2025 QTEL SUMMER INSTITUTES
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2025 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
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​Annette Gregg
Annette Gregg is the Director of English Learner and Migrant Education Services (ELMES) at WestEd. She works collaboratively with schools, districts, and state agencies to help build the capacity of educators and the systems in which they work to change outcomes for English and Multilingual Learners. She partners with leaders to engage in systemic improvement planning that will enhance educational programs and build upon the rich cultural and linguistic assets English Learners bring with them to school. Her areas of expertise include English Learner education, systemic improvement planning, organizational development, and program evaluation.
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Gregg leads teams that offer targeted, customized supports to address the needs of English and Multilingual Learners. She has an extensive history of working with state departments and districts to build the capacity of educators to shift policies and instructional practices in ways that address the diverse needs of English Learners. Her work includes developing and delivering professional learning sessions and engaging teams in strategic planning.
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Gregg has an EdM in education policy and management from Harvard University, an MA in education from the University of California, Berkeley; and BA in Spanish literature from the University of California, Los Angeles, with a minor in applied developmental psychology.
Lee Hartman
Lee Hartman is dedicated to supporting educators in building their expertise to design and implement rich learning experiences for students designated as English Learners. He works to support teachers, classroom coaches, and district leaders all across the country to implement coherent, challenging, and deep ways of engaging English Learners in the development of both language and content knowledge. His particular areas of expertise include working with newcomer students, designing curriculum, and creating powerful learning experiences for educators.
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Hartman was a classroom teacher for more than a decade, working with language minority students and with an emphasis on newcomers. He uses that experience to enhance the pedagogical knowledge and practice of educators to support student success. After leaving the classroom, he was an instructional coach designing and implementing new curriculum and professional development experiences that wove together language theory and practice.
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Hartman also works as a researcher for the National Research and Development Center to Improve Education for Secondary English Learners, funded by the Institute of Education Sciences. His work includes developing an iterative curriculum in English Language Arts specifically designed for long-term English Learners to support their development of language, analytic practices, and content knowledge.
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Hartman holds an MA from Bowling Green State University in Ohio, with studies at La Universidad de Alcalá de Henares in Alcalá de Henares, Spain, and holds a BA from the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, with studies at La Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro in Querétaro, Mexico.
Montserrat Garibay
Montserrat Garibay has been a dedicated educator and advocate for public education and labor rights for the past 25 years. Most recently, she was the Assistant Deputy Secretary and Director for the Office of English Language Acquisition.Garibay also served as a Senior Advisor for Labor Relations in the Office of the Secretary at the U.S. Department of Education under the Biden and Harris Administration.
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Born in Mexico City, Garibay migrated to the United States as an undocumented child, she became a U.S. Citizen two decades later. She earned a master's degree in Education from the University of Texas at Austin and was a National Board Certified Teacher.
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Garibay's career includes eight years as a bilingual pre-kindergarten teacher. She later became the Vice President for Certified Employees with Education Austin, a merged local affiliated with the American Federation of Teachers, the National Education Association and the AFL-CIO. She also served as the Secretary Treasurer at the Texas AFL-CIO.
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Garibay's advocacy extended to immigration issues, where she played a pivotal role in promoting the Texas version of the DREAM Act and comprehensive immigration reform.
