Our Progress
Since 2020, EBC has partnered with organizations across California to ensure young multilingual learners (PreK-3rd grade) receive the support they need to thrive. From 2020 to 2024, our partners have made transformative progress—reimagining educator preparation, championing multilingual learners, and expanding a diverse, multilingual educator workforce. Below, we highlight the impact of this work and the insights we’ve gained on creating lasting, systemic change for young multilingual learners.
Explore how our partners are leading the way in California:
Building Capacity for High-Quality Instruction of Multilingual Learners
EBC partners are enhancing instructional practices for young multilingual learners by developing resources, fostering communities of practice, and investing in professional development systems. These efforts have empowered over 1,100 educators and administrators to provide high-quality instruction to young multilingual learners.
Key Achievements
Codifying High-Leverage Instructional Practices
The Multilingual Learning Toolkit identifies the most effective instructional strategies for young multilingual learners. As of January 2025, the toolkit has…
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Redesigning Professional Development Systems
Partners in 27 counties have improved their ability to implement high-quality professional development for multilingual learners, benefiting over 2,250 educators and leaders.
Eleven Local Education Agencies (LEAs) and County Offices of Education (COEs) designed and implemented professional development aligned with the Multilingual Learning Toolkit, enhancing instructional quality for over 100 educators and administrators working with young multilingual learners.
Capacity Building in Rural Areas
EBC’s two-year investment in Kern County Superintendent of Schools and Merced County Office of Education led to the scale and spread of high-quality multilingual learning professional development for Prek-3rd grade educators across both counties. By the third school year, both professional development programs were fully sustained without grant funding.
Kern County increased their Multilingual professional development team from 2 full-time staff to 10 full time-staff, and expanded their services from 3 school districts to 8 school districts.
Expanding a Diverse, Multilingual Educator Workforce
EBC partners are building robust regional UPK educator workforce pathways that recruit and prepare educators who reflect the racial, cultural, and linguistic diversity of California students; deliver instruction that sets young multilingual learners up for a lifetime of success; and celebrate and sustain children’s home languages and cultures.
Key Achievements
Increasing Access to State Funds
An initial $350,000 investment in the English Learner Workforce Investment Initiative (EL-WIN) led to $25.4 million in educator workforce grants from the state to districts and counties committed to building pathways that prioritize young multilingual learners.
Regional Educator Preparation Partnership
EL-WIN is creating the conditions (capacity, buy-in, funding, etc.) for strong regional educator workforce partnerships among districts, counties, higher education institutions, and early education providers. These partnerships center young multilingual students, families, and educators in building UPK pathways.
Sustainability has been a primary focus of EL-WIN. One of the ways we define sustainability for these partnerships is local leadership. The regional partnership in Central Valley is now led by the UC Merced Extension School. In LA County, TNTP is conducting a pilot, with explicit plans to build the capacity of the Los Angeles County Office of Education to take it over in the future.
Empowering Grassroots Educator Advocacy
EBC partners are equipping local leaders to advocate for high-quality educational environments for multilingual learners. These grassroots initiatives have fostered an organic network of advocates, particularly in the Central Valley, who are advancing educational equity for multilingual learners at all levels of the education system.
Key Achievements
Cultivating Advocacy Networks
Teach Plus and Californians Together have created enabling conditions for over 167 educators and administrators to advocate effectively on behalf of multilingual learners. This collaboration has fostered a robust network of advocates, particularly in the Central Valley.
Building a Cadre of Leaders and Advocates
Educator-led advocacy initiatives have ensured that leaders remain committed to empowering young multilingual learners even as they take on new roles within the education system.
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Educators and administrators have engaged in advocacy at local, regional, and state levels.