BILINGUAL COORDINATORS NETWORK March 2014
BCN Topics ◦ ELA/ELD Framework update ◦ CCSS/ELD standards implementation: ◦ A focus on Disciplinary Literacy ◦ Language Policy and Leadership Office (LPLO) Update ◦ Federal Program Monitoring ◦ CDE CCSS search features ◦ ELPAC
Disciplinary Literacy
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Before, during and after school:
Think and Discuss: What are your thoughts regarding what the average day for our students might feel like?
◦ Title III plans ◦ CDE Biliteracy Program Directory web page being updated (formerly Two Way Bilingual Immersion) Language Policy Leadership Office (LPLO) Update
◦ Six Cycle A LEAs selected for onsite review in ◦ Training at LACOE Categorical Programs Unit 5/22/14 ◦ Southern California training: August 6, 2014 (Pomona) ◦ Revised program instruments: Pending Federal Programs Monitoring
California Department of Education search tools ◦ Resources for Implementing the Common Core State Standards/ELD Standards ◦ Barbara Murchison, Administrator, Common Core Systems Implementation Office ◦ ELD resources ◦ Common Core Search
◦ CELDT still administered in and while ELPAC being developed ◦ 2014: Request for Proposals (RFP) ◦ Initial Identification Assessment (IIA) ◦ Fall 2015: IIA stand-alone field test ◦ English Learner Summative Assessment (ELSA) ◦ Spring 2016: ELSA field test ◦ : ELPAC IIA & ELSA operational English Learner Proficiency Assessment of California (ELPAC)