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Refugee & Newcomer Supports Program Staff

Refugee Case Managers

Newcomer Specialists

Newcomer Teachers

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Refugee & Newcomer Supports Program Staff

Antonio Baca
Director

(505) 803-7781
brandon.baca@aps.edu

Refugee Case Managers

Refugee Case Managers provide support to refugee* students, families and the schools that serve them. Case Managers speak various languages that are common amongst newcomers in APS. Families may contact the Case Manager who speaks their language directly. Their primary job roles are: 1) Refugee family/parent engagement, 2) Student & family supports, 3) community outreach and 4) School support

*Refugee students are referred through refugee resettlement agencies. Referrals for specific students from schools are not necessary for refugee families.

Nabeel Ibrahim

Refugee Case Manager

(505) 584-2887

nabeel.ibrahim@aps.edu

(Arabic)

Martin Ndayisenga

Refugee Case Manager

(505) 607-3201

martin.ndayisenga@aps.edu

(Kirundi, Kinyarwanda, Swahili, French)

TBD

Refugee Case Manager

Newcomer Specialists

Specialists speak the languages of the local refugee community and provide in-classroom support to newcomer students who speak rare languages such as Arabic, Dari/Farsi, Pashto, Kinyarwanda, Swahili, and regional dialects. Specialists work alongside content area teachers (not ELD classes). They do this by utilizing their language skills to explain complicated concepts and provide academic and social support to newcomers. Specialists also support family engagement at various schools with high populations of newcomers.