Because of the importance of literacy as a building block for all learning, WestEd’s literacy services range across the education system and include students at all grades and achievement levels. Our literacy services share a common goal: building teachers’ and school systems’ capacity to support high levels of student literacy and engagement.
English Learners and the Language Arts
Comprehensive, systematic, and evidence-based professional development that increases the rigor of instruction for English learners and other students.
Leadership Institute in Reading Apprenticeship
Learn how to lead professional development in Reading Apprenticeship® — a research-driven framework that helps adolescents become successful readers and writers.
Quality Teaching for English Learners (QTEL): Summer Institutes
Learn how to promote academic language development in adolescent English learners.
Reading Apprenticeship®: Bay Area Professional Development Series
This research-based series helps school teams implement and adapt Reading Apprenticeship® approaches in their content area classes.
Reading Apprenticeship®: Middle and High School Math Inquiry Network
Willing to explore new ways of supporting student literacy in math through implementation in your own classroom? Check out this service.
Reading Apprenticeship®: Site-Based Training for Classroom Teachers
Our researchers help cross-disciplinary middle and high school teachers and instructional leaders learn to implement Reading Apprenticeship® in their schools.
Reading Apprenticeship® Academic Literacy Course, Curriculum & Teacher Training
Using the research-based Reading Apprenticeship® approach, help your ninth graders become more powerful readers.
Reading Apprenticeship® Science Institute
Increase your ability to support students' access to challenging science texts and concepts.
The Map of Standards for English Learners Workshop
This workshop introduces to California teachers simple, practical ways to address English language development and English language arts standards.