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Communication Ideas for the ELL Parents, Teachers, and Students

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Creating and maintaining relationships between home and school are pivotal to the overall success of our ELL students. Discuss some ways you might cultivate these partnerships throughout the school year.

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Keeping an open line of communication with English Language Learners, teachers, and families is discussed.

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Ideally, the facilitator or teacher is bilingual and has the ability to greet and communicate with parents and guardians. However, with or without that luxury offering newsletters, websites and other written communications in both English and other languages ...

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