Immigrant and refugee students encounter many challenges when entering our schools. While we aim at helping these students develop their languages and succeed academically, their socio-cultural transition and emotional health impact the degree to which students can attend to leaning and be successful. Dr. Nguyen will compare the experiences of immigrants and refugees and discuss their challenges in transitioning to the new schooling context. Possible ways of supporting the social transition of immigrant and refugee students will be explored.
Dr. Diep Nguyen is the Director of Professional Learning at WIDA. In this role, she leads the Professional Learning team to design and deliver professional learning workshops and services to teachers and school leaders serving Multilingual Learners. Dr. Nguyen brings to this role a combination of scholarly insights as a researcher and administrative skills from her school leadership experiences. Dr. Nguyen spent two decades as a district level administrator responsible for curriculum and instruction for pre K-12 students. In this role, she also designed and implemented transitional bilingual education and two-way immersion programs for multilingual Learners. Before joining WIDA, she served as Department Chair and Associate Professor of Education in the Teacher Education Department of Northeastern Illinois University where her research focused on teacher education, cultural and language identity of Asian American school educators and the long-term impact of dual language education on students.
When: Thursday, October 11
Where: Henzlik Hall, Room 32
Time: 9:30am
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https://cehs.unl.edu/tlte/ICMEE/Flyers/UNL-Full-Poster%5B8668%5D.pdf
More details at: https://go.unl.edu/8pum