April 28, 2022

English Learner Network Newsletter

Important Updates



CALPADS Updates

CALPADS is working to fix remaining issues from its recent update. To prepare for the changes to CALPADS, CDE has prepared materials with a training video collection. Additionally, office hours are offered Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, as posted on the CALPADS support website.

ELPAC Updates

TOMS

While issues with processing the CALPADS data into TOMS are in the process of being corrected, LEAs are encouraged to double check that ELPAC accommodations and other test settings are correct, especially for students with IEPs and new students. If a student has been given an ELPAC domain exemption, the test examiner should not test the student in that domain, even if the domain shows as available in the system to the student. CALPADS coordinators should check the MID Anomalies Report to ensure that any new student has the correct SSID if they have been enrolled in a prior LEA. This will help to reduce the number of students with multiple SSIDs and prevent testing a students who may already have been tested. Currently enrolled students whose IDEA indicator has changed to “Y” since April 5 and who require alternate assessments cannot yet be assessed at this time. LEAs will be notified once they can be assessed. In addition, any currently enrolled students needing designated supports or accommodations because of a change in the IDEA indicator cannot yet be assessed.

Alternate ELPAC Alignment

California K-12 teachers are encouraged to serve as panelists for the virtual Alternate ELPAC Alignment Workshop. Panelists will receive training and evaluate the degree of alignment between Alternate ELPAC items and the ELD Connectors for the Alternate ELPAC. The workshop will be held during one week in either August or September 2022 and will be scheduled either as two 8-hour sessions or four 4-hour sessions. Panelists must be able to commit to participating in the entirety of every session. Reimbursement for local educational agency (LEA) substitute teacher expenses or an honorarium to the participant will be provided.

To apply for this workshop, please complete the Alternate ELPAC Alignment Workshop Recruitment Survey by May 6, 2022. Questions about the virtual workshop can be directed to AltELPACstudy@humrro.org.

Text-to-Speech Resource Video

Text-to-speech allows text, including student responses, to be read aloud to the student via technology embedded in the Test Delivery System. The student is able to control the speed as well as the volume of the voice. A new video for the text-to-speech accessibility resource has been released and found on the ELPAC website.

P3 Alignment

Curriculum for TK-K

As educators and advocates for multilingual learners and/or students in dual language programs, your voices are especially important to shed light on the current status and needs of our students. CDE would like to gather information on curriculum utilized in TK and Kindergarten throughout the state, in hopes to utilize some of that information to update the California Preschool Learning Foundations, the Desired Results Developmental Profile (DRDP) observational tool, and the corresponding California Preschool Curriculum Frameworks. The CDE will be addressing stronger alignment and a framework to make a Pre-Kindergarten to Third Grade (P-3) connection across the standards, DRDP, and curriculum. Please click here to complete the survey. The information collected in this survey will provide baseline data of what curricula is currently utilized statewide and help inform this project. If you have any questions, please contact SurveyEED@cde.ca.gov.

UPK Planning and Implementation Guidance

Materials and information of the CDE’s Universal Pre-Kindergarten (UPK) Planning and Implementation guidance has been posted on the website. Guidance includes P-3 Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment - Language Models and Supporting Dual Language Learners. To access this guidance and information please visit the Educators Together website.

DataQuest

CDE has released the 2021–22 Annual Enrollment, English Learner, and Free and Reduced-Price Meal (FRPM) data reports on the CDE DataQuest website. More information about this data release can be found in the CDE Press Release #22-20. The 2021-22 EL reports included in this release includes:

- Enrollment by English Language Acquisition Status (ELAS) and Grade

- Enrollment by English Language Acquisition Status (ELAS) (with county data)

- English Learners by Language and Grade

- Language Group Data - Statewide

Please note: In prior years, as part of this data release, the CDE has released data reports and downloadable data files on Annual Reclassification (RFEP) Counts and Rates. However, in 2020–21, the collection of annual RFEP data transitioned from the Fall 1 collection (Census Day) to the End-of-Year (EOY) collection in CALPADS. As a result, the CDE will be developing new DataQuest reports to support this transition, which should be released later this year.

Additional Professional Learning Opportunities

Online PDs for Teachers of Spanish (Embassy of Spain)

Apr. 30

EL RISE! Dual Language Pedagogy Institute for Elementary Administrators/Leaders

May 5

Webinar Series for PreK-3rd Educators of Multilingual Learners

May 12

MCAP Seal of Biliteracy Network

May 18

CAL/Vista Webinar Series: Academic Language Development Through Writing in the Content Area

May 19

Improving Outcomes for English Learners with Disabilities

May 24

Dual Language Design Thinking Network

5/24 and 6/14

EL Advocacy Institute: ELLI 2022

November 2022

Resources

Multitiered System of Supports for English Learners--Model Demonstration Research sponsored by U.S. Department of Ed

Lessons from the Field - Supporting the Social and Emotional Learning Needs of Afghan and Other Newcomer Students

Resources from WestEd: Improving Education for Secondary English Learners

Voices from the Multilingual Field Padlet of Resources

Multilingual Learning Toolkit--Vetted resources categorized by evidenced-based strategies aligned to standards

Through the California Emergent Bilingual Change Agent Network, Teach Plus will support teachers in leading change processes in their school or district that will improve opportunities and outcomes for English learners and dual language learners. Teachers will receive monthly coaching, a $1,000 implementation grant, and a $2,000 stipend in recognition of their time and effort. Applications and nominations are open now through April 4th.

English Learner Roadmap Toolkit for Administrators - Complete Series Volumes 1-5

LCAP Federal Addendum and Title III webpage and 21-22 Guidance Doc

Region 4 English Learner Network resources folder with recordings and materials