Multilingual-EL Cross Departmental Meeting
This is an internal SCOE staff offering only.
A facilitated process of bringing together staff across divisions to make meaning of the English Learner Roadmap policy and its application to endeavors across-departments within the county office - helping to develop a shared vision and plan for infusing the Roadmap into work with LEAs. Each year of the grant, this cross-division group is reconvened to reflect upon progress and refine plans for coherent and meaningful implementation of the Roadmap across the County Office work.
Session 1: 08/18/25
9AM-11AM
Session 2: 01/27/26
9AM-11AM
Sesssion 3: 05/18/26
9AM-11AM
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Starts: 8/18/2025
Sessions: 1
Pricing: $0
Location: DPMEC
10474 Mather Blvd.
Mather CA 95655
Status: 16 open seats left
Class Size: 42 seats
Getting Reading Right, Grades K-6 (Wednesday Series)
Getting Reading Right 2025-2026 Grades K-6 Consortium for the Wednesday Series
Time: 3:00PM – 5:00 PM
2025-2026 Dates:
2025: August 20, September 3, October 1, November 5, December 3
2026: January 7, February 4, March 4, March 25, May 6
Description: This training includes vetted tools and resources, evidence-based drill-downs, and a like-minded network!
Our Aim:
· Build educator knowledge on the research behind what works for ensuring student literacy proficiency
· Center knowledge on the Simple View of Reading and Scarborough’s Reading Rope
· Hone Tier 1 and 2 literacy instructional practices to get all students reading
Who should Attend:
· K-6 Educators
· Instructional Coaches
· TOSAs
· Administrators
· District-level personnel.
Two university credits for $100 are available through the University of LaVerne upon course completion. Attendance and course requirements will be tracked.
Cost: $200 Per Participant. Pay during registration. Registration closes August 18, 2025.
Refund if cancellation is 1 week prior to day 1. After the series begins, no refunds will be issued.
For registration questions please contact Lauren Werner at Lwerner@scoe.net
For content questions please contact Christine Anderson at Canderson@scoe.net
Brought to you by the Sacramento County Office of Education, the Los Angeles County Office of Education, and Sacramento County READS.
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Starts: 8/20/2025
Sessions: 0
Pricing: $200
Location:
Virtual
Status: 118 open seats left
Class Size: 150 seats
Getting Reading Right, Grades 6-12 (Wednesday Series)
Getting Reading Right: Filling in the Gaps in the Secondary Classroom
2025-2026 Grades 6-12 Consortium for the Wednesday Series
Time: 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM
2025-2026 Dates:
2025: August 27, September 17, October 15, November 19, December 10
2026: January 21, February 18, March 18, April 15, May 20
Description: This 10 day training includes vetted tools and resources, evidence-based drill-downs, and a like-minded network!
Our Aim:
· Build educator knowledge on the research behind what works for ensuring student literacy proficiency
· Center knowledge on the Simple View of Reading and Scarborough’s Reading Rope
· Hone Tier 1 and 2 literacy instructional practices to get all students reading
Who should Attend:
· 6-12 Educators
· Instructional Coaches
· TOSAs
· Administrators
· District-level personnel.
Two university credits for $100 are available through the University of LaVerne upon course completion. Attendance and course requirements will be tracked.
Cost: $200 Per Participant. Pay during registration. Registration closes August 18, 2025.
Refund if cancellation is 1 week prior to day 1. After the series begins, no refunds will be issued.
For registration questions please contact Lauren Werner at Lwerner@scoe.net
For content questions please contact Christine Anderson at Canderson@scoe.net
Brought to you by the Sacramento County Office of Education, the Los Angeles County Office of Education, and Sacramento County READS.
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Starts: 8/27/2025
Sessions: 0
Pricing: $200
Location:
Virtual
Status: 132 open seats left
Class Size: 150 seats
Getting Reading Right, Grades 6-12 (Thursday Series)
Getting Reading Right: Filling in the Gaps in the Secondary Classroom
2025-2026 Grades 6-12 Consortium for the Thursday Series
Time: 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM
2025-2026 Dates:
2025: August 28, September 18, October 16, November 20, December 11
2026: January 22, February 19, March 19, April 16, May 21
Description: This 10 day training includes vetted tools and resources, evidence-based drill-downs, and a like-minded network!
Our Aim:
· Build educator knowledge on the research behind what works for ensuring student literacy proficiency
· Center knowledge on the Simple View of Reading and Scarborough’s Reading Rope
· Hone Tier 1 and 2 literacy instructional practices to get all students reading
Who should Attend:
· 6-12 Educators
· Instructional Coaches
· TOSAs
· Administrators
· District-level personnel.
