II. Overview and Introduction Elena Fajardo, Administrator, Language - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

• II. Overview and Introduction

Elena Fajardo, Administrator, Language Policy and Leadership Office, CDE

California English Learner Roadmap Launch Event

Introductions

Please share:

• Name and role
• What are your general experiences and feelings about policy coming from

above? –Feelings, metaphors

• What do you need or want from policy? Or what do you dread or don’t want

from policy? –Characteristics that make a policy useful to you

• What does it take for policy to translate to action?

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The California English Learner Roadmap Policy

California English Learner Roadmap State Board of Education Policy: Educational Programs and Services for English Learners (EL Roadmap Policy)

• The policy is available on the California Department of Education (CDE) EL

Roadmap Web page and on page 34 of your copy of the guidance document.

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Historical Perspective

Era of building programs, practices, and approaches 1974 Lau v. Nichols 1976 CA Bilingual- Bicultural Act 1981 Castañeda v. Pickard Era of English-only research, policy, and accountability 1990s 1998 Proposition 227 2001 No Child Left Behind 2006 National Literacy Panel on Language Minority Children and Youth 2010 CA Common Core State Standards (CCSS) 2012 New English Language Development (ELD) Standards Adopted CA State Seal of Biliteracy established 2014 The CA English Language Arts/ ELD Framework is adopted 2016 CA Education for a Global Economy Initiative (Proposition 58) passed 2017 CA EL Roadmap Policy approved

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2015 Every Student Succeeds Act

Why a Roadmap?

• Over 1.3 million English learners in

California’s schools

• Sixty percent of children 0–5 are dual

language learners

• Systems of support
• Helps schools meet new state and federal

standards

• Helps equip students with 21st century skills
• Assets-oriented approach to English learners

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A Growing Research Consensus

2017 National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Report:

• English language proficiency development:

–Is a process that takes four to seven years –Benefits from coherent and aligned instruction –Can take place as an integrated process simultaneous with academic content learning in addition to designated English language development (ELD) and development of bilingualism and biliteracy

• Bilingualism provides benefits
• Differentiated and responsive services needed for diverse population of English

learners

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CA EL Roadmap Policy Purpose

• Desire for more aspirational,

inspirational vision

• CA EL Roadmap Policy needed

to “move the needle” in EL programs and services

• Definite need for a guidance

document, tools, crosswalks to

• ther documents and legal

citations, and to the LCAP

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The Policy

• Reflects the current national

research consensus on second language learning, bilingualism, program effectiveness, and policy research

• Includes:

–Vision –Mission –Four principles

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California State Board of Education Approved English Learner Roadmap Policy

• n July 12, 2017

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Headlines

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The CA EL Roadmap Defined

The California English Learner Roadmap: Strengthening Comprehensive Educational Policies, Programs, and Practices for English Learners (CA EL Roadmap) –State Board Policy –Guidance Document –Web-based resources

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The CA EL Roadmap and the California Way

Legal Foundations Field Input

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The CA EL Roadmap

What the CA EL Roadmap does:

• Provides a new direction for the state that

holds the weight of policy

• Provides a common belief system
• Provides actual experiences from local

educational agencies (LEAs)

• Provide resources that address the principles

and elements What he CA EL Roadmap does not do:

• Define one road (program, practice, or policy)

for all LEAs or all English learners

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About the CA EL Roadmap

Please discuss with your table group:

• What is the CA EL Roadmap?
• Where did it come from?
• Why was it created?
• What was the intent?

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Questions

“How can I move my county, district, school, or program forward if I am the only

• ne?”

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