Are you trying to offer English Learners in your schools quality opportunities to learn? Do you want to learn new ways of supporting them as they engage in activity? Does your school or district have classes with students who have a wide range of English proficiencies?
Every summer QTEL holds professional development institutes for educators focused on the development of educator expertise to engage English Learners and all other students in deep, generative learning.
During our summer institutes, participants experience and understand powerful models of learning which they are able to turn into school practices that cultivate global competencies and academic development for English Learners and all other students.
Join national and international educators at one of the following 2023 QTEL Summer Institutes.
- Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi: June 12 – June 16, 2023
- Santa Cruz, California: July 17 – 21, 2023
- Washington, D.C.: August 7 – 11, 2023
OʻAHU, HI
Date: June 12 – June 16, 2023
Time: 8:30 am – 3:00 pm
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Course Offerings
- Building the Base: Elementary Literacy
- Building the Base: Secondary Literacy
- Building the Base: Newcomer Literacy
- Leadership: A Focus on Schools—Quality and Equitable Opportunities to Learn
- Designing Curricular Materials for English Learners that Promote Equitable Learning Opportunities*
*Only available to participants who have attended previous in-person QTEL Building the Base or disciplinary institutes.
Cost
Registration and materials: $2,500 per person for a five-day, in-person institute. Teams of 5 or more participants are $2,000 per person for a five-day, in-person institute. Breakfast and lunch included daily. Payment can be made by Purchase Order or check. Please make payment to WestEd/QTEL.
Location
Hawaiʻi Convention Center
1801 Kalākaua Ave.
Honolulu, HI 96815
Accommodations
Ala Moana Hotel by Mantra
410 Atkinson Drive
Honolulu, HI 96814
Limited number of rooms with special institute rate. (No additional code needed. Cut off date is Thursday May 11, 2023.)
Speakers
- Opening keynote: Aída Walqui, Principal Investigator and Director of the National Research and Development Center to Improve the Education of English Learners in Secondary Schools at WestEd
- Wednesday keynote: Amanda Kibler, Professor in the College of Education at Oregon State University
SANTA CRUZ, CA
Date: July 17 – July 21, 2023
Time: 8:30 am – 3:00 pm
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Course Offerings
- Building the Base: Elementary Literacy
- Building the Base: Secondary Literacy
- Building the Base: Secondary Mathematics
- Leadership: A Focus on Schools—Quality and Equitable Opportunities to Learn
- Leadership: A Focus on the Multi-Level Educational System—The Ecology of Learning***
- Designing Curricular Materials for English Learners that Promote Equitable Learning Opportunities*
*Only available to participants who have attended previous in-person QTEL Building the Base or disciplinary institutes.
***Only available to participants who have attended a previous QTEL Leadership Institute
Cost
Registration and materials: $2,500 per person for a five-day, in-person institute. Teams of 5 or more participants are $2,000 per person for a five-day, in-person institute. Breakfast and lunch included daily. Payment can be made by Purchase order or check. Please make payment to WestEd/QTEL.
Location
Chaminade Resort and Spa
1 Chaminade Ln
Santa Cruz, CA 95065
Accommodations
Chaminade Resort and Spa
1 Chaminade Ln
Santa Cruz, CA 95065
Limited number of rooms with special institute rate. (No additional code needed. Cut-off date is Friday, June 16, 2023.)
Speakers
- Opening keynote: Aída Walqui, Principal Investigator and Director of the National Research and Development Center to Improve the Education of English Learners in Secondary Schools at WestEd
- Wednesday keynote: Nelson Flores, Associate Professor in educational linguistics and affiliated faculty with the Center for Latin American and Latinx Studies at the University of Pennsylvania
WASHINGTON, DC
Date: August 7 – August 12, 2023
Time: 8:30 am – 3:00 pm
REGISTER
Course Offering
Leadership: A Focus on Schools—Quality and Equitable Opportunities to Learn
Cost
Registration and materials: $2,500 per person for a five-day, in-person institute. Teams of 5 or more participants are $2,000 per person for a five-day, in-person institute. Breakfast and lunch included daily. Payment can be made by Purchase Order or check. Please make payment to WestEd/QTEL.
Location
WestEd DC Office
1140 3rd Street NE, Suite 360
Washington, DC 20002
Accommodations
Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill
400 New Jersey Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20001
Limited number of rooms with special institute rate. (No additional code needed. Cut-off date is Wednesday, June 21, 2023.)
Speakers
- Opening keynote: Aída Walqui, Principal Investigator and Director of the National Research and Development Center to Improve the Education of English Learners in Secondary Schools at WestEd