Two university credits for $100 are available through the University of LaVerne upon course completion. Attendance and course requirements will be tracked.
Cost: $200 Per Participant. Pay during registration. Registration closes August 26, 2025.
Refund if cancellation is 1 week prior to day 1. After the series begins, no refunds will be issued.
For registration questions please contact Lauren Werner at Lwerner@scoe.net
For content questions please contact Christine Anderson at Canderson@scoe.net
Brought to you by the Sacramento County Office of Education, the Los Angeles County Office of Education, and Sacramento County READS.
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Starts: 8/28/2025
Sessions: 0
Pricing: $200
Location:
Virtual
Status: 136 open seats left
Class Size: 150 seats
Multilingual Education Leadership Network (mELn)
The Sacramento County Office of Education hosts quarterly meetings for Coordinators of English Learner programs in Sacramento County. Administrators from districts throughout the Capital Service Region (Region 3) are welcome to attend.
The purpose of these meetings is to provide timely, relevant, and reliable information on English Learner legislation such as the Every Student Succeeds Act and policy such as the English Learner Roadmap implementation.
Additionally, meetings offer best practices to meet state and federal accountability requirements and resources for assisting districts to increase student achievement across all subgroups. Staff from the California Department of Education and other agencies are frequently invited to present new information and answer questions. Participants value the opportunity to collaborate and share information with colleagues from other districts. Members are asked to disseminate information provided to them during meetings to the schools in their districts.
Event Meeting Details:
Thursday, September 11, 2025 *In-Person*
12:30 PM- 3:30 PM
Thursday, December 11, 2025 *In-Person*
12:30 PM- 3:30 PM
Thursday, February 26, 2026 ***Virtual***
12:30 PM- 3:30 PM
Thursday, May 14, 2026 ***Virtual***
12:30 PM- 3:30 PM
Note: Your registration will automatically register you for all sessions.
Every English Learner Student, Every Day
Regional English Learner Specialist: A Region 3 Network
For questions on content, connect with Graciela García-Torres by email at gtorres@scoe.net.
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Starts: 9/11/2025
Sessions: 4
Pricing: $0
Location: DPMEC
Mather Room
10474 Mather Blvd.
Mather CA 95655
Status: 24 open seats left
Class Size: 60 seats
Secondary English Learner Collaborative (sELc)
The sELc is a learning community among English Learner Coordinators/ Administrators districts and charters that serve secondary (7–12) grades to collaboratively learn about how to establish equitable services and programs for English learners.
Participants will:
• Participate in bimonthly meetings to discuss ongoing programs and services at the middle and high school levels.
• Focus on addressing the needs of multilingual-English learners: Newcomers, Long-Term English Learners (LTEL), At Risk of becoming Long-Term English Learners (AR-LTEL), Students with Limited or Interrupted Formal Education (SLIFE), Refugee and Immigrant Youth.
• Build partnerships/network among EL coordinators, administrators, and ELD teacher leaders within the Sacramento County.
• Have ongoing collegial support, access coordinated resources, implement, and share best practices.
• Develop strategies to establish equitable services for secondary English learners by targeting their varying needs.
• Make meaning on how to address current laws, policies, and practices at the secondary level.
• Measure progress collect data and set benchmarks to increase English Learner reclassification rates.
In-Person Event Meeting Details: 9:00 AM-11:30 AM
- September 22, 2025
- November 17, 2025
- March 16, 2026 [New date]
Audience: Administrators, Teachers, Teacher Leaders, TOSAs, English Learner Coordinators and ELD Teachers
Note: Your registration will automatically register you for all sessions.
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Starts: 9/22/2025
Sessions: 1
Pricing: $0
Location: DPMEC
10474 Mather Blvd.
Mather CA 95655
Status: 8 open seats left
Class Size: 30 seats
Elementary English Learner Collaborative (eELc)
This elementary learning community among teacher leaders, coordinators and administrators from districts and charters collaboratively focuses on how to establish equitable services and programs for multilingual-English learners.
Session Dates:
September 22, 2025
November 17, 2025
March 16, 2026 [New date]
All sessions are held in-person at SCOE from 12:30 - 3:00 PM.
Participants will engage in:
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Addressing the needs of multilingual-English learners: newcomers, long-term English learners (LTEL), at risk of becoming long-term English learners (AR-LTEL), students with limited or interrupted formal education (SLIFE), refugee and immigrant youth.
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Building partnerships/network among EL coordinators, administrators and ELD teacher leaders within the Sacramento County.
