Description
The Orleans Parish School Board is seeking a contractor to provide family engagement specific to LEP and immigrant families and school staff training in the immigrant experience. The contractor must be able to provide training in the English Learners & immigrant experience to school & contracted staff, facilitate workshops for and provide direct services to LEP and immigrant families, and specify tangible actions of instructional staff and non-instructional staff that contribute positively to the school experience of English Learner students and families. The scope of work will cover NOLA PS district functions and approximately 500 students across 25 school sites.
• Provide training in the English Learners & immigrant experience to school & contracted staff
• Facilitate workshops for and provide direct services to LEP and immigrant families
• Specify tangible actions of instructional staff and non-instructional staff that contribute positively to the school experience of English Learner students and families
• Build school infrastructure, protocols, and systems to meet the needs of and actively dismantle the barriers faced by English Learners and immigrant students and families
• Identify and mitigate push (in school) and pull (outside of school) factors for secondary English Learners and immigrant students not persisting until high school graduation
• Develop competency in legal obligations of schools and the rights of ELs & immigrant students and families
• Understand stressors specific to immigrant and first-generation students, including separation, migration, reunification, assimilation, adultification, xenophobia, identity conflict, language & cultural minority, mixed status families, pressure to succeed, and interrupted education
• Cultivate working knowledge in context of immigration and English Learners specific to New Orleans & Louisiana