Name: Creating Multilingual School Districts: The Schools we Need for a Multilingual California
Start: 2026-08-28T10:00:00-0700
End: 2026-08-28T10:45:00-0700

Creating Multilingual School Districts: The Schools we Need for a Multilingual California

Friday August 28, 2026 10:00am - 10:45am PDT

Willow Glen 2

Preparing all students to thrive and lead in a global world, and closing gaps for our culturally and linguistically diverse students requires visionary and strategic leadership. Creating multilingual school districts that reflect, embrace, and support our diverse communities is the critical next step for California. Come hear from school board members and superintendents at LEA and County Office levels who are working on the cutting edge to implement a vision of multilingual education, and learn about an exciting statewide campaign to establish multilingual education as a signature feature of California schools. In this session you’ll hear about the rationale and research behind this movement to scale multilingual education for every student in our state. Attendees will gain actionable leadership strategies and concrete tools to move their own districts forward—including sample board policies—and learn how to join with forward-looking leaders across the state in this groundbreaking campaign. implement multilingual education for every student in our state, learn about leadership strategies, gain tools to move your own district forward (including sample board policies), and consider joining with forward-looking school board members throughout California in this ground-breaking campaign. We need schools that reflect, embrace and support our diverse communities! As with the State Seal of Biliteracy, our English Learner Roadmap, Global California 2030, and development of dual language immersion models, California is once again paving the way for the nation. Join us.

Speakers

Elodia Ortega-Lampkin

Superintendent, Woodland Joint School District

Superintendent Elodia Ortega-Lampkin possesses a diverse range of experience throughout her 31-year career in education. Her career began as a student-teacher at Dingle Elementary School and she served in the California Mini-Corps Program as a tutor/para educator at Grafton Elementary... Read More →

Izela Jacobo

Senior Director, San Diego County Office of Education

Izela Jacobo is an Executive Leadership Coach for the San Diego County Office of Education Multilingual Education and Global Achievement Department. She's also a lecturer for the San Diego State University Dual Language and English Learner Education Program. Previously, Izela was... Read More →