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? 2
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. 3
New English Language Development Historical Perspective (ELD) Standards Adopted CA State Seal of Biliteracy established Era of English-only research, 2012 CA EL policy, and accountability Roadmap 1990s Lau v. Nichols Every National Literacy Panel on Policy 1974 Student Castañeda v. Language Minority approved Succeeds Pickard 2017 Children and Youth 1981 Act 2006 2015 2010 1976 CA Common Core State 2016 2001 CA Bilingual- CA Education for Standards (CCSS) No Child Left Bicultural Act a Global Economy 1998 Behind 2014 Proposition Initiative Era of building The CA English Language Arts/ ELD 227 (Proposition 58) programs, practices, Framework is adopted passed and approaches 4
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 21 st century skills • Assets-oriented approach to English learners 5
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 6
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 other documents and legal citations, and to the LCAP 7
The Policy • Reflects the current national research consensus on second language learning, bilingualism, program effectiveness, and policy research • Includes: –Vision –Mission –Four principles 8
California State Board of Education Approved English Learner Roadmap Policy on July 12, 2017 9
Headlines 10
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 11
The CA EL Roadmap and the California Way Field Input Legal Foundations 12
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 13
About the CA EL Roadmap Page 1 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? 14
Questions “How can I move my county, district, school, or program forward if I am the only one?” 15
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