Immigrant Student Success workshop	Video	Julie Mann, Newcomers High School, NY
Innovative Voices in Education: Engaging Diverse Communities	Seventeen innovative educators and community leaders around the world share insights and strategies for building diverse and inclusive school communities.	Book	Eileen Kugler, Embrace Diverse Schools
Welcoming Immigrant Students Into the Classroom	Article on best practices to create a welcoming classroom for immigrant students as well as some helpful do’s and don’ts for building relationships with them and their families	PDF	Sara Burnett, Edutopia
Promoting a Culture of Welcome for Refugees in Schools	One-hour webinar recording that shows how schools can promote a culture of welcome and models that work	Website	Welcoming America
Welcoming Refugees – Education	Stories and case studies of welcoming practices in education throughout the U.S.	Website	Welcoming America
Welcoming Week Toolkit	Toolkit designed for adult educators who are interested in building more inclusive classrooms and communities	PDF	Welcoming America
The Role of the Teacher in Diverse Classrooms	Slides from 2016 Immigrant Student Success Workshop	PDF	Federico Salas-Isnardi, Texas Center for the Advancement of Literacy & Learning
The Role of the Teacher in Diverse Classrooms	Recording from 2016 Immigrant Student Success Workshop	Video	Federico Salas-Isnardi, Texas Center for the Advancement of Literacy & Learning
Migration of Unaccompanied Children to the U.S.: Factors in Successful Integration	This article focuses on six themes that promote, and at times hinder the successful integration of unaccompanied minors in their communities	PDF	United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Building Support for Student-Centered Learning: A Toolkit	This toolkit is for people who value student-centered approaches to learning, based in solid science and best practice.	Website	Jane Feinberg, Helen Beattie and Daniel Baron, Students at the Center
Student-Centered Learning	Slides from 2014 Immigrant Student Success Workshop	PDF	Dr. Barbara Cervone, What Kids Can Do
Promising Educational Practices for Immigrant Students and All Students	Slides from 2014 Immigrant Student Success Workshop	PDF	Dr. Susan Eaton, One Nation Indivisible and Harvard University

Title	Description	Media	Author
Working With Undocumented Families	Article for adults working with children living in fear of immigration concerns	Website	Alina Ramirez-Ponce, Ph.D., LCSW-S
Informed Immigrant Guides	Resources to support immigrant individuals and families in navigating TPS, DACA, laws and rights, family preparation, detention and deportation, and mental health	Website	Informed Immigrant
Building Relationships With Immigrant Communities Through Local Cultural Immersion	An episode of Higher Aspirations, a podcast series for the ELL community, featuring Laura Gardner	Website	Ellevation
How to Cultivate Immigrant Parents Leadership Skills and How Immigration Impacts Our Schools	Presentation Slides from 2018 Immigrant Student Success Workshop	PDF	Laura Gardner, Gardner and Associates: Immigrants, Refugees and Schools; Lisa Dorner, University of Missouri/Missouri Dual Language Network; Denzil Mohammed, The ILC Public Education Institute
How to Cultivate Immigrant Parents Leadership Skills and How Immigration Impacts Our Schools	Presentation Recording from 2018 Immigrant Student Success Workshop	Video	Laura Gardner, Gardner and Associates: Immigrants, Refugees and Schools; Lisa Dorner, University of Missouri/Missouri Dual Language Network; Denzil Mohammed, The ILC Public Education Institute
Creating Empathy in the Classroom	Presentation Slides from 2018 Immigrant Student Success Workshop	PDF	Dawn E. Duncan, Concordia College / Narrative 4
Creating Empathy in the Classroom	Presentation Recording from 2018 Immigrant Student Success Workshop	Video	Dawn E. Duncan, Concordia College / Narrative 4
Relationship-building in the Classroom and Community	Presentation Slides from 2018 Immigrant Student Success Workshop	PDF	Eileen Kugler, Embrace Diverse Schools
Relationship-building in the Classroom and Community	Presentation Recording from 2018 Immigrant Student Success Workshop	Video	Eileen Kugler, Embrace Diverse Schools
Developing Inclusive Multilingual Family Literacy Projects	Paper describing one school’s attempt to create a unique, asset-based multilingual literacy project with families, including challenges and recommendations	PDF	Lisa M. Dorner, et al
Information for Limited English Proficient (LEP) Parents and Guardians and for Schools and School Districts that Communicate with Them	This fact sheet answers common questions about the rights of parents and guardians who do not speak, listen, read, or write English proficiently because it is not their primary language.	PDF	U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Department of Education
