The CA EL Roadmap paves the way for English learner success by providing tools and examples aligned to the State priorities so that parents, communities, schools, teachers, administrators, districts, and county offices of education can effectively implement policies, programs, and practices for our state’s English learners. The CA EL Roadmap assists LEAs to leverage these State priorities, along with the principles within this guidance document, and tailor them to the local context.
The CA EL Roadmap is the road to a thriving future for California.

CA EL Roadmap - Teacher Toolkits:
- An Elementary School Teacher Toolkit
- A Middle School Teacher Toolkit
- A High School Teacher Toolkit

The U.S. Department of Education (Department) is pleased to provide this Newcomer Toolkit, originally published in September 2016. Schools are among the first U.S. institutions to welcome newcomer immigrants and refugees to local communities. Meeting the physical, linguistic, social, emotional, mental health, and academic needs of these students and their families is essential to their success and can be an opportunity for educators and community members across the country to reflect upon and enhance their practices and processes. 

The toolkit consists of five chapters:

Chapter 1: Who Are Newcomers?
Chapter 2: Welcoming Newcomers to a Safe, Inclusive, and Thriving School Environment
Chapter 3: Supporting Newcomers’ Social and Emotional and Mental Health Needs
Chapter 4: Providing High-Quality Instruction for Newcomers
Chapter 5: Establishing Partnerships With Families

Purpose

This Toolkit is designed to provide K-12 classroom teachers, coaches and teachers on special assignments high leverage strategies to increase the English language proficiency of their English learners; the toolkit is designed to be used in both Integrated and Designated English Language Development. The strategies address reading, writing, speaking and listening to prepare ELs for literacy in the 21st century. A checklist is included to help teachers identify the appropriate strategy for word/phrase, sentence/clause or text level understanding.

The following resources can support schools' partnerships with the multilingual families of English language learners (ELLs), with a special focus on newcomer families and resources for educators who are new to working with ELLs. 

ACCESSING STUDENT SCORE REPORTS on Aeries

How to: ELPAC Practice Test

English Learner Toolkit of Strategies.pdf

 Instructional Strategies for Newcomers/ resource

Marga Marshall
JSUSD EL Program Coordinator Consultant
mmarshall@jsusd.org
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JSUSD Multilingual Learners (ELs) Website