Developing an In-House English as a Second Language Certification Program

This summer’s professional learning opportunities feature sessions on improving literacy and writing instruction, supporting Multilingual Learner students with disabilities, and more.

Join the Leadership Playbook, a free six-part virtual series for school and district leadership teams. Leaders will practice using tools and protocols to enhance collaboration, align priorities, and lead improvement efforts with greater coherence. This series will be offered twice this summer.

Leading With Urgency, written by WestEd School and District Improvement Senior Facilitator Joe Sassone, introduces a practical, field-tested framework designed to help K–12 principals accelerate improvement, strengthen instructional practices, and support lasting success for students and communities.

School, district, and state teams can strengthen leadership capacity through job-embedded learning, peer networks, and coaching designed to support systems and the conditions for excellence.

Through Transformational Leadership Coaching, leaders engage in the design and implementation of systems change processes aimed at strengthening the culture and capacity of schools and districts to improve student outcomes.

The Leading Together series offers 30-minute webinars with timely, research-based strategies for education leaders. Sessions are designed for focused, just-in-time learning during the workday, from 12:00 to 12:30 p.m. (Pacific Time).

Educator preparation programs are developing partnership-based financing models to sustain residencies and apprenticeships. This post by Amaya Garcia of New America and Dana Grayson, Director of Teacher Workforce at WestEd, shares strategies from program leaders.