2024 Parent Mentor Convention
We love our parent mentors! Arab American Family Services Shadia Salem North Palos SD117

2024 Parent Mentor Convention! Thank you to our Parent Mentor Program Partners, Parent Mentors, and principals! North Palos SD117 Illinois Education Association Illinois State Board of Education

Free webinar alert! Join Illinois Resource Center (IRC) for this virtual event on April 20⬇️

Eid Mubarak from my family to yours!

Our first graders Sorrick Elementary and Dorn Elementary sending encouraging words to Conrady Junior High middle school students. My favorite:

“Pencils are #2 because you are #1!”😂

Our parent liaisons will be reading Zeit and Zaatar for bilingual story time today- a great story to start off Arab American Heritage Month. I look forward to seeing our families and students there!

Deep conversations around co-teaching case studies with READ en español Inc. & our amazing EL teachers. It was a great end of the week filled with:
✔️Introspective
✔️Authenticity
✔️Understanding

Nikki McDougal, EL TL Conrady Junior High, and her team spent time collaboratively diving into Language & Content. I especially loved sorting language & content 👇🏼

We look forward to seeing our North Palos SD117 families tomorrow at the March Snack & Chat hosted by our parent liaisons.

Looking for some weekend PD opportunities? Join Shadia Salem for a FREE PD webinar delving into the leadership and learning practices of multilingual education programs: irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/leadi…

Excited to take my little one here tonight!

In the late 1930s renowned Polish poet Julian Tuwim, was asked to write three poems for children. These three poems were compiled into one book, Locomotive, which our parent liaisons be reading for tomorrow’s bilingual story time!

Unfinished Leader Lenses with Michael Lubelfeld and Nick Polyak Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us! Many great take-aways:
📌Empathy is the foundation
📌It’s not promotional, storytelling is powerful!
📌Serve the educational community beyond four walls
📌Develop, develop!

The Illinois School Board Journal (IASB) addressed serving newcomers in their Jan/Feb issue. Alaynah Garibay & Rebecca Vonderlack-Navarro from the Latino Policy Forum showcase district exemplars Skokie District 68 School District U-46 Berwyn North 98 Moline-CV SD #40 & North Palos SD117

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Congratulations to Dorita McCabe, Lauren Potokar, Karolina Budz, Jolanta Luberda, Stefanie Bell, Gloria Crawley-Scislowicz, Julie McElligott, Kim Sievers and Lauren Wuchter! North Palos SD117

Important read for those working closely with ACCESS WIDA™

ICYMI last week, EmpowerCon is BACK in July 2024! Electrify your learning at these FREE one-day mini conferences, with three dates and locations to better serve our educators! Stay tuned for more information about registration, topics and more!

I'm looking forward to learning from Shadia Salem on leveraging CAN DO portraits to foster differentiated instruction & promote a student-centric approach that recognizes & celebrates the unique assets & strengths each learner brings to the table. Illinois Resource Center (IRC) WIDA™ #CanDo

February 1st was World Hijab Day. Enjoy some powerful inspiration today 👇🏼

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