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District expands integrated ELD coaching, ties work to LCAP targets
Summary
At its Oct. 22 meeting the Redwood City School District detailed a new cycle of instructional coaching tied to the English Learner Roadmap, focusing this year on four pilot sites and aiming to raise ELPAC growth toward district LCAP targets.
Katherine Rivera, the district’s multilingual director for English learners, told the Redwood City School District Governing Board on Oct. 22 that the district is deepening its integrated English Language Development (ELD) work through multi‑cycle instructional coaching for school leaders and teachers.
Rivera said integrated ELD — instruction in which language development is taught through core content such as science and math — will be a sustained focus and is being implemented alongside designated ELD. “All students bring strengths,” Rivera said, adding that the approach emphasizes classroom talk, collaboration and meaning‑making. She described the English Learner Roadmap (adopted by the California State Board of Education in 2017) as the…
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