Explore this tool, which introduces three avenues for advocacy — individual, local, and state/national — with example actions in each. For more context around this resource, please visit the Advocacy in Action Snapshot.
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In this brief video, the mother of a multilingual learner discusses how she collaborated with her child’s teacher and other school staff to advocate for her child.
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In this video, Maggie Karr, a family advocate, shares how she collaborates with families and her colleagues to promote a culture that welcomes and supports family advocacy.
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This video models a supportive conversation between a teacher and a Spanish-speaking parent to show how educators and families can advocate for inclusive practices that center family perspectives. The video features people speaking in Spanish.
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Engage with this brief introductory video to reflect and deepen your knowledge about advocacy- one of the six ABC’s of Family and Community Engagement.
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This vignette demonstrates how a multilingual learner school-community liaison builds trusting relationships with multilingual learners and their families and communities. For more context around this resource, please visit the Building Trust in Action Snapshot.
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This resource offers guidance for starting and sustaining monthly coffee chats with families of multilingual learners. Use the information to get started with coffee chats in your context or to reflect on similar activities that you already do. For more context around this resource, please visit the Building Trust in Action Snapshot.
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In this video, WIDA Fellow Pushpanjali Sengupta shares how she has built trust through dialogue and action in ways that center multilingual families’ voices.
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In this video, WIDA Fellow Madison Leech shares how her school has formed and sustained trusting relationships with families in the car line during pick-up and drop-off.
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Engage with this brief introductory video to reflect and deepen your knowledge about building trust – one of the six ABCs of Family and Community Engagement.
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In this video, multilingual families and their children share about building trust through care, mutual respect and cultural and linguistic humility.
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In this video, multilingual families share about building trust with educators through believing in each other’s skills and knowledge, and showing integrity and follow-through.
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In this video, educators share how they build trust with multilingual families and communities, including questions they suggest for ongoing conversations.
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This customizable template has fillable conversation cards for you to add questions to. Use the template to support you as you build trusting relationships with multilingual learners and their families and communities.
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This resource suggests questions you can use for your ongoing conversations with multilingual learners to help build trust and collaborative relationships.
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This handout serves as a glossary of terms, including a definition of family and community engagement.
For more context around this resource, please visit the Engaging Families and Communities page.
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This WIDA Snapshot offers an introduction to awareness, one of the six ABCs of Family and Community Engagement. The ABCs of Family and Community Engagement are six key considerations for educators who support multilingual learners and their families and communities.
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This WIDA Snapshot offers an introduction to advocacy, one of the six ABCs of Family and Community Engagement. The ABCs of Family and Community Engagement are six key considerations for educators who support multilingual learners and their families and communities.
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This WIDA Snapshot offers an introduction to building trust, one of the six ABCs of Family and Community Engagement. The ABCs of Family and Community Engagement are six key considerations for educators who support multilingual learners and their families and communities.
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This WIDA Snapshot provides guidance on how to use the WIDA Language Charts to collaborate and plan instruction.
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