English Learner Master Plan Institute: Designing Local Policy Aligned to the California English Learner Roadmap

This interactive institute will help LEA teams create a plan to develop a district-wide English Learner Master Plan aligned to the research-based California English Learner Roadmap policy. Participants will engage in discussions to guide planning for the development of visionary policies, programs, and services that ensure equitable opportunities and outcomes for English learners. Participants will receive resources included in the Center for Equity for English Learners’ English Learner Master Plan Playbook to develop a strategy for beginning or refining their approach to writing their EL Master Plan. Alignment with EL Roadmap principles and elements will be highlighted.

English Learner Roadmap Aligned LCAP Toolkit Workshop: Using Research-Based Tools to Promote Equity for English Learners  This interactive workshop will help LEA teams design an LCAP that is aligned to the research-based CA English Learner Roadmap policy and focuses on identifying actions, services, programs, and resources that ensure equitable opportunities and outcomes for English Learners. Participant will engage with the resources included in the Toolkit and explore the ways they might be used to identify and analyze the needs of their English Learners. Alignment with EL Roadmap principles and elements will be highlighted. Moreover, the training will help LEA teams to identify the pitfalls inherent in the Dashboard data that mask the achievement of ELs, and more effectively understand the achievement and statues of their Els.

Higher Education Institute: (Re)Designing Educator Preparation Focused on Equity for English Learners/Multilingual Students 

 We invite higher education colleagues who prepare future teachers, counselors, and

administrators to engage in collaborative reflection and redesign processes to well-equip their

candidates to serve culturally and linguistically diverse students in P-12 settings.

• learn about the Center for Equity for English Learners (CEEL) English Learner Roadmap Toolkit for Institutions of Higher Education developed to support credentialing programs in the areas of teaching, counseling, and administration to better align with the recently passed California English Learner Roadmap policy for TK-12 students (2017)

•  engage with IHE teams to use the resources included in the Toolkit to develop a strategy for (re)designing preparation programs or coursework to address the teaching and learning needs of future educators.