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Have ongoing collegial support, access resources and implement and share best practices.
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Developing strategies to establish equitable services for multilingual-English learners by targeting their varying needs.
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Meaning making on how to address current laws, policies and practices.
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Measuring progress, collecting data and setting benchmarks to increase multilingual-English learner reclassification rates.
Audience: Administrators, Teachers, Teacher Leaders, TOSAs, English Learner Coordinators and ELD Teachers
Note: Your registration will automatically register you for all sessions of the eELc.
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Starts: 9/22/2025
Sessions: 1
Pricing: $0
Location: DPMEC
10474 Mather Blvd.
Mather CA 95655
Status: 10 open seats left
Class Size: 30 seats
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Integrated and Designated ELD for Secondary Teachers
AUDIENCE: Secondary Teachers and Teacher Leaders in All Content Areas, EL Leaders
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
The sessions will be framed by the four principles of the English Learner Roadmap policy and focus primarily on deepening knowledge about the implementation of quality teaching and learning practices for multilingual students. The Strand will feature guidance provided in key California Department of Education resources, including the English Learner Roadmap policy, ELD Standards, ELA-ELD Framework, and Improving Education for Multilingual and English Learner Students: Research to Practice.
We recognize the importance of holding spaces for in-person interaction. Therefore, for session 1, we invite you to engage with our 3D model:
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Develop knowledge of multilingual support
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Discuss to deepen understanding in providing meaningful access
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Dine with colleagues and build relationships
Session 1: Option of in-person Session Or Virtual Session
In-person Session 1:
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November 4, 2025
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4:00 PM-7:00 PM
Virtual Session 1:
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November 6, 2025
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3:30-5:30 PM
Sessions 2-4 are virtual
Session 2: Virtual
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December 9, 2026
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3:30-5:30 PM
Session 3: Virtual
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January 27, 2026
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3:30-5:30 PM
Session 4: Virtual
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February 25, 2026
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3:30-5:30 PM
Sponsored by the Educator Workforce Investment Grant through the California Department of Education and the California Collaborative for Excellence in Education.
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Starts: 11/4/2025
Sessions: 5
Pricing: $0
Location: DPMEC
Board Room
10474 Mather Blvd.
Mather CA 95655
Virtual
Status: 98 open seats left
Class Size: 100 seats
Strategies for Elementary Integrated and Designated ELD VIRTUAL
AUDIENCE: Elementary Classroom Teachers, Instructional Coaches, TOSAs, EL Leaders
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
How can teachers easily and effectively build language proficiency for their English learner/emergent bilingual students throughout their daily lessons?
This interactive four-session series provides teachers with a construct and set of strategies that can be effectively integrated into existing lessons and practices. Aligned to Principle 2 of the English Learner Roadmap and the English Learner Toolkit of Strategies, participants will learn to effectively identify and address the strengths and needs of English learner/emergent bilingual students by providing targeted scaffolds and supports. Participants will develop strategies to actively engage students in all four language domains (listening, reading, speaking and writing), deepening students’ use of sophisticated academic language and tapping into their linguistic genius. Teachers will be prepared with tools and resources to implement in their classrooms.
Note: This event is geared toward elementary educators; however, the concepts could be valuable to secondary teachers and coaches seeking a deeper understanding of ELD. This is a
Session #1
January 29, 2026
3:30-5:30 PM
Session #2
February 19, 2026
3:30-5:30 PM
Session #3
March 12, 2026
3:30-5:30 PM
Session #4
April 16, 2026
3:30-5:30 PM
Sponsored by the Educator Workforce Investment Grant through the California Department of Education and the California Collaborative for Excellence in Education.
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Starts: 1/29/2026
Sessions: 4
Pricing: $0
Location:
Virtual
Status: 99 open seats left
Class Size: 100 seats
Assessment of Dual Language Learners: An Overview
This training will provide participants with a guided overview of the best practice guidelines for assessing culturally and linguistically diverse students as conducted by Diagnostic Center-Northern California (DCN). The framework was developed to address the disproportionate number of culturally and linguistically diverse students being over-and under-identified for speech-language services.
Participants Will
- Become familiar with best practice guidelines for designing and conducting an unbiased language and communication assessment
- How to implement the DCN framework to conduct language and communication assessments. Participants will receive copies of the forms used at the center to guide future assessments
- Learn about resources to support and inform assessments of Dual Language Learners
Presented by Liz Arenas, M.S., CCC-SLP-L, Speech-Language Pathologist
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Starts: 3/18/2026
Sessions: 0
Pricing: $0
Location:
Virtual
Status: 95 open seats left
Class Size: 100 seats