Making Your First ELL Home Visit: A Guide for Classroom Teachers	Article with practical tips for home visits	Website	Gisela Ernst-Slavit and Michele Mason, Colorín Colorado
A Guide for Engaging ELL Families: Twenty Strategies for School Leaders	In-depth document with strategies and resources	PDF	Lydia Breiseth, Colorín Colorado
Family Engagement with Refugee Populations	Presentation from the 2018 National Family & Community Engagement conference	PDF	Laura Gardner, MSW on behalf of Bridging Refugee Youth & Children’s Services (BRYCS)
Why I’m not involved: Parental involvement from a parent’s perspective	Article sharing an immigrant mother’s personal experience with American education	Website	Jung-Ah Choi
Four Stages of Immigrant Parent Involvement	Reprinted with permission: “From Survivors to Leaders: Stages of Immigrant Parent Involvement in Schools” (Young-chan Han, 2012)	PDF	Young-chan Han
Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors	Abriendo Puertas / Opening Doors is the nation’s first evidence-based comprehensive training program developed by and for Latino parents with children ages 0-5.	Website	Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors
Resources for Supporting Immigrant Families	Resource list for supporting families of K-12 students	PDF	Eileen Kugler, Embrace Diverse Schools
Building Partnerships with Immigrant Parents	Creating authentic two-way partnerships with immigrant families by transcending traditional parent involvement approaches	PDF	Andrea Sobel and Eileen Gale Kugler, Educational Leadership
Partnering with Parents and Families to Support Immigrant and Refugee Children at School	Supporting the academic success of immigrant and refugee students often focuses on improving their knowledge of English, yet the immigrant experience itself brings challenges beyond learning a new language.	PDF	The Center for Health and Healthcare in Schools
Helping immigrant and refugee students succeed	School-based mental health services which partner with families open doors to academic achievement.	PDF	The Center for Health and Healthcare in Schools
Is Anyone Listening to Families’ Dreams?	Schools can build partnerships with “invisible” parents through targeted programs that value their dreams and experiences.	PDF	Eileen Kugler, Educational Leadership
Debunking Myths by Engaging with Immigrant Students and Parents	Recording from 2016 Immigrant Student Success Workshop	Video	Claire Tesh, LMNO Educational Consulting; Eileen Kugler, Embrace Diverse Schools; Tatyana Kleyn, City College of New York; Dana Brown, Malden High School
Collaborative Support for English Language Learners	Presentation from 2016 Immigrant Student Success Workshop	PDF	Dr. Andrea Honigsfeld, Molloy College
Establishing Optimal Relationships Between Educators, Parents and Students Through Dialogue	Presentation from 2016 Immigrant Student Success Workshop	PDF	Alaísa Grudzinski, psychotherapist
Alternative Approaches to Teacher-Student-Parent Engagement	Recording from 2016 Immigrant Student Success Workshop	Video	Dr. Stephen Burby, Brentwood School District; Andrea Garcia-Fernandez, Year Up; Dr. Andrea Honigsfeld, Molloy College; Alaísa Grudzinski, psychotherapist
Emergency Planning Guide for Parents with Uncertain Immigration Status	Resource offering support on how to make care plans for children	PDF	Office of the Attorney General Maura Healy

Title	Description	Media	Author
Moving Stories	An app to record, share and explore migration stories	Website	Re-Imagining Migration
Digital Resources to Create Independent Learning Opportunities for Your ESOL Students	Digital Literacy resource list	PDF	First Literacy Resources
Storytelling	Slides from the 2017 Immigrant Student Success workshop	PDF	Dr. Elizabeth Venditto, Immigration History Research Center, University of Minnesota
Storytelling	Video from the 2017 Immigrant Student Success workshop	Video	Dr. Elizabeth Venditto, Immigration History Research Center, University of Minnesota
The Building Bridges Welcoming Stories Project	Slides from the 2017 Immigrant Student Success workshop	PDF	Julie Mann, Newcomers High School, NY
The Building Bridges Welcoming Stories Project	Recording from the 2017 Immigrant Student Success workshop	Video	Julie Mann, Newcomers High School, NY
Crossing Borders with Digital Storytelling	Recording from 2015 Immigrant Students Success Workshop	Video	Sara Burnett, LMNO Educational Consulting
Crossing Borders with Digital Storytelling	Lesson plans for using digital storytelling to capture immigration stories	Website	Teach Immigration
