INTERNATIONALS NETWORK FOR PUBLIC

Policy and advocacy internationals continued to partner with researchers and policy/advocacy groups to inform practices and policies impacting immigrants/ells, mostly in ny state but also nationally. Internationals' work included ell-focused professional organizations, community-based organizations and coalitions, civil rights organizations, and other non-profits. Internationals also presented and participated in convenings and conferences with researchers and other education practitioners. Internationals continued a broader focus on promoting a deeper understanding among policymakers, legislators, educators and the advocacy community on the following issues; performance assessment for ells, the need for multiple pathways to graduation, college access for immigrants, and support for undocumented students. Internationals continued to publish its series of learning briefs. Learning briefs are short, accessible series of publications that serve as a forum for internationals to share promising practices and learnings from our schools centered around a specific theme or topic. The most recent series shared lessons learned on the benefits of project based learning for multilingual learners.

Model disseminationin addition to supporting its network schools and academies, internationals partnered with schools and districts outside its network. Internationals provided professional development workshops to schools and districts and facilitated school visits for district and school staff from non-network schools. Educators from non-network schools participated in the professional development conferences including the summer institute and the fall pd conference. Some of this model dissemination work may eventually lead to the creation of new schools or academies in future years.