Your help is needed in moving our sponsored bill, AB 952 (Reyes), which addresses the shortage of bilingual teachers by establishing the Bilingual
Teacher Professional Development Program off the Suspense File of the Assembly Appropriations Committee.
Conversely,
teachers in private
programs are often required to participate in
off - site trainings or college coursework in the evenings or on the weekends.39 Even in public
programs, resources for
professional development are commonly too limited to provide intensive, ongoing support such as coaching and mentoring.