Resources

Stand-Alone ELAC Resources  Practical tools you can use anytime, even outside of a full meeting template.

• Parent-Teacher Conference Resources (Before/During/After guide + All About My Child form)

• Listening Session Toolkit 

Frameworks & Requirements Informing the ELAC Toolkit

• CDE ELAC Requirements
  California Education Code 52176 and 64001 require schools with 21 or more English learners to establish an ELAC.   https://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/cr/elac.asp

• California English Learner Roadmap
  The EL Roadmap offers a vision and four principles for supporting English learners. It emphasizes assets-based practices, access to rigorous academics, high-quality instruction, and meaningful family engagement.
  https://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/el/rm/

• Mapp’s Dual Capacity-Building Framework for Family-School Partnerships
  This research-based framework helps build meaningful school-family partnerships. It emphasizes relational trust, shared responsibility, and co-learning to improve student outcomes.
  https://www2.ed.gov/documents/family-community/frameworks-resources.pdf

ELD Teacher & Facilitator Knowledge

• Californians Together
  Californians Together is a statewide coalition of advocates and educators committed to promoting equitable educational policy and practices for English learners. Their tools and research—such as the “Master Plan for ELs,” “Safe Havens,” and “Reclassification” guides—can support ELAC and district planning.
  https://www.californianstogether.org

• OPTEL: Observation Protocol for Teaching English Learners

• OPTEL is a formative classroom observation tool that supports reflective teaching practices and helps educators strengthen instruction for English learners.

• https://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/el/er/optel.asp