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Standing With Immigrant Families Awareness Month
The LA School Board designated March as Standing With Immigrant Families Awareness Month to increase and improve resources for students, staff and families, and develop supports for post-graduate college and career opportunities for undocumented students. Click on the image below to read the board resolution.
Standing with Immigrant Families Awareness Month Resources
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Psychological First Aid
The Office of Human Relations, Diversity & Equity recognizes that many members of our school communities have proximity to stress related to immigration. Whether personal experiences or experiences of loved ones, many members of our community have been adversely impacted by the immigration system. As such we want to be sure to provide the necessary resources to support all members of our school communities. Please refer to the Psychological First Aid handouts below to learn more about the unqiue skills you already have, and how you can use them to support yourself, and your school community.
Click on the picture to download this file.
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Advisory Lessons
Guided PPT Lessons for the Classroom
Teachers, below please find brief lessons prepared for you to utilize in your classrom regarding immigration. Please note, these lessons may serve as a starting place for educators who wish to adapt them for their unique student populations.
*Please note, in order for embeded media to work in these lessons, be sure to click "Enable Editing" and "Enable Content." If you have any challenges with these lessons please reach out to us here. Furthermore, at the very bottom of this section you can find ALL of the Advisory Lessons as Sharepoint Links that you can use from your web browser if you'd rather not download the file.
Immigration Advisory Lessons
Who are the Dreamers? - This advisory lesson introduces students to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, the Dreamers, and where they stand in the current political climate.
Stories of Excellence
Steve Chen & Jawed Karim- This advisory lesson introduces students to two of the three founders of YouTube - both of whom immigrated to the United States as children.
Cesar Millan - This advisory lesson explores famed dog trainer Cesar Millan's early life in Mexico and his journey to America to follow his dreams.
Social Emotional Advisory Lessons
Asking for Help - Promoting help seeking behavior
Let's Talk About Feelings - Normalizing feelings
Loving Yourself - Promoting self esteem and postive body image
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Zoom Backgrounds
The Office of Human Relations, Diversity & Equity is proud to offer a variety of Zoom backgrounds for our faculty and staff to utilize during this time of distance learning. With a discrete OUT for Safe Schools badge located in the corner, these backgrounds can serve to identify staff as safe allies for our LGBT+ students.
To save a background simply right click, and hit SAVE IMAGE AS... Make sure you know where it downloads to, so you can upload it to your Zoom account.
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Resources for Educators
Booklist: Teaching About Immigration - Social Justice Books
Booklist: Teaching Central America - Social Justice Books
Learning Plan: Immigration (K-5) - Learning for Justice
Learning Plan: Immigration (6-8) - Learning for Justice
Learning Plan: Immigration (9-12) - Learning foro Justice
Lesson Plan: They're Coming to America (Immigrants Past and Present) - PBS
Lesson Plan: Immigration Myths (6-12) - Learning for Justice
Lesson Plan: Who is an Immigrant (K-5) - Learning for Justice
Resources: Teaching Current Events (Global Immigration) - Facing History
Resource: Stories Countering Anti-Immigrant & Refugee Propaganda - Books for Littles
Resource: Resources for Teachers after the Trump Administration Ends DACA - ReThinking Schools
Lesson Plans: Teaching Immigration with the Immigrant Stories Project - The Advocates for Human Rights
Article: A Look Back at how Undocumented Children Won the Right to Attend U.S. Schools - EdWeek
Article: Supreme Court Blocks Trump's Move to Scrap DACA Program - EdWeek
Video: Kids Meet a Refugee (6:57) - HiHo Kids
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Resources for Caregivers
Booklist: Teaching About Immigration - Social Justice Books
Booklist: Teaching Central America - Social Justice Books
Resource: Stories Countering Anti-Immigrant & Refugee Propaganda - Books for Littles
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Staff Contact
Central Office
Janise Escobar, LCSW (she/her)
Local District Central
Local District South
Susanna Zoeckler, LCSW (she/her)
Local District East
Tina Southern, LCSW (they/she)
Local District West
Samantha Torres, LCSW (she/her)
Local District NW
Frances Marion, LCSW (she/her)
Local District NE
Cristina Vigil, LCSW (she/her)
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Thank you to those who joined us for the We are One Virtual Open House!
We had a fantastic turnout of LAUSD educators and staff who are ready to engage our school communities. We cannot wait to share when our next open house will occur! For more information please join the Schoology group for LAUSD employees titled Standing with Black Students, Staff and Families. Email us for more information!
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