Fred W. Tempes Director, Comprehensive School Assistance Program Fred Tempes is the Director of WestEd's Comprehensive School Assistance Program. Tempes directs WestEd's assistance to low-performing schools and districts in Arizona, California, Nevada, Washington, and Hawaii. He oversees the design and evaluation of WestEd's approach to school improvement planning and implementation, as well as professional development efforts aimed at increasing teachers' effective use of student engagement strategies, coaching principals to support instructional improvement, creating assessment and accountability systems at the local level, and enhancing English language arts instruction for English learners. Tempes co-directs the WestEd School Turnaround Center, which partners with districts nationwide to provide comprehensive school turnaround and transformation services leading to rapid improvement in low-performing schools. In addition, Tempes directs WestEd's California Comprehensive Center, a federally funded technical assistance center charged with building the capacity of California to implement the No Child Left Behind Act and close the student academic achievement gap. Prior to joining WestEd in 1999, Tempes directed the California Department of Education's School and District Accountability Division, overseeing a shift from a compliance monitoring system that focused on rules and regulations to an accountability model that holds schools responsible for student learning. He also led the Department's Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment Division, where he was responsible for the development of the state's curriculum frameworks and the California Learning Assessment System. A former Peace Corps Volunteer and Teacher Corps Intern, Tempes received a BA in economics from Stanford University, and an MA in bilingual education and PhD in international education from the University of Southern California. Tel: 916.492.4039 916.492.4002 Email: ftempes@wested.org Mailing Address: 1000 G Street, Suite 500 Sacramento, California 95814-0892 Project Work: California Comprehensive Center Comprehensive School Reform Facilitator Initiative SchoolsMovingUp Support to the California Comprehensive Center WestEd School Turnaround Center WestEd/Ellis Center for Educational Excellence/Creighton Elementary School District Reform Partnership