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

2. 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.

3. Distribution of Race/Ethnicity Across Primary Disability Categories Enrollment Data Percentages

4. Most Prevalent Languages Spoken in MN Schools
School Year
Total = 836,315

5. 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

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

7. 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

16. Tour of some key features of the website

17. 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?

18. PACER Contact – flyer