How We Can Help
Teach. Discover. Solve. Engage. Learn. These are things we do every day with states, districts, schools, and communities to help ensure a quality education for all learners.
Who We Are
SEDL is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization with a staff of dedicated education and research professionals. About two-thirds of our staff are former teachers or administrators. We understand what goes on in classrooms and the challenges that schools and districts face every day. We have been there.
How We Can Help
SEDL can work with educators in many ways. We customize our work so it fits your needs. For example, SEDL can help a states, schools, districts, or communities
- Meet NCLB goals
- Develop standards
- Use data
- Design effective professional development for a small group of teachers or an entire school or district or a state agency
- Evaluate program or professional development effectiveness
- Develop a family and parent involvement program
- Facilitate school change and improvement
What We Do
SEDL bridges the gap between educational research and practice through high-quality professional development, research and evaluation, and products and services—all designed to improve teaching and learning. We help schools and districts find research-based solutions to the challenges they face in the classroom.
We work with a diverse range of partners and clients. Our work currently includes:
- Working with schools in core content areas such as reading, mathematics, and science
- Working in the fields of disability research, family and community involvement, and afterschool
- Coordinating with state agencies to meet NCLB goals
- Overseeing randomized controlled trials (the gold standard in research) in reading
- Providing professional development to state agency, district, and school employees
Professional Development
SEDL's professional development takes many forms: face-to-face, Web-based and satellite-based video conferencing, and online applications. Our professional development is rooted in research and designed with practical use in mind.
- Professional development for literacy coaches relies on examining and analyzing student data and focuses on five areas of structural support for teachers.
- Training on the professional teaching and learning cycle was developed through research with 60 schools and districts. It shows school staffs how to focus on student learning through structured teacher study and discussion.
- District-wide literacy professional development for all teachers—no matter what subject they teach—incorporates state literacy standards and covers evidence-based instructional strategies for daily use in the classroom.
Products & Services
For 40 years, SEDL has created products and consulting services designed to strengthen instruction and help students learn—no matter what their learning needs. SEDL's products have been developed from extensive research, affiliations with leading scholars, and years of practical application.
- Whether you need coaching or help with data collection, school improvement, or evaluation, our services can be customized according to your school or district needs.
- Our best-seller, Taking Charge of Change, has been used in educational leadership courses and in schools and districts across the country as administrators guide staff in adopting school change strategies. See more of our top-selling products such as Active Learning with Technology and the Concerns Based Adoption Model (CBAM) at www.sedl.org/pubs.
- Our online databases related to family and community involvement and to K-3 reading assessments provide free access to information educators need related to research findings on parent involvement and quality classroom assessments.
Research & Evaluation
Educators are looking for programs and materials based on rigorous research instead of relying on anecdotal evidence.
SEDL has a 40-year history of conducting research and evaluation and translating the findings into strategies and tools that educators can use in a variety of situations.
- Our research identifying practices that lead to improved achievement for students in afterschool programs has resulted in new training and tools for afterschool educators.
- Our evaluations help drive program improvements and help schools reach their goals for teacher quality and student achievement.
- Our synthesis and support of disability research has led to increased consumer use of evidence-based information, ultimately helping people with disabilities and their families make better decisions.
Contact Us
4700 Mueller Blvd.
Austin, Texas 78723
Tel: 512-476-6861 or 800-476-6861
Fax: 512-476-2286
E-mail: info@sedl.org