National Education Association’s Diversity Toolkit addresses facets of diversity such as class and income, gender, race and ethnicity, sexual orientation and gender identity, race and ethnicity, and social justice. Each section presents basic information on main issues in each subtopic, strategies, and links…
Culturally Responsive Instruction for English Learners Project
Webster University's grant-funded certification program in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL)
Blog Archives
Save the Date: Family Engagement Event
Family engagement expert Phyllis Harris will host the Celebrate Summer Learning at 3pm on Wednesday, July 8th at Gladstone Elementary School, 335 N. Elmwood, Kansas City, Missouri. Community providers will share resources and services, and teachers will lead parents and children in family literacy activities. Please…
Save the Date – April Community and Family Engagement Event
Family and community engagement expert Phyllis Harris will host “The Diversity of Libraries – Enhancing Our Knowledge,” a community and family engagement event, at the Kansas City Public Library’s Main Branch at 14 West 10th Street, Kansas City in the 5th floor…
Posted in Community Resources, Professional Development
Family Engagement Event Scenarios: 1 of 4
Thank you to family and community engagement expert Mrs. Phyllis Harris for organizing Wednesday night’s Gathering Resources from Diversity Partners event at Webster’s Kansas City campus. Also, thanks to our project co-directors Melissa Fields-Allgeyer and Allyson Hile as well as Webster…
Posted in Community Resources, Professional Development
Family Engagement Event Scenarios: 2 of 4
A 9th grade student from Honduras enrolls in school with papers from the Office of Refugee Resettlement stating that she is an unaccompanied minor; however, she does not have transcripts. She is being resettled with an older brother that has…
Posted in Community Resources, Professional Development
Family Engagement Event Scenarios: 3 of 4
A student displays inappropriate behaviors in school. He copies off other students’ work, has been caught stealing lunches and items from other students’ desks. He has trouble keeping his hands to himself and does not seem to understand the consequences…
Posted in Community Resources, Professional Development
Family Engagement Event Scenarios: 4 of 4
A family speaks a language that is not supported by any district staff and there are no language supports outside the district. The students in the family often come to school with inappropriate clothing (not enough or not clean) and live in…
Posted in Community Resources, Professional Development
Free Webinar this Friday
Education Week, the national publication focusing on K-12 education policy, will host a free webinar for math educators this Friday, January 16, from 11am to 12pm CST. The Language of Math: the Common Core and English Learners will feature guests Mark Driscoll, managing project director…
Posted in Professional Development, Websites
Family Engagement Event
Community and family engagement expert Phyllis Harris will host an event Wednesday, January 21st from 5:30pm to 7:30pm at Webster University’s new Kansas City campus at 10450 Holmes. The event is titled Gathering Community Resources from Diversity Partners. Please join us and…
Posted in Community Resources, Professional Development
Migrant Education & English Language Learning (MELL) Conference
Next week, November 19th through 21st, the annual MELL Conference organized by Missouri Regional Professional Development Centers will draw educators from across the midwest to The Westin at Crown Center in Kansas City. Registration is still open via fax or phone. Contact Erica…
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