Event Details
Promising Practices and Stories from the Field Session One
Family Stories- A Language Access Panel
Thursday, September 26, 2024
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
No cost
The research is clear: when families and schools work together it improves student outcomes. For a growing number of families, language access plays a critical role in their ability to partner with their child’s school team. This session will provide a brief overview of:
What language access means
The laws outlining family rights and school districts responsibilities for language access
Understand the role language access plays in a student’s equal educational opportunities and an effective family-school partnerships
Participants will hear stories from families on their personal experiences with language access and the impact of it on their child’s educational opportunities and outcomes. Panelists will share challenges they have encountered, effective strategies and tools to support language access, and what it means to be a language access ally.
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