QUESTION
What training is available for parents, especially for those with limited English proficiency, to understand school updates?
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New York City Public Schools provide training and resources to parents, including those with limited English proficiency, to help facilitate understanding of school updates and communications.
- Intekhab Shakil introduces "Parent University," a platform for parent training on various topics, including digital interface navigation.
- The current availability of specific programs within "Parent University" remains unclear.
- Emma Vadehra describes a messaging application with translation capabilities and preset messages, which schools can opt into.
- This application is intended to supplement or replace previous communication methods used by schools.
Shahana K. Hanif
0:45:00
And then I know that the shift for, like, getting updates about the school for parents has also transferred over to, like, a digital interface.
0:45:13
Is there training being done for parents by school that's standardized so that limited English proficient families can also be able to use and understand the happenings of the school, the PTA, etcetera.
Intekhab Shakil
0:45:38
I know we have built.
0:45:40
I had built when I was the chief department officer 4 5 years ago, a solution called parent university.
0:45:48
So this is an important tool where parents can log in and get trainings on multiple options, including what you're talking about.
0:45:56
I don't know the details about which program is currently being offered in this particular tool, but this is meant for exactly that purpose.
0:46:04
Saying to provide training to parents online through a portal that we had built.
0:46:09
It's called Parent University.
Emma Vadehra
0:46:11
And I think the one thing I would add, and forgive me if this is wrong.
0:46:14
I think what you're referring to is our messaging application that we've made available to schools.
0:46:20
And just and that that does include translation capabilities in it and preset messages with preset translations as well.
0:46:26
Just to be clear, that's something schools can opt in to use.
0:46:29
It's also something some schools are continuing to use what their previous method of communication was.
Shahana K. Hanif
0:46:33
Yeah.