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Multilingual

Lilia Villa, Director, Multilingual Department
Lilia Villa
Director
Multilingual
 

Contact

Nora Peña
Secretary III
951-571-7500
Ext. 17219

Email

Department Overview

The Multilingual Department provides educational and technical support to school sites to ensure all English Learners (ELs) and Dual Language Immersion (DLI) students receive equitable access to a meaningful education. The department oversees the DLI Program, the  Language Assessment Center (LAC), and local, state, and federal mandates related to the EL program. The Multilingual Department:

  • Ensures ELs develop proficiency in English in a classroom with research-based instruction designed for English language acquisition.

  • Ensures ELs meet state standards through the use of core curriculum as rapidly and effectively as possible.

  • Ensures DLI students attain both English and Spanish language proficiency.

  • Trains on and ensures effective administration of local and state assessments such as the English Language Proficiency Assessments for California.

  • Empowers Professional Learning Communities to improve student achievement by providing staff development and technical assistance.

  • Promotes and provides family education.

  • Embraces linguistic and cultural diversity as assets. 

  • Advocates for the educational rights of all students.

 

Management Team

Lilia Villa

Director Iii - English Language Learner

Program Specialists

Joanna Garcia

Language Assessment Specialist

Catalina Moye

Coord - Academic Interventions & Linguistic Supp

Elvia Portillo

Program Specialist - Dli

Sonia Quinn

Program Specialist- Ell

Classified Staff

Steven Lozano

Data Clerk Iii

Nora Pena

Secretary Iii

Language Assessors

Ramona Delatorre-fuentes

Language Assessor-bilingual

Sandra Jimenez

Language Assessor-bilingual

Stephanie Zavala

Language Assessor-bilingual