SEAL - Sobrato Early Academic Language

📣 SEAL is hiring a Development Coordinator!

Join SEAL’s Development & External Relations team and help advance our mission to create greater opportunities for multilingual learners across California.

In this role, you’ll serve as the team’s operational backbone of our Development & External Relations team, this person will manage complex projects, strengthen workflows, maintain Salesforce systems, and support initiatives across fundraising, grants, donor engagement, communications, business development, and other strategic priorities.

We’re looking for a highly organized, systems-savvy professional who enjoys moving cross-functional work forward.

📍 Hybrid position based in California
💰 Salary: $86,000 annually
✈️ Travel: 5-15% throughout the year
💼 Four or more years of relevant experience required

Learn more and apply: https://bit.ly/4gaYo3L

Please share this opportunity with someone who may be a strong fit!

📚 Back-to-School Strategy Spotlight!

Before students write about an idea, they need opportunities to talk it through.

Oral Language Analysis (OLA) helps teachers understand how multilingual learners are using academic language and plan the right support for what comes next.

🎥 Watch OLA in action in a SEAL classroom, save it for the school year, and share it with an educator: https://bit.ly/4589ekR

Central Valley educators and leaders: Join the Getting Down to Facts III Central Valley Convening in person in Merced on August 4 to explore the latest research and help turn insights into action for students and families.

In Oakland Unified School District dual-language classrooms, learning is coming alive!

Students are chanting, singing, and confidently using rich academic language in two languages. Teachers are collaborating more closely, classrooms are becoming more student-led, and shared practices are taking root across schools.

In this five-minute story, a Principal, an Assistant Principal, and a Teacher on Special Assignment share what they saw through SEAL’s Dual Language Series—and what changed when educators and leaders learned together in their district.

Read Oakland’s story: https://bit.ly/45ts1ak

📚 Back-to-School Strategy Spotlight

Preschool Teachers: As you prepare for the new school year, explore classroom strategies that help build strong early literacy foundations.

The Super Duper Sentence Builder is a SEAL strategy that helps preschool children understand that sentences are made up of words and that words can be represented in print. As they begin with a simple sentence and add more detail, children experience the fun and wonder of constructing complex sentences while watching their ideas grow.

🎥 See the strategy in action in a real SEAL classroom with students and educators. Save this post for the school year ahead and watch the video on our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/4x6nuGR

📚 Educators and leaders: Looking for professional learning to explore this summer?

We're sharing a growing collection of practices, tools, and guidance to help teachers and leaders deliver grade-level literacy and mathematics instruction for multilingual learners.

Curated by Student Achievement Partners, the collection includes resources from SEAL, the English Learners Success Forum, and other leading organizations working to advance multilingual learner success.

Explore the collection: https://bit.ly/4wNkwXm

💡 Be sure to sign up for updates—the resource library will continue to grow with new tools and guidance over time.

Don't miss next week's conversation on how technology can best support teachers and enhance learning for ELLs in unique and powerful ways.

Includes our Executive Director Dr. Anya Hurwitz!

“Beyond translation features and additional lessons, multilingual learners need scaffolded instruction that meets them where they are. AI and tech tools can empower teachers and transform multilingual literacy learning — if they’re rooted in real classroom challenges and experience.” (Multilingual By Design)

Across the United States, English Language Learners (ELLs) represent more than 10% of the total K–12 population and nearly 15% of kindergartners. In some states and regions, the numbers are much larger. These learners face additional challenges in the classroom and in reading development. Well-designed technology tools, though, can support teachers' engagement with ELLs in ways that improve reading and other student outcomes.

Join us for the final webinar in CGLR’s Technology-Enhanced Teaching, Learning, and Development series as experts from Bilingual Generation , English Learners Success Forum, SEAL - Sobrato Early Academic Language, and Multilingual by design help us explore how thoughtfully designed technology can support teachers, strengthen multilingual literacy instruction, and help multilingual learners thrive.

Technology Beyond the Hype: Supporting Multilingual Learners
🗓️ Tuesday, July 21, 2026 | 3:00–4:30 p.m. ET

Register now! ➡ leo.gradelevelreading.net/register

Every child's home language is an asset, not a barrier to learning.

A new KQED article explores how advocates are working to recognize Black English as a way to support early literacy while honoring children's cultural identities. The story includes perspectives from BlackECE, including SEAL partners Californians Together, and Children's Equity Project.

This article offers an important perspective on what it can look like in practice when you build on students' linguistic and cultural assets.

Read the article: https://bit.ly/4yp8TYr

📣 Coming next month from SEAL!

Creating Classrooms Where Multilingual Learners with Disabilities Thrive is a new resource designed to help educators and leaders better support multilingual learners with disabilities while honoring their languages, identities, and strengths.

Whether you're a classroom educator, school leader, this brief offers practical, research-informed guidance you can put into practice.

📩 Join our interest list today to be among the first to receive the brief when it launches next month.

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