CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Jack O’Connell, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Language Policy and Leadership Update BCN September 26, 2008

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Jack O’Connell, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Title III Year 2 Update

JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent of Public Instruction 2 Title III Accountability System Requirements LEAs and Consortia Must Meet All 3 Annual Measureable Achievement Objectives (AMAOs) AMAO 1 – (CELDT) Achieve Annual Progress in Learning English AMAO 2 – (CELDT) Attain English Proficiency on CELDT AMAO 3 – (CST, CAPA, CAHSEE) Meet Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) for the EL Subgroup at the LEA level

JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent of Public Instruction 3 Consequences of Not Meeting AMAOs for 2 Consecutive Years  Notify parents that LEA or consortium failed to meet AMAOs Notification must be provided within 30 days of public data release

JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent of Public Instruction 4 Consequences of Not Meeting AMAOs for 2 Consecutive Years  Develop an Improvement Plan Addendum including strategies and actions that will ensure AMAOs are met specifically address factors that prevented LEA or Consortium from meeting AMAOs Identify actions for meeting specific AMAOs (ELD, ELA, Math), including professional development and parent involvement activities

JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent of Public Instruction 5 Title III Year 2 LEAs That Failed to Meet AMAOs for 2 Consecutive Years 59 School Districts and County Offices of Education 17 Consortia 7 Charter Schools 83 Total

JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent of Public Instruction 6 Year 2 Technical Assistance Seminars November Sacramento Radisson Hotel November Riverside Historic Mission inn

JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent of Public Instruction 7 For more information: Title III Accountability Technical Assistance Website Paul A. Garcia

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Jack O’Connell, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Title III Year 4 Update

JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent of Public Instruction Year 4 LEAs  58 LEAs identified as having failing to meet one or more AMAOs for four consecutive years  List found at (Subgrantee Report) asp  AYP update in October

JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent of Public Instruction 10 Year 4 COE Leads  Attend monthly meetings with CDE and CA CC in Sacramento –ELSSA revision –Title I alignment –Technology update –Forum content and facilitation  Conduct Pre-Forums with LEAs  Participate in Webinars: ELSSA, Budgets, Online Tracker  Continue monitoring implementation of Cohort 1 plans

JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent of Public Instruction 11 Title III Year 4 Forum  Forums designed for LEA participants required by the SBE to modify curriculum, program and method of instruction for ELs  Teams attend two days: systemic change within the LEA to address needs of ELs through development of the Action Plan

JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent of Public Instruction 12 Title III Year 4 Forum  COE Leads conduct Pre-Forum to address specific needs in the development of the required Action Plan  Concurrent session with Title I  Submit online Action Plan January 8; or if aligned with PI Year 3, March 9, 2009

JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent of Public Instruction 13 Forum Dates & Locations Year 4 ForumsDatesLocations October 14-15Radisson Hotel Sacramento October 29-30Four Points Sheraton Hotel LAX Identified LEAs required to attend Forums

JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent of Public Instruction 14 THANK YOU Robert Linquanti, WestEd Zoe Ann Brown, WestEd Beth Simpson, WestEd Paula Jacobs, CDE Paul Garcia, CDE COE Leads

JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent of Public Instruction 15 Contact Title III Year 4 Forums & Year 4 COE Leads Marcela Rodriguez, Consultant

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Jack O’Connell, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Community Based English Tutoring Program (CBET) State Board of Education Revised Regulations May 7, 2008

JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent of Public Instruction 17 Automated Records Checks Language that required background checks of CBET enrollees was omitted.

JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent of Public Instruction 18 CBET Data Collection Requirements  Improvement in English literacy of adult CBET tutors  Attendance of pupils participating in the tutoring program  Achievement progress measured by CST for students  English language acquisition progress measured by CELDT for students

JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent of Public Instruction 19 CBET Data Collection Requirements, Continued A participating school district shall report the data maintained to the State Board of Education upon request.

JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent of Public Instruction 20 CBET Applicants  622 applicants  A total representation of 1,476,678 English learners in K-12.  Funding is approximately $33 per EL student

JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent of Public Instruction 21 For more information:  Paul A. Garcia

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Jack O’Connell, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Accountability Leadership Institute for English Learners, Immigrant, and Migrant Students

JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent of Public Instruction 23 Accountability Leadership Institute for English Learners, Immigrant, and Migrant Students Date: February 9 -10, 2009 (February 8 – early registration) Location: Hyatt Regency at the San Francisco Airport, Burlingame Registration brochures will be available online soon. Check our Web site in a few weeks for more information:

JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent of Public Instruction 24 Institute Planning Committee California Department of Education Administrators & Consultants: -Language Policy and Leadership Office, Nancy Zarenda, lead -Migrant Education, Marcos Sánchez, co-lead -English Learner Accountability Unit Statewide Partners: -Lynne Aoki, National Association for Multicultural Educators -Maria Deharo, Migrant Ed, Region 7 -Debra Dougherty, San Diego USD -Robert Linquanti, WestEd -Claudia Lockwood, San Joaquin COE -Sheli Silva, Migrant Ed, Region 8 -Shelly Speigel-Coleman, Californians Together -Yee Wan, Santa Clara COE -Mary Woodruff, Migrant Ed, Region 22

JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent of Public Instruction 25 Theme: Integrating Improvement Efforts, Building Synergies Areas of Focus:  INFORMING POLICY AND LEGISLATION  PROMISING PRACTICES, CONNECTIONS, & OPPORTUNITIES  ASSESSMENT, EVALUATION & ACCOUNTABILITY  CURRICULUM & INSTRUCTION

JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent of Public Instruction 26 Keynote Speakers State Senator Leland Yee, District 8 Dr. Sharroky Hollie, Executive Director, Center for Culturally Responsive Teaching and Learning Simon Silva, Artist Chuck Weis, Superintendent, Santa Clara County School District

JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent of Public Instruction 27 Save-the-Date Flyer  Please refer to the save-the-date flyer for hotel booking information

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Jack O’Connell, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Refugee Student Assistance Program Update

JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent of Public Instruction 29 Refugee Student Assistance Program  The United State Office of Refugee Resettlement awarded the California Department of Social Services $1.7 million in continuation funding for the Refugee School Impact Grant for the period of August 15, 2008 through August 14, This is the fourth year of a possible five year project period. Award letters will be mailed in late October.  The Grant, administered in collaboration with the California Department of Education assists school that have significant number of refugee children.

JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent of Public Instruction 30 Refugee Student Assistance Program  The CDE makes Grant funds available to ten Local Educational Agencies to provide support services to refugee children and their families: Clovis USD; East Side USD; Folsom-Cordova USD; Glendale USD; Twin Rivers USD; Los Angeles USD; Norwalk-La Mirada USD; Oakland USD; Sacramento City USD; San Juan USD  The LEAs were originally chosen through a competitive process and receive continuation funding each year that CDSS receives Grant funds.

JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent of Public Instruction 31 Two-Way Bilingual Immersion  Directory Update  A program that has not submitted information should contact Lilia G. Sánchez (916)

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Jack O’Connell, State Superintendent of Public Instruction English Language Acquisition Update

JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent of Public Instruction 33 English Language Acquisition Program  The English Language Acquisition Program (ELAP), was established through AB 1116 in July 1999  Enacted to improve the English proficiency of ELs in grades 4-8, and to prepare them to meet the state’s academic content and performance standards  The allocation is $100 per pupil in grades 4-8 to provide supplemental services for these students. See the ELAP Web site for details at

JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent of Public Instruction 34 English Language Acquisition Program Awards for FY  Award notices for will be mailed in late October, The State Budget appropriated $63,263,000 for ELAP. Assistance  FAQs are posted on the ELAP Web site at  For assistance, contact Pamela Lucas at (916) or by at

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Jack O’Connell, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Bilingual Teacher Training Program

JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent of Public Instruction 36 Bilingual Teacher Training Program Purpose: to provide training for teachers seeking CCTC authorization to provide ELD, SDAIE and primary language instruction to English learners  Crosscultural Language and Academic Development (CLAD)  Certificate of Completion of Staff Development (CCSD)  Bilingual CLAD  Language Training

JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent of Public Instruction 37 BTTP Participant Data CLAD CCSD Language BCLAD Totals909612,92711,619

JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent of Public Instruction 38 BTTP Funding  $2,066,000  $2,149,000  $TBD

JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent of Public Instruction 39 Communication California Teachers of English Learners Goal: Provide a clear message regarding need for EL teacher authorization  California Commission on Teacher Credentialing  California Department of Education  14 Statewide BTTP Regions aligned with Superintendent’s regions

JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent of Public Instruction 40 Regional BTTP Centers

JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent of Public Instruction 41 CTC/CDE Communication CTC - –Web site link - ‘Teaching English Learners’, and various authorizations –CTC Credentials Assignment Workshops at CDE – –Teacher Authorization FAQs, CDE Website –BTTP Information –Contact information for 14 BTTP sites