2022-2023 Immigrant Children and Youth Grant Consortium

Description: WI DPI reserves approximately five percent of its Title III funds to support Immigrant children and youth activities. Local Education Agencies (LEAs) that have seen a significant increase in immigrant children and youth may apply for the Immigrant Children and Youth Discretionary Grant. This is a closed meeting for districts participating in our 2022-2023 Immigrant Children and Youth Grant Consortium.

Cost: No cost

Presenter: Brook Goralski-Cumbajin, Ph.D

About the Presenter:

Brook Goralski-Cumbajin, Ph.D. is a Title III, Language Acquisition, and Culture Consultant at CESA 2. For more than 20 years she worked as an educator, instructional coach, program coordinator, and curriculum developer serving Wisconsin’s linguistically and culturally diverse students and families. Brook is a certified PreK-12 ESL and Spanish teacher, Principal, and Director of Curriculum and Instruction. She earned her Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction and Second Language Acquisition at the University of Wisconsin, Madison and approaches consultation and collaboration via a growth mindset. She strives to foster the development of positive, reflective, and sustainable communities of practice that are committed to working towards social justice by connecting theory to practice and is driven by her passion for serving first-generation, low-income, and immigrant students and families.

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