Training for Educators: New Americans in the Classroom

NOTE: This workshop has been postponed with hopes of offering it in early 2024. Stay tuned!

Neighbors United and the Boise School District are teaming up to offer a two-day course for educators called "New Americans in the Classroom: A Deeper Dive."

• June 5-6, 2023
• Dennis Technical Education Center, Boise

Registration is now open to Boise School District staff, and will soon open up to educators from other districts and organizations for a total of 50 participants.

• Register here to receive a professional development credit from Northwest Nazarene University ($60).
• Or register here if you do not wish to receive a credit.

In this lively and interactive workshop, participants will get a glimpse inside the refugee youth experience and will build skills for teaching new Americans. What is it like to be forced to leave your homeland? How does it feel to enter a classroom in a strange language, in a strange land? How does trauma interfere with learning? How can we connect with refugee families? How can we make sense of disruptive behavior? And how do we, as educators, help immigrant students feel welcome and learn?

​Participants will hear firsthand from students and parents with a refugee background, a trama counselor who works with refugee youth, and teachers who work with English language learnings.

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Better understand and empathize with students with a refugee background and/or those who are learning English.
• Describe the typical path to refugee resettlement.
• Describe the difference between “survival brain” and “learning brain.”
• Name at least three ways in which trauma affects students’ ability to learn.
• Explain at least two strategies to help students with trauma when they are “triggered.”
• Describe two different approaches to disruptive behavior from immigrant students.
  
• Incorporate at least one multilingual learner teaching method and one trauma-informed technique into their work.
  
• Explain strengths and challenges of being a “Cross-Cultural Kid” and how educators can respond effectively. Identify at least three concrete strategies to engage refugee families.
  
• Feel acknowledged in the importance of their role as educators. ​

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