QTEL's Tanya Warren will present at the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) 2026 Annual Conference , held April 15–18, 2026 , at the Anaheim Convention Center . NSTA ANA26 is the premier national professional learning event for science and STEM educators, bringing together teachers, curriculum leaders, instructional coaches, and district administrators for 4 days of learning and collaboration. This year’s theme is “ Growing Together: Collective Insights for Lifelon

Teaching and Leading As educators, it’s our job to ensure that the curriculum we teach provides high-challenge, high-support learning opportunities for all students, including Multilingual Learners (MLs). This means that we need to take an analytical eye to our curriculum. You can use this QTEL Curriculum Review Tool to guide you and/or a group of educators to consider and discuss the strengths and needs of a particular unit or an entire curriculum. Should this curriculum be

Now enrolling: Elevating Access in Master Scheduling (E-Series) — a 4-part professional learning series that helps school and district teams use master scheduling to strengthen English Learners’ access to grade-level coursework, language development programs, and graduation pathways. Session 1 starts April 28, so register now! https://tinyurl.com/yc79d3fb

Do English and Multilingual Learners in your schools receive quality opportunities to learn? Every summer, QTEL holds professional development institutes for educators focused on building educator expertise to engage English Learners—and all students—in deep, generative learning. During our summer institutes, participants experience and unpack powerful models of learning that they can translate into school and classroom practices that accelerate academic language and literac

Addressing Misconceptions of a Language Focus When we treat language as a resource for meaning-making—not just grammar rules or vocabulary lists—we create opportunities for multilingual learners to develop both language and disciplinary understanding at the same time. By intentionally planning for purposeful language use, we strengthen learning and ensure language is seen as a tool that accelerates understanding rather than as something that needs to be taught separately. Tea

QTEL experts will present at the California Association for Bilingual Education Annual Conference this March 4–7, 2026 , in San Francisco, California . This year’s conference theme is  CABE Strong: United for Equity & Empowerment by Our Cultures and Multiplicity of Languages . Wednesday, March 4 System-Level Conditions for Implementing and Sustaining Quality DLI Programs Time: 2:30–3:30 p.m. Location: Yerba Buena Salon 2 – Lower B2 Level Presenters: Gabriela Uro and Anne