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Develop your multilingual program with confidence
Depend on SupportEd’s Technical Assistance Specialists to develop or enhance a strategic roadmap that amplifies the success of your multilingual learners. Provide your district with a unified vision, comprehensive goals, actionable steps, and target outcomes for addressing the needs of your multilingual learners.
What is a multilingual learner master plan?
A multilingual learner master plan is a strategic document outlining your school district’s approach to educating multilingual learners (MLs). The plan defines your district’s ML vision, mission, guiding principles, instructional program options, assessment procedures, professional development strategies, family and community engagement methods, and/or legal compliance requirements.
During the development of a master plan, SupportEd’s Technical Assistance Specialists engage key stakeholder groups in a collaborative decision-making process to develop an overarching plan that lays out a comprehensive vision for ML success.
This wide range of stakeholders includes district leadership, participating teachers and school administrators, parents and guardians, and representatives from local community-based organizations.
Samples of our work
5-Year Multilingual Learner Strategic Plan
South Portland School Department (SPSD)
3-Year Multilingual Learner Strategic Plan
Department of English as a New Language and Bilingual Education
Master Plan for English Learners and Standard English Learners
Los Angeles Unified School District Division of Instruction
English Learner
Action Plan
Reading School District
What is SupportEd’s service approach and process?
Building your master plan is a data-driven process that is grounded in research and tailored to the specific context of your district.
SupportEd’s process is designed to strengthen district capacity system-wide. The steps in this process include:
SupportEd starts the planning process by engaging key district stakeholders to create a core planning team. The planning team:
- Develops project phases and timeline (typically 1-2 school years)
- Schedules stakeholder meetings
- Establishes the plan goals and development process
SupportEd analyzes data and conducts a comprehensive needs assessment to understand your district’s unique context. We:
- Review extant district documents and policies
- Analyze student demographic and assessment data
- Observe instruction
- Interview district and community stakeholders with diverse perspectives
- Provide a findings report of key findings and recommendations
SupportEd collaborates with the core planning team to draft a plan that takes your vision for ML success from theory to action. The planning team:
- Reviews key recommendations for the plan
- Drafts and revises the plan
- Engages district and community stakeholders to gather feedback on drafts
- Finalizes the master plan based on stakeholder input
SupportEd continues to provide guidance to the core planning team on how to put the master plan into action. We:
- Guide your team in developing a strategy for distributing the plan
- Discuss the process for monitoring, evaluating, and revising the plan
Who benefits from a quality multilingual learner master plan? Who benefits from a quality multilingual learner master plan?
K-12 School Administrators
K-12 Educators
Students
ML Families
Community Members
How does a multilingual learner master plan help my district build capacity?
Articulating a Shared Vision
Bring together diverse stakeholders including educators, administrators, students, families, and community members to establish a shared set of guiding principles.
Promoting Collaboration and Alignment
Break down silos and form a cohesive approach by engaging diverse stakeholders in a collaborative decision-making process.
Facilitating Strategic Resource Allocation
Ensure funding, staffing, and professional development are efficiently aligned to your goals and priorities.
Orienting Knowledge and Skill Development
Prioritize professional learning around the topics of greatest importance for your district such as culturally responsive teaching practices, language acquisition, or instructional strategies.
Engaging Families as Partners
Facilitate two-way communication with families, practice culturally responsive outreach, and provide opportunities for families to participate in the decision-making process.
Implementing Data-Driven Decision-Making and Accountability
Establish protocols and a culture for data collection, analysis, and reporting that empowers your district to track progress toward goals, identify areas of improvement, and make necessary adjustments to programs and services.
Addressing Critical Areas
Focus your district’s conversation on practical areas that are critical to promoting ML success, such as:
- Intake and enrollment procedures
- Program models and instructional practices
- Comprehensive assessment and monitoring systems
- High-quality professional learning
- Meaningful family and community engagement strategies
Get started — schedule a discovery meeting
Free consultation
Schedule a technical assistance discovery meeting so we can learn more about your organization's needs, project requirements, and overarching goals.
Meet with experts
Intended for directors, superintendents, principals, decision makers, and organizations who require the support of our team of nationally recognized multilingual learner experts.
Explore next steps
After we learn about your goals and needs, SupportEd will develop a proposal to support the growth of your ML program.
“Our teachers loved the format, the content, and the discussion. Most importantly, a year later, they are still incorporating what they learned in their daily instructional practices with ELs.”
— Samuel Klein
Supervisor, Office of English Learners
Arlington Public Schools, VA
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