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Shaila Abdullah
Media Design Associate

Shaila Abdullah is a Media Design Associate with SEDL's Communications department. She works with program staff to design and develop new Web, print, and multimedia resources and also consults with and mentors staff in the development of such products. She also ensures that layout and content uphold SEDL's corporate image and meet Web standards and provides art direction to internal and external artists. Ms. Abdullah also designs the SEDL catalogs and annual reports. She has designed numerous SEDL Web sites such as the Corporate Web site, National Center for Family and Community Connections with Schools (EdPress Award 2004 Finalist), National Center for Quality Afterschool, and resources sites for publications including SEDL Letter.

Contact Information
You may contact Shaila Abdullah at 512-391-6500

or by using SEDL's contact form

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Prior to joining SEDL in February 2002, Ms. Abdullah worked as a Lead Designer for IBT Technologies where she developed online courses and offered art direction to other artists. Since the start of her design career in 1993, she has had the opportunity to explore various advertising, communications and desktop publishing avenues, successfully in teams and as sole manager of projects, involving creative, conceptual, and communications skills.

SEDL Publications

• Resource Guide for Planning and Operating Afterschool Programs (3rd Edition) (2008)
• SEDL Letter, Volume XVIII, Number 1: Time for Achievement - Afterschool and Out-of-School Time (2006)
• What Do We Mean by Family and Community Connections with Schools?: An Interactive Research Brief (2005)
• What Structures Can Help Schools Create Effective Family and Community Involvement That Supports Learning Outside of School?: An Interactive Research Brief (2005)
• Online Professional Development Center: for Teachers of Languages Other Than English (LOTE) (2003)