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 Quality Teaching for English Learners (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 that they can 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 2024 QTEL Summer Institutes.
- Santa Cruz, CA: July 15 – July 19
- Charlotte, NC: July 29 – August 2
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Santa Cruz, CA
Date: July 15 – July 19, 2024
Time: 8:30 am – 3:00 pm
Course Offerings
- Building the Base: Newcomer Literacy
- Building the Base K–2: An Integrated Approach to Literacy across the Content Areas
- Building the Base 3–5: An Integrated Approach to Literacy across the Content Areas
- Building the Base: Secondary ELA
- Building the Base: Secondary Mathematics
- Building the Base: Secondary Science
- Leadership Institute
Keynote Speaker
- Haiwen Chu, Senior Program Associate in WestEd’s Quality Teaching for English Learners initiative
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
WestEd has a hotel block contract with Chaminade.
You can book your room here.
The cut-off date to book is June 16, 2024.
PLEASE READ BEFORE BOOKING:
If you have someone paying for your room you will need to have them contact the group housing coordinator of Chaminade Report and Spa, Krysta Souza Neff, so that she can send out the appropriate credit card authorization forms.
Cards used to book the rooms online cannot and will not be used for payment.
Groups can be covered by check if sent to the Chaminade at least 2 weeks before the arrival date. Checks cannot be brought to check in for payment.
For split payment of shared rooms, double reservations need to be built directly by the Group Housing Coordinator and should not be reserved online.
You can contact Krysta Souza Neff at [email protected] or (831) 475-3458.
Read more Summer Institutes FAQs.
Cancellation Policy for Santa Cruz
Received on or before: May 20, 2024: 100% of tuition refunded
Received on or before: June 3, 2024: 75% of tuition refunded
Received on or before: July 1, 2024: 50% of tuition refunded
After July 1, 2024: We will not be able to refund tuition.
Charlotte, NC
Date: July 29 – August 2, 2024
Time: 8:30 am – 3:00 pm
Course Offerings
- Building the Base K–2: An Integrated Approach to Literacy across the Content Areas
- Building the Base 3–5: An Integrated Approach to Literacy across the Content Areas
- Building the Base: Secondary ELA
- Designing Curricular Materials for English Learners*
- Leadership Institute
*Only available to participants who have attended previous in-person QTEL Building the Base or disciplinary institutes.
Keynote Speaker
- Mary Schmida, Senior Research Associate with WestEd’s English Learners and Migrant Education Services team
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
Charlotte Convention Center
501 S College St
Charlotte, NC 28202
Accommodations
TBD
Cancellation Policy for Charlotte
• Received on or before: May 27, 2024: 100% of tuition refunded
• Received on or before: June 10, 2024: 75% of tuition refunded
• Received on or before: July 15, 2024: 50% of tuition refunded
• After July 15, 2024: We will not be able to refund tuition.