Webinar: Building Strong Foundations: Instructional Strategies to Support Assembly Bill 2268 and P-3 Alignment

Date: April 29, 2025

Time: 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. PT 

External partners for this webinar will feature:

• Dr. Anya Hurwitz, SEAL (Sobrato Early Academic Language), an organization dedicated to improving educational outcomes for multilingual learners, particularly in early childhood and elementary education.
• American Institutes for Research (AIR), a non-profit organization that conducts behavioral and social science research and delivers technical assistance to solve some of the most urgent challenges in the U.S. and around the world.
• Early Edge California, an organization dedicated to supporting children birth to age five learning two or more languages
• EDvance, an organization focused on providing accessible and affordable higher education opportunities.

Event host: California Universal PreKindergarten, with California Department of Education 

Event description: 

• The next installment of the Opportunities for All Branch (OFAB) P-3 Alignment webinar series has been rescheduled for Tuesday, April 29, 2025, from 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time (PT). Registration now available at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6J80s7rFSKqGMZGsRCibqQ.
• As part of our P-3 alignment series, this webinar is intended to support local educational agencies, community-based organizations, and their partners by providing an overview of Assembly Bill 2268, which focuses on the initial identification and assessment of English learners (ELs) and provides an opportunity to learn more about specific changes such as the English Language Proficiency Assessment for California (ELPAC) no longer being a requirement for transitional kindergarten (TK) students.
• This webinar will amplify the voices of researchers and practitioners who will share instructional strategies to support the implementation of AB 2268. These strategies will help schools and educators respond to the needs of multilingual TK students and support continued development of home languages for all children in P-3 settings.
• Professional development certificates are available to participants who attend the live webinar.