Guidelines for School Personnel: Working Effectively with a Professional Interpreter in Education
Reference Guides for Registering Students with Non-English Names
Family Engagement Resources
- Colorín Colorado - A bilingual site with great resources for families and educators including free print guides created for parents and teachers to improve children's reading and writing skills.
- Pacer Center - Working with Culturally Diverse Families
- Parent-Teacher Organization: Fact sheets about parent involvement and PTOs in English and Spanish
- Bridging Refugee Youth & Children's Services: Involving Refugee Parents in Their Children’s Education
- Parent Resources in Burmese, Cambodian, Lao, Somali and Vietnamese
- Parenting Minutes Videos (Spanish, Bengali and Chinese): Short videos that focus on key topics related to early childhood learning and raising children. Each video page contains shareable tips and facts, as well as links to more FREE resources and information.
- Get Involved Parent Videos (English and Spanish): Volunteer at School, Seek Out Information, Be Seen at School and more.
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Why Family Engagement Matters for Student and School Success– Fact sheet in English, Spanish and Chinese
Additional Resources
- Quality Indicators for Translation and Interpretation in Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve Educational Settings Guidelines and Resources for Educators (Development of recruitment and training guidelines for translators and interpreters, factors to consider when selecting a qualified interpreter and/or translator)
- Sample Job Description: Parent Outreach Liaison
- Using an Interpreter to Administer Parent Questionnaires: Ages and Stages Questionnaire
- Integrating an Interpreter (working with children with hearing loss who come from families in which English is not the primary home language)
Home-School Communication Guides
Communication Guide for School Front Office Personnel: Available in Arabic, Chinese, French, Hindi, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Urdu and Vietnamese
100 Bilingual Daily Comments: Common phrases for teachers to use to communicate student progress. Available in Spanish, Chinese, Arabic, Vietnamese, Korean and French.