LESLIE HAMBURGER

Vice President, Language and Literacy

 

Leslie Hamburger directs the Language and Literacy Practice Area, leading the design and implementation of language and literacy services at WestEd. She provides strategic direction and leadership for a large portfolio of teams and projects focused on improving language and literacy development for diverse student populations. She directs large research, development, technical assistance, and professional learning projects focused on increasing educator capacity to improve language and literacy development for all learners. As leader of the Quality Teaching for English Learners initiative, she assists states, districts and schools in the development and implementation of exemplary educational programs for Multilingual Learners and designs professional development to enhance the expertise of educators to promote the development of disciplinary, analytic, and language practices in tandem.

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Her areas of expertise include English Learners pedagogy, mathematics curriculum and instruction, and professional learning for teachers of Multilingual Learners. She has been a school and district administrator in high-poverty, diverse schools, and a mathematics educator in secondary schools.

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Hamburger holds an MA in educational leadership from San Jose State University.

Email:  lhambur@wested.org