Transitioning ESL Students - PowerPoint Presentation

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Transitioning ESL Students to Post Secondary Education

March 28, 2017Slide2

AgendaWelcome

Purpose

– Marcy Reed

College Admission

Process

Visa and Immigration

Issues

Resources for Evaluating Credentials

Career

Pathways Resources

Questions & DiscussionSlide3

College Admission Process and Requirements

Carlos Soler

Assistant Director, Office of Recruitment & Admissions, Coordinator Latin American, Latino and Caribbean Center (LALCC)

Central Connecticut State University

1615 Stanley Street New Britain, CT 06050-4010

(860) 832-2238

office

http://www.ccsu.edu

/

csoler@ccsu.eduSlide4

Change of Status, DACA,

Humanitarian Based

Immigration Benefits

(

TPS)

Erika

Taylor

Community Relations Officer District 2

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration

Services, Department

of Homeland Security

450 Main Street Hartford, CT 06103

(860)728-2396 office

Hartford.CommunityRelations@uscis.dhs.govSlide5

“Brain Waste”

Individuals

with 4-yr. college degrees or higher

working

in low-skilled jobs or

unemployed

55% of CT’s foreign-born individuals who possess a college degree or higher were educated

abroad

Factors contributing to “brain waste”

Limited English Proficiency

Lack of recognition of qualifications obtained abroad

Difficulties in filling gaps in education or gaining work experience

Expensive barriers to gaining professional licenses

Poor understanding of US job search normsSlide6

Evaluation of Credentials

WES Global talent Bridge

http://www.globaltalentbridge.org/index.asp

Upwardly Global - professional licensing guides

http://www.upwardlyglobal.org

National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES®)

http://

www.naces.org/members.html

See What Your Degree is Worth in the

U.S

http

://

www.wes.org/evaluations/preliminary.asp

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Supporting Skilled Immigrants: A Toolkit for ESL Practitioners

Supporting Skilled Immigrants has been developed for ESL practitioners who teach foreign-educated and skilled immigrants. The toolkit provides:

Innovative classroom strategies and lesson plans

Best practices and effective program models

Essential information and case studies to guide students toward success

Comprehensive program and resources guide

http://www.globaltalentbridge.org/toolkit/Slide8

Supporting the Success of Skilled Immigrants (April 14, 2016)

http://

knowledge.wes.org/rs/317-CTM-316/images/webinar_gtb_4_14_16_OCTAE_WES_IMPRINT_Supporting_Success_of_Skilled_Immigrants_Slides.pdf

What Employers Want in a Job

Applicant- webinar

will guide immigrant professionals through the application process, from resume submission to completing a successful interview

.

https://

www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQqcy7RdIuA&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWXpsak5UZ3habVppTVdVMiIsInQiOiJuRWJNSjc0clRjalp0YWxUSTNrWlIyRWFHY0VSWnQrUlVCdlNzd3dPMHQ3bTQydU9ZYU9UT2xaQ0NoRU9IcTFma25PWlZ6NWNWQzJlODZleHJaa0xRMmRPQ2JOXC9IYXh6VVlTdGlpUlwvd1Z3PSJ9Slide9

Additional ResourcesThe Adult College Completion Toolkit

https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ovae/resource/adult-college-completion-tool-kit.pdf

OCTAE’s Career Pathways Support Center on LINCS

https://lincs.ed.gov/programs/acpSlide10

Useful Links

DACA:

https://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/consideration-deferred-action-childhood-arrivals-daca

https

://www2.ed.gov/about/overview/focus/immigration-resources.html

https

://www.uscis.gov/avoid-scams/find-legal-services

Change

of Status:

https://www.uscis.gov/visit-united-states/change-my-nonimmigrant-status-category/change-my-nonimmigrant-status

https

://www.state.gov/

https

://www.uscis.gov/visit-united-states/extend-your-stay

https

://

www.uscis.gov/tools/how-do-i-customer-guides/how-do-i-guides-nonimmigrants/how-do-i-guides-nonimmigrants

Humanitarian Programs

:

https://

www.uscis.gov/humanitarian

My Undocumented Life blog

-provide

up-to-date information and resources to undocumented

immigrants

https://mydocumentedlife.org

/