High Quality Instructional Practices for Multilingual Learners Community of Practice

The Emerging Bilingual Collaborative (EBC), launched the Implementing High-Quality Instructional Practices for Multilingual Learners Grant Opportunity and Community of Practice (ML HQIP CoP) in 2021, a consortium of 11 education agencies from across California of various sizes and types that received funding, technical assistance and peer support. The ML HQIP CoP participants attended virtual meetings and in-person convenings to share effective ML instructional practices, professional learning resources (including the ML Toolkit), consider problems of practice and learn from each other. Education First, a national education consulting organization, coordinated ML HQIP CoP activities, facilitated meetings and documented learnings over the three-year project period. Education First detailed their learnings into two reports, Empowering Multilingual Learners: Philanthropy’s Role in Advancing Culturally and Linguistically Affirming Education and Empowering Emerging Bilinguals: Policy and Leadership Recommendations from a Community of Practice.