Mary Schmida

Affiliation

WestEd

Biography

Mary Schmida is a Senior Research Associate II for English Language Arts and English Language Development on WestEd’s English Learner and Migrant Education Services team serving in the Quality Teaching for English Learners Program. Schmida earned a Masters and a Ph.D. in Education from the University of California, Berkeley. She supports the education of English Learners, designing and facilitating professional development for educators and administrators across the country. Dr. Schmida has several publications, including a chapter in The Amplified Curriculum: Designing Quality Learning Opportunities for English Learners and a chapter in Generation 1.5 Meets College Composition: Issues in the Teaching of Writing to U.S.-Educated Learners of ESL. Prior to joining WestEd in 2004, Schmida was an instructor at UC Berkeley in the College Writing Programs where she taught reading and composition to undergraduate students.