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White saviorism is a common obstacle for students of immigrant descent

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One of the challenges that immigrants students and families, face is to learn a new language and being surrounded by a different environment and community.

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Being fully transparent about the challenges they will face and how they can help out at home to support the students.

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Immigrant students and families need an abundance of resources like learning about the school system and how it works. As well as the supports that can be put in place to fill in any gaps that the student may have.

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Professionals who can communicate with them in their home language. This also includes actually hiring people who fit the same/similar demographics as the students

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Understanding the system and procedures of the school. Having a support system within the school so families can advocate for themselves and feel a community as newcomers in the environment.

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Language support, bridging and celebrating cultural differences, trust in strangers (the school) to look after their children, community

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Language support, bridging and celebrating cultural differences, trust in strangers (the school) to look after their children, community

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Often are immigrating to live with people they may not know as well. They are acclimating to American society and are going through a huge transition. I hope to make my classroom a safe place for these students so that they can start to feel comfortable, build relationships and community.

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New families need a support system that informs them of their rights in education, how to engage with the school system, and how to access resources

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Language and cultural barriers would be the two most common obstacles that immigrant families and students are facing on a daily basis.

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Adapting to a new culture and not being able to advocate for themselves 

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Adapting to a new culture and not being able to advocate for themselves 

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Knowing their rights and services they are entitled to not being able to communicate with the school

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Families are navigating a system that functions in a different way and in a different language than their experience with education which creates barriers for them to access education 

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Families are navigating a system that functions in a different way and in a different language than their experience with education which creates barriers for them to access education 

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Need supports of friendliness, translations, push in support, extra scaffolds

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Families need to feel welcome & have proper translation services/resources to know what is going on in their child's education

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Families need to feel welcome & have proper translation services/resources to know what is going on in their child's education

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An open space to ask the ?s that nobody thinks of

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An open space to ask the ?s that nobody thinks of

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Advocating for themselves and expressing needs

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Understanding classroom culture

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Understanding the schedule of the school day