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

Band

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 2014-2015

◦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 http://www.cde.ca.gov/re/cc/eldresources.asp

◦Common Core Search https://www2.cde.ca.gov/ccsr/

◦CELDT still administered in 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 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

◦2016-2017: ELPAC IIA & ELSA operational

English Learner Proficiency Assessment of California (ELPAC)