Pods in Action: African Leadership Group. A Community of Learning to Support Immigrant Families

Autor/inn/en	Kim, Juli; Gilliam, Paola; Barrett, Sharon Kebschull
Institution	Arizona State University (ASU), Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE)
Titel	Pods in Action: African Leadership Group. A Community of Learning to Support Immigrant Families
Quelle	(2021), (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	COVID-19; Pandemics; Community Organizations; Immigrants; Blacks; Elementary Secondary Education; Partnerships in Education; After School Education; Tutoring; Distance Education; Student Needs; Outcomes of Education; Colorado (Denver) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Black person; Schwarzer; Hochschulpartnerschaft; After-school programs; After school programs; Out of school education; Out-of-school education; Außerschulische Jugendbildung; Förderkonzept; Nachhilfeunterricht; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg
Abstract	Prepandemic, the Denver-based African Leadership Group (ALG) helped immigrant families navigate public schooling, finding that districts generally did not respond adequately to immigrant students' and families' needs. Knowing that children from African immigrant families were among those most at risk of falling behind when COVID forced school closures, the African Leadership Group created a learning pod that helped students access remote learning and academic supports. This report discusses how ALG leaders stretched their vision and resources when they opened the doors to a pandemic learning pod in August 2020. Key lessons learned during this process include: (1) Existing administrative and financial supports helped a community advocacy group quickly create a learning community for its members' children; (2) Longstanding relationships and intimate knowledge of African immigrant families' educational challenges and needs proved a key element of the pod's success; and (3) Firsthand exposure to schooling enhanced the organization's understanding of the challenges immigrant students face in public schools and thus its ability to engage in education advocacy. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Center on Reinventing Public Education. Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, Arizona State University. H.B. Farmer Education Building, 1050 S Forest Mall, Tempe, AZ 85281. e-mail: crpe@uw.edu; Web site: https://crpe.org/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01