QTEL at the 2025 Learning Forward Conference

Casey McAlduff, Program Associate with WestEd’s English Learners and Migrant Education team, will present at Learning Forward’s 2025 Annual Conference, which will take place December 7–10, 2025, in Boston, Massachusetts. 

Each year, Learning Forward’s Annual Conference brings together thought leaders, experts, researchers, and other practitioners to share insights and evidence-based practices. It focuses on high-quality professional learning that can change educator practice and improve results for students. 

This year’s conference theme is  Bridging Professional Learning and Student Success. 

Tuesday, December 9, 2025 

Session: Centering Multilingual Students in Curriculum-Based Professional Learning 

Time: 12:45–2:45 p.m.  

Presenter: Casey McAlduff 

Experience a curriculum designed for newcomer students; examine its theoretical foundations; and discuss how localized, educative curricular materials coupled with curriculum-based professional learning can increase quality educational opportunities for Multilingual Learners. 

Participants will:

• deepen their understanding of curriculum-based professional learning that centers multilingual students and its alignment with the Standards for Professional Learning;  

• engage in tasks from the curriculum and analyze how rigorous content, scaffolding, and opportunities for meaningful classroom talk support Multilingual Learners; and 

• discuss how professional learning communities and leadership engagement, paired with curriculum-based professional learning, contribute to sustained instructional improvement.  

Make this WestEd session part of your Learning Forward Conference experience!