Understanding PAIR, Rice PAIR, and the Refugee Experience
Understanding PAIR and Rice PAIR:
- PAIR Overview that covers mission, background, history, & facts/figures of the non-profit, PAIR
Understanding the refugee experience:
- Overview of the refugee resettlement process in the United States
- Path of Refugee & how PAIR fills the gaps
- Background on the countries our refugee students come from (language, history, humanitarian situation, adjustment to life in the US, and other important points to remember)
- A powerpoint made by a Bhutanese refugee girl, documenting her family’s travels from Bhutan to Nepal to the US in her own words
- Refugee resettlement story, in his own words
- General resources if you want to learn more about refugees
Resources for Working with Refugees & Developing a Mentorship
Working with refugee students:
- Advice on how to work with ESL refugee students
- How to talk with your students about assignments
- Working with small groups (especially for Learners and Leaders)
- Tutoring tips from an ESL teacher who has worked extensively with PAIR students
- MT Midsemester Training Spring 2011: Evaluating a mentoring session; ESL worksheets and reading skills
General resources:
- General study tips
- Study skills inventory assessment
- How to get organized
- Answering inferential questions rather than factual questions (with applications to reading and math)
- Learning styles assessment and explanation (tactile/kinesthetic, visual, auditory)
- Preparing for tests and quizzes
- Reading non-fiction sources
- Solving word problems
- Summarizing source materials
- Writing reports
Templates for reading activities: