Overview
Sharon Sáez is Senior Partnership Development Director for WestEd’s English Learners and Migrant Education Services team. Sáez supports the scale-up of professional learning offerings by creating partnerships and contributing to the team’s vital role in educational recovery efforts to ensure full and equal participation of English Learner students in their learning and growth.
Sáez is an accomplished leader and a demonstrated change agent in K–16 education, bringing expertise from her work in the private and nonprofit sectors and in local, state, and federal educational agencies. She has worked as a senior advisor and consultant for national and international education services with CTB-McGraw Hill, Educational Testing Service, the Council of Chief State School Officers, and the National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future.
For more than 20 years, Sáez has served as a core member on several organizations’ leadership teams and contributed knowledge and expertise in the area of English Learners; literacy; standards-based accountability; K–12 education policy; and the design, management, and implementation of projects to enhance access to quality education for all students.
Education
- MA in education, Chapman University
- BA in Spanish education, Delaware State University
Honors, Awards, and Affiliations
American Educational Research Association
AMIGAS United for the Education of Latino Children
Association for Early Childhood Education International
Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents
Delaware State University Alumni
National Association of Bilingual Education
Phi Delta Kappa
Teachers of English and Other Languages
Women in Public Policy