Building Bridges Through Storytelling: What Are Your Students’ Stories?	Article, booklist and tips for helping ELLs tell their stories	Website	Laura Grisso, Colorín Colorado
English Language Learners and the Power of Personal Stories	Article published by The New York Times	Website	Larry Ferlazzo and Katherine Schulten
Empowering ELLs with Digital Stories	Article and resources	Website	Rusul Alrubail, Teaching Tolerance
How to Incorporate Digital Storytelling to Empower Student Voice	Guide and digital tools	Website	Rusul Alrubail, Edutopia
A Guide to Producing Student Digital Storytellers	Article with steps and subject-specific ideas	Website	Michael Hernandez, EdSurge
Exploring Young Immigrant Stories	Lesson plan for grades 3-5	Website	Teaching Tolerance
7 Storytelling Apps That Get English Language Learners Talking	Article with apps for elementary, middle, and high school students	Website	Erin Wilkey Oh, Common Sense Graphite

Title	Description	Media	Author
ESL/ELL Resources To Succeed In School	Collection of resources for students, parents and teachers	Website	Community for Accredited Online Schools
Tasting History: How to Teach Immigration to a Class of Immigrants	Blog post about making a class cookbook with immigrant students	Website	Facing History and Ourselves
Inspiring English Language Learners	Blog by an ESOL educator. In English and Spanish.	Website	Astrid Emily Francis
Academic Language and ELLs: What Teachers Need to Know	Article that helps educators understand the role that academic language plays in their classrooms and in ELL student success	Website	Lydia Breiseth, Colorín Colorado
Connect Students’ Background Knowledge to Content in the ELL Classroom	Article with strategies and best practices	Website	Kristina Robertson, Colorín Colorado
Immigrant Integration and English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL)	Reports, case studies, toolkits and more resources for ESOL teachers	Website	World Education
Teacher to Teacher: Creative Ideas for Teaching ESOL	Blog posts from an ESOL educator, writer and presenter of development workshops for ESOL teachers	Website	Sarah Lynn
Discovering our Shared History: An ESOL Curriculum	Slides from the 2017 Immigrant Student Success workshop	PDF	Sarah Lynn, Pearson English Language Teaching
Discovering our Shared History: An ESOL Curriculum	Recording from the 2017 Immigrant Student Success workshop	Video	Sarah Lynn, Pearson English Language Teaching
Teaching Language and Content Through Projects	Slides from 2015 Immigrant Student Success Workshop	PDF	Katie Li, Charlestown High School; Internationals Network for Public Schools
Teaching Language and Content Through Projects	Recording from 2015 Immigrant Student Success Workshop	Video	Katie Li, Charlestown High School; Internationals Network for Public Schools
ELL Shifting to an Asset-Based Paradigm	Rather than view educating English language learners as a problem, the innovative practioners, scholars and policy analysts writing this issue of VUE urge us to embrace and value ELLs as bicultural, bilingual leaders of the future.	PDF	Annenberg Institute for School Reform

Title	Description	Media	Author
Global Boston	Digital project chronicling the history of immigration to greater Boston since the early nineteenth century	Website	Boston College
Global Boston: For Teachers	Unit Plan, including seven lessons and a final project, on different aspects of immigration history in Boston. Aligned with 2018 MA curriculum framework for US History I and II (high school).	Website	Boston College
Who We Are: Boston Immigration Then and Now exhibit at Norman P. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library	This exhibition compares the landscape of today’s “new” Boston with that of 100 years ago.	Exhibit
The West End Museum	Neighborhood museum dedicated to the history and culture of the West End of Boston, which was heavily influenced by immigrants and was one of the city’s most diverse neighborhoods	Exhibit
Royall House & Slave Quarters	In the eighteenth century, the Royall House and Slave Quarters was home to the largest slaveholding family in Massachusetts. It is now a museum featuring the only remaining slave quarters in the northern United States.	Exhibit
Boston Black exhibit at the Boston Children’s Museum	The Boston Black exhibit invites dialogue about race, ethnicity, identity and community.	Exhibit

Title	Description	Media	Author
Positioning (all) Students in the Context of Migration	Presentation Slides from 2019 Immigrant Student Success Workshop	PDF	Adam Strom, Re-imagining Migration
Positioning (all) Students in the Context of Migration	Presentation Recording from 2019 Immigrant Student Success Workshop	Video	Adam Strom, Re-imagining Migration
