Creating a welcoming environment for migrant children and families

Learning Together In this video, teachers Phil McCarthy and Annie Asgard and linguist Dr Francesca La Morgia share examples of culturally responsive practice in their multilingual classrooms. Chapters: 🟠 00:18 How can we build a welcoming school environment? 🟠 04:01 What does linguistically responsive practice look like in your setting? Learning Together Education Network is a community of practice created by Mother Tongues for teachers and practitioners in education settings who are interested in the themes of migration, inclusivity, language learning and child development in multicultural families. Mother Tongues provides training to family support services, early years practitioners and primary school teachers in relation to how to make the most of linguistic diversity in the classroom or given setting. We recently conducted a survey and the overall results highlighted low confidence in supporting migrant children and their families. The aim of the Learning Together Network is to enable practitioners to learn and share successful practice for engaging with children and families from a migrant background to prevent educational disadvantage, potential misdiagnosis and social isolation in the long term. It is a space to meet other practitioners and experts in the sector, to learn about what is being done, and to identify what further support is needed and where the gaps are. The Learning Together Education Network is a project funded by What Works Learning Together Fund, Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth. 📜 What is Mother Tongues? Mother Tongues is a social enterprise working to promote multilingualism and intercultural dialogue in Ireland. We do this through three interconnected goals: 1- Educating and empowering parents and educators 2- Creating networks and support groups for multilingual families 3- Raising awareness of the benefits of multilingualism and intercultural dialogue for individuals and society 📩 Contact For inquiries about our education programmes, email soraya@mothertongues.ie For general inquiries please email info@mothertongues.ie Website: https://www.mothertongues.ie/ Members Website: https://www.discover.mothertongues.ie/ 🔗 Follow us on Social Media. Please use hashtag #LearningTogether and #MotherTongues Instagram:   / mother_tongues_ireland   Facebook:   / mothertongues.ie   Twitter:   / mothertonguesie   Copyright © 2021 Mother Tongues. All rights reserved.