When Schools Focus on Refugees with Clare Fulp Transformative Principal 174

Clare Fulp is the principal of an Chugach Optional and we talk today about her work running a summer school program for refugee students in Anchorage, Alaska.

• School designed for new-to-country students
• Director of ELL for Anchorage School District
• Qtel institute
• No walls or doors between the classrooms, project-based learning, little direct instruction.
• Open learning
• How to set up the culture of a school for the success in an open classroom.
• Soft skills taught to kids.
• Seth Godin, Let’s stop calling them soft skills.
• Changed approach from just ELL teachers getting the gig.
• How to hire the right people for this position.
• Each team member is bringing their own strength to this group.
• Looking for great passion.
• Positive attitude.
• Self, Social, City, State, World
• Most Likely to Succeed
• Working with current K-6 students. 230 kids total.
• How to deal with refugees: have an open heart.
• An interest in the world.
• Couldn’t think past a day as a refugee.
• Misconceptions about language
• Vigotsky Zone of Proximal Development
• Kids are so much better at learning languages than adults.
• Younger/Elder approach
• Goal is not testing, but SEL, Math, and Literacy.
• Community engagement with the process - Community block party
• Teaching kids how to take care of their teeth.
• How to be a transformative principal? Connect with kids, know their names, It’s all about relationships.

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