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When Nadilia Charles became an ESOL (English to Speakers of Other Languages) counselor there, she saw a need to support these students and help them earn their high school diplomas. Many of the ELL students had never before been in a structured school environment, so expecting them to excel without knowing the language was unreasonable.  \nToday, Nadilia oversees a team of bilingual, bicultural counselors who work with schools in the district. They support ELL students with everything from social and emotional skills, to attendance and academics.  \n“I think it’s very important that we enlighten not only the students but the parents as well,” said Nadilia.“We want to make sure that they understand that there are people in place to walk them through the entire process.”  \nEvery year, the Multicultural Department of the Palm Beach County School District hosts six Family Engagement Nights across the district. These events provide parents with information  \nabout how to get their students through highschool and achieve college and career success.  \nEvent materials are distributed in all native languages and details are announced on local Spanish and Haitian Creole language radio stations to ensure all parents have the opportunity to attend. The Multicultural Department even provides childcare at the event to ensure parents can give their undivided attention.  \n“I’ve always had a love for ACT.”  \n-Nadilia Charles  \nSpecialist Instructional  \nDepartment of Multicultural Education  \n© 2022 by ACT, Inc. All rights reserved. Learn more about [the ACT at](the ACT at www.act.org)[ ](the ACT at www.act.org)[www.act.org](the ACT at www.act.org) 1  \nBeginning with introductions and refreshments, parents are sent to breakout sessions based on language. Presentations cover:  \n• How to use the parent portal to monitor student grades, attendance, and test scores  \n• Study tips  \n• Online learning resources  \n• Social and emotional learning skills  \n• The ACT® test, when students take it, what the test is for, why it’s important, and how to practice  \nAt the end of every Family Engagement Night parents are given a backpack filled with resources like dictionaries, novels in English and native languages, and lists of learning resources for athome use.  \n“You get those ‘Aha!’ moments from the parents quite often because they base everything on what they’re hearing from the community, and we know that the information they get is not always the correct information,” said Nadilia.  \nFamily Engagement Nights have been a major success. Last year at Lake Worth Community High School, which has the highest population with about 700 ELL students, Family Engagement Night had more than 500 parents attend.  \nThe Multicultural Department has implemented additional events to meet the needs of students and parents, including:  \n• Financial Aid Nights—where they partner with the federal TRIO program to sit with parents and help them complete financial aid applications  \n• Parent Leadership Councils—every school gives two presentations a year using slides provided by the Multicultural Department  \n• College Tours—for Spring Break more than  \n100 juniors will visit six colleges and attend presentations on college planning, financial aid, and test taking tips  \n• College and Career Fairs—where they set upa table to hand out info on the department’s activity and role  \n• ACT Tutoring—Nadilia volunteers to tutor students every other Saturday and provides testing strategies to help students improve their scores  \nWith these strategies in place, Palm Beach County School District is overcoming the challenges underrepresented students face. Their students are achieving success: making the honor roll, passing state exams, tutoring fellow students, volunteering hundreds of hours in the community, ","cbCaipzPDMjeCuXb","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaipzPDMjeCuXb","pdf",314029,"English","# Family Engagement Nights\n## Breakout sessions and multilingual outreach\n## Resources distributed to parents\n# Additional programs and tutoring\n## Financial Aid Nights and leadership councils\n## College tours, career fairs, and ACT tutoring","[{\"question\":\"What need did Nadilia Charles identify when she became an ESOL counselor?\",\"answer\":\"She saw a need to support ELL students and help them earn high school diplomas, especially since many had not previously been in a structured school environment.\"},{\"question\":\"What happens during the Family Engagement Nights?\",\"answer\":\"Parents attend introductions and breakout sessions based on language, with presentations covering parent portal monitoring, study tips, online learning resources, social-emotional learning skills, and the ACT test including what it is for and how to practice.\"},{\"question\":\"What additional events and support does the Multicultural Department provide beyond Family Engagement Nights?\",\"answer\":\"It runs Financial Aid Nights with the federal TRIO program, Parent Leadership Councils using provided slides, College Tours, College and Career Fairs, and ACT Tutoring where Nadilia tutors students and shares testing strategies every other Saturday.\"}]","Engaging English Learner Families to Achieve Educational Success | PDF",1791513864]