ELRISE! is a three-year grant awarded to Californians Together in March, 2020, through the California Department of Education Educator Workforce Investment Grant Program (EWIG). There are three main agencies leading the work of EL RISE!: Californians Together, Sobrato Early Academic Language (SEAL), and Loyola Marymount University's Center for Equity for English Learners (CEEL). Over the next three years, the three agencies will work with and through 20 County Offices of Education who collectively serve 76.7% of the state's English Learners/Emergent Bilinguals —partnering with county offices to develop capacity to support LEAs in making meaning of the English Learner Roadmap principles, understanding their English learner/dual language learner population, becoming familiar with research on dual language development, developing local implementation plans, and implementing those plans across multiple roles and parts of the system.
The OCDE Literacy & Language Team is proud to offer a variety of professional learning opportunities in the 2022-23 school year.
Download the 2022-23 EL RISE Interactive Calendar - pdf
Upcoming Events for ELRISE!
Dual Language Pedagogy Institute for Elementary Teachers
Dates | 5/17/23
Time | 3:15 - 5:15 p.m.
Register here - website
Download flyer here - pdf | Creating an inclusive, linguistically, and culturally affirming dual language classroom community is a central priority for effectively serving English learners. The Elementary Dual Language Pedagogy Institute for Elementary Teachers is designed to develop the foundation and strategies that teachers need in order to implement effective,transformative, and sustainable dual language programs. Based on a new chapter written by Dr. Laurie Olsen from the recently released CDE book Improving Multilingual and English Learner Education: from Research to Practice, the four institute sessions will provide bilingual teachers with specific skills and strategies for:
● grounding their work in bilingual pedagogy,
● strategically coordinating authentic literacy instruction,
● facilitating learning that capitalizes on cross language connections and the power of the bilingual brain, and
● leveraging their students and families cultural and linguistic assets. |