Safe Healing and Learning Spaces Toolkit	Resource for educators to create a secure, caring and predictable space for children living with conflict or crisis	Website	International Rescue Committee
Helping Students Make Sense of News Stories about Bias and Injustice	Tools for educators to support students to be part of the conversation	Website	Anti-Defamation League
Immigration History	Galleries, articles and videos on immigration throughout U.S. history	Website	History.com
Teaching Immigration Now Discussion	Presentation recording from 2019 workshop Teaching Immigration Now	Video	Adam Strom, Re-imagining Migration; Monica Bauer, Anti-Defamation League; Kira Simon, Anti-Defamation League; Federico Salas-Isnardi, FSI Diversity and Education
Scholarships for DREAMers	List of financial aid opportunities for undocumented students and DREAMers	Website	Get Schooled
Family Preparedness Plan	Guide to help everyone create a Family Preparedness Plan, regardless of immigration status; available in English and Chinese	Website	Immigrant Legal Resource Center
Special Attributes Scholarships	Comprehensive list of scholarships available to undocumented/TPS/DACA students and other groups	Website	Scholarships.com
Anti-Semitism and Addressing Hate	Resource collection in response to the tragedy at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh	Website	Share My Lesson
Re-imagining Migration Learning Arc	Research-based, comprehensive and actionable set of principles designed to prepare educators and institutions to respond to changing demographics	Website	Veronica Boix Mansilla
Understanding Prejudice	Collection of resources and activities on prejudice, discrimination, multiculturalism and diversity	Website	Understanding Prejudice
What Teachers Supporting Undocumented Students Should Know	Short article outlining student and family rights as well as tips for educators	Website	Paula Ann Solis
Immigrant Student Success: Strategies and Tools for K-12 and Adult Educators	Summary and resource guide from 2018 educator workshop	PDF	The Immigrant Learning Center, Inc.
Children of Immigrants Webinar Series	Recorded webinar series sharing research relating to the early learning and development needs of children in immigrant families.	Website	Foundation for Child Development
Immigrant Voices and Stories: Empowering Your Immigrant Students	Join experts from Listenwise, Reimagining Migration and UCLA Labor Center for an important conversation on teaching immigrant voices and stories and empowering your immigrant students.	On Demand Webinar	Share My Lesson
3 Ways to Address the Latest News on Immigration with Your Students	This article was written in response to a particular news story, but could be helpful in dealing with any negative news on immigration.	PDF	Facing History
The Community College Consortium for Immigrant Education	The CCCIE is a national network of community colleges dedicated to giving immigrants and refugees full access to higher education in order to accelerate their success as new Americans and enable them to achieve their educational, career and personal goals.	Website	The Community College Consortium for Immigrant Education
Teacher as Ally and Advocate for Immigrant and Refugee Students	Slides from 2017 Immigrant Student Success Workshop	PDF	Federico Salas-Isnardi, Texas Center for the Advancement of Literacy & Learning, Texas A&M University
Teacher as Ally and Advocate for Immigrant and Refugee Students	Recording from 2017 Immigrant Student Success Workshop	Video	Federico Salas-Isnardi, Texas Center for the Advancement of Literacy & Learning, Texas A&M University
Supporting Immigrant Families in Today’s Climate: What Can Schools Do?	Slides from 2017 Immigrant Student Success Workshop	PDF	Eileen Kugler, Embrace Diverse Schools
Supporting Immigrant Families in Today’s Climate: What Can Schools Do?	Recording from 2017 Immigrant Student Success Workshop	Video	Eileen Kugler, Embrace Diverse Schools
Key Elements for Immigrant Student Success	Recording from 2016 Immigrant Student Success Workshop	Video	Sarah Lynn of Pearson ELT; Center for Workforce Development, Harvard University
Promoting Success of Immigrant Students	Slides from 2014 Immigrant Student Success Workshop	PDF	Dr. Phitsamay Uy, University of Massachusetts Lowell
Promoting Success of Immigrant Students	Recording from 2014 Immigrant Student Success Workshop	Video	Dr. Phitsamay Uy, University of Massachusetts Lowell
The History Project	Digital library of images, texts and videos that can be helpful for teaching U.S. immigration history	Website	UC Davis

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