Annette Seitz is a Fellow at the Institute for Learning at the Learning Research and Development Center, University of Pittsburgh. She currently leads the secondary English language arts curriculum expansion work with the Pittsburgh Public Schools. Prior to this, Seitz worked with Los Angeles Unified School District to develop English language arts curricula and lead the work to develop and implement professional development materials around the curricula to support coaches in their work with secondary English language arts teachers. Previously, Seitz served as the Site Liaison for the Springfield Public School District, Massachusetts where she worked with the district to create nested learning communities through leadership development with principals, school visits, and on-going collaboration with central office directors. Seitz also worked with the Cleveland Municipal School District on their implementation of a coherent literacy system. Other work includes working as a member of the Content-Focused Coaching^®/Elementary literacy team at the Institute, where she focuses primarily on K-12 writing instruction with a particular emphasis on studying student work to assess student progress, guide instruction, and develop a deeper understanding of standards. Seitz has a range of experience in public school systems across the country including designing and delivering literacy and leadership professional development in Austin, Bridgeport, Denver, Kansas City, Missouri, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Providence, Springfield, Cleveland, and the Western PA Consortium.

Before joining the Institute for Learning, Seitz held a joint position as Research Associate at the Learning Research and Development Center and the National Center on Education and the Economy (NCEE) in Washington, DC. While in this position, she worked on editing the New standards: Performance standards in English language arts, mathematics, science, and applied learning, published in 1996. Seitz also spent three years working with the Board of Education in New York City as they implemented new performance standards. This work included collecting samples of student work from New York City students to illustrate the new standards, writing commentaries explaining how these samples illustrated particular parts of the standards, designing professional development, and reflecting on the effectiveness of these efforts in improving classroom instruction to support all students achieving standards. As part of the NCEE's Literacy Team, Seitz co-authored a monograph to help teachers prepare students to meet high standards in writing.

Seitz earned her B.A. and Higher Diploma in Education from the University College Galway (Ireland) and a Professional Certification in Secondary Education and a M.S. in Child Development in Literature and Literacy from the University of Pittsburgh. As a teacher at both the elementary and the high school level, Seitz developed a particular focus on writing instruction and designed and worked with curricular materials to improve rigorous literacy/writing instruction to maximize student learning and achievement.