1. The document discusses best approaches for involving English language learner (ELL) parents and families, including building relationships, developing trust, and creating partnerships to support student learning. 2. It provides information on refugee, immigrant, and various visa statuses and discusses the growing diversity within school districts. Over 60 first languages are represented among ELL students. 3. Suggestions are given for effective parent engagement strategies like school-home liaisons, tutoring programs, assisting with community resources, and holding parent education sessions addressing various topics.

1. Best Approaches in Involving ELL Parents & Families Poornima D’Souza Email: [email_address] Twitter: @pord_33

3. Refugee A refugee comes to the United States for fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, Immigrant A foreign-born individual who voluntarily leaves his/her country of origin and has been admitted to reside permanently in the U.S. as a Lawful Permanent Resident

26. Diversity Blog http://pord33.edublogs.org/

27. Diversity Wikispaces http://elldiversity.wikispaces.com/

28. ELL Blog http://www.schoolhomeliaison.blogspot.com/

29. Diversity Ning http://multiculturalmosaic.ning.com/

30. Parental Involvement Ning http://parentingclass.ning.com/

31. Parent Tech Wikispace http://parentingclasses.wikispaces.com/ /

32. Parenting Classes Ning http://parentingclass.ning.com /

34. ENL Linguistics http://enllinguistics.wikispaces.com /

35. ENL LINGUISTICS NING http://enllinguistics.ning.com/

36. It's All About Relationships ~

37. Resulting Focus- Team Effort

38. Portaportal Links – Web 2.0 tools http://guest.portaportal.com/web2.0tools

39. Portaportal Links – ELL http://guest.portaportal.com/enl

40. Portaportal Links – Subject wise http://guest.portaportal.com/pord

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