Engaging with Multicultural Families |
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In the middle of uncertainty, educators still find the time to learn ways to engage multicultural families in the middle of a pandemic. Our latest Cultural Humility workshop participants received resources and tips to increase multicultural family engagement, collaborate with interpreters in virtual settings and ensure that distance does not impede communication and involvement. |
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Our Language Services Division is Expanding!
A big welcome to our highly experienced interpreters, Jessica Sanchez and Maria Calzado who will be supporting our Language Services Division. Jessica is a graduate of the Arkansas Bilingual Interpreter Credential in Education course, and Maria successfully completed the University of Georgia Professional Interpreter in Education and Professional Interpreter in Special Education Certificates. Jessica and Maria will be coordinating school requests for interpretation and translation in Arabic, Burmese, Mandarin, Cantonese, Ewe, Farsi, French, Gujarati, Haitian-Creole, Hindi, Japanese, Karen, Korean, Laotian, Marshallese, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Tamil, Thai, Urdu, and Vietnamese. We thank our school district partners for recognizing the value of working with trained and qualified interpreters and translators in education. They will be in the best hands!
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Strengthening our Network of Professional Interpreters in Education
Our current University of Georgia Professional Interpreter in Education Certificate course students are learning about the Code of Ethics while describing some of the ethical dilemmas they have to face as interpreters in education. We thank the school districts that have prioritized training of bilingual personnel, and are making it possible for their staff to have the professional development tools needed to support schools and emergent bilingual families.
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The Epitome of a Great Teacher:
Congratulations Ms. Urtubey!
Juliana Urtubey, a first-generation immigrant from Colombia, has been named 2021 National Teacher of the Year, making her the first Latina to receive the distinction since 2005, and the first teacher from Nevada to win the award. Read More
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Celebrating a Future Interpreter
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In NAETISL’s News
Not Just One Clearinghouse But Three!
Our interpreters and translators in education thank NAETISL for researching and developing practical tools to support our collaboration with schools and emergent bilingual families!
Check out the Access & Inclusion Newsletter! Great information for educators, emergent bilingual families, and interpreters/translators in education about language access initiatives in education and resources for further learning.
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The Ph.D. Corner
The parallels between gifted education and special education for minority students are immense. In fact, many school districts across the nation offer services to gifted students and special education students under the same departmental umbrella: Exceptional Student Services. Research shows that students of color are underrepresented by as much as 55% nationally in gifted programs. Although there are many causal theories, much of the research points to concerns around the identification process and the assessments utilized for eligibility. Similar to special education assessments, tests to determine eligibility to gifted education are created in a way that does not necessarily support the assessment of students from varying cultures. If cultural bias exists within the makeup of the test questions, an accurate portrayal of student abilities is not being collected. Perhaps the core problem is not the students, but how educators and our society define giftedness.
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Cultural Humility: Collaborating with English Learner Families and Promoting Welcoming Schools
Our virtual sessions are designed to give Educators, Parent Instructional Coordinators, Parent Liaisons, School Counselors and School Administrators, an overview of evidence-based tools to collaborate effectively with English Learner families and foster family engagement. Through highly-interactive small group activities, we discover creative ways to strengthen cultural and linguistic bridges with multicultural school communities.
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Ana Soler, BSW, MPH - Ph.D. in Special Education Student
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