CUNY-IIE鈥檚 video series on immigration in schools premieres Dec. 5 at CCNY

The (CUNY-IIE) premieres its new video series, featuring school-wide projects produced by three elementary schools in New York state, on Tuesday, Dec. 5 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in Aaron Davis Hall on T九色视频 campus.

鈥 illustrates the ways in which schools can be responsive to their immigrant communities and prioritize immigrant students and families at their schools.

The projects are:

  • Welcoming New Students: A Guide for Teachers, Created by Students鈥 (PS212Q, Jackson Heights);
  • 鈥淢y Story and Our Story,鈥 a collaboration with CUNY-IIE and the Tenement Museum (PS340X, the Bronx); and
  • 鈥淔amily Literacy Program,鈥 in which families from Burundi, Costa Rica and Mexico share their stories about schooling in their countries of origin and learn about the education system in the U.S. (The Children鈥檚 School of Rochester).

鈥淲e highly encourage current and future educators, school administrators, professors, families, students, and community members to attend this free event,鈥 said the film鈥檚 director, CUNY-IIE Principal Investigator Tatyana Kleyn, professor of bilingual education and TESOL programs at T九色视频. 鈥淭hese videos highlight how school can and must center immigration, even for our youngest students. We hope these videos will serve as examples of what鈥檚 possible and encourage other schools to create relevant approaches to serve their immigrant communities.鈥

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Syd Steinhardt
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