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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Exactly.  I also teach Hispanic students and their parents work 2 jobs and sometimes 3 jobs.  They don't have time to come for coffee or movie night and that's okay.  I have our bilingual secretary call them if I have an academic or behavioral issue with their child (rarely).  [b]Also, in many of their cultures, school is not the parents' domain.  They didn't grow up having parent/teacher conferences, etc in their culture. [/b] The report card tells them what they need to know and they know to call the office if they want to talk to me.  Most of the Hispanic students are good students so I rarely have any issues.[/quote]

it's up to teachers  like you to say to them "hey, this is how it's done in the US. You do interact with the school and the teacher".  It's not insensitive to tell new comers to the US this is how school works here and this what we expect.

Schools and teachers need to learn to be more direct and forthcoming with information on processes and explanations to recent immigrant families and those with limited English.  Don't just say "teacher parent conferences are coming up" if the parents are recent immigrants with limited English, spell out what the conference is, why it is being held, that they are expected to show up, that this is how school is conducted in the US, etc.  Believe it or not, they aren't going to be offended. They moved to the US, they know not everything is going to be the same as their home country and really immigrants are ok learning how things work in the US and then participating. [/quote]

Look, it is very hard to figure out the norms even if you are native-born. I've thought many times that the odds are stacked against immigrant families. [/quote]

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