The California Department of Education has created a process to develop “The California English Learner Roadmap”, a policy and guidance vehicle to articulate a direction for our state’s English Learners and to provide guidance for LEAs to establish articulated and effective programs and practices to ensure that all English Learners can meet language and academic goals as well as ensuring opportunity from the very beginning of their school careers. The EL Roadmap will provide recommendations and guidance for the field, along with identification of current research and best practices. In this session, one of the Co-Chairs of the EL Roadmap will describe the goals, processes and products of the effort, provide a progress report of the work to date, and seek your input! Come learn what’s happening, and be heard about what you’d like to see in a state Roadmap for English Learner education.
