Jason Greenberg Motamedi

(he, him, his)

Practice Expert, Mixed Methods Evaluation & Research

Jason is a senior researcher in Education Northwest’s Center for Research, Evaluation, and Analysis. His research supports educators in the Pacific Northwest and around the country in the areas of English learner student instruction and related issues such as teacher development for bilingual and dual-language instruction. Jason also led REL Northwest’s researcher-practitioner partnership with the Washington State Professional Educators Standards Board (PESB), providing technical assistance and conducting rigorous research to support the PESB, higher education and other stakeholders to design and evaluate alternative route and “grow your own” teacher programs to increase the number of bilingual teachers and teachers of color in Washington.

Education

Ph.D., Anthropology of Education, Temple University
M.A., Cultural Anthropology, Temple University

Areas of Expertise

English learner and newcomer programs and outcomes
Dual language programs and outcomes
Teacher preparation and grow-your-own teacher programs
Qualitative and mixed methods research design and analysis

Blog Posts

Educators, schools, districts, and researchers all have a role to play in building our knowledge about effective dual language programs.

Hiring more teachers of color benefits all students academically and builds the school community—and it's the right thing to do.

English learners entering high school have to learn both English and grade-level content to begin accumulating credits to graduate.

Our researchers write about how they used a methodology developed by medical researchers to create a useful tool for determining how long it will take students to pass a language proficiency test and exit English learner services.

Case Briefs & Publications

Through a research partnership, we helped Washington state address its teacher shortage and increase teacher diversity.

Beaverton School District has Oregon’s third largest population of multilingual students, including English learners, who bring valuable cultural, linguistic, and individual strengths, assets, and diversity to the classroom.

An increasing number of U.S. students are multilingual learners, but teachers prepared to serve these students are almost always in short supply. A five-year partnership trains teachers to meet multilingual students' needs.

How can states like Washington overcome teacher shortages? We looked at the data on what teachers need to become fully certificated.

To support diversity in the workforce, we looked at where candidates tend to leave the six steps of the Washington state educator career pathway.

Building a clear path toward equitable education for all, together

PARTNER WITH US

Never miss the latest resources and insights

SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER

Jason Greenberg Motamedi

Practice Expert, Mixed Methods Evaluation & Research

Education

Areas of Expertise

What Works in Dual Language Education?

How Teachers of Color Can Make a Difference in the Classroom and Beyond

Building Bilingual Pride Through Credits for Proficiency

A Strategy for Predicting How Long It Takes for ELL Students to Reclassify

Data-Driven Strategies for Teacher Shortages

Dual Language and English Language Development: Minutes, Models, and Outcomes

Preparing Educators to Teach Multilingual Learners

Limited Certificated Teachers in Washington: Barriers to Becoming Fully Certificated and Needed Supports

Pathways to Teaching: Teacher Diversity, Testing, Certification, and Employment in Washington State

Building a clear path toward equitable education for all, together

Never miss the latest resources and insights