Bridges to Academic Success provides educational services to newcomer students who enter US schools with limited academic skills, including low levels of literacy in their home languages.
Our Mission:
To advocate for newly arrived immigrants with developing literacy by providing curriculum, resources, and training to educators.
Our Vision:
For all immigrant youth with developing literacy to thrive in school and to participate meaningfully in society.
Great energy in the room at our first PD of the year! Teachers expressed excitement and gratitude for updated curriculum, and had a productive conversation around student work and teacher expectations. A great way to welcome the school year.
Our professional learning trains school leaders and teachers to envision pathways and classroom instruction that enable SIFE with Developing Literacy to participate meaningfully in their classrooms, schools, and communities.
In The Bridges Program, students attend up to five sheltered academic classes within their high school, with classes that have been specifically designed to meet […]
Changing the narrative on immigration: Educators collaborating to transform the newcomer student experience. Paper presentation at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, […]
Lisa Auslander and Virginia Skrelja present at NYS TESOL 2021
Best Practices for Integrating Social-Emotional Learning into Newcomer Classrooms. Presentation at NYS TESOL Webinar Series, February 10, 2021. Presenters: Dr. Lisa Auslander & Virginia Skrelja