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NEWCOMERS: Final Presentation, City of Angels Center For Newcomers
NEWCOMERS: Final Presentation, City of Angels Center For Newcomers
City of Angels
Center for Newcomers
Presentation before the City Council | City of Los Angeles
Robert F. Kennedy
Community
High School
2 classrooms
3 offices
3
Koreatown
115,000 people
68% foreign-born
Who We Serve
NK Refugees (30)
Age 18 25
Emergent
Language
Proficiency
Documented &
undocumented
5
Our Staff
Administrators
Exec Director
Admin Asst
Staff
2 ESL Teachers
4 AmeriCorps Members
6
Interfaith Refugee
and Immigration
Services
Episcopal Migration
Ministries
Emotional well-being of
refugee children and young
people
Trauma-Informed Care
8
Language Delivery
Program Type
English as a Second Language (ESL)
Looking Forward
Sources
Chang, H. (1990). Newcomer Programs: Innovative Efforts to Meet the Educational Challenges of Immigrant Students . San Francisco, CA: California
Tomorrow.
Complete list of training courses. (n.d.). Retrieved April 29, 2017, from
https://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/training_conferences/training/complete_list
Custodio, B. (2011). How to design and implement a newcomer program. Boston: Pearson.
Moll, L. C., Amanti, C., Neff, D., & Gonzalez, N. (1992). Funds of knowledge for teaching: Using a qualitative approach to connect homes and
classrooms. Theory Into Practice,31(2), 132-141.