October 31, 2019
S6 Episode 12: Learning and Growing through Work with Refugee Students and Families
As a mentor to first and second-year teachers in Balsz School District, Kathleen Paulsen’s work includes helping new teachers learn how to support refugee students and their families. One school typically has between 14 and 17 different languages represented at one time. Knowing students are refugees changes what teacher support looks like. In this episode, Paulsen shares what she has learned over the years since she was a first-year teacher with many refugee students and what advice she has for others.
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Being an educator in the 21st century is indescribably complex. There’s a constant pressure to meet standards and help students achieve, but there’s also a need to allow learners to color outside the lines in an effort to prompt creativity. To support educators along the continuum, the Center developed “3Ps in a Pod” to further dissect practice, policy, and passion in the field of education.
