Announcing Spring and Summer Professional Learning Opportunities
Strengthen leadership, knowledge, and skills with research-informed professional development this summer.
Professional development
Reading Apprenticeship Online: Building a Foundation for Engaged Learning
Help students develop the literacy competencies, subject-area knowledge, and the learner dispositions they need to succeed.
Early Childhood Development and Learning
Because healthy development in the early years pays off throughout one’s life, WestEd strives to ensure families and early childhood professionals have the skills and resources necessary to give young children a safe, healthy, emotionally secure, and intellectually rich start.
Equity and Student Literacy Outcomes: Q&A with Linda Friedrich
Reading Apprenticeship moves the balance of talk and meaning-making from teacher to student, shifting who speaks in the classroom and who produces knowledge.
October Focus: Caring Environments for Students and Teachers
Access resources designed to help educators create positive, safe, and comfortable environments for students and teachers.
Boost Literacy Skills and Create Independent Readers
Learn how to help students develop the literacy competencies, subject-area knowledge, and the learner dispositions that will serve them throughout school, college, and beyond.
WestEd STEM Researchers Study Early Elementary Science Instruction Post Professional Development
Judith Haymore Sandholtz with the University of California, Irvine, and WestEd researchers Cathy Ringstaff and Bryan Matlen publish longitudinal case studies, supported by the National Science Foundation, that demonstrate how teacher professional development can hold promise in promoting effective early elementary science instruction, and offer guidance on how to cope with school-level factors that change over time.
Four Domains for Rapid School Improvement Spring Webinar Series: Register Today
Join us for this engaging webinar series designed to unpack the practices, tools, and resources in the Four Domains for Rapid School Improvement framework.
Join WestEd at the AERA Annual Meeting, April 5-9, in Toronto
View a list of more than 40 sessions; visit us at booths 201 & 203 to learn about our career opportunities, resources, and research; and enjoy food, drink, and good company at our annual reception.
March Focus: Comprehensive Support to Improve Success for English Learners
Explore WestEd’s research, services, and resources designed to help educators rapidly improve teaching and systemic support for English learners.