Moving Forward: California’s English Learner Roadmap School Districts
Learn more about what school districts can do to implement the California English Learner Roadmap to best support English learners.
EL RISE!
As part of state support for enacting the visionary 2017 California English Learner Roadmap policy, the legislature and California Department of Education funded two grants – one of which helped create EL RISE! (English Learner Roadmap Implementation for Systemic Excellence). Three main agencies lead the work of EL RISE!: Californians Together, Sobrato Early Academic Language (SEAL), and Loyola Marymount University’s Center for Equity for English Learners (CEEL).
Under Californians Together’s leadership, these agencies provide research-based professional learning to multiple educator roles across 20 County Offices of Education who collectively serve 76.7% of the state’s English Learners. Across three years, EL RISE! provided professional learning to support the EL Roadmap policy to 13,405 educators representing 547 local education agencies across the state.
Resources
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Moving the EL Roadmap Forward
The California English Learner Roadmap passed unanimously by the State Board of Education in 2017, and it marked a sea-change from previous state English learner policies. It is aspirational, principles-based, […]
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EL RISE! Year One Reflection
As part of state support for enacting the visionary 2017 CA English Learner Roadmap policy, the legislature and California Department of Education funded two Educator Workforce Incentive Grants, of which […]
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Supporting English Learners in Learning Continuity Plans
As school districts kick off the 2020-21 school year and address the challenges presented by the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, equity must be front and center. Equity in this context means […]