Name: Creating a Welcoming Environment for Newcomer Students and Families
Start: 2024-11-05T09:15:00-0800
End: 2024-11-05T10:45:00-0800

Welcome to the 2024 Bridge Conference!

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Tuesday November 5, 2024 9:15am - 10:45am PST

Room 316, Greater Tacoma Convention Center

Ensuring refugee and other newcomer students and families feel welcome in their school environments is foundational to their academic success and their longer-term economic and social success. While newcomers have their own agency and resiliency factors that affect their successful resettlement, schools and community-based organizations (CBOs) have their own vital role in creating a sense of welcome to facilitate integration. This workshop will aim to equip schools and community-based organizations with skills and strategies for creating welcoming spaces responsive to the cultural and social-emotional needs of refugees and other newcomers.

Speakers

Rob Callus (he/him)

Training Officer, Switchboard

Rob Callus is a Switchboard Training Officer with a focus on community integration. He is a lifelong educator with several years of experience working in instructional design, global health, and refugee resettlement. Prior to joining Switchboard, he was a program manager for World... Read More →

Tuesday November 5, 2024 9:15am - 10:45am PST
Room 316, Greater Tacoma Convention Center

Race and Equity

Content Area Race and Equity
Level Establishing (Beginner)

2024 Bridge Conference

Rob Callus (he/him)

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