As a Senior Research Associate with WestEd, Ann-Marie Wiese focuses on issues related to the education of young dual language learners.
Wiese has contributed to the development of preschool foundations in English language development and an accompanying curriculum framework. As part of the CCFS English Learning for Preschoolers Project, Wiese helped lead a pilot series of trainings that reached more than 2,000 preschool educators throughout California. Most recently, Wiese has served as a lead developer for WestEd's English Learners, Language, and Literacy in the Early Years (ELLLEY), a professional development effort for preschool practitioners who work with young bilingual children. Wiese previously worked for WestEd's Quality Teaching for English Learners project.
Prior to joining WestEd, she was an Assistant Professor of Education at the University of California at Santa Cruz, where she taught courses on first and second language acquisition, teaching methods for English language development, and bilingual literacy development and instruction.
In 2007, she participated in a working group called by the National Task Force for Hispanics in Early Childhood Education. She also serves as an active member of the San Mateo County Child Care Partnership Council.
Wiese received a PhD in education with an emphasis in language, literacy, and culture from the University of California, Berkeley.