Teachers College Press Teachers as Allies: Transformative Practices for Teaching DREAMers and Undocumented Students

Product Description Learn how to engage and advocate for undocumented children and youth with this new resource written by and for teachers. Teachers as Allies provides educators with the information and tools they need to involve immigrant students and their American-born peers in inclusive and transformative classroom experiences. The authors show how immigration policies, ICE enforcement, and societal attitudes affect undocumented students and how teachers and school leaders can recognize these influences on students’ day-to-day lives and learning. Offering teaching strategies that address the needs of DREAMers and undocumented youth as they move through their K–12 and college education, this timely book includes a broad range of curriculum connections and resources. Review "A heartfelt and at times powerful call to action for educators working with one of our most vulnerable but also promising migrant populations."--Teachers College Record" Teachers as Allies is an invaluable guide for ESL instructors and those working with immigrants in the United States. This book also provides specific suggestions to advocate for those students through interactions with content-area teachers, administrations, non-profit organizations, and local and federal governments. Specific recommendations are provided for young students with deported parents, students applying to college, DREAMers of color in STEM fields, LGBTQ students, and beyond... Teachers as Allies can support us in taking better advantage of these resources in our journey to improve ourselves as educators and allies."--WATESOL Newsletter About the Author Dr. Shelley Wong and Dr. Elaisa Sánchez Gosnell (retired), George Mason University; Anne Marie Foerster Luu and Lori Dodson, Maryland pre-K-12 educators and TESOL & NEA members.