Tips And Tools For Engaging Families From Diverse Cultures For Student Success Presenters: Tom Delaney, Project Director, Minnesota SPDG Loraine Jensen, Coordinator, Minnesota SPDG

Session Highlights: Online resources developed through Minnesota’s previous SPDG project (2010 – 2015) with the PACER Center, that focus on working with culturally diverse families. Materials include training videos, research literature, as well as practice guides and tools to help build effective home-school communication and promote meaningful family engagement.

Distribution of Race/Ethnicity Across Primary Disability Categories 2016-17 Enrollment Data Percentages

Most Prevalent Languages Spoken in MN Schools 2013-2014 School Year Total = 836,315

Languages Spoken by at Least 1,000 Students 9/15/2014 Languages Spoken by at Least 1,000 Students Outside of Mandarin, Russian, and Spanish, nearly all represent refugee resettlement Liberian Creole – spoken in Liberia in west Africa Amharic – Ethiopia Oromo – Ethiopia Lao – Laos Karen – ethnic minority group in Burma Mandarin – Mandarin Chinese

Special Education Students Only 9/15/2014 Special Education Students Only

Poll Question Have you seen changes in your state’s race/ethnicity demographics in the last 10 years that has significantly impacted your planning for federal and state grants/initiatives? Yes No

Tour of some key features of the website

Poll Question Would you find these materials useful for families? Yes No Need to know more Would you find these materials useful for school staff?

PACER Contact – flyer