Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory
World-Class Education Services for Local Needs
Since 1966, the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory (NWREL) has provided educators with top-quality professional development, technical assistance, evaluation, and research services. We continue to offer services that address relevant needs of the region and that are informed by more than 40 years of community-based work in Northwest schools.
These services are aligned with the U.S. Department of Education's guidelines for increasing student achievement through school improvement and reform under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009. Use NWREL's ARRA Service Selector to match your school's or district's needs to one of the four ARRA priorities.
Professional Development Services for K-12 Instructional Staff
- 6+1 Trait® Writing Introductory Workshop
- 6+1 Trait® Writing Across the Content Areas Workshop
- Aligning Assessment With Standards: Effective Course Design
- Classroom to Community and Back
- Developing Mathematics Understanding in English Language Learners
- Improving Adolescent Mathematics Learning: Instructional Strategies for Teachers of Grades 6-12
- Lesson Study: Crafting Learning Together
- Mathematics Problem-Solving Model
- Number Sense and Algebraic Reasoning: Professional Development for Teachers of Grades K-8
- Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP) Equity Academy
- Video Study Groups: Improving Mathematics and Science Teaching and Learning
- Wee Can Write: Using 6+1 Trait Strategies with Renowned Children's Literature Workshop
Services for Schoolwide Improvement and Leadership
- 6+1 Trait® Writing for Presenters Workshop
- District Turnaround Review
- ELL Program Review
- District Support for High School Improvement
- Evaluation and Research Services
- Lenses on Learning: Mathematics Professional Development for Administrators
- Listening to Student Voices Tools
- Mathematics Program Review
- Pathways to Postsecondary Success: Aligning Instruction With Essential Knowledge and Skills
- Pathways to Postsecondary Success: Development of Interdisciplinary Units/Projects
- Pathways to Postsecondary Success: Maximizing Time in a Rigorous Core Curriculum
- Pathways to Postsecondary Success: Design and Implementation of Small Learning Communities (SLCs)
- Pathways to Postsecondary Success: Shifting Schoolwide Practice To Support Small Learning Communities
- Recreating Secondary Schools: Focus on the Instructional Core
- School Turnaround Review
- Small Learning Community (SLC) Design and Implementation
- Support for Mathematics Coaches and Leaders
- Teaching and Learning Inventory—Adolescent Reading
- Using Professional Learning Teams To Improve Student Achievement