EQUITY WAS THE WORK.
LEGACY IS THE CHARGE.
CABE LEADS the nation as the sole authorized provider
of Dr. Ivannia Soto’s work, the Multilingual Shadowing Protocol.
The California Association for Bilingual Education
is honored to continue the legacy of Dr. Ivannia Soto
as the official home of the National Center for
Multilingual Learner Shadowing (NCMLS),
advancing this work to support educators
and students across the country.
“Shadowing re-centers instruction on what multilingual learners actually experience —not what we assume they experience—so educators can take action toward equity.”
— Dr. Ivannia Soto
WHAT IS THE MULTILINGUAL SHADOWING PROTOCOL?
A powerful, equity-centered approach that re-centers the lived classroom experiences of multilingual learners to drive instructional improvement.
The protocol supports educators in examining:
- Access to language, interaction, and academic voice
- Student engagement, belonging, and participation
- Instructional decisions through a learner-centered lens
This results in equitable, targeted, and high-quality instruction responsive to the individual needs of multilingual learners.
IMPACT ON LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS
This training strengthens classrooms and systems by:
- Increasing meaningful oral language opportunities
- Improving student engagement, belonging, and participation
- Identifying instructional and structural barriers to equity
- Building learning environments that adapt to learners
- Having an impact across the learning community
WHY EQUITY CAN'T WAIT?
Multilingual learners continue to face systemic inequities in access and opportunity.
The Multilingual Shadowing Protocol provides an urgent, research-based response by:
- Centering student experience as essential instructional data
- Shifting practice from compliance to reflective, action-oriented inquiry
- Strengthening learning environments to adapt to learners
WHY CABE?
With over 50 years of experience, CABE guarantees the highest-quality professional learning for multilingual, multicultural communities.
✔ Official ML Shadowing training center
✔ Services available nationwide and internationally
✔ Customization available to meet district, site, and community needs
✔ Job-embedded coaching cycles available to support sustained implementation
✔ Facilitated across diverse multilingual contexts, including:
- Dual language classrooms
- Structured English immersion settings
- English Language Development (ELD) classrooms
- English-medium classrooms
- World language classrooms
MULTILINGUAL SHADOWING INSTITUTE
MULTILINGUAL LEARNER
SHADOWING INSTITUTE
A Catalyst for Student-Centered Classrooms
July 23 & September 17, 2026 | 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
CABE Headquarters | 20888 Amar Road, Walnut, CA 91789
“To truly support multilingual learners, we must understand their full linguistic, academic, and sociocultural experiences—not just their proficiency levels.
— Dr. Ivannia Soto
Audience:
Teachers of multilingual students, Coaches, TOSAs, Administrators, Multilingual Learner Leads
Participants will:
• Apply the Multilingual Learner Shadowing Protocol (MLSP) to identify student needs
• Analyze classroom scenarios to understand language development in practice
• Align Designated & Integrated ELD with core instruction
• Design language-rich, student-centered lessons
• Build cross-linguistic connections across languages
Walk away with a clear, replicable process to identify multilingual learner needs and design instruction that actually responds, starting on day one of school.
Registration includes:
• 2 days of high-impact professional learning provided by expert facilitators
• Lunch and refreshments both days
• Your own copy of the Multilingual Shadowing book
• Classroom-ready tools, templates, and resources
Limited Space Available!
Special Inaugural Pricing | $595 per participant
Deadline: July 15, 2026