A study examined the usefulness of one major strategy for helping teachers, administrators, and resource staff use research on bilingual instruction. The strategy studied was the Multi-District Trainer of Trainers Institute (MTTI) as implemented in California. The study's objectives were to: describe the MTTI design, content, delivery, and organizational arrangements; describe the impact the MTTI has had on participants, facilitators, and researchers; and analyze the MTTI as a research utilization process using a model from the research utilization literature. The MTTI (1) is an effective research utilization strategy when research must be adapted for practice in a conflicted educational environment, illustrating how the rationalist and conflict-oriented research utilization views can be merged effectively; (2) demonstrates the importance of sustained training; (3) can help to implement research-based instructional strategies; and (4) can enhance and redirect research efforts. (MSE)