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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 needs assessments at each school;
- Facilitate communication between school and international parents;
- Organize parent meetings in collaboration with the principal, ESOL teacher, counselor and parents from the outreach committee;
- Conduct workshops for parents on topics of interest to them;
- Attend Educational Management Team, Individualized Educational Program, and English Language Learner team meetings and help the parents understand and navigate the processes in these meetings;
- Provide assistance to international parents in the areas of 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 on how to work with the parents of English language learners,
- Provide individual and group parent programs on a variety of topics.
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