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Quick Tips: 9 Things Teachers Can Do to Help Homeless Students* Make the students feel welcome. Select a student to be their "buddy" on the first day of class. Refer the student to the on-site tutoring program for educational assistance, if needed and available. Coordinate an educational plan for the student with the school counselor. Give the student a clipboard to take home and use as a portable desk for doing homework. Provide any tools or supplies necessary to complete any required task. Supplies may not be readily available to the student. Keep a supply of nutritional snacks in your room. Help homeless students make plans for transportation for after-school activities or other special events. Keep needed toiletry items on hand to assist the student in maintaining proper hygiene. * From: Homeless, Not Hopeless pamphlet: Used with permission from Minnesota Federal Programs. To view .pdf files, you must have the Adobe Reader program, available for free downloading at http://www.adobe.com/ *Clicking on an external link will take you to a non-NCHE webpage or document. The external agency's privacy policy may differ from that of NCHE.


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