SEL NETWORK MEETING

1. SEL NETWORK MEETING December 9, 2011 8:30 – 11:30 a.m. Orange County Department of Education

2. Agenda • Welcome and Introductions • Bilingual Coordinators Network (BCN) Meeting • English Learner (EL) Integrated Action Team • Language Policy and Leadership Office Updates • Accountability Leadership Institute • Legislative Updates • Title III Accountability Update, Percent of California Local Education Agencies (LEAs) meeting Annual Measurable Achievement Objectives (AMAOs) • Percent of Orange County LEAs meeting AMAOs • Best Practices Question & Answer • Spend a Dot Activity • For the Good of the Order

3. Welcome and Introductions

4. BCN Meeting • November 17-18, 2011 • Sacramento

5. BCN, English Learner Integrated Action Team Purpose: Develop a plan that will help clarify and operationalize the new Department mission as it relates to English learners (ELs) by: • Improving internal processes within the Department, • Strengthening Department support to LEAs, & • Advancing and/or creating the necessary tools and resources LEAs need to support their schools in closing the achievement gap for ELs.

6. BCN, English Learner Integrated Action Team Discussion Questions: • What would success look like for English learners and English learner programs within the next 2 to 3 years? • What would be happening? • What would be the keys to success?

7. BCN, English Learner Integrated Action Team BCN Survey: • Responses • will be kept confidential • will be used to inform future surveys and implementation activities • will serve as a launching point of our information gathering efforts • Will be presented at the next BCN meeting

8. BCN, English Learner Integrated Action Team BCN Survey: • Evaluate CDE • Strengths • Challenges/Opportunities • Provide suggestions on ways we can work together to improve the learning opportunities for our ELs ELTEAM@cde.ca.gov

9. BCN, Language Policy and Leadership Office Updates • Announcements from Carlos Rivera, Administrator: • All language acquisition programs now reside in one office • “We now have ready access to everything (FPM/Title III): If you do a good job on one end, we’ll help you on the other; at the same time, you have to tell a consistent story.”

10. BCN, Language Policy and Leadership Office Updates • Topics: • Title III Program and Funding • Two-Way Bilingual Immersion • Title III Accountability Requirements and Technical Assistance • 12th Annual Accountability Leadership Institute for English Learner and Immigrant Students

11. BCN, Legislative Updates • Assembly Bill (AB) 124 (Fuentes) requires the establishment ofan advisory committee to align the English Language Development (ELD) standards to the Common Core State Standards in English-language arts • Once ELD standards are revised, the following must occur: • Develop new CELDT Blueprints • Align the CELDT to the new standards • Conduct item writing, pilot testing, and rubric development • Develop new test forms by grade/grade spans aligned to the revised ELD standards • Conduct a standard setting for all grades

12. BCN, Legislative Updates • Senate Bill (SB) 753 (Padilla) requires a school district to annually assess students upon 55% of the instructional year through July 1. • Initial assessment upon enrollment • If outside AA window, use prior year’s test • If inside AA window, use current year’s test • While the bill allows “banking” of domain scores, federal law prohibits, so this part of the law will not go into effect until notified otherwise

13. BCN, Legislative Updates • AB 815 (Brownley): Establishes the State Seal of Biliteracy • AB 130 (Cedillo): The California DREAM Act, provides for private and state-funded financial aid to undocumented students • AB 250 (Brownley): Structure for implementation of the Common Core standards, requires new ELA materials to be aligned to the ELD standards and include strategies for instructing ELs at all grade levels; all other content materials must be explicit about strategies for instructing ELs; requires State Superintendent to make recommendations for reauthorizing the state assessment system including primary language assessments for ELs

14. BCN, Title III Accountability Update: Percent of CA LEAs Meeting AMAOs 78 73 Met AMAO 1 Met AMAO 2 Met AMAO 3

15. BCN, Title III Accountability Update • Percent of CA LEAs Meeting AMAOs, conversation: • Targets have gone up – though minimally for AMAOs 1 and 2 • Students are reclassifying more, and they are leaving the pool/ “Brain Drain Explanation” • Schools aren’t providing ELD; we’ve reached our threshold given the instruction we offer • Problem with the data

16. Percent of OC LEAs Meeting AMAOs 100 96 Met AMAO 1 Met AMAO 2 Met AMAO 3

17. Percent of OC LEAs Meeting AMAOs, Conversation • What strikes you as you compare Orange County with California? • What questions do you have? • What conclusions can you draw?

18. Best Practices Q&A • Activity based on your feedback and aligned to the purpose of the SEL Network • Think about one of your district’s best practices • including but not limited to the following: models, programs, protocols, curricula, consultants, progress with Common Core, best practices with particular populations (ELs with Special Needs/Long-Term ELs), other • Share, round-robin • Once all best practices are shared, time for questions

19. Spend a Dot Activity • Based on the Best Practices Q & A or concerns/ideas, generate a list of important topics for future SEL Network meetings • Spend a Dot activity – three dots actually • Your choice how you spend your dots

20. For the Good of the Order • Based on your feedback, 2012 SEL Network Meeting dates have changed!! • New 2012 SEL Meeting Dates: • March 22, 2012 • May 24, 2012 • Please fill out a feedback form • Thank you and HOPE TO SEE YOU NEXT TIME • Happy holidays!!