EL-WIN Strong Start Community of Practice
Date: Tuesday October 20, 2026
Time: 8:30-12:00

Location: Saugus Union School District (Santa Clarita, CA) in person or Virtual
Rosedell Elementary at 27853 Urbandale Ave, Saugus, CA 91350

Please note that three additional dates are currently being scheduled for Community of Practice meetings as follows:

• January 21, 2027 at 11am to 1pm

• March 9, 2027 at 9:30am to 11:30am

• May– 8:30-12:00, Date & Location TBD

Description:

With funding from the Emerging Bilingual Collaborative, LACOE and TNTP are bringing together district leaders who share a common goal: ensuring our youngest multilingual learners have access to excellent PK-3 educators.

Through the new English Learner Workforce Investment Initiative (EL-WIN) Strong Start initiative, we will continue our Strong Start focus on enhancing instruction for our youngest multilingual learners while also collaborating to develop pathways for current and aspiring teachers to become “ML Ready” to support our linguistically diverse student population in Los Angeles County.

We invite you to join our Community of Practice to learn more about this work and, most importantly, to engage in rich learning around high-quality TK instruction for multilingual learners. Participants will have the opportunity to:

• Visit TK & PreK classrooms and observe strong instructional practices that support multilingual learners

• Engage with colleagues in reflecting on classroom observations and discussing implications for practice

• Learn from districts currently implementing educator pathways

• Explore strategies for recruiting and preparing future PK-3 teachers who are equipped to serve multilingual learner