Approximately 4.5 million English learners are enrolled in the nation’s public schools, and over 40 percent of teachers have English learners in their classrooms. Academically, these students face huge challenges. WestEd’s services help educators and policymakers increase support for their students who must master academic content and the English language simultaneously.
Discussion Builders Workshop
This one-day workshop is ideal for K–8 teachers who would like to help students, including English learners, overcome academic, linguistic, and social barriers in classroom discussions.
Alignment and Linkage Studies for General and Special Population Assessments and Standards
WestEd helps states and districts better understand their assessment and standards systems for all their students.
Bridging Cultures Between Home and School Institute
Learn how to design and implement programs that address the needs of underserved cultural, linguistic, and racial student groups.
English Language Development Standards: Development, Linkage, and Professional Development
Our staff can help you develop English language development standards and link to academic content standards.
English Learner Evaluation and Accountability Support
Learn how to evaluate performance, improve practices, and integrate federal accountability requirements into local accountability systems.
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.
English Learners, Language, and Literacy in the Early Years (ELLLEY)
These interactive seminars weave together concepts and evidence-based strategies that you can use daily with preschool English learners.
Quality Teaching for English Learners (QTEL): Summer Institutes
Learn how to promote academic language development in adolescent English learners.
The Making Science Accessible to English Learners Workshop
This workshop helps science teachers enhance their knowledge and skills to differentiate instruction and assessment for diverse learners, particularly English learners.
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.