PDS CUSTOMIZED CONSULTING
A hallmark of CABE Professional Development Services (PDS) is its high-quality consulting on biliteracy and English Learner education. Its expert consultants have extensive experience in classrooms from Pre-K to 12 and beyond. Many also have administrative experience at the elementary, secondary, district, county, and state levels.
The CABE PDS team can provide support for your district/site projects, including
- Conducting a feasibility study for the implementation of
- Dual Language Immersion programs
- Long-Term English Learner programs
- Newcomer programs
- Planning for an elementary Dual Language Immersion program
- Planning or enhancing the implementation of an existing Dual Language Immersion program at the secondary level
CABE PDS can assist your district/site teams in preparing for:
- The English Language Proficiency Assessments for California (ELPAC) and how to connect it to instruction in the classroom to support English Learners in this new, high-stakes assessment
- District-wide review of policies, programs, and instruction for English Learners
CABE PDS can also facilitate, in collaboration with district teams, the writing of your district's
- English Learner Master Plan
- Dual Language Immersion Master Plan
- Multilingual Pathways plans
In addition, CABE PDS can provide ongoing coaching for administrators and teachers based on your district-adopted:
- English Learner program
- Dual Language Immersion program
- Integrated English Language Development (ELD)/Differentiated Instruction model
- Designated English Language Development (ELD) program
CABE PDS has extensive experience in writing materials, developing curriculum maps, and capacity-building through a “training of trainers” (TOT) model in the areas of:
- English Learner or Dual Language Immersion programs
- Development of A-G and additional courses for Long-Term English Learners
- Training of instructional coaches and lead teachers on how to train others on any of our professional learning topics
