Our summer 2025 professional development offerings are designed to strengthen educator expertise and improve outcomes for all learners. Teachers and school and district leaders will receive insights and research-backed findings across a range of topics and learn ways to:
- Assess and respond to all students and deepen their understanding
- Implement high-quality research-based instructional and leadership strategies
- Improve learning for all students
Learn more about our summer institutes:
Quality Teaching for English Learners (QTEL)
Are you trying to provide quality opportunities to learn and advance for all students? Do you want to learn new ways of supporting students as they engage in learning? Does your school or district have classes with students who have a wide range of English proficiencies?
Every summer, WestEd holds professional development institutes for educators focused on the development of educator expertise to engage English and Multilingual Learners and all other students in deep, generative learning.
During the institutes, you will have the opportunity to experience and understand powerful models of learning that cultivate global competencies and academic development for all students.
What Our Participants Say
I loved this institute. The days passed quickly because we were engaged and interested in the tasks and theory presented.
— Previous Participant
Join Quality Teaching for English Learners (QTEL) in O’ahu, HI and Santa Cruz, CA for their Summer Institutes!
- O’ahu, HI: June 9–13, 2025
- Santa Cruz, CA: July 21 – July 25, 2025
Hawaii
Learn more about our facilitators and their areas of expertise related to our QTEL offerings O’ahu, HI.
California
Learn more about our facilitators and their areas of expertise related to our QTEL offerings Santa Cruz, CA.
Supporting Multilingual Learners With Disabilities
Practitioners today face the challenge of how to best provide instruction and intervention to support the language development and learning needs of all students. WestEd is pleased to offer two professional learning opportunities designed to enhance educators’ skills in providing linguistically responsive instruction, intervention, and support for multilingual learners with disabilities.
I valued the learning about the importance of collaboration and multiple data collection pieces to make decisions.
— Darlene Brown, Service Director, Maranatha Christian Academy, Brooklyn Park, MN
My greatest takeaway is the importance of being purposeful with considering the whole child.
— Kristin Whitley, Principal, Dufur School, The Dalles, OR
Enhancing Instruction for Multilingual Learners with Disabilities: Strategies for High-Quality Teaching, Intervention, and Collaboration (Virtual)
Dates: July 22 – 24, 2025 (3 sessions)
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (PT), 12:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. (ET)
Location: Virtual
Price: $400
Enhancing Instruction for Multilingual Learners with Disabilities: Strategies for High-Quality Teaching, Intervention, and Collaboration (In-Person)
Dates: June 24 – 26, 2025
Time: 8:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. (PT)
Location: 1000 G St Ste 500, Sacramento, CA 95814
Price: $1,500
Our Team
Delivering Results at Scale with Reading Apprenticeship
Decades of research prove that Reading Apprenticeship services effectively support high-quality teaching and learning across a range of demographics and educational settings. This research demonstrates that the Reading Apprenticeship approach results in more engaging and effective teacher assignments with significant impact on student literacy and overall test scores.
You have the option to join in-person in San Francisco, CA, Livonia, MI, Asheville, NC, as well as online. The courses offered include: Reading Apprenticeship 101, Writing Apprenticeship, College Writing, Essentials I, and Essentials II.
Significant Positive Outcomes for Teachers and Students with Reading Apprenticeship from WestEd
Multiple independent studies show that participation in Reading Apprenticeship shifts teacher practice and improves student learning and engagement. After more than 25 years, Reading Apprenticeship remains relevant and effective because of iterative cycles of research, development, and practice in multiple contexts.
What Our Participants Say
My students are more comfortable tackling the text because they practice all the time. They don’t depend on me to tell them everything anymore.
— Jeanne Gochnauer, Human Anatomy and Physiology Teacher, Reading High School, PA
Online Institutes
Reading Apprenticeship 101 (Phase 1)
Date: June 9, 2025 – August 2, 2025
Format: Online – 32-hour, 7-week asynchronous course
Price: $750
College Writing (Phase 2)
Date: June 9, 2025 – August 9, 2025
Format: Online – 50-hour, 8-week asynchronous course
Price: $750
In-Person Institutes
Essentials I for School and District Leadership
Date: June 23, 2025 – June 25, 2025
Time: 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Location: Livonia Public Schools, 15125 Farmington Rd., Livonia, MI 48154
Price: $1,750
Learn more about Essentials for School and District Leadership and register →
Essentials I (Phase 1)
Date: June 23, 2025 – June 25, 2025
Time: 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Location: WestEd, 730 Harrison St, San Francisco, CA 94107
Date: June 23, 2025 – June 25, 2025
Time: 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Location: Livonia Public Schools, 15125 Farmington Rd., Livonia, MI 48154
Date: July 29, 2025 – July 31, 2025
Time: 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Location: WRESA 200 Ridgefield Ct #206, Asheville, NC 28806
Price: $1,750
Learn more about Essentials I (Phase 1) and register →
Essentials II (Phase 2)
Date: June 26, 2025 – June 27, 2025
Time: 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Location: WestEd, 730 Harrison St, San Francisco, CA 94107
Date: June 26, 2025 – June 27, 2025
Time: 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Location: Livonia Public Schools, 15125 Farmington Rd., Livonia, MI 48154
Price: $1,550
What Our Participants Say
I now know that showing students the process (not just the finished polished exemplar) is equally important. I will be modeling a think aloud during the drafting process. I also feel better equipped to help students to avoid formulaic historical writing.
New! Writing Apprenticeship
Building on the success of Reading Apprenticeship, the all-new Writing Apprenticeship is a professional development model and instructional approach for middle school and high school English Language Arts and History/Social Studies educators.
Designed to support writing instruction, Writing Apprenticeship engages students in new ways of writing, thinking, talking, and reasoning in supportive classroom environments.
Price: $1,750
Date: June 24 – 26, 2025
Time: 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Location: WestEd SF Office, 730 Harrison Street, San Francisco, CA 94107
Date: August 12, 2025 – August 14, 2025
Time: 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Location: Livonia Public Schools, 15125 Farmington Rd., Livonia, MI 48154
