The BUENO Center Paraeducator and Family and Community Liaison Institute will provide strategies focused on asset-based, equitable and culturally sustaining practices that support multilingual students and families in your schools and in the community. The professional learning, delivered by our engaging speakers and faculty, will provide an opportunity to learn, collaborate and network with other people in similar roles. Hosted by the The BUENO Center for Multicultural Education housed in the CU Boulder School of Education.

Highlights include:

• Content and strategies for working with multilingual students, applicable for paraeducators working in classrooms.
  • Leveraging Multilingualism: The Power of Translanguaging 
  • Beyond Translation: Strategies for Supporting English Learners in the Mainstream Classrooms 
  • Addressing Unique Needs of Multilingual Special Education Students 
• Content and strategies for family/community liaisons. 
  • Fostering School-Community Partnership: Engaging School Staff for Family Liaison Success 
  • Community Centered Advocacy: Strengthening Connections
  • Empowering Families Through Community Cultural Wealth
• General topics that will be applicable to both paraeducators and family/community liaisons. 
  • Equity at Work: Navigating Power Dynamics in the Workplace 
  • Navigating New Beginnings: Newcomers What I Should Know
  • Inclusive Icebreakers and Community Builders
• Breakfast and lunch included 
• Check back in October for the full agenda.