QTEL’s professional development helps teachers, instructional coaches and school leadership implement and support pedagogy that helps prepare students to be career and college-ready in the 21st century. QTEL’s pedagogy is characterized by the following principles: high expectations, sustained academic rigor, quality teacher and student interactions, a focus on language and quality curricula. These studies document the effectiveness of QTEL professional development at a sampling of the schools that have implemented QTEL’s vision of quality teaching for English learners.

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SUCCESS STORY

Over the past four years, Pauoa Elementary School has made remarkable strides in improving English Learners’ progress toward proficiency. Hawaii’s data performance system—Strive HI—shows a rise in English Learners on track for English proficiency from 44% in 2020–21 to 71.4% in 2023–24. More importantly, students are engaging in deeper learning, supported by teachers who are confident in scaffolding complex content. Learn more.

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RESEARCH STUDIES ABOUT QTEL