LMU School of Education’s Center for Equity for English Learners (CEEL) updates SOENews on all that CEEL has been doing during the pandemic.
In response to and support of the field during rapidly changing landscape during this pandemic, the Center for Equity for English Learners (CEEL) developed and curated a variety of distance learning supports for teachers, administrators, and parents that are guided by our Equitable Distance Learning for English Learners Design Principles (English | español). During these uncertain times, we have also continued to provide our signature services, programs, resources, and professional development online certificate programs that promote equity and excellence for EL students. Since March CEEL has developed five English Learner Supports during COVID-19 Communication Series, interviewed six teachers for our Voices From the Field series, published Examining English Learners’ College Readiness and Postsecondary Enrollment in California (an education and policy brief).
As part of our collaboration with statewide partners such as Californians Together and Ed Trust-West, we disseminated EL Roadmap Resource Hub toolkit and participated in education policy and advocacy as founding members of the Consortium for English Learner Success. As part of our (inter)disciplinary focus, we submitted a letter to the Mathematics Curriculum Framework and Evaluation Criteria Committee and provided public comment and written statements to ensure that principles and practices of equity and access are incorporated within each chapter of the Mathematics Framework. In partnership with Early Edge, we delivered two webinars entitled Elevating Assets-based Virtual Teaching for Dual Language Learners in Transitional Kindergarten.
In the area of accountability and local education policy development, CEEL created and published the LCAP Toolkit, delivered an LCAP Toolkit webinar, offered written feedback at California Department of Education stakeholder input meetings on Learning Continuity and Attendance Plan. During the 2020-2021 academic year, we plan to deliver LCAP Planning Institutes across 19 county offices of education.
During this time and in support of our work, the Center for Equity for English Learners has received four grants totaling over $450,000 for COVID distance-learning educational support resources and CEEL-related programs and professional development.
