This workshop will present solutions to support the recruitment of families from diverse backgrounds for organizations committed to educational access. Presenters from two New York community-based organizations (CBOs), Breakthrough New York and The TEAK Fellowship, will share how they identify unexpected barriers in the admissions recruitment process and offer several strategies to make the process more inclusive. The family engagement strategies shared by the presenters can also be extended more generally to practices in supporting students in schools and CBOs from middle school through college.
Guiding Questions:
1) How can schools and CBOs improve the recruitment of applicants from low-income, first-generation, and diverse backgrounds to their institutions?
2) What are the barriers that low-income families face in the process of applying to a school or college access program?
3) What are some best practices we can apply to student and family recruitment, as well as student and family support more generally?