The Confianza Way – Mutual Trust + Respect

In case you don’t know, Confianza is a Latin-based word that means trust and mutual respect, the foundation for any successful relationship.  Confianza believes in the power of relationships to change schools; we believe that by building confianza among educators, multilingual families, their children, and communities, every child will have the opportunity to achieve.  When I started this journey, I named the business Confianza to recognize and enact the saying, Kids don’t care what you know until they know that you care.  All learning begins with ensuring the respect and dignity of both the learner and the teacher. That is what Confianza’s support is all about.

Feel free to peruse the Confianza’s Blog, where you’ll find helpful articles and resources to further your learning.  Starting in 2018, our services are also expanding for more impact in schools both across the US and internationally.

*You might know one or more of the following terms to describe students in this category–ELL, EL, ESL, ESOL, EAL, ENL, DLL, multilingual or emerging bilingual students.*  What we call this group of students can largely depend on what state, system, or country we’re in, what program we work in, what policies we follow.  In my travels supporting Confianza’s partner schools throughout the United States and internationally, I see all of these acronyms at play and I see classrooms and systems trying to figure out how to close the gap for this group of students.  No matter what you call English learners, this group of students is comprised of a diverse set of backgrounds with unique needs and so much to teach us.

Illustration by S. Coleman and courtesy of Teaching Tolerance

https://www.tolerance.org/one-world-posters