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12.1 Presentation on Collected Data and Recommendations to Improve Services to Refugee and Immigrant Youth |
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LCAP (Local Control Accountability Plan) Goal:
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Goal 4: Focus scholars, specifically Black/African American students, Foster Youth, students experiencing homelessness, students with disabilities and emerging bilingual students, will experience culturally responsive practices and instruction, high expectations, equal access to educational opportunities, within an educational environment that builds trust and inclusive partnerships between the students, parents/guardians and staff.
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Enclosure:
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Summary:
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Kajal Shahali, Senior Youth Program Manager at Refugee & Immigrant Transitions began working with Mt. Diablo Unified School District in response to the arrival of Afghan newcomer students after the fall of Kabul to the Taliban and the evacuations of many to military camps across the United States. In the one year working closely with district staff, school administrators and educators, she found strengths and gaps not only in serving Afghan but also the larger community of newcomer students. This interactive presentation aims to bring forth some of these findings and provide recommendations around creating welcoming districts, schools and classrooms for newly arrived refugee and immigrant students at MDUSD by doing a deeper dive into seemingly simple questions that in fact have complex and nuanced answers: Who are newcomer students? Where do they come from? What challenges have they faced and or facing? What are their strengths? How can we support them and their families in becoming members and participants of our school communities? |
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Recommendation
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Laura Juranek - Senior Administrative Assistant |
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Dr. Adam Clark - Superintendent |
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