CA State Standards and MTSS

B.E.L.I.E.F. Modules

The B.E.L.I.E.F. modules support district and site administrators with implementation of both integrated and designated ELD. The modules include currect ELD research; opportunities to deepen understanding of integrated and designated ELD; activities to analyze, reflect upon, and refine programs for English learners; and follow-up activities to use with staff to support implementation.

California MTSS Framework

California's Multi Tiered System of Support (MTSS) is a comprehensive framework that aligns academic, behavioral, and social-emotional learning in a fully integrated system of support for the benefit of all students. MTSS offers the potential to create needed systematic change through intentional design and redesign of services and supports to quickly identify and match to the needs of all students.

CA Practitioners' Guide for Educating English Learners with Disabilities

Guide that provides information on identification of ELs, MTSS, interventions, pre-referral and referral, assessment, individualized education program processes, educational programs and instructional strategies, proposing exit from special education services, and reclassification from English learner status.

CA English Learner Roadmap

Guide to assist local educational agencies to implement California's 21st century college-and-career-ready standards, curriculum, instruction programs, and assessments. The CA EL Roadmap articulates a common vision and mission for educating English learners and supports LEAs as they implement the CA State Board Policy.

EL Roadmap: Immigration Policy & Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Implications

Long-Term English Learner Resources

The research and policy work on Long Term English Learners (LTELs) by California Together has created urgency for the state and nation to focus on this group of English Learners.

Resources for Emergent Bilinguals and Translanguaing

The CUNY NYSIEB website provides resources to educators to better understand translanguaging as a strategy that teachers could use to help students draw on their linguistic resources in order to make meaning and engage in learning, and to develop language practices for academic use.

Support for Immigrant and Refugee Students

Resource developed by Californians Together that provides a multi-pronged approach toward creating a safe learning environment for students of all backgrounds.