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Multilingual parent outreach services are provided by ESOL bilingual and bicultural parent community coordinators and parent specialists to empower parents of ESOL students to engage in their children's education.
The ESOL Parent Outreach Services team provides support services and assists schools to:
- Conduct ESOL parent needs assessments at assigned schools;
- Facilitate communication between school staff members and international parents;
- Organize parent meetings in collaboration with the principal or designee, ESOL teacher, counselor, and parents from the outreach committee;
- Conduct workshops for parents on topics of interest to them;
- Attend Educational Management Team (EMT), Individualized Education Program (IEP), Collaborative Problem Solving (CPS), and ELL team meetings to help parents understand and navigate the processes used in these meetings;
- Assist international parents with students’ and parents’ rights and responsibilities, special education services, parent conferences, parental involvement, and information and referrals to services and resources;
- Conduct in-service training for school staff members on how to work with ELL parents;
- Provide individual and group parent programs on various topics.
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