school transition component

Teacher Professional Development

There is a clear need for teacher training in areas such as cultural competency and impact of transitions and trauma on behaviors, to support the TCK and refugee students. This would help schools to be better equipped to support TCKs and refugees, and these practices could benefit all students.

• Online Course: Migrants and Refugees in Education: A toolkit for teachers

• The UNHCR (The UN Refugee Agency) Collection of Teaching resources for different age groups

• Teacher’s of Refugees: A Review of Literature (Education Development Trust)

• Online Course: Cultural Competency

Equipping teachers. Teacher and administrators who are trained and equipped with strategies can apply interventions that will benefit the learning and well-being of students going through school transitions in different contexts..