Quality Teaching for English Learners - QTEL

08/10/2026

📣 Registration is now open for the 2027 QTEL Winter Institutes! Join us January 11–14 in Washington, D.C., for professional learning designed to strengthen instruction and leadership for English and Multilingual Learners. Choose from specialized learning opportunities for educational leaders and instructional coaches. Register today! https://tinyurl.com/f4uhyumn

Following three successful Summer Institutes, we are excited to announce that registration is now open for the 2027 QTEL Winter Institutes, taking place January 11–14, 2027 in Washington, D.C.This winter, we are offering two professional learning opportunities designed to strengthen educators' and...

08/05/2026

📚 Join WestEd literacy experts Misty Sailors and Annette Gregg for a free 30-minute Leading Together webinar exploring how background knowledge, vocabulary, inferencing, and language comprehension shape student understanding. Discover reading science tells us and how educators can strengthen comprehension for all learners.

📅 August 6, 2026
⏰ 12 p.m. PT / 3 p.m. ET
🔗 Register: https://tinyurl.com/yc2nswvu

Decoding and fluency are essential—but they’re the foundation, not the finish line. True reading comprehension is a rich, multidimensional process, and understanding it changes everything about how we teach. Date: Thursday, August 6, 2026 Time: 12–12:30 p.m. PT / 3–3:30 p.m. ETWe know decodi...

08/03/2026

📢 There's still time to register for WestEd's upcoming Leading Together webinar, Language at the Center: Expressive and Academic Language as the Engine for Reading Comprehension.

Join Annette Gregg and Rebecca Bates as they discuss how oral language, vocabulary, and academic language development serve as critical drivers of reading comprehension and literacy success for all learners, including Multilingual Learners.

📅 Tuesday, August 4, 2026
⏰ 12:00-12:30 p.m. PT

Secure your spot today: https://tinyurl.com/fza827hy

Explore how oral language, vocabulary depth, and academic registers shape students' ability to make meaning from complex texts. Walk away with practical strategies to build language-rich classrooms that work for every learner. Featured Speakers: Annette Gregg and Rebecca Bates Date: Tuesday, August....

07/31/2026

Language is at the heart of reading comprehension. Join WestEd’s Leading Together webinar, Language at the Center: Expressive and Academic Language as the Engine for Reading Comprehension, featuring Annette Gregg and Rebecca Bates, as they explore how oral language, vocabulary, and academic discourse support literacy development and improve outcomes for all learners, including Multilingual Learners.

📅 August 4, 2026 | 12:00-12:30 p.m. PT
🔗 Register: https://tinyurl.com/fsfbxrnn

Language is the medium through which reading comprehension occurs, and a student’s command of expressive and academic language is one of the strongest predictors of reading success. Date: Tuesday, August 4, 2026Time: 12–12:30 p.m. PT / 3–3:30 p.m. ETThis 30-minute Leading Together webinar exam...

07/22/2026

📚 Reminder! Join us tomorrow for Language at Work: Building Reading Comprehension Through Writing, a 30-minute webinar exploring how writing helps students develop the language, thinking, and comprehension skills needed to engage with complex texts.

Jenell Krishnan and Casey McAlduff will share practical, research-based strategies that K–12 educators can use right away to strengthen reading, writing, speaking, and listening across content areas. https://tinyurl.com/4bwybamf

🗓 Thursday, July 23, 2026
⏰ 12:00–12:30 p.m. PT | 3:00–3:30 p.m. ET

In this 30-minute webinar, we will explore how writing about content, in students’ own voices and in the language of each discipline, building and honing the skills that complex texts demand. We offer practical strategies for K–12 classrooms and content areas throughout.Date: Thursday, July 23, ...

07/17/2026

As the third and final QTEL Summer Institute of 2026 comes to a close, we want to extend a heartfelt thank you to all the educators and leaders who joined us in Austin, TX. Your dedication to English Learners and meaningful learning for all students made this an inspiring week.

A special thank you to our keynote speaker, Montserrat Garibay, for sharing her expertise, leadership, and passion for supporting multilingual learners.

We're grateful to everyone who helped make this summer's institutes such a success!

07/13/2026

📣 July QTEL News: This month, we’re sharing reflections from educators who attended the 2026 QTEL Summer Institute in Santa Cruz. From embracing oracy and scaffolding as essential practices to rethinking how language and content learning work together, participants left inspired and equipped to better support multilingual students. Read their powerful takeaways in our July newsletter. https://tinyurl.com/4vr73s4f

Voices from the QTEL Summer InstituteThe 2026 QTEL Summer Institute in Santa Cruz brought together educators and leaders committed to creating rigorous, meaningful learning opportunities for multilingual students through high-challenge, high-support instruction. In this issue, we’re highlighting r...

07/10/2026

A huge thank you to our facilitators and participants for making the QTEL Designing and Amplifying Curricular Materials for English Learners – ELA, Math, and Science advanced institute in Seal Beach, CA, such a rich and collaborative experience. As the second of our three 2026 QTEL Summer Institutes, participants explored ways to amplify curriculum and create rigorous, engaging learning opportunities for multilingual learners.

07/01/2026

📚 Join WestEd’s upcoming webinar, Language at Work: Building Reading Comprehension Through Writing, to explore practical K–12 strategies that connect writing, reading, and academic language development. Hear from Casey McAlduff and Jenell Krishnan as they share actionable approaches educators can use right away to strengthen student comprehension across content areas.

In this 30-minute webinar, we will explore how writing about content, in students’ own voices and in the language of each discipline, building and honing the skills that complex texts demand. We offer practical strategies for K–12 classrooms and content areas throughout.Date: Thursday, July 23, ...

06/29/2026

Thank you from the Santa Cruz QTEL team to the incredible educators who traveled from across the country to join us for the first of three 2026 QTEL Summer Institutes! It was an inspiring week of learning, collaboration, and community as participants deepened their expertise in supporting multilingual learners and all students.

We are grateful for your engagement, your passion, and your commitment to creating meaningful learning experiences.